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Derrick W. Crook

Researcher at University of Oxford

Publications -  510
Citations -  38699

Derrick W. Crook is an academic researcher from University of Oxford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 92, co-authored 474 publications receiving 29885 citations. Previous affiliations of Derrick W. Crook include Oxford Brookes University & The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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COVID-19: Rapid antigen detection for SARS-CoV-2 by lateral flow assay: A national systematic evaluation of sensitivity and specificity for mass-testing.

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- 01 Jun 2021 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the performance of Lateral flow device (LFD) immunoassays for SARS-CoV-2 infection and found that they have promising performance characteristics for mass population testing and can be used to identify infectious positive individuals.
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Chloramphenicol treatment for acute infective conjunctivitis in children in primary care: a randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

TL;DR: Most children presenting with acute infective conjunctivitis in primary care will get better by themselves and do not need treatment with an antibiotic, according to the evidence.
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The Stealthy Superbug: the Role of Asymptomatic Enteric Carriage in Maintaining a Long-Term Hospital Outbreak of ST228 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

TL;DR: WGS showed that a large and prolonged outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was due to the clonal spread of a specific strain with genetic elements adapted to the hospital environment, and the dynamics of this outbreak may share some properties with enteric pathogens.
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Novel Type IV Secretion System Involved in Propagation of Genomic Islands

TL;DR: A gene cluster of the Haemophilus influenzae genomic island ICEHin1056 has been identified as a T4SS involved in the propagation of genomic islands that is novel and evolutionarily distant from the previously described systems.