Search Results - "Jones, Nick K"
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Soft Tissue Infection of Immunocompetent Man with Cat-Derived Globicatella Species
Published in Emerging infectious diseases (01-08-2023)“…We report a novel Globicatella species causing extensive soft tissue infection in a man bitten by a stray domestic cat in the United Kingdom. We identified…”
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Single-dose BNT162b2 vaccine protects against asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection
Published in eLife (08-04-2021)“…The BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech) is being utilised internationally for mass COVID-19 vaccination. Evidence of single-dose protection…”
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The seroincidence of childhood Shigella sonnei infection in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-10-2023)“…Shigella sonnei is a pathogen of growing global importance as a cause of diarrhoeal illness in childhood, particularly in transitional low-middle income…”
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Metformin as adjunctive therapy for dengue in overweight and obese patients: a protocol for an open-label clinical trial (MeDO)
Published in Wellcome open research (2020)“… Dengue is a disease of major global importance. While most symptomatic infections are mild, a small proportion of patients progress to severe disease with…”
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Metformin as adjunctive therapy for dengue in overweight and obese patients: a protocol for an open-label clinical trial (MeDO)
Published in Wellcome open research (01-01-2020)“…Background: Dengue is a disease of major global importance. While most symptomatic infections are mild, a small proportion of patients progress to severe…”
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Characterizing Antibiotic Allergy Labels in a Large UK Hospital Population to Inform Antimicrobial Stewardship and Delabeling Assessment Strategy
Published in The journal of allergy and clinical immunology in practice (Cambridge, MA) (01-07-2023)“…Antibiotic allergy labels are important barriers to treatment and antimicrobial stewardship, but their prevalence in UK hospitals is poorly described. To…”
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Adenovirus pseudo-outbreak in a large UK neonatal intensive care unit
Published in American journal of infection control (01-12-2018)“…•A series of false-positive results led to incorrect reporting of an outbreak.•Infection control precautions were unnecessarily escalated.•Retrospective…”
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Superspreaders drive the largest outbreaks of hospital onset COVID-19 infections
Published in eLife (24-08-2021)“…SARS-CoV-2 is notable both for its rapid spread, and for the heterogeneity of its patterns of transmission, with multiple published incidences of…”
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Effective control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission between healthcare workers during a period of diminished community prevalence of COVID-19
Published in eLife (19-06-2020)“…Previously, we showed that 3% (31/1032)of asymptomatic healthcare workers (HCWs) from a large teaching hospital in Cambridge, UK, tested positive for…”
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Evaluating the use of a 22-pathogen TaqMan array card for rapid diagnosis of respiratory pathogens in intensive care
Published in Journal of medical microbiology (01-07-2020)“…Pneumonia is highly prevalent in intensive care units (ICUs), with high associated mortality. Empirical treatment prioritizes breadth of coverage while…”
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A2B-COVID: A Tool for Rapidly Evaluating Potential SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Events
Published in Molecular biology and evolution (02-03-2022)“…Abstract Identifying linked cases of infection is a critical component of the public health response to viral infectious diseases. In a clinical context, there…”
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A prospective study of risk factors associated with seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in healthcare workers at a large UK teaching hospital
Published in The Journal of infection (01-11-2022)“…•The risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers is highly heterogeneous•The risk of SARS-CoV-2 is significantly higher in BAME healthcare…”
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Admission COVID-19 clinical risk assessment for guiding patient placement and diagnostic testing strategy
Published in Clinical medicine (London, England) (01-03-2021)“…Without universal access to point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 testing, many hospitals rely on clinical judgement alone for identifying cases of COVID-19 early…”
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Applying prospective genomic surveillance to support investigation of hospital-onset COVID-19
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (01-07-2021)“…[...]changes in SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic methods resulted in technical difficulties in obtaining sufficient good-quality genetic material for sequencing. [...]the…”
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Impact of penicillin allergy labels on surgical site infections in a large UK cohort of gastrointestinal surgery patients
Published in JAC-antimicrobial resistance (01-02-2024)“…Studies in the USA, Canada and France have reported higher surgical site infection (SSI) risk in patients with a penicillin allergy label (PAL). Here, we…”
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Screening of healthcare workers for SARS-CoV-2 highlights the role of asymptomatic carriage in COVID-19 transmission
Published in eLife (11-05-2020)“…Significant differences exist in the availability of healthcare worker (HCW) SARS-CoV-2 testing between countries, and existing programmes focus on screening…”
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