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E.C. Deasy
Researcher at Trinity College, Dublin
Publications - 11
Citations - 577
E.C. Deasy is an academic researcher from Trinity College, Dublin. The author has contributed to research in topics: SCCmec & Human decontamination. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications receiving 509 citations.
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Detection of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Type XI Carrying Highly Divergent mecA, mecI, mecR1, blaZ, and ccr Genes in Human Clinical Isolates of Clonal Complex 130 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Anna C. Shore,E.C. Deasy,Peter Slickers,Gráinne I. Brennan,Brian O'Connell,Stefan Monecke,Ralf Ehricht,David C. Coleman +7 more
TL;DR: Two clonal complex 130 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from patients in Irish hospitals were identified that were phenotypically PBP 2a positive but lacked mecA by conventional PCR and by DNA microarray screening, suggesting they may have originated in another taxon.
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Comparative Genotypes, Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) Genes and Antimicrobial Resistance amongst Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus Isolates from Infections in Humans and Companion Animals.
Brenda A. McManus,David C. Coleman,E.C. Deasy,Gráinne I. Brennan,Brian C. O’ Connell,Stefan Monecke,Ralf Ehricht,Bernadette Leggett,Nola Leonard,Anna C. Shore +9 more
TL;DR: Host and staphylococcal species-specific characteristics were identified in relation to antimicrobial resistance genes and phenotypes, SCCmec and ACME.
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Air and surface contamination patterns of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on eight acute hospital wards.
E. Creamer,Anna C. Shore,Anna C. Shore,E.C. Deasy,Sandra Galvin,Anthony Dolan,N. Walley,Seamus McHugh,Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes,Derek J. Sullivan,R. Cunney,David C. Coleman,Hilary Humphreys,Hilary Humphreys +13 more
TL;DR: Air sampling yielded MRSA on frequent occasions, especially in high-dependency bays, and environmental and air sampling combined with patient demographic data, spa typing and DNA microarray profiling indicated the presence of clusters that were not otherwise apparent.
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DNA Microarray Profiling of a Diverse Collection of Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Assigns the Majority to the Correct Sequence Type and Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) Type and Results in the Subsequent Identification and Characterization of Novel SCCmec-SCCM1 Composite Islands
Anna C. Shore,Anna C. Shore,Orla M. Brennan,E.C. Deasy,Angela S. Rossney,Peter M. Kinnevey,Ralf Ehricht,Stefan Monecke,David C. Coleman +8 more
TL;DR: One hundred seventyfive isolates representative of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clones that predominated in Irish hospitals between 1971 and 2004 and that previously underwent multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and SCC mec typing were characterized by spa typing and DNA microarray profiling as mentioned in this paper.
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Elimination of biofilm and microbial contamination reservoirs in hospital washbasin U-bends by automated cleaning and disinfection with electrochemically activated solutions.
TL;DR: An effective automated cleaning and disinfection system for U-bends using two solutions generated by electrochemical activation of brine including the disinfectant anolyte and catholyte with detergent properties consistently minimizes microbial contamination.