VOLTAGE BREAKDOWN IN IONIZED AIR AT FREQUENCIES FROM ZERO TO 10,000 MEGACYCLES, (2005)
A need arose for experimental data which would enable more exact design of surface-mounted antennas on missiles which would avoid corona and voltage breakdown in the higher atmosphere. A contract was...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Essex, 1996.
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Toronto, 1981.
Antibiotic susceptibility of Clostridium difficile (1979)
Burdon, D. W., Brown, J. D., Youngs, D. J., Arabi, Y., Shinagawa, N., Alexander-Williams, J., ...
Strains of Clostridium difficile isolated from patients with pseudomembranous colitis or diarrhoea were all sensitive to concentrations of vancomycin which are readily attained in faeces by oral...
A CRITICAL LOOK AT CHEMICAL DISINFECTION OF ANAESTHETIC APPARATUS (1975)
Studies were carried out to test the efficacy of disinfection of a previously contaminated corrugated anaesthetic tube and reservoir bag. Bacteriological swabs and sampling with broth were evaluated...
Williams, P H, Sedgwick, M I, Evans, N, Turner, P J, George, R H, McNeish, A S
The capacity of a human enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strain serotype O26:K60:H11, to adhere to the mucosa of the human fetal small intestine was shown to be plasmid mediated. Adherence...
Resistotyping of Proteus mirabilis and a comparison with other methods of typing
Kashbur, I. M., George, R. H., Ayliffe, G. A. J.
Resistotyping of P. mirabilis using 10 compounds is reported. The method was tested for reproducibility and specificity and results were compared with those obtained by serological, bacteriophage,...
Progress towards agreement in reports of antibiotic sensitivity
Results of three quality control trials of antibiotic sensitivity testing carried out on staphylococci by the Birmingham Regional Bacteriologists Group are presented. An overall reduction in the...
Comparison of different media for bacteriocine typing of Proteus mirabilis.
The effect of a variety of nutrient bases on the production of bacteriocines by 10 standard Cradock-Watson types of Proteus mirabilis has been investigated. Differences in yield of greater than...
An outbreak of infection caused by a gentamicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Bint, A J, George, R H, Healing, D E, Wise, R, Davies, M
An outbreak of infection caused by a strain of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to gentamicin and tobramycin and other antibiotics occurred in two wards in a hospital. Eight patients were colonized,...
Faecal toxin and severity of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis.
Burdon, D W, George, R H, Mogg, G A, Arabi, Y, Thompson, H, Johnson, M, ...
The relationship between faecal toxin titre, histological evidence of pseudomembrane in the rectum, and severity of antibiotic-associated colitis has been analysed from data on 62 patients whose...
Beddall, A C, Hill, F G, George, R H, Williams, M D, Al-Rubei, K
Of 30 children with bleeding disorders exposed to an index tuberculosis case, six developed primary pulmonary tuberculosis and two others became positive skin reactors. There was a significant...
Evaluation of use of Signal system of blood culture in paediatrics.
Fox, H, Healing, D E, George, R H
A new method of blood culture, the Signal system (Oxoid), was assessed in paediatric practice. Isolation rates of pathogens, frequency of contamination (false positive results), and time taken to...
Arthritis in pseudomembranous colitis associated with an antibody to Clostridium difficile toxin.
Fairweather, S D, Youngs, D, George, R H, Burdon, D W, Keighley, M R
Cytomegalovirus infection associated with lower urinary tract symptoms.
Davies, J G, Taylor, C M, White, R H, George, R H, Purdham, D R
Diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis.
Kappas, A, Shinagawa, N, Arabi, Y, Thompson, H, Burdon, D, Dimock, F, ...
Twenty-eight patients with histologically proved pseudomembranous colitis have been seen in one hospital since July 1975. All patients with the disease had received antibiotics, six for infections...
Identification of Clostridium difficile as a cause of pseudomembranous colitis.
George, R H, Symonds, J M, Dimock, F, Brown, J D, Arabi, Y, Shinagawa, N, ...
Randomised controlled trial of vancomycin for pseudomembranous colitis and postoperative diarrhoea.
Keighley, M R, Burdon, D W, Arabi, Y, Williams, J A, Thompson, H, Youngs, D, ...
The efficacy of vancomycin in pseudomembranous colitis was assessed in a prospective randomised controlled trial. Forty-four patients with postoperative diarrhoea were allocated to five days'...
Williams, P H, Sedgwick, M I, Evans, N, Turner, P J, George, R H, McNeish, A S
The capacity of a human enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) strain serotype O26:K60:H11, to adhere to the mucosa of the human fetal small intestine was shown to be plasmid mediated. Adherence...
Resistotyping of Proteus mirabilis and a comparison with other methods of typing
Kashbur, I. M., George, R. H., Ayliffe, G. A. J.
Resistotyping of P. mirabilis using 10 compounds is reported. The method was tested for reproducibility and specificity and results were compared with those obtained by serological, bacteriophage,...
Progress towards agreement in reports of antibiotic sensitivity
Results of three quality control trials of antibiotic sensitivity testing carried out on staphylococci by the Birmingham Regional Bacteriologists Group are presented. An overall reduction in the...
