• Specialised cleaning associated with antimicrobial coatings for reduction of hospital acquired infection. Opinion of the COST Action Network AMiCI (CA15114) 

  Dunne, Suzanne S.; Ahonen, Merja; Modic, Martina; Crijns, Francy R.L.; Keinänen-Toivola, Minna M.; Meinke, Ruth; Keevil, William C.; Gray, Jim; O'Connell, Nuala H.; Dunne, Colum P. (Elsevier, 2018)

  Recognized issues with poor hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers and reports of recontamination of previously chemically disinfected surfaces through hand contact emphasize the need for novel hygiene methods ...
• Defining the mesentery as a new organ and what this means for understanding its roles in digestive disorders 

  O'Leary, Peter D.; Coffey, Calvin J. (Taylor and Francis, 2017)

  Categorisation of structures into tissues, organs and systems is arbitrary but has considerable utility as it provides a structural hierarchy within which one can more easily investigate and better understand human biology ...
• Repeatability of two-dimensional chemical shift imaging multivoxel proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy for measuring human cerebral choline-containing compounds 

  Puri, Basant K.; Egan, Mary; Wallis, Fintan; Jakeman, Philip M. (Baishideng Publishing Group, 2018)

  AIM To investigate the repeatability of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the in vivo measurement of human cerebral levels of choline-containing compounds (Cho). METHODS Two consecutive scans were carried out ...
• Detection of Neisseria meningitidis in a paediatric patient with septic arthritis using multiplexed diagnostic PCR targeting meningitis/encephalitis (ME) 

  O'Sullivan, Donnchadh; Linnane, Barry; Mostyn, Amanda; Jonathan, Nteimam; Lenihan, Marie; O'Connell, Nuala H.; Dunne, Colum P. (BioMed Central, 2018)

  Background: Neisseria meningitidis is associated with meningitis and septicemia. Septic meningococcal arthritis is relatively uncommon and its diagnosis associated with clinical and microbiological challenges. Early ...
• A comparative study of hand hygiene, including alcohol-based hand rub use, among Irish medical and nursing students. 

  Kingston, Liz M.; O'Connell, Nuala H.; Dunne, Colum P. (Elsevier, 2018)

  Background: In Ireland, the setting for this study, the national prevalence rate of health careassociated infection (HCAI) in acute-care facilities is 5.2%. Hand hygiene and in particular hand rubbing using alcohol-based ...
• Clustered interventions to reduce inappropriate duplicate laboratory tests in an Irish tertiary hospital. 

  Brady, Hugh; Piggott, Laura; Dunne, Suzanne S.; O'Connell, Nuala H.; Dunne, Colum P. (Elsevier, 2018)

  Background There is increasing emphasis on understanding the rate, and avoidable costs, of inappropriate laboratory testing in hospitals, especially associated with duplication of tests following transfer of patients ...
• The effect of whey protein supplementation on the temporal recovery of muscle function following resistance training: a systematic review and meta‐analysis 

  Davies, Robert W.; Carson, Brian P.; Jakeman, Philip M. (MDPI, 2018)

  Whey protein (WP) is a widely consumed nutritional supplement, known to enhance strength and muscle mass during resistance training (RT) regimens. Muscle protein anabolism is acutely elevated following RT, which is further ...
• Anti-microbial coating innovations to prevent infectious diseases (AMiCI): cost action ca15114 

  Dunne, Colum P.; Keinanen-Toivola, Minna M.; Kahru, Anne; Teunissen, Birgit; Olmez, Hulya; Gouveia, Isabel; Melo, Luis; Murzyn, Kazimierz; Modic, Martina; Ahonen, Merja; Askew, Pete; Papadopoulos, Theofilos; Adlhart, Christian; Crijns, Francy R.L. (Taylor & Francis, 2017)

  Worldwide, millions of patients are affected annually by healthcare-associated infection (HCAI), impacting up to 80,000 patients in European Hospitals on any given day. This represents not only public health risk, but also ...
• Isolation and gene expression profiling of intestinal epithelial cells: crypt isolation by calcium chelation from in vivo samples 

  Balfe, Aine; Lennon, Grainne; Lavelle, Aonghus; Docherty, Neil G.; Coffey, Calvin J.; Sheahan, Kieran; Winter, Desmond C.; O'Connell, Ronan P. (Dove Medical Press, 2018)

  Aim: The epithelial layer within the colon represents a physical barrier between the luminal contents and its underlying mucosa. It plays a pivotal role in mucosal homeostasis, and both tolerance and anti-pathogenic immune ...
• Adipocyte-epithelial interactions and crohn's disease - an emerging drug target 

  Coffey, Calvin J.; Kiernan, Miranda G. (Elsevier, 2017)

  Crohn's disease is hallmarked by mesenteric abnormalities including thickening, shortening and extension ofmesenteric fat over the intestinal surface (“fat wrapping” or “creeping fat”) (Coffey et al., 2016; Peyrin-Biroulet ...
• Raman spectroscopic analysis of fingernail clippings can help differentiate between postmenopausal women who have and have not suffered a fracture 

