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Overview

Alan P. Johnson is affiliated with Public Health England in the United Kingdom and has contributed to the field of medicine with a focus on multiple subfields including epidemiology, infectious diseases, clinical biochemistry, applied microbiology and biotechnology, and ophthalmology.

Their research topics primarily encompass antimicrobial resistance in staphylococcus, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, antibiotic use and resistance, streptococcal infections and treatments, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, retinal imaging and analysis, and retinal diseases and treatments.

Recent publications by Alan P. Johnson include the following:

  • "Pivotal Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence System for Autonomous Detection of Referrable and Vision-Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy," 2021, published in JAMA Network Open
  • "Investigation of the impact of the NICE guidelines regarding antibiotic prophylaxis during invasive dental procedures on the incidence of infective endocarditis in England: an electronic health records study," 2020, published in BMC Medicine
  • "Ocular complications of cat scratch disease," 2020, published in British Journal of Ophthalmology
  • "Surveillance of bloodstream infections in intensive care units in England, May 2016-April 2017: epidemiology and ecology," 2020, published in Journal of Hospital Infection
  • "Activity of ceftaroline versus ceftobiprole against staphylococci and pneumococci in the UK and Ireland: analysis of BSAC surveillance data," 2020, published in Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Frequent co-authors working with Alan P. Johnson include:

  • David M. Livermore
  • Berit Müller-Pebody
  • Susan Hopkins
  • M Allen
  • Derek F. J. Brown

Key publication venues where Alan P. Johnson has appeared frequently are:

  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • JAMA Network Open
  • BMC Medicine
  • British Journal of Ophthalmology
  • Journal of Hospital Infection

Best Publications

  • Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis

    Alessandro Cassini;Liselotte Diaz Högberg;Diamantis Plachouras;Annalisa Quattrocchi

  • Emergence and spread of vancomycin resistance among enterococci in Europe

    Guido Werner;T. M. Coque;A. M. Hammerum;R. Hope

  • Community and hospital spread of Escherichia coli producing CTX-M extended-spectrum β-lactamases in the UK

    N. Woodford;M. E. Ward;M. E. Kaufmann;J. Turton

  • Global spread of antibiotic resistance: the example of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM)- mediated carbapenem resistance

    Alan P. Johnson;Neil Woodford

  • Editorial: Assessing the antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria obtained from animals

    Stefan Schwarz;Peter Silley;Shabbir Simjee;Neil Woodford

  • High-level vancomycin-resistant enterococci causing hospital infections.

    A H C Uttley;R C George;J Naidoo;N Woodford

  • Bacteraemia and antibiotic resistance of its pathogens reported in England and Wales between 1990 and 1998: trend analysis

    Mark H Reacher;Anita Shah;David M Livermore;Martin C J Wale

  • Current perspectives on glycopeptide resistance.

    N Woodford;A P Johnson;Donald Morrison;D C Speller

  • Transferable resistance to colistin: a new but old threat

    Stefan Schwarz;Alan P. Johnson

  • Quantifying drivers of antibiotic resistance in humans: a systematic review

    Anuja Chatterjee;Maryam Modarai;Nichola R Naylor;Sara E Boyd;Sara E Boyd;Sara E Boyd

  • Effects of control interventions on Clostridium difficile infection in England: an observational study

    Kate E Dingle;Kate E Dingle;Kate E Dingle;Xavier Didelot;T Phuong Quan;T Phuong Quan;T Phuong Quan;David W Eyre;David W Eyre

  • Surveillance and epidemiology of MRSA bacteraemia in the UK

    Alan P. Johnson;Andrew Pearson;Georgia Duckworth

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the European landscape

    Alan P Johnson

  • Assessing the antimicrobial susceptibility of bacteria obtained from animals.

    Stefan Schwarz;Peter Silley;Shabbir Simjee;Neil Woodford

  • Detection of the mec-A gene and phenotypic detection of resistance in Staphylococcus aureus isolates with borderline or low-level methicillin resistance

    G. E. Bignardi;N. Woodford;A. Chapman;A. P. Johnson

  • Detection of the plasmid-mediated mcr-1 gene conferring colistin resistance in human and food isolates of Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli in England and Wales

    Michel Doumith;Gauri Godbole;Philip Ashton;Lesley Larkin

  • Empirical treatment of neonatal sepsis: are the current guidelines adequate?

    Berit Muller-Pebody;Alan Johnson;P. T. Heath;R. E. Gilbert

  • Resistance to methicillin and other antibiotics in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from blood and cerebrospinal fluid, England and Wales, 1989–95

    D. C. E. Speller;A. P. Johnson;D. James;R. R. Marples

  • Trends among pathogens reported as causing bacteraemia in England, 2004-2008.

    Jennie Wilson;Suzanne Elgohari;D. M. Livermore;Barry D. Cookson

  • Incidence, Etiology, and Outcome of Bacterial Meningitis in Infants Aged <90 Days in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland: Prospective, Enhanced, National Population-Based Surveillance

    Ifeanyichukwu O Okike;Ifeanyichukwu O Okike;Alan P Johnson;Katherine L Henderson;Ruth M Blackburn

  • Attributable deaths and disability-adjusted life-years caused by infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the EU and the European Economic Area in 2015: a population-level modelling analysis

    Alessandro Cassini;Liselotte Diaz Hogberg;Diamantis Plachouras;Annalisa Quattrocchi

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Livermore
David M. Livermore University of East Anglia
Marina Warner
Marina Warner Public Health England
Mike Sharland
Mike Sharland St George's, University of London
A. Sarah Walker
A. Sarah Walker University of Oxford
Barry Cookson
Barry Cookson University College London
David Taylor-Robinson
David Taylor-Robinson Imperial College London
Tim E. A. Peto
Tim E. A. Peto University of Oxford
Shamez N. Ladhani
Shamez N. Ladhani UK Health Security Agency
Derrick W. Crook
Derrick W. Crook University of Oxford
Alison Holmes
Alison Holmes Imperial College London

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