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Overview

Darren J. Trott is affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their research encompasses multiple aspects of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. Their work is focused in several intersecting disciplines, including molecular medicine, microbiology, food science, pharmacology, and molecular biology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Frequent co-authors in their work are:

  • Tania Veltman
  • Henrietta Venter
  • Sam Abraham
  • Abiodun D. Ogunniyi
  • Stephen W. Page

Their publications are commonly found in the following venues:

  • Veterinary Microbiology
  • Animals
  • Antibiotics
  • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
  • Microorganisms

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Darren J. Trott include:

  • Porcine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: Antimicrobial resistance and development of microbial-based alternative control strategies (2021, Veterinary Microbiology)
  • Companion Animals Are Spillover Hosts of the Multidrug-Resistant Human Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Pandemic Clones ST131 and ST1193 (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • First Emergence of Resistance to Macrolides and Tetracycline Identified in Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida Isolates from Beef Feedlots in Australia (2021, Microorganisms)
  • Koala retrovirus viral load and disease burden in distinct northern and southern koala populations (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Pathological Findings in Koala Retrovirus-positive Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) from Northern and Southern Australia (2020, Journal of Comparative Pathology)

Best Publications

  • Abrupt Emergence of a Single Dominant Multidrug-Resistant Strain of Escherichia coli

    James R Johnson;Veronika Tchesnokova;Brian D Johnston;Connie Clabots

  • Comparison of virulence gene profiles of Escherichia coli strains isolated from healthy and diarrheic swine.

    Toni A. Chapman;Xi-Yang Wu;Xi-Yang Wu;Idris Barchia;Karl A. Bettelheim

  • Serpulina pilosicoli sp. nov., the Agent of Porcine Intestinal Spirochetosis

    Darren J. Trott;Thaddeus B. Stanton;Neil S. Jensen;Gerald E. Duhamel

  • Changes in equine hindgut bacterial populations during oligofructose-induced laminitis

    G. J. Milinovich;D. J. Trott;P. C. Burrell;A. W. Van Eps

  • Commonality among Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Sequence Type ST131 Extraintestinal Escherichia coli Isolates from Humans and Companion Animals in Australia

    Joanne L. Platell;Rowland N. Cobbold;James R. Johnson;Anke Heisig

  • The genetic diversity of lactic acid producing bacteria in the equine gastrointestinal tract

    Rafat A.M. Al Jassim;Paul T. Scott;Andrea L. Trebbin;Darren Trott

  • Multidrug-resistant extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli of sequence type ST131 in animals and foods.

    Joanne L. Platell;James R. Johnson;Rowland N. Cobbold;Darren J. Trott;Darren J. Trott

  • Identification and characterization of Serpulina pilosicoli isolates recovered from the blood of critically ill patients.

    D J Trott;N S Jensen;I Saint Girons;S L Oxberry

  • Isolation of Serpulina pilosicoli from Rectal Biopsy Specimens Showing Evidence of Intestinal Spirochetosis

    Nicolle L. Trivett-Moore;Gwendolyn L. Gilbert;Carmella L. H. Law;Darren J. Trott

  • Experimental infection of newly weaned pigs with human and porcine strains of Serpulina pilosicoli.

    D J Trott;C R Huxtable;D J Hampson

  • Canine bacterial urinary tract infections: new developments in old pathogens.

    Mary F. Thompson;Annette L. Litster;Joanne L. Platell;Darren J. Trott

  • Microbial ecology of the equine hindgut during oligofructose-induced laminitis

    Gabriel J Milinovich;Paul C Burrell;Christopher C Pollitt;Athol V Klieve

  • Prevalence of bacterial species in cats with clinical signs of lower urinary tract disease: Recognition of Staphylococcus felis as a possible feline urinary tract pathogen

    Annette Litster;Susan M. Moss;Mary Honnery;Bob Rees

  • Acute bovine laminitis: a new induction model using alimentary oligofructose overload.

    M.B. Thoefner;C.C. Pollitt;A.W. van Eps;G.J. Milinovich

  • Recognition of two new species of intestinal spirochetes: Serpulina intermedia sp. nov. and Serpulina murdochii sp. nov.

    T. B. Stanton;E. Fournié-Amazouz;D. Postic;D. J. Trott

  • Pathogenicity of human and porcine intestinal spirochetes in one-day-old specific-pathogen-free chicks: an animal model of intestinal spirochetosis.

    D J Trott;A J McLaren;D J Hampson

  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of hindgut bacteria associated with the development of equine laminitis

    Gabriel J. Milinovich;Darren J. Trott;Paul C. Burrell;Emma L. Croser

  • Comparison of Escherichia coli ST131 Pulsotypes, by Epidemiologic Traits, 1967–2009

    James R. Johnson;Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine;Chitrita DebRoy;Mariana Castanheira

  • Serpulina pilosicoli, waterbirds and water: potential sources of infection for humans and other animals

    S. L. Oxberry;D. J. Trott;D. J. Hampson

  • Canine intestinal spirochetes consist of Serpulina pilosicoli and a newly identified group provisionally designated "Serpulina canis" sp. nov.

    G. E. Duhamel;D. J. Trott;N. Muniappa;M. R. Mathiesen

  • Characterization of Treponema phagedenis-like spirochetes isolated from papillomatous digital dermatitis lesions in dairy cattle.

    Darren J. Trott;Michelle R. Moeller;Richard L. Zuerner;Jesse P. Goff

  • Is antimicrobial administration to food animals a direct threat to human health? A rapid systematic review

    Anna Mae Scott;Elaine Beller;Paul Glasziou;Justin Clark

  • First detection of extended-spectrum cephalosporin- and fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in Australian food-producing animals

    Sam Abraham;Sam Abraham;David Jordan;Hui S. Wong;James R. Johnson

  • Pathogenicity of porcine intestinal spirochetes in gnotobiotic pigs

    N A Neef;R J Lysons;D J Trott;D J Hampson

  • Antimicrobial resistance in coagulase-positive staphylococci isolated from companion animals in Australia: A one year study.

    Sugiyono Saputra;David Jordan;Kate A. Worthing;Jacqueline M. Norris

  • Carbapenemase-producing bacteria in companion animals: a public health concern on the horizon

    Sam Abraham;Hui San Wong;John Turnidge;John Turnidge;James R. Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Jordan
David R. Jordan University of Queensland
David J. Hampson
David J. Hampson Murdoch University
Geoffrey W. Coombs
Geoffrey W. Coombs Fiona Stanley Hospital
James R. Johnson
James R. Johnson University of Minnesota
Paul C. Mills
Paul C. Mills University of Queensland
John D. Turnidge
John D. Turnidge University of Adelaide
Mark A. Schembri
Mark A. Schembri University of Queensland
David M. Gordon
David M. Gordon Australian National University
Adam McCluskey
Adam McCluskey University of Newcastle Australia
Linda L. Blackall
Linda L. Blackall University of Melbourne

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