Publications for John Merlino Publications for John Merlino >[More Information]</a> 2013 2010 Ginn, A., Zong, Z., Wiklendt, A., Thomas, L., Merlino, J., Gottlieb, T., van Hal, S., Harkness, J., Macleod, C., Bell, S., Partridge, S., Iredell, J., et al (2013). Limited diversity in the gene pool allows prediction of third-generation cephalosporin and aminoglycoside resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 42(1), 19-26. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.201 3.03.003">[More Information]</a> Merlino, J., Brown, M. (2010). Biocides in the Health Industry. Microbiology Australia, 31(4), 158. Betteridge, T., Merlino, J., Natoli, J., Cheong, E., Gottlieb, T., Stokes, H. (2013). Plasmids and Bacterial Strains Mediating Multidrug-Resistant Hospital-Acquired Infections Are Coresidents of the Hospital Environment. Microbial Drug Resistance: Mechanisms Epidemiology And Disease, 19(2), 104-109. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/mdr.2012.0104" >[More Information]</a> Merlino, J., Kay, I., Coombs, G., Palladino, S. (2010). PCR Assays in Detecting Methicillin Resistance in Staphylococci: Coagulase Negative Staphylococci (CNS), S. Aureus, and MRSA with the PVL Gene. In Margaret Schuller, Theo Sloots, Gregory James, Catriona Halliday, Ian Carter (Eds.), PCR for Clinical Microbiology An Australian and International Perspective, (pp. 407-414). Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media. 2012 Martinez, E., Marquez, C., Ingold, A., Merlino, J., Djordjevic, S., Stokes, H., Chowdhury, P. (2012). Diverse Mobilized Class 1 Integrons Are Common in the Chromosomes of Pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 56(4), 2169-2172. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.06048-11" >[More Information]</a> Su, W., Gottlieb, T., Merlino, J. (2012). Optimal phenotypic testing of AmpC beta-lactamases using boronic acid solutions. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 31(1), 49-51. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-011-127 1-5">[More Information]</a> 2011 Pinto, A., Merlino, J. (2011). CO2-dependent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 66(3), 676-677. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkq510">[M ore Information]</a> Chowdhury, P., Ingold, A., Vanegas, N., Martínez, E., Merlino, J., Merkier, A., Castro, M., Gonza´lez Rocha, G., Borthagaray, G., Centro´n, D., et al (2011). Dissemination of multiple drug resistance genes by Class 1 integrons in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from four countries: A comparative study. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 55(7), 3140-3149. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01529-10" Merlino, J., Kay, I., Coombs, G., Palladino, S. (2010). Detection of VRE: vanA and vanB Genes by PCR. In Margaret Schuller, Theo Sloots, Gregory James, Catriona Halliday, Ian Carter (Eds.), PCR for Clinical Microbiology An Australian and International Perspective, (pp. 415-421). Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media. Merlino, J., Kennedy, P. (2010). Resistance to biocidal activity of silver in burn wound dressings- is it a problem? Microbiology Australia, 31(4), 168-170. 2009 Chowdhury, P., Merlino, J., Labbate, M., Cheong, E., Gottlieb, T., Stokes, H. (2009). Tn6060, a transposon from a genomic island in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate that includes two class 1 integrons. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53(12), 5294-5296. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00687-09" >[More Information]</a> 2003 Watson, J., Givney, R., Pegler, M., Rose, B., Merlino, J., Vickery, A., Gottlieb, T., Bradbury, R., Harbour, C. (2003). Comparative analysis of multidrug-resistant, non-multidrug-resistant, and archaic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Central Sydney, Australia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(2), 867-872. Merlino, J., Rose, B., Harbour, C. (2003). Rapid detection of non-multidrig-resistant and multidrug-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using cycling probe technology for the mecA gene. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 22(5), 322-323. 2002 Merlino, J., Watson, J., Rose, B., Pegler, M., Publications for John Merlino Gottlieb, T., Bradbury, R., Harbour, C. (2002). Detection and expression of methicillin/oxacillin resistance in multi-drug resistant and non resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Central Sydney Australia. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 49(5), 793-801. Anthony, M., Rose, B., Pegler, M., Elkins, M., Service, H., Thamotharampillai, K., Watson, J., Robinson, M., Bye, P., Merlino, J., Harbour, C. (2002). Genetic analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from the sputa of adult Australian cystic fibrosis patients. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 40(8), 2772-2778. Merlino, J., Watson, J., Funnell, G., Gottlieb, T., Bradbury, R., Harbour, C. (2002). New screening medium for the detection and identification of methicillin/oxacillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) for nosocomial surveillance. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 21(5), 414-416. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-002-072 2-4">[More Information]</a> 2000 Merlino, J., Leroi, M., Bradbury, R., Veal, D., Harbour, C. (2000). New Chromogenic Identification and Detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 38(6), 2378-2380.