Comprehensive molecular testing for respiratory pathogens in community-acquired pneumonia NJ Gadsby, CD Russell, MP McHugh, H Mark, A Conway Morris, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 62 (7), 817-823, 2016 | 440 | 2016 |
Recurrent emergence of SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion H69/V70 and its role in the Alpha variant B. 1.1. 7 B Meng, SA Kemp, G Papa, R Datir, IATM Ferreira, S Marelli, WT Harvey, ... Cell reports 35 (13), 2021 | 424 | 2021 |
Development of two real-time multiplex PCR assays for the detection and quantification of eight key bacterial pathogens in lower respiratory tract infection KET NJ Gadsby, MP McHugh, CD Russell, H Mark, A Conway Morris, IF Laurenson ... Clinical Microbiology and Infection 21 (8), 788.e1-788.e13, 2015 | 141 | 2015 |
Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland A da Silva Filipe, JG Shepherd, T Williams, J Hughes, E Aranday-Cortes, ... Nature Microbiology 6 (1), 112-122, 2021 | 101 | 2021 |
Comparison of Unyvero P55 Pneumonia Cartridge, in-house PCR and culture for the identification of respiratory pathogens and antibiotic resistance in bronchoalveolar lavage … NJ Gadsby, MP McHugh, C Forbes, L MacKenzie, SKD Hamilton, ... European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 38 (6), 1171 …, 2019 | 58 | 2019 |
Multicenter Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert Hepatitis C Virus Viral Load Assay MP McHugh, AHB Wu, S Chevaliez, JM Pawlotsky, M Hallin, ... Journal of Clinical Microbiology 55 (5), 1550-1556, 2017 | 56 | 2017 |
The widespread use of topical antimicrobials enriches for resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with atopic dermatitis CP Harkins, MA McAleer, D Bennett, M McHugh, OM Fleury, KA Pettigrew, ... British Journal of Dermatology 179 (4), 951-958, 2018 | 40 | 2018 |
Underestimation of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and MSSA) carriage associated with standard culturing techniques: One third of carriers missed STJ Tsang, MP McHugh, D Guerendiain, PJ Gwynne, J Boyd, A Simpson, ... Bone and Joint Research 7 (1), 79-84, 2018 | 36 | 2018 |
Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 spread in Scotland highlights the role of European travel in COVID-19 emergence ADS Filipe, J Shepherd, T Williams, J Hughes, E Aranday-Cortes, ... Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020 | 25 | 2020 |
Multicenter Evaluation of QIAstat-Dx Respiratory Panel V2 for Detection of Viral and Bacterial Respiratory Pathogens SA Boers, WJG Melchers, CJA Peters, M Toonen, MP McHugh, ... Journal of Clinical Microbiology 58 (6), 2020 | 20 | 2020 |
The SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant caused increased clinical severity of disease in Scotland: a genomics-based prospective cohort analysis DJ Pascall, G Mollett, E Vink, JG Shepherd, T Williams, E Wastnedge, ... MedRxiv, 2021.08. 17.21260128, 2021 | 15 | 2021 |
Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus eradication therapy in orthopaedic surgery STJ Tsang, MP McHugh, D Guerendiain, P Gwynne, J Boyd, IF Laurenson, ... Journal of medical microbiology 67 (6), 893-901, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
Development of an amplicon-based sequencing approach in response to the global emergence of mpox NFG Chen, C Chaguza, L Gagne, M Doucette, S Smole, E Buzby, J Hall, ... Plos Biology 21 (6), e3002151, 2023 | 13 | 2023 |
Reduced turnaround time and improved diagnosis of invasive serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae infections using a lyophilized quadruplex … MP McHugh, SJ Gray, EB Kaczmarski, M Guiver Journal of Medical Microbiology 64 (11), 1321-1328, 2015 | 13 | 2015 |
Genomics-informed outbreak investigations of SARS-CoV-2 using civet Á O’Toole, V Hill, B Jackson, R Dewar, N Sahadeo, R Colquhoun, ... PLOS Global Public Health 2 (12), e0000704, 2022 | 12 | 2022 |
Presence of optrA-mediated linezolid resistance in multiple lineages and plasmids of Enterococcus faecalis revealed by long read sequencing MP McHugh, BJ Parcell, KA Pettigrew, G Toner, E Khatamzas, N El Sakka, ... Microbiology 168 (2), 001137, 2022 | 12 | 2022 |
Epidemic waves of COVID-19 in Scotland: a genomic perspective on the impact of the introduction and relaxation of lockdown on SARS-CoV-2 SJ Lycett, J Hughes, MP McHugh, A da Silva Filipe, R Dewar, L Lu, ... MedRxiv, 2021.01. 08.20248677, 2021 | 12 | 2021 |
Detection of Norovirus by BD MAX™, Xpert® Norovirus, and xTAG® Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel in stool and vomit samples MP McHugh, D Guerendiain, A Hardie, J Kenicer, L MacKenzie, ... Journal of Clinical Virology 105, 72-76, 2018 | 12 | 2018 |
Directions of change in intrinsic case severity across successive SARS-CoV-2 variant waves have been inconsistent DJ Pascall, E Vink, R Blacow, N Bulteel, A Campbell, R Campbell, ... Journal of Infection 87 (2), 128-135, 2023 | 11 | 2023 |
Rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants using allele-specific PCR S Brito-Mutunayagam, D Maloney, G McAllister, R Dewar, M McHugh, ... Journal of Virological Methods 303, 114497, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |