PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed ORIGINAL PAPERS 1. Dryden MS. C-reactive protein concentration in suspected bacteraemia. J Clin Pathol. 1986 Dec;39(12):1363-4. PubMed PMID: 3805324; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1140805. 1. Dryden MS. A pathogenic role for Bacillus cereus in wound infections in the tropics. J Roy Soc Med 1987; 80: 8. 480-481. 2. Dryden MS, Kramer JM. Toxigenic Bacillus cereus as a cause of wound infections in the tropics. J Inf 1987; 15: 207-212. 3. Gardener TD, Flanagan P, Dryden MS, Costello C, Shanson DC, Gazzard BC. Disseminated Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection and red-cell hyperplasia in patients with AIDS. J Inf 1988; 16: 135-140. 4. Shanson DC, Dryden MS. Comparison of methods for isolating Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare from the blood of patients with AIDS.J Clin Path 1988; 41: 687690. 5. Connolly GM, Dryden MS, Shanson DC, Gazzard BC. Cryptosporidial diarrhoea in AIDS and its treatment. Gut 1988; 29: 593-597. 6. Dryden MS, Shanson DC. The microbial causes of diarrhoea in HIV positive patients.J Inf 1988; 17: 107-114. 7. Dryden MS, Munro R. Aeromonas species septicaemia: relationship of biotypes and clinical features. Pathology 1989. 21: 111-114. 8. Dryden MS. Antibiotic resistance in Enterococci at a teaching hospital. Pathology 1989. 21: 177-179. 9. Fletcher J, Dryden MS, Munro R, Xu JH, Hehir MD. Establishment of a vascular graft infection model in the sheep carotid artery. Aust.NZ.J.Surg. 1990. 60: 801-803. 10. Dryden MS, Wing AJ, Phillips I. Low dose intraperitoneal ciprofloxacin for the treatment of peritonitis in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. J Antimicrob Chemother 1991. 28: 131-139. 11. Dryden MS, Ludlam HA, Wing AJ, Phillips I. Active intervention dramatically reduces CAPD-associated infection. Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis 1991: 7; 125-128. 12. Dryden MS, Samson A, Ludlam HA, Wing AJ, Phillips I. Infective complications associated with the use of the Quinton Permcath for long-term central vascular access in haemodialysis. J Hosp Infect 1991: 19; 257-262. 13. Dryden MS, Talsania HG, Martin S, Cunningham M, Richardson JF, Cookson B, Marples RR, Phillips I. Evaluation of supplementary methods for typing coagulasenegative staphylococci. J Med Microbiol 1992: 37; 109-117. 14. Dryden MS, Talsania H, McCann M, Cookson BD, Phillips I. The epidemiology of ciprofloxacin resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci. J Epidem Infect 1992: 109; 97-112. 15. Dryden MS, McCann M, Wing AJ, Phillips I. Controlled trial of a Y-set delivery system to prevent peritonitis in patients receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. J Hosp Infect 1992: 20; 185-192. 16. Dryden MS, Talsania H, Rodgers J, Bayston R, Phillips I. Serological response to coagulase-negative staphylococci in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1993: 87-92. 17. Dryden M, Cookson B, Talsania H, Phillips I. Typing of staphylococci by SDS-PAGE and Immunoblotting, and epidemiology of ciprofloxacin resistance in staphylococcal isolates from CAPD patients. In Staphylococci and staphylococcal infections. Mollby, Flock, Nord, Christensson (eds). Gustav Fisher Vaerlag. Stuttgart. 1994. 18. Dryden MS, Talsania H, Phillips I. Immunoblot analysis of staphylococcal antibodies in CAPD patients with staphylococcal peritonitis. In Staphylococci and staphylococcal infections. Mollby, Flock, Nord, Christensson (eds). Gustav Fisher Vaerlag. Stuttgart. 1994. 19. Young KA, Power EGM, Dryden MS, Phillips I. RAPD typing of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus haemolyticus. Lett Appl Microbiol. 1994: 18; 86-89. 20. Dryden MS, Wilkinson M, Redman M, Millar MR. Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in general practice urine samples. Brit J Gen Practice. 1994: 44; 114-117. 21. Dryden MS, Keyworth N, Gabb R, Stein K. Asymptomatic foodhandlers as the source of nosocomial salmonellosis. Journal of Hospital Infection. 1994: 28; 195-208. 22. Dryden MS, Gabb RJE, Wright SK. Empirical ciprofloxacin, in the treatment of severe acute gastroenteritis in the community. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1996; 22: 1019-25 23. Sundkvist T, Dryden MS, Gabb R, Soltanpoor N, Casemore D, Stuart J. Outbreak of cryptosporidiosis associated with a swimming pool. CDR 1997; 12: 190-192. 24. Asumang A, Goldsmith AL, Dryden MS. Subcutaneous nodules with Pseudomonas septicaemia in an immunocompetent patient. Anaesth Intensive Care 1999; 27:213215 25. Samuel AW, Dryden MS, Shepherd HA. Vertebral osteomyelitis caused by Haemophilus paraphrophilus. 1999 26. Mark Wilcox, Dilip Nathwani, Mathew Dryden. Linezolid compared with teicoplanin for the treatment of suspected or proven Gram-positive infections J Antimicrob Chemother Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (2004) 53, 335-344 27. Matthew Dryden, Madhu Ramakrishnan, Julian Elford, Stephanie DamoaSiakwan; A case of extensive intracerebral infection. Infection CPD, 2003 4,2:49-52 28. Dryden MS, Dailly S, Crouch M. A randomised, controlled study of tea tree topical preparations versus a standard topical regimen for the clearance of MRSA carriage.J Hosp Infection 2004 56, 283-286 29. Balsezak S, Williams E, Dryden MS, A case of Job syndrome: delayed presentation of multiple skin abscesses. CPD Infection 2004; 4: 80-81 30. Weigelt J., K. Itani, D. Stevens, W. Lau, M. Dryden, C. Knirsch, and the Linezolid CSSTI Study Group. 2005. Linezolid versus vancomycin in treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 49:2260-2266. 31. S. Jackson, M. Dryden, P. Gillett, P. Kearney and R. Weatherall A novel midstream urine collection device improves contamination rates in urine cultures. British Journal of Urology 2005 96:360-364 32. Matthew Dryden, Roberta Parnaby, Sue Dailly, Theresa Lewis, Karen Davis-Blues; Jonathan A. Otter2, Angela M. Kearns. Hydrogen peroxide vapor (HPV) decontamination in the control of a polyclonal MRSA outbreak on a surgical ward J Hosp Inf 2008 68; 190-192 33. Nathwani D, Morgan M, Masterton R, Dryden M, Cookson B, French G, Lewis D. Guidelines for UK practice for the diagnosis and management of MRSA infections presenting in the community. Journal of Antimicrob Chemotherapy. 2008 doi:10.1093/jac/dkn096 34. Dryden MS. Complicated Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Caused by MethicillinResistant Staphylococcus aureus: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Presentation. SURGICAL INFECTIONS Volume 9, Supplement 1, 2008 35. Dryden MS. Skin and soft tissue infection: microbiology and epidemiology. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 33, S3 (2009) S2–S7. 36. Dryden MS, Cooke J, Davey P. Antibiotic stewardship – more education and regulation not more availability? Journal of Antimicrob Chemotherapy. 2009; 64, 885–888 37. Dryden MS, Hand K, Davey P. Antibiotics for Community-acquired pneumonia. Journal of Antimicrob Chemotherapy. 2009; 64:1123-1125 38. Itani K, Dryden MS, Bhattacharyya H, Kunkel MJ, Baruch AM. Weigelt JA, Efficacy and safety of linezolid versus vancomycin for the treatment of complicated skin and soft-tissue infections proven to be due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus The American Journal of Surgery 2009 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.045. Epub ahead of print, March 12, 2010. 39. Gian M. Rossolini , Matthew S. Dryden , Roman S. Kozlov, Alvaro Quintana, Robert K. Flamm, Jörg M. Läuffer, Emma Lee, Ian Morrissey. Comparative activity of ceftobiprole against Gram-positive and Gram-negative isolates from Europe and the Middle East, the CLASS study. JAC 2010 in press 40. M. Dryden, A. T. Andrasevic, M. Bassetti, E. Bouza, J. Chastre, G. Cornaglia, S. Esposito, G. French, H. Giamarellou,I. C. Gyssens, D. Nathwani, S. Unal , A. Voss. A European survey of antibiotic management of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: current clinical opinion and practice. Clin Microbio Infect 2010; 16 (suppl 1) 3-30 41. K. Saeed, MS Dryden ,S. Bourne, C Paget, A. Proud. Reduction in antibiotic use through procalcitonin testing in patients in the medical admission unit or intensive care unit with suspicion of infection, Journal of Hospital Infection (2011), doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2011.03.018 42. N. McFARLAND, M. DRYDEN, M. RAMSAY, R. S. TEDDER and S. L. NGUIa4 An outbreak of hepatitis A that affected a nursery school, a primary school and a hospital. Epidemiology and Infection. 2010 DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001433 43. Saeed K, Dryden M, Parnaby R. JHI 2010 in press. Oxacillin-senstive, mec A positive MRSA 44. Schaper N, Dryden M, Kujath P, et al. Efficacy of IV/PO moxifloxacin and IV piperacillin/tazobactam followed by PO amoxicillin-clavulanate in the treatment of diabetic foot infections: results of the RELIEF study Clinical Microbiology and Infection. Volume 16 Supplement No. 2, Page S449 45. Dryden M. Complicated skin and soft tissue infection J Antimicrob Chemother 2010; 65 Suppl 3: iii35–44 doi:10.1093/jac/dkq302 46. Gian M. Rossolini; Matthew S. Dryden; Roman S. Kozlov; Alvaro Quintana; Robert K. Flamm; Jorg M. Lauffer; Emma Lee; Ian Morrissey Comparative activity of ceftobiprole against Gram-positive and Gram-negative isolates from Europe and the Middle East: the CLASS study ; on behalf of the CLASS study group. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2010; doi: 10.1093/jac/dkq397 47. Eckmann C, Dryden M. Treatment of complicated skin and soft-tissue infections caused by resistant bacteria: value of linezolid, tigecycline, daptomycin and vancomycin. Eur J Med Res 2010; 15: 1-10. 48. Eckmann C, Dryden M, Montravers F, Kozlov R, Sganga G. Antimicrobial treatment of "complicated" intra-abdominal infections and the new IDSA guidelines a commentary and an alternative European approach according to clinical definitions. .Eur J Med Res (2011) 16: 115-126 49. Matthew S. Dryden Linezolid pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in clinical treatment Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2011 66: iv7-iv15 50. Gyssens, Inge; Dryden, Matthew; Kujath, Peter; Nathwani, D.; Schaper, Nicolaas; Hampel, Barbara; Reimnitz, Peter; Alder, Jeff; Arvis, Pierre A randomized trial of the efficacy and safety of sequential intravenous/oral moxifloxacin monotherapy vs intravenous piperacillin/tazobactam followed by oral amoxicillin/clavulanate for complicated skin and skin structure infections. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2011 accepted July 2011 51. Dryden MS, Johnson AP, Ashiru-Oredope D, Sharland M. Using antibiotics responsibly: right drug, right time, right dose, right duration. J Antimicrob Chemother 2011 doi:10.1093/jac/dkr370 52. Esposito. S, Bassetti, M, Borre S, Bouza E, Dryden M et al. Diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infection – a review. Journal of Chemotherapy. 2011, 23: 251-262 53. GUIDELINES FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF GROUP A STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION IN ACUTE HEALTHCARE AND MATERNITY SETTINGS IN THE UK Corresponding Author: Dr Joe Kearney Submitted to: Journal of Infection In press 54. Skov R, Christiansen K, Dancer SJ, Daum RS, Dryden M, Huang YC, Lowy FD. Update on the prevention and control of community-acquired meticillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). Int J Antimicrob Agents 2012 Jan 6. [Epub ahead of print] 55. M. Dryden; K. Saeed; R. Townsend; C. Winnard; S. Bourne; N. Parker; J. Coia; B. Jones; W. Lawson; P. Wade; P. Howard; S. Marshall Antibiotic stewardship and early discharge from hospital: impact of a structured approach to antimicrobial management Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2012; doi: 10.1093/jac/dks193 56. Alastair Gray, Matthew Dryden and Apostolos Charos. Antibiotic management and early discharge from hospital: an economic analysis. 2012 J Antimicrob Chemother doi:10.1093/jac/dks194 LETTERS Dryden MS. C-Reactive Protein in suspected bacteraemia. J Clin Path 1986; 39: 136364. Dryden MS. Resistant Enterococci. Australian Society for Microbiology Newsletter November 1988. Dryden MS, Legarde M, Gottlieb T. Vibrio damsela wound infections in Australia. Med J Aust. 1989. 151: 540-541. Ludlam H, Dryden MS, Wing AJ, Phillips I. Prevention of peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Lancet 1990 335: 1161. Dryden MS, Ludlam HA, Phillips I. 4-Quinolone resistant staphylococci. J Antimicrob Chemother. 1990 26: 448-449. Ludlam HA, Dryden MS, Barton I, Phillips I. Short course ciprofloxacin therapy for CAPD peritonitis. J Antimicrob Chemother 1990 26: 162-164. Dryden MS, McCann M, Phillips I. Housewife peritonitis: conjugal transfer of a pathogen. J Hosp Inf 1991 17: 69-70 Ludlam HA, Dryden MS, Phillips I. Ciprofloxacin and CAPD peritonitis. J Antimicrob Chemother 1991 27: 684-685. Dryden MS, Ludlam HA, Phillips I. Ciprofloxacin-resistant methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. J Hosp Inf 1991 17: 319-321. Dryden MS, Jones NF, Phillips I. Failure of Listeria peritonitis in a CAPD patient to respond to vancomycin therapy. J Infect Dis 1991: 164; 1239. Dryden MS, Gabb R. Notifiable diseases. BMJ: 1992: 304; 1056. Dryden MS, Eykyn SJ. Short course gentamicin in Gram-negative CAPD peritonitis. Lancet 1993: 341; 497. Dryden MS, Dalgliesh D. Pasteurella multocida from a dog causing Ludwig's angina. Lancet 1996; 347: 123. Dryden MS, O'Connell S, Samuel W, Iannotti F. Lyme myelitis mimicking neurological malignancy. Lancet 1996; 348: 642. Matthew Dryden, Laura J. V. Piddock BMJ Rapid responses on line (23 July 2009) Pandemic influenza and antibiotics http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/339/jul06_1/b2698 Saeed, Kordo; Stannard, Timothy; Dryden, Matthew; Lambert, Helen. One for all' concerns regarding NICE antibiotic guidelines on suspected bacterial meningitis! British Journal of General Practice, Volume 61, Number 591, October 2011 , pp. 606606(1) REVIEWS Dryden MS. Problems associated with the use of antibiotics. Pharmacy Update 1987; 3: 7. 258-264. Dryden MS. Current trends in antibiotics. Part 1: The beta-lactam and macrolide antibiotics. Pharmacy Update 1987; 3: 347-350. Dryden MS. Aminoglycosides, Quinolones and other antibiotics. Pharmacy Update 1987; 3: 391-394. Dryden MS. Topical anti-infective preparations. Pharmacy Update 1988; 4: 1. 15-16. Dryden MS. The control of Salmonella outbreaks in hospitals: a practical guide. Bugs and Drugs 1996; 2: 1-3 Dryden MS. Book review: Medical Microbiology Mimms et al ISBN 0-7234-2781-X in J Hosp Infection 1998 Dryden MS. Book review. Oxford Handbook of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology E. Torok, E. Moran and F. Cooke. Oxford University Press, 2009. JAC Advance Access published on August 26, 2009; doi: doi:10.1093/jac/dkp308 CHAPTERS Dryden MS. The interaction between the microbiologist and other specialists with the hospital and the community. In Setting the Standards Ed. O'Brien TF. 1994. Wells Medical Ltd. Tunbridge Wells. ISBN 1859390250 Dryden MS, Tapp A. Obstetric and Gynecologic infections. In The role of piperacillin/tazobactam in the treatment of polymicrobial infections. Ed. Nord CE. 1994 Pharmanual. Montreal. ISBN 0-919838-45-2 Dryden MS. Topical versus systemic antimicrobial therapy in the treatment of skin infections. In The Clinical Efficacy of Mupirocin in the Treatment of Skin Infections. Ed. K. Bork. Wells Medical Ltd. Tunbridge Wells. 