M. Cairns

The Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 lineage: a pathogen on the move.

B. Wren, E. Valiente, M. Cairns, 2014, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

The continually evolving Clostridium difficile species.

B. Wren, M. Cairns, R. Stabler, 2012, Future microbiology.

Emergence of new PCR ribotypes from the hypervirulent Clostridium difficile 027 lineage.

B. Wren, E. Valiente, M. Cairns, 2012, Journal of medical microbiology.

Macro and Micro Diversity of Clostridium difficile Isolates from Diverse Sources and Geographical Locations

E. Kuijper, B. Wren, Melissa J. Martin, 2012, PloS one.

1 Comparative genome analysis and global phylogeny of the toxin variant 1 Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 017 reveals the evolution of two independent 2 sub-lineages. 3

E. Kuijper, D. Gerding, P. Tsai, 2016 .

Comparative Genome Analysis and Global Phylogeny of the Toxin Variant Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 017 Reveals the Evolution of Two Independent Sublineages

J. Weese, E. Kuijper, D. Gerding, 2016, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Changing epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection following the introduction of a national ribotyping-based surveillance scheme in England.

M. Cairns, M. Wilcox, N. Shetty, 2012, Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

The recent emergence of a highly related virulent Clostridium difficile clade with unique characteristics

N. Fairweather, M. Pirmohamed, E. Kuijper, 2020, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Genomic Epidemiology of a Protracted Hospital Outbreak Caused by a Toxin A-Negative Clostridium difficile Sublineage PCR Ribotype 017 Strain in London, England

T. Clark, B. Wren, M. Cairns, 2015, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.