Comparison of different media for bacteriocine typing of Proteus mirabilis.
The effect of a variety of nutrient bases on the production of bacteriocines by 10 standard Cradock-Watson types of Proteus mirabilis has been investigated. Differences in yield of greater than...
An outbreak of infection caused by a gentamicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
Bint, A J, George, R H, Healing, D E, Wise, R, Davies, M
An outbreak of infection caused by a strain of Staphylococcus aureus resistant to gentamicin and tobramycin and other antibiotics occurred in two wards in a hospital. Eight patients were colonized,...
Faecal toxin and severity of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis.
Burdon, D W, George, R H, Mogg, G A, Arabi, Y, Thompson, H, Johnson, M, ...
The relationship between faecal toxin titre, histological evidence of pseudomembrane in the rectum, and severity of antibiotic-associated colitis has been analysed from data on 62 patients whose...
Beddall, A C, Hill, F G, George, R H, Williams, M D, Al-Rubei, K
Of 30 children with bleeding disorders exposed to an index tuberculosis case, six developed primary pulmonary tuberculosis and two others became positive skin reactors. There was a significant...
Evaluation of use of Signal system of blood culture in paediatrics.
Fox, H, Healing, D E, George, R H
A new method of blood culture, the Signal system (Oxoid), was assessed in paediatric practice. Isolation rates of pathogens, frequency of contamination (false positive results), and time taken to...
Arthritis in pseudomembranous colitis associated with an antibody to Clostridium difficile toxin.
Fairweather, S D, Youngs, D, George, R H, Burdon, D W, Keighley, M R
Cytomegalovirus infection associated with lower urinary tract symptoms.
Davies, J G, Taylor, C M, White, R H, George, R H, Purdham, D R
Diagnosis of pseudomembranous colitis.
Kappas, A, Shinagawa, N, Arabi, Y, Thompson, H, Burdon, D, Dimock, F, ...
Twenty-eight patients with histologically proved pseudomembranous colitis have been seen in one hospital since July 1975. All patients with the disease had received antibiotics, six for infections...
Identification of Clostridium difficile as a cause of pseudomembranous colitis.
George, R H, Symonds, J M, Dimock, F, Brown, J D, Arabi, Y, Shinagawa, N, ...
Randomised controlled trial of vancomycin for pseudomembranous colitis and postoperative diarrhoea.
Keighley, M R, Burdon, D W, Arabi, Y, Williams, J A, Thompson, H, Youngs, D, ...
The efficacy of vancomycin in pseudomembranous colitis was assessed in a prospective randomised controlled trial. Forty-four patients with postoperative diarrhoea were allocated to five days'...
Bacterial contamination of enteral feeds.
Patchell, C J, Anderton, A, MacDonald, A, George, R H, Booth, I W
Enteral nutrition is increasingly used to provide nutritional support for children in hospital and at home. No suitable formula is available for preschool children, however, and until recently a...
Severe echo 19 virus infection in a neonatal unit.
Purdham, D R, Purdham, P A, Wood, B S, George, R H, Martin, A J
An epidemic of echo 19 virus infection in a neonatal unit affecting 12 babies with one death is described. With one exception it was confined to the neonatal unit and medical and nursing staff were...
Martin, A J, Smalley, C A, George, R H, Healing, D E, Anderson, C M
18 children with cystic fibrosis and mucoid pseudomonas lung infection were treated with courses either of gentamicin plus carbenicillin, or tobramycin plus carbenicillin, with 2 children each...
Neonatal citrobacter meningitis
An epidemic involving 4 babies with neonatal meningitis due to Citrobacter koseri is described. Only 1 of the 4 babies made a full recovery: 2 others survived with severe permanent brain damage after...
Single dose pharmacokinetics of trimethoprim.
Rylance, G W, George, R H, Healing, D E, Roberts, D G
Single oral dose trimethoprim pharmacokinetics were determined in 18 children aged 3 months to 13 years. Trimethoprim suspension was rapidly absorbed and quickly and widely distributed. The mean...
Improving survival in bacterial endocarditis.
Moy, R J, George, R H, De Giovanni, J V, Silove, E D
Twenty six cases of bacterial endocarditis in infancy and childhood were treated with a mortality of less than 8%. Twenty two had recognised congenital heart disease and four had previously normal...
Oral candida: is dummy carriage the culprit?
Sio, J O, Minwalla, F K, George, R H, Booth, I W
Oral candida in subjects who sucked dummies was almost double that of controls. Although the carriage of Candida albicans on silicone dummies was significantly reduced compared with latex dummies,...
Dietary management of D-lactic acidosis in short bowel syndrome.
Mayne, A J, Handy, D J, Preece, M A, George, R H, Booth, I W
Manipulation of carbohydrate intake was used to treat severe, recurrent D-lactic acidosis in a patient with short bowel syndrome. Dietary carbohydrate composition was determined after assessment of...
Staff training: a key factor in reducing intravascular catheter sepsis.
Puntis, J W, Holden, C E, Smallman, S, Finkel, Y, George, R H, Booth, I W
A children's hospital nutritional care team prospectively monitored the frequency of sepsis in central venous catheters used for administering parenteral nutrition. During an initial study period of...