  Beattie, James R.; Cummins, Niamh M.; Caraher, Clare; O'Driscoll, Olive M.; Bansal, Aruna T.; Eastell, Richard; Ralston, Stuart H.; Stone, Michael D.; Pearson, Gill; Towler, M.R. (Libertas Academica, 2016)

  Raman spectroscopy was applied to nail clippings from 633 postmenopausal British and Irish women, from six clinical sites, of whom 42% had experienced a fragility fracture. The objective was to build a prediction algorithm ...
• Attitudes and practices of Irish hospital-based physicians towards hand hygiene and handrubbing using alcohol-based hand rubs, a comparison between 2007 and 2015. 

  Kingston, Liz M.; Slevin, Barbara L; O'Connell, Nuala H.; Dunne, Colum P. (Elsevier, 2017)

  Background: Hand hygiene is the cornerstone of infection prevention and control practices, and reduces healthcare-associated infections significantly. However, international evidence suggests that medical doctors demonstrate ...
• Limerick: forever associated with five lines of rhyme or infamous for irrepressible carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae for all time? 

  O'Connor, Ciara; O'Connell, Nuala H.; Commane, Marion; O'Donovan, E; Power, Lorraine; Dunne, Colum P. (Elsevier, 2016)

  Letter to Editor
• Mesenteric manifestations in Crohn’s disease 

  Sahebally, Shaheel M. (Univerisity of Limerick, 2017)

  Background Mesenteric manifestations are of pathobiologic relevance in Crohn’s disease. Clarification of mesenteric morphology provides an opportunity to re-appraise their pathogenic significance. Therefore, we examined ...
• Medical devices for cystic fibrosis care may be portable reservoirs of potential pathogens 

  Linnane, Barry; Collins, Louise; Bussmann, Neidin; O'Connell, Nuala H.; Dunne, Colum P. (Elsevier, 2017)

  no abstract available
• P071 The mesentery in Crohn's disease displays mesenchymal abnormalities. 

  Walsh, Leon; Kiernan, Miranda G.; Sahebally, Shaheel M.; Kiely, Patrick A.; Waldron, David; Moloney, M.; Skelly, M.; HIdayat, H.; Faul, P.; O'Leary, Peter D.; Lowery, Aoife J.; Dunne, Colum P.; Coffey, Calvin J. (Oxford University Press, 2017)

  Background: Recent advances in our understanding of mesenteric anatomy have shown that the mesentery is continuous along the intestinal tract at vascular, lymphatic and connective tissue levels [1]. Thus, the mesentery ...
• P026 The role of fibrocytes in mesenteric Crohn's disease. 

  Kiernan, Miranda G.; Sahebally, Shaheel M.; Kiely, Patrick A.; Waldron, David; Moloney, M.; Skelly, M.; Faul, P.N.; O'Leary, D.P.; Lowery, Aoife J.; Walsh, L.G.; Dunne, Colum P.; Coffey, John C. (Oxford University Press, 2017)

  The mesentery in Crohn’s disease frequently displays disease manifestations, such as mesenteric thickening and fat wrapping. Fibrocytes are a precursor cell type that can differentiate into fibroblasts or adipocytes [1]. ...
• P216 Mesenteric disease is directly related to mucosal disease in Crohn's disease. 

  Kiernan, Miranda G.; Sahebally, Shaheel M.; Waldron, David; Moloney, M.; Skelly, M.; HIdayat, H.; O'Leary, D.P.; Lowery, Aoife J.; Walsh, L.G.; Dunne, Colum P.; Coffey, John C. (Oxford University Press, 2017)

  Crohn’s disease (CD) displays mesenteric disease manifestations such as fat wrapping and mesenteric thickening. The frequency at which these occur in CD point to a pathobiological relevance. Fat wrapping in particular ...
• Anti-microbial coating innovations to prevent healthcare-associated infection 

  Crijns, Francy R.L.; Keinänen-Toivola, Minna M.; Dunne, Colum P. (Elsevier, 2017)

  Worldwide, millions of patients are affected annually by healthcare-associated infection (HCAI), impacting up to 80,000 patients in European hospitals on any given day.1 This represents not only a public health risk, ...
• Subsyndromal delirium compared to delirium, dementia, and subjects without delirium or dementia in elderly general hospital admissions and nursing home residents 

  Sepulveda, Esteban; Leonard, Maeve; Franco, José G; Adamis, Dimitrios; McCarthy, Geraldine; Dunne, Colum P.; Trzepacz, Paula T.; Gaviria, Ana M; de Pablo, Joan; Vilella, Elisabet; Meagher, David (Elsevier, 2017)

  Introduction: Subsyndromal delirium (SSD) complicates diagnosis of delirium and dementia, although there is little research comparing their symptom profiles. Methods: Cross-sectional study of 400 elderly patients’ admission ...

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