Scientific Commons: Nicola C. Elviss

Amoxicillin therapy of poultry flocks: effect upon the selection of amoxicillin-resistant commensal Campylobacter spp. (2009)

Elviss, Nicola C., Williams, Lisa K., Jørgensen, Frieda, Chisholm, Stephanie A., Lawson, Andrew J., Swift, Craig, ...

Background The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of amoxicillin therapy of poultry flocks upon the persistence of commensal Campylobacter spp. and the incidence of antibiotic...

Real-time PCR detection and frequency of 16S rDNA mutations associated with resistance and reduced susceptibility to tetracycline in Helicobacter pylori from England and Wales (2005)

Lawson, Andrew J., Elviss, Nicola C., Owen, Robert J.

Objectives: To investigate the occurrence of 16S rDNA mutations associated with resistance or reduced susceptibility to tetracycline in Helicobacter pylori isolated in England and Wales, and to...

Real-time PCR detection and frequency of 16S rDNA mutations associated with resistance and reduced susceptibility to tetracycline in Helicobacter pylori from England and Wales (2005)

Lawson, Andrew J., Elviss, Nicola C., Owen, Robert J.

Objectives: To investigate the occurrence of 16S rDNA mutations associated with resistance or reduced susceptibility to tetracycline in Helicobacter pylori isolated in England and Wales, and to...

Helicobacter pylori antibiotic resistance patterns and genotypes in adult dyspeptic patients from a regional population in North Wales (2004)

Elviss, Nicola C., Owen, Robert J., Xerry, Jacqueline, Walker, A. Mark, Davies, Kenneth

Objective: Surveillance data on Helicobacter pylori antibiotic susceptibilities in Wales are limited, despite resistance being a key factor in treatment failure. A single-centre survey was undertaken...

Differentiation of Metronidazole-Sensitive and -Resistant Clinical Isolates of Helicobacter pylori by Immunoblotting with Antisera to the RdxA Protein

Latham, Stephanie R., Owen, Robert J., Elviss, Nicola C., Labigne, Agnès, Jenks, Peter J.

Antimicrobial resistance in Helicobacter pylori is a serious and increasing problem, and the development of rapid, reliable methods for detecting resistance would greatly improve the selection of...

Prevalence and Subtypes of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Campylobacter spp. in Commercial Poultry Flocks before, during, and after Treatment with Fluoroquinolones

Humphrey, Tom J., Jørgensen, Frieda, Frost, Jennifer A., Wadda, Haddy, Domingue, Gil, Elviss, Nicola C., ...

Five commercial broiler chicken flocks were treated with either difloxacin or enrofloxacin for a clinically relevant infection, as instructed by a veterinarian. Campylobacters were isolated from...