Publications

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Weber MA, Hartley JC, Klein NJ, Risdon RA, Malone M, Sebire NJ. Staphylococcal toxins in sudden unexpected death in infancy: experience from a single specialist centre. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2010 Nov 10. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID:21063809.

 

Kandasamy J, Dwan K, Hartley JC, Jenkinson MD, Hayhurst C, Gatscher S,Thompson D, Crimmins D, Mallucci C. Antibiotic-impregnated ventriculoperitonealshunts-a multi-centre British paediatric neurosurgery group (BPNG) study using historical controls. Childs Nerv Syst. 2011 Apr;27(4):575-81. Epub 2010 Oct 17.PubMed PMID: 20953871.

 

Weber MA, Hartley JC, Ashworth MT, Malone M, Sebire NJ. Virological investigations in sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI). Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2010 Dec;6(4):261-7. Epub 2010 Jul 11. PubMed PMID: 20623342.

 

Weber MA, Hartley JC, Brooke I, Lock PE, Klein NJ, Malone M, Sebire NJ.Post-mortem interval and bacteriological culture yield in sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI). Forensic Sci Int. 2010 May 20;198(1-3):121-5. Epub 2010 Mar 11. PubMed PMID: 20226606.

 

Weber MA, Ashworth MT, Risdon RA, Hartley JC, Malone M, Sebire NJ. The role of post-mortem investigations in determining the cause of sudden unexpected death ininfancy. Arch Dis Child. 2008 Dec;93(12):1048-53. Epub 2008 Jun 30. PubMed PMID:18591183.

 

Weber MA, Klein NJ, Hartley JC, Lock PE, Malone M, Sebire NJ. Infection and sudden unexpected death in infancy: a systematic retrospective case review. Lancet. 2008 May 31;371(9627):1848-53. PubMed PMID: 18514728.

 

Thompson DN, Hartley JC, Hayward RD. Shunt infection: is there a near-miss scenario?, J Neurosurg. 2007 Jan;106(1 Suppl):15-9. PubMed PMID: 17233307.

 

Brown KL, Ridout DA, Shaw M, Dodkins I, Smith LC, O'Callaghan MA, Goldman AP,Macqueen S, Hartley JC. Healthcare-associated infection in paediatric patients on extracorporeal life support: the role of multidisciplinary surveillance. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2006 Nov;7(6):546-50. PubMed PMID: 17006389.

 

Benden C, Harpur-Sinclair O, Ranasinghe AS, Hartley JC, Elliott MJ, Aurora P.Surveillance bronchoscopy in children during the first year after lung transplantation: is it worth it? Thorax. 2007 Jan;62(1):57-61. Epub 2006 Aug 23.PubMed PMID: 16928706; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2111290.

 

Jones HE, Strid J, Osman M, Uronen-Hansson H,DixonG, Klein N et al. The role of beta2 integrins and lipopolysaccharide-binding protein in the phagocytosis of dead Neisseria meningitidis.Cell Microbiol2008;10:1634-1645.

 

Jones HE, Uronen-Hansson H, Callard RE, Klein N,DixonGL. The differential response of human dendritic cells to live and killed Neisseria meningitidis. Cell Microbiol. 2007 Dec;9(12):2856-69. PubMed PMID: 17991045.

 

Dixon, G. L., P. J. Newton, B. M. Chain, D. Katz, S. R. Andersen, S. Wong, L. P. van der Ley, N. Klein, and R. E. Callard. 2001. Dendritic cell activation and cytokine production induced by group B Neisseria meningitidis: interleukin-12 production depends on lipopolysaccharide expression in intact bacteria. Infection and Immunity. 69:4351-4357.

 

Heli Uronen-Hansson, Liana Steeghs,Jennifer Allen, Garth L.J. Dixon, Mohamed Osman, Peter van der Ley,  Simon Y.C. Wong, Robin Callard and Nigel Klein,Human dendritic cell activation by Neisseria meningitidis: Phagocytosis depends on expression of lipooligosaccharide (LOS) by the bacteria and is required for optimal cytokine production. Cell Microbiol. 2004 Jul;6(7):625-37

 

Haustein T, Ridout DA, Hartley JC, Thaker U, Shingadia D, Klein NJ, Novelli V, Dixon GL. The likelihood of an indeterminate test result from a whole-blood interferon-gamma release assay for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosisinfection in children correlates with age and immune status. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Aug;28(8):669-73.

 

Bamford AR, Crook AM, Clark J, Nademi Z, Dixon G, Paton JY, Riddell A, Drobniewski F, Riordan A, Anderson ST, Williams A, Walters S, Kampmann B. Comparison of Interferon-gamma release assays and Tuberculin Skin Test in predicting active tuberculosis (TB) in children in the UK- a Paediatric TB Network Study. Arch Dis Child. 2009 Nov 20.

 

J Hosp Infect. 2010 Jul;75(3):220-4. Epub 2010 Apr 14. Establishing nurse-led ventilator-associated pneumonia surveillance in paediatric intensive care. Richardson M, Hines S, Dixon G, Highe L, Brierley J. Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK.

 

Williams B, Neth O, Shingadia D, Dixon G, Jupp RS, Rosendahl K, Eastwood D, Klein N, Brogan P MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII CAUSING SEPTIC ARTHRITIS AND OSTEOMYELITIS IN A CHILD.Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Oct 30.

 

Grant KA, Nwarfor I, Mpamugo O, Mithani V, Lister P, Dixon G, Nixon G, Planche T, Courtney M, Morgan J, McLauchlin J. Report of two unlinked cases of infant botulism in the UK in October 2007.J Med Microbiol. 2009 Dec; 58(Pt 12):1601-6. Epub 2009 Aug 6.