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Cox, Jonathan A.G. and Worthington, Tony (2016). The 'Antibiotic Apocalypse' - scaremongering or scientific reporting? Trends in Microbiology, In pre ,

Elliott, Tom S.J.; Casey, Anna L.; Kärpänen, Tarja J.; David, Miruna D.; Whitehouse, Tony; Lambert, Peter A.; Vernallis, Ann B.; Worthington, Tony; Parekh, Gita; Dunston, Christopher R.; Kirby, Josh and Davis, Paul (2016). Addition of PLA2 to CRP enhances sepsis diagnosis. Journal of Infection, 73 (4), pp. 386-388.

Worthington, Tony and Hilton, Anthony C. (2016). Sporulation of Clostridium difficile in aerobic conditions is significantly protracted when exposed to sodium taurocholate. Journal of Medical Microbiology & Diagnosis, 5 (2),

Rollason, Jess; McDowell, Andrew; Albert, Hanne B.; Barnard, Emma; Worthington, Tony; Hilton, Anthony C.; Vernallis, Ann; Patrick, Sheila; Elliott, Tom and Lambert, Peter (2013). Genotypic and antimicrobial characterisation of Propionibacterium acnes isolates from surgically excised lumbar disc herniations. BioMed Research International, 2013 ,

Worthington, Tony; Karpanen, Tarja; Casey, Anna; Lambert, Peter and Elliott, Tom (2012). Reply to Weber and Rutala. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 33 (6), pp. 645-646.

Green, Lauren M.; Worthington, Tony; Hilton, Anthony C. and Lambert, Peter A. (2011). Genetic characterization of clinical isolates of Clostridium difficile using an optimized RAPD protocol and PCR ribotyping reveals strain diversity between two tertiary referral Trusts in the West Midlands, UK. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 60 (9), pp. 1287-1291.

Wheeldon, Laura; Worthington, Tony and Lambert, Peter (2011). Histidine acts as a co-germinant with glycine and taurocholate for Clostridium difficile spores. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 110 (4), pp. 987-994.

Karpanen, Tarja J; Conway, Barbara R; Worthington, Tony; Hilton, Anthony C; Elliott, Tom S J and Lambert, Peter A (2010). Enhanced chlorhexidine skin penetration with eucalyptus oil. BMC Infectious Diseases, 10 , p. 278.

Green, Lauren M.; Worthington, Tony; Hilton, Anthony C. and Lambert, Peter A. (2010). Phenotypic characterisation of Clostridium difficile reveals lack of extracellular virulence factor production and significant differences in antibiogram profiles. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 35 (3), pp. 305-306.

Worthington, T,; Dunlop, D.; Casey, A.; Lambert, P.; Luscombe, J. and Elliott, T. (2010). Serum procalcitonin, interleukin-6, soluble intercellular adhesin molecule-1 and IgG to short-chain exocellular lipoteichoic acid as predictors of infection in total joint prosthesis revision. British Journal of Biomedical Science, 67 (2), pp. 71-76.

Rollason, Jessica; Bastin, Lucy; Hilton, Anthony; Pillay, Devadas; Worthington, Tony; McKeon, Caroline; De, Partha; Burrows, Keith and Lambert, Peter A. (2008). Epidemiology of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus obtained from the UK West Midlands region. Journal of Hospital Infection, 70 (4), pp. 314-320.

Wheeldon, L.J.; Worthington, Tony; Hilton, Anthony; Elliott, Tom S.J. and Lambert, Peter A. (2008). Physical and chemical factors influencing the germination of Clostridium difficile spores. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 105 (6), pp. 2223-2230.

Karpanen, T.J.; Worthington, Tony; Hendry, E.R.; Conway, B.R. and Lambert, Peter A. (2008). Antimicrobial efficacy of chlorhexidine digluconate alone and in combination with eucalyptus oil, tea tree oil and thymol against planktonic and biofilm cultures of Staphylococcus epidermidis. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 62 (5), pp. 1031-1036.

Wheeldon, L.J.; Worthington, Tony; Lambert, Peter A; Hilton, Anthony; Lowden, C.J. and Elliott, Tom S.J. (2008). Antimicrobial efficacy of copper surfaces against spores and vegetative cells of Clostridium difficile: the germination theory. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 62 (3), pp. 522-525.

Wheeldon, L J; Worthington, T; Hilton, A C; Lambert, P A and Elliott, T S J (2008). Sporicidal activity of two disinfectants against Clostridium difficile spores. British Journal of Nursing, 17 (5), pp. 316-320.

