Microbiology Laboratory at St Thomas' Hospital

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The St Thomas’ Essential Service Laboratory (ESL) delivers a broad Infection Sciences service combining microbiology, molecular diagnostics and metagenomics. Blood culture diagnostics are performed using the BD Bactec FX system, supporting detection of bacterial and fungal infections in blood and a range of sterile body fluids.

The ESL works closely with the Hub to support complex diagnostics, specialist interpretation and advanced sequencing workflows

For full accreditation details and access to the User Handbook, please refer to the Hub page.

Last updated on 15/01/2014

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Tuesday, 2 April, 2013

Clustering of antimicrobial resistance outbreaks across bacterial species in the intensive care unit

There are frequent reports of intensive care unit (ICU) outbreaks due to transmission of particular antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Anne L. M. Vlek , Ben S. Cooper , Theodore Kypraios , Andy Cox , , Olga Tosas Auguet

Sunday, 17 February, 2013

Development and validation of a risk model for identification of non-neutropenic, critically ill adult patients at high risk of invasive Candida infection: the Fungal Infection Risk Evaluation (FIRE) Study

There is increasing evidence that invasive fungal disease (IFD) is more likely to occur in non-neutropenic patients in critical care units.

Harrison D , Muskett H , Harvey S , Grieve R , Shahin J , Patel K , Sadique Z , Allen E , Dybowski R , Jit M , , Kibbler C , Barnes R , Soni N , Rowan K.

Thursday, 10 January, 2013

Low prevalence of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at hospital admission: implications for risk-factor-based vs universal screening

There is debate over the optimal policy for detecting meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization at hospital admission.

J. A. Otter , M. T. Herdman , B. Williams , O. Tosas , , G. L. French

Monday, 7 January, 2013

A genomic portrait of the emergence, evolution and global spread of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pandemic

The widespread use of antibiotics in association with high-density clinical care has driven the emergence of drug-resistant bacteria that are adapted to thrive in hospitalized patients.

Matthew T.G. Holden , Li-Yang Hsu , Kevin Kurt , Lucy A. Weinert , Alison E. Mather , Simon R. Harris , Birgit Strommenger , Franziska Layer , Wolfgang Witte , Herminia de Lencastre , Robert Skov , Henrik Westh , Helena Žemličková , Geoffrey Coombs , Angela M. Kearns , Robert L.R. Hill , , Ian Gould , Vanya Gant , Jonathan Cooke , Giles F. Edwards , Paul R. McAdam , Kate E. Templeton , Angela McCann , Zhemin Zhou , Santiago Castillo-Ramírez , Edward J. , Lyndsey O. Hudson , Mark C. Enright , Francois Balloux , David M. Aanensen , Brian G. Spratt , J. Ross Fitzgerald , Julian Parkhill , Mark Achtman , Stephen D. Bentley , Ulrich Nübel

Thursday, 3 January, 2013

Selection for qacA carriage in CC22 but not CC30 MRSA bloodstream infection isolates during a successful institutional infection control programme.

The increasing use of chlorhexidine for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) decolonization raises concerns about reduced susceptibility.

Otter JA , Patel A , Cliff PR , Halligan EP , Tosas O ,

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Lisa Bryan

Microbiology Operations Manager

Angela Menezes

Infection Sciences Quality Manager

Natasha Odubade

Quality Officer

Florina Mamaische

Quality Manager

Infection Sciences Department at St Thomas' Hospital

020 7188 8008

St Thomas' Hospital
North Wing - 5th Floor
Westminster Bridge Road
London SE1 7EH
Core opening hours: Monday-Friday 0900-1730

Last updated: 15/01/2014

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