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S. A. Ballard

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Bridging the gap between bioinformatics and the clinical and public health microbiology laboratory: An ISO-accredited genomics workflow for antimicrobial resistance

N. L. Sherry, K. Horan, S. A. Ballard, A. Goncalves da Silva, C. L. Gorrie, M. B. Schultz, K. Stevens, M. Valcanis, M. Sait, T. P. Stinear, B. P. Howden, T. Seemann

This paper develops and validates abritAMR, an ISO-accredited bioinformatics platform for detecting antimicrobial resistance genes with high accuracy and specificity.

bioRxiv · May 26, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Validation of a Single-step, Single-tube Reverse Transcription-Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA

J. Y. Lee, N. Best, J. L. McAuley, J. Porter, T. Seemann, M. B. Schultz, M. Sait, N. Orlando, K. Mercoulia, S. A. Ballard, J. Druce, T. Tran, M. Catton, M. J. Pryor, H. L. Cui, , T. P. Stinear

The paper validates a single-step, single-tube RT-LAMP assay for rapid SARS-CoV-2 detection with high specificity and sensitivity.

Journal of Medical Microbiology · Sep 1, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Increasing tolerance of hospital Enterococcus faecium to hand-wash alcohols

S. J. Pidot, W. Gao, A. H. Buultjens, I. R. Monk, R. Guerillot, G. P. Carter, J. Y. H. Lee, M. M. C. Lam, S. A. Ballard, M. L. Grayson, A. A. Mahony, E. A. Grabsch, D. Kotsanas, T. Korman, G. W. Coombs, , T. P. Stinear

The paper shows hospital Enterococcus faecium isolates from 2010 onward are 10-fold more tolerant to alcohol-based disinfectants than older isolates, leading to increased gastrointestinal colonization in mice.

bioRxiv · May 16, 2016Microbiology