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Facile synthesis and biological evaluation of chrysin derivatives (2021)
Journal Article
Omonga, N., Zia, Z., Ghanbour, H., Ragazzon-Smith, A., Foster, H., Hadfield, J., & Ragazzon, P. (2021). Facile synthesis and biological evaluation of chrysin derivatives. Journal of Chemical Research, 45(11-12), 1083-1092. https://doi.org/10.1177/17475198211057467

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.

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)
Journal Article
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.

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 of novel nanostructured Cu-SiO2 coatings prepared by chemical vapour deposition against hospital related pathogens (2013)
Journal Article
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.

Antimicrobial activity against hospital-related pathogens of dual layer CuO/TiO2 coatings prepared by CVD (2012)
Journal Article
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.

Prevention of artificial dental plaque formation in vitro by plant extracts (2012)
Journal Article
Smullen, J., Finney, M., Storey, D., & Foster, H. (2012). Prevention of artificial dental plaque formation in vitro by plant extracts. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113(4), 964-973. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05380.x

Aims A number of previous studies have shown that plant extracts can inhibit formation of dental plaque. The ability of extracts of Rosemarinus officianalis L., Salvia officianalis L., unfermented cocoa, red grape seed and green tea to inhibit plaque... Read More about Prevention of artificial dental plaque formation in vitro by plant extracts.

Photocatalytic disinfection using titanium dioxide : spectrum and mechanism of antimicrobial activity (2011)
Journal Article
Foster, H., Ditta, I., Varghese, S., & Steele, A. (2011). Photocatalytic disinfection using titanium dioxide : spectrum and mechanism of antimicrobial activity. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 90(6), 1847-1868. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3213-7

The photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide
are well known and have many applications
including the removal of organic contaminants and
production of self-cleaning glass. There is an increasing
interest in the application of the photocataly... Read More about Photocatalytic disinfection using titanium dioxide : spectrum and mechanism of antimicrobial activity.

Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD (2010)
Journal Article
Foster, H., Sheel, D., Sheel, P., Evans, P., Varghese, S., Rutschke, N., & Yates, H. (2010). Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 216(2-3), 283-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotochem.2010.09.017

We have previously reported the production of photocatalytically active films of TiO2/Ag and TiO2/CuO grown by atmospheric pressure thermal CVD that had high antimicrobial activity. The present study compares the activity of dual layers and co-deposi... Read More about Antimicrobial activity of titania/silver and titania/copper films prepared by CVD.

Evaluation of TiO2 and Ag-TiO2, CuO-TiO2 composite films for self-disinfection activity (2009)
Thesis
Steele, K. Evaluation of TiO2 and Ag-TiO2, CuO-TiO2 composite films for self-disinfection activity. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The removal or killing of microorganisms on surfaces is of concern in the health
care setting, food preparation areas and general work environment. The use of
TiO2 photosterilisation has been proposed as an alternative to chemical
disinf... Read More about Evaluation of TiO2 and Ag-TiO2, CuO-TiO2 composite films for self-disinfection activity.

Photo-induced self-cleaning and biocidal behaviour of titania and copper oxide multilayers (2008)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Brook, L., Ditta, I., Evans, P., Foster, H., Sheel, D., & Steele, A. (2008). Photo-induced self-cleaning and biocidal behaviour of titania and copper oxide multilayers. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 197, 197

This paper describes the deposition of films of titania and copper oxide by atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (CVD). The films
were investigated as part of multilayer systems to assess their potential to offer the dual functionality of... Read More about Photo-induced self-cleaning and biocidal behaviour of titania and copper oxide multilayers.

Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2 /CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4 (2008)
Journal Article
Ditta, I., Steele, A., Liptrott, C., Tobin, J., Tyler, H., Yates, H., …Foster, H. (2008). Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2 /CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 79(1), 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-008-1411-8

TiO2 coated surfaces are increasingly studied for their ability to inactivate microorganisms. The activity of glass coated with thin films of TiO2, CuO and hybrid CuO/TiO2 prepared by atmospheric Chemical Vapour Deposition (Ap-CVD) and TiO2 prepared... Read More about Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2 /CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4.

Biocidal silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition (2008)
Journal Article
chemical vapour deposition. International Journal of Photoenergy, 2008(168185), https://doi.org/10.1155/2008/168185

This paper describes the growth and testing of highly active biocidal films based on photocatalytically active films of TiO2, grownby
thermal CVD, functionally and structurallymodified by deposition of nanostructured silver via a novel flame assiste... Read More about Biocidal silver and silver/titania composite films grown by chemical vapour deposition.

The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition (2008)
Journal Article
Yates, H., Brook, L., Sheel, D., Ditta, I., Steele, A., & Foster, H. (2008). The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition. Thin Solid Films, 517(2), 517-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2008.06.071

Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition is a low cost, relatively simple atmospheric pressure chemical
vapour deposition (CVD) technique that is compatible with both small volume, batch, and high volume
continuous coating processes. Use of this m... Read More about The growth of copper oxides on glass by flame assisted chemical vapour deposition.

Aetiology of acute diarrhoea in hospitalized children, Tripoli, Libya (2007)
Thesis
Gusbi, M. Aetiology of acute diarrhoea in hospitalized children, Tripoli, Libya. (Thesis). University of Salford

Two studies were performed to detect aetiology of acute diarrhoea in hospitalized children aged under five years in Tripoli, Libya. In the first study, two hundred and thirty-six stool samples were obtained. Of these, 118 were from patients admitted... Read More about Aetiology of acute diarrhoea in hospitalized children, Tripoli, Libya.

Mechanistic studies on aziridinylbenzoquinones and CCNU [l-(2-chloroethyl)- 3-cyclohexyl-l-nitrosourea] in cultured tumour cells (2007)
Thesis
Ben Raba, F. Mechanistic studies on aziridinylbenzoquinones and CCNU [l-(2-chloroethyl)- 3-cyclohexyl-l-nitrosourea] in cultured tumour cells. (Thesis). University of Salford

This work is concerned with the action of two different anticancer drugs which can
alkylate DNA in tumour cells.
The first alkylating agent studied was CCNU [(l-(2-chloroethyl)-3-cyclohexyl-lnitrosourea,
Lomustine]. This is a well established clin... Read More about Mechanistic studies on aziridinylbenzoquinones and CCNU [l-(2-chloroethyl)- 3-cyclohexyl-l-nitrosourea] in cultured tumour cells.

Prevalence of toxin producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric burns unit (2007)
Journal Article
Khojasteh, V., Edwards-Jones, V., Childs, C., & Foster, H. (2007). Prevalence of toxin producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric burns unit. Burns, 33(3), 334-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2006.07.009

The aims of the study were to determine the sites in a pediatric burns unit that were contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus. Samples from the environment in bedrooms and the common room were taken monthly for 6 months using blood agar for total cou... Read More about Prevalence of toxin producing strains of Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric burns unit.