1996. ISBN 1859390404 Dryden MS. Medical problems of environmental extremes: tropics and deserts. In Expedition Medicine. The Royal Geographical Society. Profile Books. 1998. IBSN 1 86197 040 4. Dryden MS. Acute infections. In Expedition Medicine. The Royal Geographical Society. Profile Books. 2002. Dryden MS. Leptospirosis. In Traveller’s Health 5th Edition, OUP 2011 Dryden MS. Skin and Soft tissue infection. In Traveller’s Health 5th Edition, OUP 2011 Matthew Dryden, Jean-Phillippe Lavigne. The Diabetic foot. The European Manual of Clinical Microbiology. ESCMID ISBN: 978-2-87805-026-4. 2012 BOOK Dryden MS. Patholog, a pathology services manual. Euromed Communications. 1998. ISBN 1-899-015-310 ABSTRACTS & PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS 1. Chew.W. Dryden M.S. Atypical Mycobacteria and soft tissue infection. Proceedings of the annual general meeting of the Australian Society for Microbiology. 1989. 2. Dryden.M.S. Ludlam.H.A. Barton.I. Phillips I. Intraperitoneal ciprofloxacin for the treatment of peritonitis in patients on CAPD. 2nd International Conference of the Hospital Infection Society. 1990. 3. Dryden MS, Ludlam HA, Wing AJ, Phillips I. Active intervention dramatically reduces CAPD-associated infection. Perit. Dial. Int. 1991 11: suppl. 1, 73. 4. Dryden MS, Phillips I. Correlation of in vitro sensitivity and clinical efficacy in the use of ciprofloxacin to treat CAPD peritonitis. Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Chemotherapy. 1991. Abstract 1897. 5. Dryden MS. Comparison of blood culture methods in paediatric septicaemia: Isolator 1.5 and BacT/Alert. 7th International Conference of Infectious Diseases. Hong Kong 1996 6. Dryden MS. Linezolid, a new oxazolidinone, Phase II clinical trials results. Fifth conference of the Federation of Infectious Societies, Manchester November 1998 7. Dryden MS. Role of new antimicrobials: Bloodstream Infections. Ninth European Conference of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Berlin March 1999 8. Dryden MS. Clinical experience with Linezolid. Br Soc for Haematology, 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, Brighton April 1999 9. Dryden MS. Linezolid for serious Gram positive infections. Intensive Care Society Spring Meeting, Edinburgh May 1999 10. Dryden MS.Clinical applications of oxazolidinones. International meeting on Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Int Soc of Chemotherapy. October 1999. 11. Dryden MS. Clinical efficacy and safety of novel oxazolidinones. European Congress of Chemotherapy. Madrid. May 2000. 12. Dryden MS, Wilcox M, Nathwani D. Are oxazolidoniones clinically superior to glycopeptides? Int Congress of Chemotherapy June 2003 13. Dryden M, N. Chaudry, A. Reisman, J. Weigelt. Linezolid versus vancomycin for culture-proven complicated skin and soft tissue infections - trends of subjects enrolled in Europe and globally in a global study. 14th ECCMID Prague May 2004. 14. Matthew Dryden, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, UK; Heather Gentry , Theresa Merreday, Worcester Acute Hospitals, NHS Trust, Worcester; Pauline Westbrook, Dept of Microbiology, Trafford General Hospital, Manchester; Karen Almond, Leylands Medical Centre, North Bradford PCT, UK. Improving the quality of mid-stream urine samples with a collection device. ICAAC 2007. PROGRAMME COMMITTEE AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ABSTRACT PRESENTAION IN THE FIELD OF MICROBIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS. 15. Matthew Dryden, Roberta Parnaby, Sue Dailly, Theresa Lewis, Karen DavisBlues Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchetser, UK; Jonathan A. Otter, BIOQUELL (UK) Ltd., Andover, UK; Angela M. Kearns, Staphylococcus Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, London, UK. Environmental decontamination with hydrogen peroxide vapor (HPV) in the control of an MRSA outbreak. . ICAAC 