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Effect of irradiation on the detection of bacterial DNA in contaminated food samples by DNA hybridization

T. F. Rowe, K. Towner, T. Rowe, 1994 .

K. Towner, 1992 .

Report of the Consensus Conference on Antibiotic Resistance; Prevention and Control (ARPAC).

M. Struelens, I. Gould, F. Mackenzie, 2005, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Increasing importance of plasmid-mediated trimethoprim resistance in enterobacteria: two six-month clinical surveys.

K. Towner, N. Pearson, P. A. Pinn, 1980, British medical journal.

Multicenter study using standardized protocols and reagents for evaluation of reproducibility of PCR-based fingerprinting of Acinetobacter spp

P. Gerner-Smidt, M. Vaneechoutte, L. Dijkshoorn, 1997, Journal of clinical microbiology.

Distribution of Intrinsic Plasmid Replicase Genes and Their Association with Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Class D β-Lactamase Genes in European Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

A. Carattoli, L. Villa, S. Amyes, 2011, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

Outbreak in Croatia caused by a new carbapenem-resistant clone of Acinetobacter baumannii producing OXA-72 carbapenemase.

I. Goic-Barisic, K. Towner, A. Kovačič, 2011, The Journal of hospital infection.

Evidence for in vivo expression of transferrin-binding proteins in Haemophilus influenzae type b

P. Langford, P. Williams, K. Towner, 1992, Infection and immunity.

Clinical importance and antibiotic resistance of Acinetobacter spp. Proceedings of a symposium held on 4-5 November 1996 at Eilat, Israel.

K. Towner, 1997, Journal of medical microbiology.

IMP-1 carbapenemase detected in an Acinetobacter clinical isolate from the UK.

N. Woodford, D. Livermore, P. Chadwick, 2002, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Evaluation of a real-time PCR hybridization assay for rapid detection of Legionella pneumophila in hospital and environmental water samples.

K. Towner, K. Levi, J. Smedley, 2003, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Detection of Legionella pneumophilaUsing a Real-Time PCR Hybridization Assay

J. V. Lee, K. Towner, N. Fry, 2000, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

The effect of an antibiotic policy on bacterial resistance in patients in geriatric medical wards.

M. Bendall, R. Slack, R. Finch, 1986, The Quarterly journal of medicine.

Insights into the global molecular epidemiology of carbapenem non-susceptible clones of Acinetobacter baumannii.

A. Sundsfjord, Ø. Samuelsen, K. Towner, 2012, Drug resistance updates : reviews and commentaries in antimicrobial and anticancer chemotherapy.

Diversity of Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated from Two European Regions with Different Prevalences of Methicillin Resistance

F. Daschner, D. Jonas, K. Towner, 2002, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

6 – Generation and Analysis of RAPD Fingerprinting Profiles

H. Grundmann, K. Towner, 2001 .

Molecular epidemiology of quinolone resistance in Acinetobacter spp.

K. Towner, R. Seward, R. J. Seward, 1998, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Acinetobacter : Portrait of a Genus

C. A. Fewson, E. Bergogne-Bérézin, K. Towner, 1991 .

Plasmid and Transposon Behaviour in Acinetobacter

K. Towner, 1991 .

Biotyping of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus using the API 2ONE system.

B. Chopade, K. Towner, 1987, The Journal of hospital infection.

Biotyping of Acinetobactercalcoaceticus using the API 20NE system

B. Chopade, K. Towner, 1987 .

Plasmid transfer and behaviour in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus EBF65/65.

B. Chopade, K. Towner, P. Wise, 1985, Journal of general microbiology.

Utilization of enterobactin and other exogenous iron sources by Haemophilus influenzae, H. parainfluenzae and H. paraphrophilus.

D. Morton, P. Williams, K. Towner, 1990, Journal of general microbiology.

Evaluation of the mecA femB Duplex Polymerase Chain Reaction for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

H. Grundmann, F. Daschner, D. Jonas, 1999, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Blood with the EVIGENE MRSA Detection Kit

K. Towner, K. Levi, 2003, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Emergence and spread of carbapenem-resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii in a tertiary-care hospital in Poland.

M. Luczak, M. Wróblewska, K. Towner, 2007, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Detection of TEM beta-lactamase genes by non-isotopic spot hybridisation

R. Slack, K. Towner, G. Carter, 1987, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Prevalence of Acinetobacter baumannii and other Acinetobacter spp. in faecal samples from non-hospitalised individuals.

L. Dijkshoorn, K. Towner, A. Nemec, 2005, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

New approaches for the generation and analysis of microbial typing data

L. Dijkshoorn, M. Struelens, K. Towner, 2000 .

Edinburgh Research Explorer Characterization of epidemiologically unrelated Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from four continents by use of multilocus sequence typing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and sequence-based typing of bla(OXA-51-like) genes

K. Towner, B. Evans, A. Hamouda, 2010 .

Analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of insertion mutations in the transferrin-binding system of Haemophilus influenzae type b.

K. Hardie, K. Towner, R. Curran, 1994, Journal of medical microbiology.

6 – Bacterial genetics

K. Towner, 2012 .

Occurrence of transposable trimethoprim resistance in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli devoid of self-transmissible resistance plasmids

K. Towner, P. A. Pinn, B. Venning, 1982, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

Therapeutic options for infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii

K. Towner, 2009 .

OXA-51-like beta-lactamases and their association with particular epidemic lineages of Acinetobacter baumannii.

S. Amyes, K. Towner, B. Evans, 2008, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Evaluation of the sensitivity of a rapid polymerase chain reaction for detection of group B streptococcus

K. Chan, K. Towner, K. Levi, 2006, Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

16 – Detection of TEM β-Lactamase Genes Using DNA Probes

K. Towner, 1990 .

A biotinylated DNA probe to detect bacterial cells in artificially contaminated foodstuffs.

S. Dovey, K. Towner, 1989, The Journal of applied bacteriology.

Identification and typing by nucleic acid hybridization techniques

K. Towner, A. Cockayne, 1993 .

Molecular epidemiology of aminoglycoside resistance in Acinetobacter spp.

K. Towner, T. Lambert, R. Seward, 1998, Journal of medical microbiology.

Cloning of the type VII trimethoprim-resistant dihydrofolate reductase gene and identification of a specific DNA probe.

K. Towner, G. Carter, 1990, FEMS microbiology letters.

Population structure and antibiotic resistance of Acinetobacter DNA group 2 and 13TU isolates from hospitals in the UK.

N. Woodford, D. Livermore, D. James, 2002, Journal of medical microbiology.

Comparison of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from United Kingdom Hospitals with Predominant Northern European Genotypes by Amplified-Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

L. Dijkshoorn, K. Towner, T. V. D. van der Reijden, 2004, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Acinetobacter infections, intensive care units, and handwashing

O. Dapunt, M. Dierich, K. Towner, 1995, The Lancet.

Acinetobacter: an old friend, but a new enemy.

K. Towner, 2009, The Journal of hospital infection.

Resistance toantimicrobial agents ofVibrio cholerae ElTorstrains isolated during thefourth cholera epidemic intheUnited Republic ofTanzania

K. Towner, F. Mhalu, N. Pearson, 1980 .

Carriage of class 1 integrons and antibiotic resistance in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from northern Spain.

K. Towner, L. Gallego, 2001, Journal of medical microbiology.

Increase in incidence of resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim in clinical isolates of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium with investigation of molecular epidemiology and mechanisms of resistance.

J. Ruiz, J. Vila, F. Marco, 1999, Journal of medical microbiology.

Molecular relationships between trimethoprim R plasmids obtained from human and animal sources.

K. Towner, M. Lewis, P. Wise, 1986, The Journal of applied bacteriology.

Trimethoprim resistance plasmids in Escherichia coli isolated from cases of diarrhoea in cattle, pigs and sheep.

R. Slack, K. Towner, P. Wise, 1985, The Journal of applied bacteriology.

ATPase genes of diverse multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates frequently harbour integrated DNA.

Z. Deng, Hong-Yu Ou, K. Rajakumar, 2008, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Resistance to trimethoprim among urinary tract isolates in the United Kingdom.

K. Towner, 1982, Reviews of infectious diseases.

Classification of transferable plasmids conferring resistance to trimethoprim isolated in Great Britain

K. Towner, 1979 .

Development and evaluation of a PCR-based immunoassay for the rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

K. Towner, H. Humphreys, D. Talbot, 1998, Journal of medical microbiology.

Rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from screening enrichment broths by real-time PCR

K. Towner, K. Levi, 2005, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Evaluation of an Isothermal Signal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus from Patient-Screening Swabs

K. Towner, A. Bennett, P. Marsh, 2003, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

A rapid immunoassay method for the direct detection of PCR products: application to detection of TEM beta-lactamase genes.

K. Towner, D. Talbot, R. Curran, 1996, Journal of medical microbiology.

Detection of antibiotic resistance genes with DNA probes.

K. Towner, 1992, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Enhanced resistance to cefotaxime and imipenem associated with outer membrane protein alterations in Enterobacter aerogenes.

K. Towner, J. Hopkins, 1990, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Antibiotic resistance among clinical isolates of Acinetobacter in the UK, and in vitro evaluation of tigecycline (GAR-936).

