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Facile synthesis and biological evaluation of chrysin derivatives (2021)
Journal Article

In this paper, novel synthetic methods, including microwave O-alkylation, were used to produce several chrysin derivatives. These compounds were purified, characterised and tested on different cell lines and bacterial strains. From this family, 7-(2,... Read More about Facile synthesis and biological evaluation of chrysin derivatives.

Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings (2017)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Sheel, P., Hodgkinson, J., Warwick, M., Elfakhri, S., & Foster, H. (2017). Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 324, 201-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.05.077

A thin film combination of anti-reflection (AR) and biocidal properties would be of particular interest to reduce the transfer of infection and improve readability of public high use touch screens. In this paper we describe the development of a dual... Read More about Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings.

Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings (2017)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Sheel, P., Hodgkinson, J., Warwick, M., Elfakhri, S., & Foster, H. (2017). Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology, 324, 201-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2017.05.077

A thin film combination of anti-reflection (AR) and biocidal properties would be of particular interest to reduce the transfer of infection and improve readability of public high use touch screens. In this paper we describe the development of a dual... Read More about Dual functionality anti-reflection and biocidal coatings.

Effects of sub-lethal concentrations of mupirocin on global transcription in Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4 and a model for escape from inhibition (2016)
Journal Article
Alhoufie, S., & Foster, H. (2016). Effects of sub-lethal concentrations of mupirocin on global transcription in Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4 and a model for escape from inhibition. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 65, https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.000270

Staphylococcus aureus is a major pathogen in both hospital and community settings causing infections ranging from mild skin and wound infections to life-threatening systemic illness. Gene expression changes due to the stringent response have been stu... Read More about Effects of sub-lethal concentrations of mupirocin on global transcription in Staphylococcus aureus 8325-4 and a model for escape from inhibition.

Effects of silver sulphadiazine on production of extracellular proteins by strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from burns wound (2016)
Journal Article
Khojasteh, V., Elfakhri, S., & Foster, H. (2016). Effects of silver sulphadiazine on production of extracellular proteins by strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from burns wound. Iranian journal of pharmaceutical research (Online), 15(2), 653-660

Previous studies had shown that sub-inhibitory concentrations of silver sulphadiazine (AgSD)
stimulated the production of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin-1 in certain strains (responder strains)of S.aureus and that protease production was also affected.... Read More about Effects of silver sulphadiazine on production of extracellular proteins by strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from burns wound.

First report of identification of livestock-associated MRSA ST9 in retail meat in England (2015)
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Dhup, V., Kearns, A., Pichon, B., & Foster, H. (2015). First report of identification of livestock-associated MRSA ST9 in retail meat in England. Epidemiology and Infection, 43(13), 2989-2992. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268815000126

Sixty percent of all meat consumed in the UK is imported from European countries where there have been increasing reports of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) identified in food-producing animals, but rarely from such animals in the... Read More about First report of identification of livestock-associated MRSA ST9 in retail meat in England.

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates collected from healthcare and community facilities in Libya show a high level of resistance to fusidic acid (2014)
Journal Article
Warag, S., Foster, H., & Daw, M. (2014). Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates collected from healthcare and community facilities in Libya show a high level of resistance to fusidic acid. Journal of infectious disease and therapy, 2(189), https://doi.org/10.4172/2332-0877.1000189

Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen and is implicated in a wide variety of infections in the healthcare and community settings. The organism is often subcategorized as community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) or health care-associated MRS... Read More about Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates collected from healthcare and community facilities in Libya show a high level of resistance to fusidic acid.

Antimicrobial activity of novel nanostructured Cu-SiO2 coatings prepared by chemical vapour deposition against hospital related pathogens (2013)
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Varghese, S., ElFakhri, S., Sheel, D., Sheel, P., Bolton, F., & Foster, H. (2013). Antimicrobial activity of novel nanostructured Cu-SiO2 coatings prepared by chemical vapour deposition against hospital related pathogens. AMB Express, 2(53), https://doi.org/10.1186/2191-0855-3-53

There is increasing recognition that the healthcare environment acts as an important reservoir for transmission of healthcare acquired infections (HCAI). One method of reducing environmental contamination would be use of antimicrobial materials. The... Read More about Antimicrobial activity of novel nanostructured Cu-SiO2 coatings prepared by chemical vapour deposition against hospital related pathogens.

Novel antibacterial silver-silica surface coatings prepared by chemical vapour deposition for infection control (2013)
Journal Article
Varghese, S., Elfakhri, S., Sheel, D., Sheel, P., Bolton, F., & Foster, H. (2013). Novel antibacterial silver-silica surface coatings prepared by chemical vapour deposition for infection control. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 115(5), 1107-1116. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.12308

Aims: Environmental contamination plays an important role in the
transmission of infections, especially healthcare-associated infections.
Disinfection transiently reduces contamination, but surfaces can rapidly
become re-contaminated. Antimicrobia... Read More about Novel antibacterial silver-silica surface coatings prepared by chemical vapour deposition for infection control.

Antimicrobial activity against hospital-related pathogens of dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD (2012)
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dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD. Chemical Vapor Deposition, 18(4-6), 140-146. https://doi.org/10.1002/cvde.201106978

Photocatalytically active films of TiO2/CuO grown by atmospheric pressure thermal (APT)CVD are investigated for activity against multiple antibiotic-resistant pathogens namely, Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, vancomy... Read More about Antimicrobial activity against hospital-related pathogens of dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD.