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| Qualifications |
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1984-1988: University of Glasgow. BSc (Hons) Microbiology 1990-1996: University of Glasgow. PhD. |
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American Society for Microbiology Editorial Board Member, Epidemiology and Infection |
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| Clinical Interests |
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| Zoonotic disease. Antibiotic resistance. Molecular diagnostic techniques. |
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Surveillance and epidemiology of drug resistant bacteria in animals. The application of realtime molecular diagnostics for infectious disease |
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| Selected Publications |
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| Brown AW, Rankin SC, Platt DJ. Detection and characterization of integrons in Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis. FEMS. Microbiol Letts; 2000: 145-149.
Liebana E, Garcia-Migura L, Guard-Petter J, McDowell SWJ, Rankin S ,, Opitz HM, Clifton-Hadley FH, Davies RH. Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis phage types 4, 7, 6, 8, 13a, 29, and 34: A comparative analysis of genomic fingerprints from geographically distant isolates. J Appl Microbiol. 2002: 92: 196-209 Rankin SC, Aceto H, Cassidy J, Holt J, Young S, Love B, Tewari D, Munro DS, Benson CE. Characterization of Multiple Drug Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Newport. J. Clin Microbiol. 2002: 40: 4679-4684. Olsen SJ, Ying M, Davis MF, Deasy M, Holland B, Iampietro L, Baysinger CM, Sassano F, Polk LD, Gormley B, Hung MJ , Pilot K , Orsini M, Van Duyne S, Rankin S, Genese C, Bresnitz EA, Smucker J, Moll M, Sobel J.. Multistate outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella serotype Typhimurium infections due to post-pasteurization contaminated milk. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2004: 10: 932-935. Morris DO, O’Shea K, Shofer FS, Rankin S. Dog ownership as a risk factor for mechanical carriage of Malassezia pachydermatis on human hands: implications for public health? Emerg. Infect. Dis. 2005: 11: 83-88. Roberts S, O’Shea K, Morris DO, Robb A, Morrison D, Rankin S. A Real-Time PCR Assay To Detect The Panton Valentine Leukocidin Toxin In Staphylococci: Screening Staphylococcus Schleiferi Subspecies CoagulansStrains From Companion Animals. Vet. Microbiol. 2005: 107: 139-144. Rankin S, Roberts S, O’Shea K, Maloney D, Lorenzo M, Benson CE. Panton Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) Toxin Positive MRSA Strains Isolated from Companion Animals. Vet Microbiol. 2005: 2005: 108: 145-148. Rankin SC , Whichard JM, Joyce K, Stephens L, O’Shea K, Aceto H, Munro DS, Benson CE. Detection of a bla SHV Extended-Spectrum β -Lactamase in Salmonella Newport MDR-AmpC. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 2005: 43: 5792-5793. |
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