N. Woodford, D. Livermore, D. James, 2002, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

An unwanted import to the UK: a carbapenem-resistant clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii producing metallo-beta-lactamase.

T. Boswell, K. Towner, T. Gee, 2002, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Acinetobacter spp. as nosocomial pathogens: microbiological, clinical, and epidemiological features

E Bergogne-Bérézin, E. Bergogne-Bérézin, K. Towner, 1996, Clinical microbiology reviews.

Isolation of trimethoprim-resistant, sulfonamide-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae from urinary tract infections

M. Smith, K. Towner, W. Cowlishaw, 1983, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

Classification of plasmid-encoded dihydrofolate reductases conferring trimethoprim resistance.

S. Amyes, K. Towner, H. Young, 1992, Journal of medical microbiology.

Typing and identification of microorganisms with antibodies

K. Towner, A. Cockayne, 1993 .

Nucleic acid amplification and sequencing techniques

K. Towner, A. Cockayne, 1993 .

Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

G. Ridgway, P. Hawkey, K. Towner, 2005, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Acinetobacter baumannii: evolution of a global pathogen.

Paolo Visca, P. Visca, K. Towner, 2014, Pathogens and disease.

EMERGENCE OF TRIMETHOPRIM-RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIA IN PATIENTS RECEIVING LONG-TERM CO-TRIMOXAZOLE FOR THE CONTROL OF INTRACTABLE URINARY-TRACT INFECTION

K. Towner, N. Pearson, F. O'grady, 1979, The Lancet.

An introduction to microbial identification and typing methods

K. Towner, A. Cockayne, 1993 .

Endemic Carbapenem Resistance Associated with OXA-40 Carbapenemase among Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from a Hospital in Northern Spain

N. Woodford, D. Livermore, K. Towner, 2002, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Analysis of nucleic acid profiles

K. Towner, A. Cockayne, 1993 .

Acinetobacter infection – an emerging threat to human health

Paolo Visca, Harald Seifert, P. Visca, 2011, IUBMB life.

Factors influencing the establishment and spread of R-plasmids in an experimental model of urinary tract infection

K. Towner, M. Lewis, L. Snowsill, 1981, Journal of Hygiene.

Molecular Methods for Microbial Identification and Typing

K. Towner, A. Cockayne, 1993, Springer Netherlands.

Surveillance of an adult intensive care unit for long-term persistence of a multi-resistant strain ofAcinetobacter baumannii

K. Towner, H. Humphreys, M. Crowe, 1998, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Genome-assisted identification of putative iron-utilization genes in Acinetobacter baumannii and their distribution among a genotypically diverse collection of clinical isolates.

P. Visca, K. Towner, F. Imperi, 2011, Research in microbiology.

The Biology of Acinetobacter

C. A. Fewson, E. Bergogne-Bérézin, K. Towner, 1991, Federation of European Microbiological Societies Symposium Series.

Stalking microbes: a relentless pursuit of infection control

K. Towner, 2006 .

CHROMOSOMAL RESISTANCE TO TRIMETHOPRIM

K. Towner, N. Pearson, F. O'grady, 1978, The Lancet.

Analysis of protein and lipopolysaccharide profiles

K. Towner, A. Cockayne, 1993 .

Clinical and epidemiological features of an outbreak of acinetobacter infection in an intensive therapy unit.

H Humphreys, K. Towner, H. Humphreys, 1995, Journal of medical microbiology.

Occurrence of OXA-107 and ISAba1 in Carbapenem-Resistant Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from Croatia

I. Goic-Barisic, K. Towner, M. Tonkić, 2009, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

Genetic diversity of carbapenem-resistant isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii in Europe.

K. Towner, K. Levi, M. Vlassiadi, 2008, Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Acinetobacter species identification by using tRNA spacer fingerprinting

P. Gerner-Smidt, L. Dijkshoorn, H. Grundmann, 1996, Journal of clinical microbiology.

Characterization of Epidemiologically Unrelated Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from Four Continents by Use of Multilocus Sequence Typing, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Sequence-Based Typing of blaOXA-51-like Genes

S. Amyes, K. Towner, B. Evans, 2010, Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

RP4-mediated conjugation in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.

K. Towner, A. Vivian, 1976, Journal of general microbiology.

Acinetobacter: Microbiology, Epidemiology, Infections, Management

E. Bergogne-Bérézin, M. Joly-Guillou, K. Towner, 1995 .

Resistance to antimicrobial agents of Vibrio cholerae E1 Tor strains isolated during the fourth cholera epidemic in the United Republic of Tanzania.

