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2017

Casey, Anna L.; Karpanen, Tarja J.; Conway, Barbara R.; Worthington, Tony; Nighingale, Peter; Waters, Ruth and Elliott, Tom S.J. (2017). Enhanced chlorhexidine skin penetration with 1,8-cineole. BMC Infectious Diseases, 17 ,

2016

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.

2011

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.

2010

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.

2009

Karpanen, Tarja J.; Worthington, Tony; Conway, Barbara R.; Hilton, Anthony C.; Elliott, Tom S.J. and Lambert, Peter A. (2009). Permeation of chlorhexidine from alcoholic and aqueous solutions within excised human skin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53 (4), pp. 1717-1719.

2008

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.

Karpanen, Tarja J.; Worthington, Tony; Conway, Barbara R.; Hilton, Anthony C.; Elliott, Tom S.J. and Lambert, Peter A. (2008). Penetration of chlorhexidine into human skin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 52 (10), pp. 3633-3636.

2007

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.

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.

2006

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.

2005

Worthington, Tony and Elliott, Tom S.J. (2005). Diagnosis of central venous catheter related infection in adult patients. Journal of Infection, 51 (4), pp. 267-280.

2003

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.

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.

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.

2002

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

2000

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