Costello, Cait; Karpanen, Tarja; Lambert, Peter A.; Mistry, Preena; Parker, Katy J.; Rathbone, Daniel L.; Ren, Jiangmeng; Wheeldon, Laura and Worthington, Tony (2008). Thiosemicarbazones active against Clostridium difficile. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 18 (5), pp. 1708-1711.

Casey, A.L.; Worthington, Tony; Caddick, J.M.; Hilton, Anthony C.; Lambert, Peter A. and Elliott, Tom S.J. (2007). RAPD for the typing of Staphylococcus aureus implicated in nosocomial infection. Journal of Hospital Infection, 66 (2), pp. 192-193.

Casey, A.L; Burnell, S.; Whinn, H.; Worthington, T.; Faroqui, M.H. and Elliott, T.S.J. (2007). A prospective clinical trial to evaluate the microbial barrier of a needleless connector. Journal of Hospital Infection, 65 (3), pp. 212-218.

Casey, Anne L.; Worthington, Tony; Lambert, Peter A. and Elliott, Tom S. J. (2007). Evaluation of routine microbiological techniques for establishing the diagnosis of catheter-related bloodstream infection caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 56 (Pt 2), pp. 172-176.

Bastin, Lucy; Rollason, Jessica; Hilton, Anthony; Pillay, Devadas; Corcoran, Caroline; Elgy, John; Lambert, Peter A.; De, Partha; Worthington, Tony and Burrows, Keith (2007). Spatial aspects of MRSA epidemiology:A case study using stochastic simulation, kernel estimation and SaTScan. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 21 (7), pp. 811-836.

Adams, D.; Quayum, M.H.; Worthington, Tony; Lambert, Peter A. and Elliott, T.S.J. (2006). Are biofilms relevant for skin disinfection? Response to Dr Kampf. Journal of Hospital Infection, 63 (4), pp. 480-481.

Caddick, Jonathan M.; Hilton, Anthony C.; Armstrong, Richard A.; Lambert, Peter A.; Worthington, Tony and Elliott, Tom S.J. (2006). Description and critical appraisal of principal components analysis (PCA) methodology applied to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 65 (1), pp. 87-95.

Casey, A.L.; Worthington, T.; Caddick, J.M.; Hilton, A.C.; Lambert, P.A. and Elliott, T.S.J. (2006). RAPD for the typing of coagulase-negative staphylococci implicated in catheter-related bloodstream infection. Journal of Infection, 52 (4), pp. 282-289.

Adams, Dave J.; Karpanen, Tarja; Worthington, Tony; Lambert, Peter A. and Eiliott, T.S.J. (2006). Infection risk associated with a closed luer access device. Journal of Hospital Infection, 62 (3), pp. 353-357.

Adams, D.; Quayum, M.; Worthington, Tony; Lambert, Peter A. and Elliott, Tom S.J. (2005). Evaluation of a 2% chlorhexidine gluconate in 70% isopropyl alcohol skin disinfectant. Journal of Hospital Infection, 61 (4), pp. 287-290.

Caddick, Jonathan M.; Hilton, Anthony; Rollason, Jessica; Lambert, Peter A.; Worthington, Tony and Elliott, Tom S.J. (2005). Molecular analysis of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus reveals an absence of plasmid DNA in multidrug-resistant isolates. FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology, 44 (3), pp. 297-302.

Jones, Karen J.; Perris, Alan D.; Vernallis, Ann B.; Worthington, Tony; Lambert, Peter A. and Elliott, Tom S.J. (2005). Induction of inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxide in J774.2 cells and murine macrophages by lipoteichoic acid and related cell wall antigens from Staphylococcus epidermidis. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 54 (4), pp. 315-321.

Perry, A.L.; Worthington, Tony; Hilton, Anthony; Lambert, Peter A.; Stirling, A.J. and Elliott, T.S.J. (2003). Analysis of clinical isolates of Propionibacterium acnes by optimised RAPD. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 228 (1), pp. 51-55.

Casey, A; Worthington, Tony; Lambert, Peter A.; Quinn, D.; Faroqui, M.H. and Elliott, T.S.J. (2003). A randomized, prospective clinical trial to assess the potential infection risk associated with the PosiFlow® needleless connector. Journal of Hospital Infection, 54 (4), pp. 288-293.

Spare, M.K.; Tebbs, S.E.; Lang, S.; Lambert, Peter A.; Worthington, Tony; Lipkin, G.W. and Elliott, Tom S.J. (2003). Genotypic and phenotypic properties of coagulase-negative staphylococci causing dialysis catheter-related sepsis. Journal of Hospital Infection, 54 (4), pp. 272-278.

Elliott, Tom; Worthington, Tony and Lambert, Peter (2002). Antibody response to Staphylococcal slime and lipoteichoic acid. The Lancet, 360 (9349), p. 1977.

Worthington, T.; Perry, A.; Lambert, P. and Elliott, T. (2002). Is brushing of central venous catheters safe clinical practice? Journal of Hospital Infection, 51 (2), pp. 149-150.

Worthington, T.; Lambert, P.A.; Traube, A. and Elliott, T.S.J. (2002). A rapid ELISA for the diagnosis of intravascular catheter related sepsis caused by coagulase negative staphylococci. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 55 (1), pp. 41-43.

Casey, A.L.; Spare, M.K.; Worthington, T.; Faroqui, M.H.; Trotter, E.; Lambert, P.A. and Elliott, T.S.J. (2002). Needleless connectors:the way forward in the prevention of catheter-related infections? Journal of Hospital Infection, 50 (1), pp. 77-79.

Stirling, Alistair; Worthington, Tony; Rafiq, Mohammed; Lambert, Peter A. and Elliott, Tom S.J. (2001). Association between sciatica and Propionibacterium acnes. The Lancet, 357 (9273), pp. 2024-2025.

Albert, Hanne B.; Lambert, Peter; Rollason, Jessica; Sorensen, Joan S.; Worthington, Tony; Pedersen, Mogens B.; Nørgaard, Hanne S.; Vernallis, Ann; Busch, Frederik; Manniche, Claus and Elliott, Tom Does nuclear tissue infected with bacteria following disc herniations lead to Modic changes in the adjacent vertebrae? European Spine Journal, 22 (4), pp. 690-696.

Begum, Saima; Johnson, Eustace; Worthington, Tony and Martin, Richard A. The influence of pH and fluid dynamics on the antibacterial efficacy of 45S5 Bioglass. Biomedical Materials, 11 (1),

Casey, A.L.; Worthington, T.; Bonser, R.S.; Lambert, P.A. and Elliott, T.S.J. Rapid serodiagnosis of Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection following median sternotomy. Journal of Infection, 52 (4), pp. 276-281.

ElShaer, Amr; Hanson, Peter; Worthington, Tony; Lambert, Peter and Mohammed, Afzal R. Preparation and characterisation of amino acids based trimethoprim salts. Pharmaceutics, 4 (1), pp. 179-196.

Hendry, E.R.; Worthington, T.; Conway, B.R. and Lambert, P.A. Antimicrobial efficacy of eucalyptus oil and 1,8-cineole alone and in combination with chlorhexidine digluconate against microorganisms grown in planktonic and biofilm cultures. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 64 (6), pp. 1219-1225.

Hendry, Emma; Conway, Barbara and Worthington, Tony Digluconate and isopropyl alcohol biocide formulation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 13 (11), pp. 14016-14025.

Karpanen, Tarja J.; Worthington, Tony; Conway, Barbara R.; Hilton, Anthony C.; Elliott, Tom S.J. and Lambert, Peter A. Penetration of chlorhexidine into human skin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 52 (10), pp. 3633-3636.

Karpanen, Tarja J.; Worthington, Tony; Conway, Barbara R.; Hilton, Anthony C.; Elliott, Tom S.J. and Lambert, Peter A. Permeation of chlorhexidine from alcoholic and aqueous solutions within excised human skin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53 (4), pp. 1717-1719.

Lambert, Peter; Elliott, Tom; Worthington, Tony; Vernallis, Ann and Rollason, Jess Letter to the Editor concerning "Prospective study using anterior approach did not show association between Modic 1 changes and low grade infection in lumbar spine" by Rigal J, et al.: Eur Spine J; 2016 Apr; 25(4):1000-5. European Spine Journal, Early ,

Worthington, Anthony; Conway, Barbara; Casey, Anna; Elliott, Tom; Karpanen, Tarja; Nighingale, Peter and Waters, Ruth Enhanced chlorhexidine skin penetration with 1,8-cineole. BMC Infectious Diseases, accept , (In Press)

Worthington, Tony and Elliott, Tom S.J. Diagnosis of central venous catheter related infection in adult patients. Journal of Infection, 51 (4), pp. 267-280.

Thesis

Worthington, Tony (2000). Serodiagnosis of staphylococcal sepsis. PHD thesis, Aston University.