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PIV-22 Specimen quality control for respiratory pathogen detection using molecular tests: are specimens collected by community-based healthcare staff reliable? by Fairley, D.J, McKenna, J, McCaughey, C, Coyle, P.V

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PIV-12 Prevalence of bordetella pertussis and respiratory viruses in children and adults by Curran, T, Shields, M, McGarvey, L, Coyle, P.V

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Trends in candidemia and antifungal susceptibility in a university hospital in Northern Ireland 2001–2006 by Metwally, L, Walker, M.J, Coyle, P.V, Hay, R.J, Hedderwick, S, McCloskey, B.V, O'Neill, H.J, Webb, C.H, McMullan, R

“…Summary Objectives To describe the species distribution and antifungal susceptibility trends for documented episodes of candidemia at the Royal Hospitals,…”
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P.059 Detection of Epstein–Barr Virus DNA in respiratory specimens from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by quantitative PCR by Fairley, D.J, Armstrong, V, Kidney, J, Chauhan, G, McManus, T, McCaughey, C, O'Neill, H.J, Wyatt, D, Coyle, P.V

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The impact of a PCR assay for candidemia on antifungal drug prescribing in critical care: An interrupted time series pilot study by McMullan, R, Metwally, L, Troughton, J.A, Coyle, P.V, Hedderwick, S, McAuley, D.F, McCloskey, B.V, O'Hare, S, Webb, C.H, Hay, R.J

“…Summary Objective To evaluate the feasibility of conducting a definitive study to assess the impact of introducing a rapid PCR-based test for candidemia on…”
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Clinical utility of nested multiplex RT-PCR for group F adenovirus, rotavirus and norwalk-like viruses in acute viral gastroenteritis in children and adults by O'Neill, H.J., McCaughey, C., Coyle, P.V., Wyatt, D.E., Mitchell, F.

“…Background: The diagnosis of viral gastroenteritis can be carried out by non-molecular techniques such as electron microscopy (EM), enzyme-immunoassay and…”
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Childhood respiratory infections and hospital admissions for COPD by McManus, T.E., Coyle, P.V., Kidney, J.C.

“…Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) exacerbations are associated with viral infections. We wished to determine if respiratory viral infection of…”
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Rapid differentiation between fluconazole sensitive and resistant species of candida directly from positive blood culture bottles by real-time polymerase chain reaction (pcr) by Metwally, L, Coyle, P.V, O'Neill, H.J, Hogg, G, Hedderwick, S, Webb, C.H, McCloskey, B, Hay, R.J, McMullan, R

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A Prospective Clinical Trial of a Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Diagnosis of Candidemia in Nonneutropenic, Critically Ill Adults by McMullan, R., Metwally, L., Coyle, P.V., Hedderwick, S., McCloskey, B., O'Neill, H.J., Patterson, C.C., Thompson, G., Webb, C.H., Hay, R.J.

“…Background. Invasive Candida infection among nonneutropenic, critically ill adults is a clinical problem that has received increasing attention in recent…”
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Molecular characterization of group A rotavirus found in elderly patients in Ireland; Predominance of G1P[8], continued presence of G9P[8], and emergence of G2P[4] by Gunn, L., Feeney, S.A., Cashman, O., Collins, P.J., Coyle, P.V., O'Shea, H.

“…Rotavirus is a major cause of gastroenteritis in young children worldwide. There have been several recent reports concerning rotavirus isolation from adults,…”
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Development and clinical validation of multiplex TaqMan® assays for rapid diagnosis of viral gastroenteritis by Feeney, S.A., Armstrong, V.J., Mitchell, S.J., Crawford, L., McCaughey, C., Coyle, P.V.

“…There is a need to provide rapid, sensitive, and often high throughput detection of pathogens in diagnostic virology. Viral gastroenteritis is a serious health…”
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Human Seroprevalence to Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) in Northern Ireland by McCaughey, C, McKenna, J, McKenna, C, Coyle, P.V, O'Neill, H.J, Wyatt, D.E, Smyth, B, Murray, L.J

“…Despite the widespread prevalence of infection with Coxiella burnetii, there have been few large population-based studies examining the epidemiology of this…”
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Herpes simplex type 1 shedding is associated with reduced hospital survival in patients receiving assisted ventilation in a tertiary referral intensive care unit by Ong, G.M., Lowry, K., Mahajan, S., Wyatt, D.E., Simpson, C., O'Neill, H.J., McCaughey, C., Coyle, P.V.

“…The impact of shedding of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV‐1) on hospital survival of patients receiving assisted ventilation in an adult tertiary referral,…”
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Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: respiratory diseases are the most common cause of death in the UK but, while targets are set for every other major disease category, lung diseases do not get a mention by Kidney, J, McManus, T, Coyle, P.V

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The potential to increase the number of hepatitis C patients receiving treatment by Cadden, I.S.H., McCaughey, C., Coyle, P.V., Callender, M.E.

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Emergence of herpes simplex type 1 as the main cause of recurrent genital ulcerative disease in women in Northern Ireland by Coyle, P.V, O'Neill, H.J, Wyatt, D.E, McCaughey, C, Quah, S, McBride, M.O

“…Background: Genital herpes is a common infection affecting some 20% of sexually active people. Although herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2 can both…”
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A comparison of nested polymerase chain reaction and immunofluorescence for the diagnosis of respiratory infections in children with bronchiolitis, and the implications fora cohorting strategy by Ong, G.M., Wyatt, D.E., O'Neill, H.J., McCaughey, C., Coyle, P.V.

“…Cohorting bronchiolitis patients infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and/or influenza viruses is paramount in preventing cross-infection of these…”
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The relationship between elevated fibrinogen and markers of infection: a comparison of seasonal cycles by Crawford, V.L.S., Sweeney, O., Coyle, P.V., Halliday, I.M., Stout, R.W.

“…To test the hypothesis that higher levels of fibrinogen in winter are related to infections via the acute phase response, we assessed seasonal variation in…”
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A comparison of virus isolation, indirect immunofluorescence and nested multiplex polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of primary and recurrent herpes simplex type 1 and type 2 infections by Coyle, P.V, Desai, A, Wyatt, D, McCaughey, C, O’Neill, H.J

“…134 swabs in viral transport medium were received from 126 patients with suspected clinical HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections. They were tested by (i) nested…”
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Clinical assessment of a generic DNA amplification assay for the identification of respiratory adenovirus infections by Mitchell, S, O'Neill, H.J, Ong, G.M, Christie, S, Duprex, P, Wyatt, D.E, McCaughey, C, Armstrong, V.J, Feeney, S, Metwally, L, Coyle, P.V

“…Background: respiratory adenoviruses are common, often resulting in serious sporadic and epidemic infections and impaired immunity can dramatically increase…”
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