F O'Grady, N J Pearson, K. Towner, 1980, Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

Plasmids Capable of Transfer and Chromosome Mobilization in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus

K. Towner, A. Vivian, 1977 .

1 – An Introduction to the Generation and Analysis of Microbial Typing Data

L. Dijkshoorn, K. Towner, 2001 .

Molecular and Antibiogram Relationships of Acinetobacter Isolates from Two Contrasting Hospitals in the United Kingdom and South Africa

K. Towner, H. Humphreys, H. Crewe-Brown, 1999, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Impact of Acinetobacter spp. in intensive care units in Great Britain and Ireland.

K. Towner, H. Humphreys, 1997, The Journal of hospital infection.

RESISTANT VIBRIO CHOLERÆ EL TOR IN TANZANIA

K. Towner, N. Pearson, F. O'grady, 1979, The Lancet.

Trimethoprim resistance; epidemiology and molecular aspects.

S. Amyes, K. Towner, 1990, Journal of medical microbiology.

Use of a non-radioactive hybridisation assay for direct detection of gram-negative bacteria carrying TEM beta-lactamase genes in infected urine.

R. Slack, K. Towner, G. Carter, 1989, Journal of medical microbiology.

Detection of novel trimethoprim resistance determinants in the United Kingdom using biotin–labelled DNA probes

S. Amyes, K. Towner, G. Carter, 1991, Epidemiology and Infection.

The type VII dihydrofolate reductase: a novel plasmid-encoded trimethoprim-resistant enzyme from gram-negative bacteria isolated in Britain.

C. J. Thomson, S. Amyes, K. Towner, 1989, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Biotinylated DNA probes for trimethoprim-resistant dihydrofolate reductases types IV and V.

S. Amyes, K. Towner, H. Young, 1988, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Rapid detection of a specific trimethoprim resistance gene using a biotinylated DNA probe.

R. Slack, K. Towner, G. Carter, 1987, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Transferable resistance plasmids as a contributory cause of increasing trimethoprim resistance in general practice.

K. Towner, P. Wise, 1983, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

The biology of acinetobacter: Taxonomy, clinical importance, molecular biology, physiology, industrial relevance

C. A. Fewson, E. Bergogne-Bérézin, K. Towner, 1991 .

Novel genetic context of multiple bla OXA-58 genes in Acinetobacter genospecies 3.

S. Amyes, K. Towner, B. Evans, 2010, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Use of RAPD-ALF analysis for investigating the frequency of bacterial cross-transmission in an adult intensive care unit.

K. Towner, C. Webster, 2000, The Journal of hospital infection.

Genetic structures associated with spread of the type Ia trimethoprim-resistant dihydrofolate reductase gene amongst Escherichia coli strains isolated in the Nottingham area of the United Kingdom.

Y Zhang, K. Towner, G. Carter, 1994, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

A clinical isolate of Escherichia coli owing its trimethoprim resistance to a chromosomally-located trimethoprim transposon.

K. Towner, 1981, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Effect of changing selection pressures on trimethoprim resistance inEnterobacteriaceae

R. Slack, K. Towner, 1986, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology.

A transferable plasmid conferring only a moderate level of resistance to trimethoprim

K. Towner, P. A. Pinn, 1981 .

Trimethoprim R plasmids isolated during long-term treatment of urinary tract infection with co-trimoxazole.

K. Towner, N. Pearson, F. O'grady, 1979, The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy.

Chromosome mapping in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.

K. Towner, 1978, Journal of general microbiology.

RP4 fertility variants in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.

K. Towner, A. Vivian, 1976, Genetical research.

Acinetobacter infection – an emerging threat to human health

P. Visca, H. Seifert, K. Towner, 2011, IUBMB life.

Evaluation of a PCR-immunoassay technique for detection of Neisseria meningitidis in cerebrospinal fluid and peripheral blood.

K. Towner, R. J. Seward, 2000, Journal of medical microbiology.

Direct detection of Clostridium difficile 027 in diarrhoeal stool samples.

K. Towner, M. Clark, 2011, Journal of Hospital Infection.

Isolation and characterisation of Haemophilus influenzae type b mutants defective in transferrin-binding and iron assimilation.

P. Williams, K. Towner, J. Holland, 1991, FEMS microbiology letters.

A note on the use of microwaves in an improved non‐radioactive DNA hybridization procedure for the detection of bacteria in foodstuffs

K. Towner, C. Evans, 1990 .

Tn916 insertion mutagenesis in Escherichia coli and Haemophilus influenzae type b following conjugative transfer.

P. Williams, K. Towner, J. Holland, 1992, Journal of general microbiology.

Direct comparison of two commercially available computer programs for analysing DNA fingerprinting gels.

H. Grundmann, K. Towner, B. Ehrenstein, 1997, Journal of medical microbiology.