2007 16. Dryden M, O’Hare MD, Sidarous E, Hadváry P, and Islam K. Clinical Efficacy of Iclaprim in Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections (cSSSI): Preliminary Results of ASSIST-2 Clinical Trial. ECCMID 2008, Poster 17. Hadvàry P., Dryden M, O’Hare M, Burley C, Sidarou E, Leighton A and Islam, K..Assessment of Safety and Tolerability Profiles after Iclaprim Administration in Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infection (cSSSI) from the ASSIST-2 Clinical Trial. ECCMID 2008, Poster 18. Hadváry P, Dryden M, O’Hare M, Dankner W and Islam, K. Analysis of the Effect of Iclaprim on the QT Interval in the ASSIST-2 Clinical Trial. ECCMID 2008, Poster 19. E. Bouza, M. Dryden, R. Mohammed, J. Peppe, S. Chasan-Taber, J. Donovan, D. Davidson, G. Short. Results of a phase III trial comparing tolevamer, vancomycin and metronidazole in patients with Clostridium difficileassociated diarrhoea. ECCMID 2008, Oral presentation. 20. K. Itani, J. Weigelt, D. Stevens, M. Dryden, H. Bhattacharyya, M. Kunkel, A. Baruch. Efficacy and safety of linezolid versus vancomycin for the treatment of complicated skin and soft-tissue infections proven to be due to meticillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus ICAAC 2008 21. P. Hadváry1*, W. Dankner2, A. Leighton1, M. Dryden3, D. Stevens4, and K. Islam1. Iclaprim effect on the QT Interval: Results of Combined ASSIST Phase 3 Studies. ICAAC 2008 22. P. Hadváry1, D. Stevens2, M. Solonets1, M.E. Jones1, D. F. Sahm3, M. D. O’Hare4, W. Danker5, A. Leighton1, M.Dryden 6, and K.1 Islam1 Clinical Efficacy of Iclaprim in Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infection (cSSSI): Results of Combined ASSIST Phase III Studies. ICAAC 2008 23. K.M.F. Itani* J. Weigelt, D.L. Stevens, M.S. Dryden, H. Bhattacharyya, M. Kunkel, A. Baruch, *V.A Efficacité et tolérance du linézolide (LZD) versus vancomycine (VAN) dans le traitement des infections compliquées de la peau et des tissus mous (ICPTM) documentées à SARM Boston Healthcare System, Boston, USA, kitani@va.gov. Société de Pathologie Infectieuse de Langue Français et du College des Universitaires de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales. Lyon June 2009. 24. Inge Gyssens, Matthew Dryden, Peter Kujath, Dilip Nathwani, Nicolaas Schaper, Pierre Arvis, Peter Reimnitz, Jeff Alder, Barbara Hampel. Efficacy of IV/oral moxifloxacin in the treatment of complicated skin and skin structure infections: results of the RELIEF study. ECCMID 2009 25. Inge Gyssens, Matthew Dryden, Peter Kujath, Dilip Nathwani, Nicolas Schaper Pierre Arvis, Peter Reimnitz, Jeff Alder, Barbara Hampel. Efficacy of IV/oral moxifloxacin and IV piperacillin/tazobactam followed by oral amoxicillin/clavulanic acid in the treatment of major abscess: results of the RELIEF study. ECCMID 2009 26. Schaper N, Dryden M, Kujath P, et al. Efficacy of IV/PO moxifloxacin and IV piperacillin/tazobactam followed by PO amoxicillin-clavulanate in the treatment of diabetic foot infections: results of the RELIEF study. 2010 Presented at the 20th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; poster 1550 27. M. DRYDEN1, K. SAEED 1, P. Howard2, S. BOURNE 1, N. PARKER 1, J Coia, K Bamford, P.Wade, S. MARSHALL Antibiotic management and early discharge from hospital. Federation of Infection Societies, Edinburgh, November 2010 28. A.M. Gray*, M. Dryden, A. Charos (Oxford, Winchester, Walton-on-the-Hill, UK) Antibiotic management and early discharge from hospital: an economic analysis. ECCMID 2011 OTHER MEDICAL TOPICS Dryden MS. An expedition across the Okavango.Brit Med J 1982; 285: 1832-34. Dryden MS. Along the White Nile. Br Med J 1983; 286: 1883-85. Dryden MS. Uncertainty over the measles vaccine. The Times 20th October 1994 p 21. Dryden MS. Consultant Script writer and editor. BBC Radio 4 drama ‘ Pandemic’. 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