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Martin Cormican

Martin Cormican

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Microbiology

D-Index
59
Citations
11716
World Ranking
3287
National Ranking
19

Overview

Martin Cormican is affiliated with the National University of Ireland, Galway in Ireland. Their research activity spans areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a strong emphasis also on Medicine. Key subfields include Molecular Medicine, Endocrinology, Epidemiology, Food Science, and Infectious Diseases. The scientist's work focuses on multiple topics related to bacterial and viral pathogens as well as antibiotic resistance.

Their main topics of research encompass:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Cormican has contributed to publications in several frequent venues, including Eurosurveillance, Microbial Genomics, The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, and Nature Communications. These journals reflect the intersections of infectious disease surveillance, genomics, environmental science, and public health research.

Frequent collaborators include Dearbháile Morris, Georgios Miliotis, Niall DeLappe, Liam P. Burke, and Louise O'Connor, indicating a collaborative network across diverse aspects of microbial genomics and epidemiology.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Cormican include:

  • Discordant bioinformatic predictions of antimicrobial resistance from whole-genome sequencing data of bacterial isolates: an inter-laboratory study, 2020, Microbial Genomics
  • Genomic diversity of Salmonella enterica - The UoWUCC 10K genomes project, 2020, Wellcome Open Research
  • Setting a baseline for global urban virome surveillance in sewage, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Genomic diversity of Salmonella enterica - The UoWUCC 10K genomes project, 2021, Wellcome Open Research
  • Genomic surveillance of Escherichia coli ST131 identifies local expansion and serial replacement of subclones, 2020, Microbial Genomics

Best Publications

  • Clinical epidemiology of the global expansion of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemases

    L Silvia Munoz-Price;L Silvia Munoz-Price;Laurent Poirel;Robert A Bonomo;Robert A Bonomo;Mitchell J Schwaber

  • Epidemic multiple drug resistant Salmonella Typhimurium causing invasive disease in sub-Saharan Africa have a distinct genotype

    Robert A. Kingsley;Chisomo L. Msefula;Nicholas R. Thomson;Samuel Kariuki;Samuel Kariuki

  • Silver nanoparticles in the environment: Sources, detection and ecotoxicology.

    Eoin McGillicuddy;Iain Murray;Siobhán Kavanagh;Liam Morrison

  • Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance

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  • Detection of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing strains by the Etest ESBL screen.

    M G Cormican;S A Marshall;R N Jones

  • Enumeration and Characterization of Antimicrobial-Resistant Escherichia coli Bacteria in Effluent from Municipal, Hospital, and Secondary Treatment Facility Sources

    Sandra Galvin;Fiona Boyle;Paul Hickey;Akke Vellinga

  • Spectrum of enteropathogens detected by the FilmArray GI Panel in a multicentre study of community-acquired gastroenteritis

    A. Spina;K.G. Kerr;M. Cormican;F. Barbut

  • Commonly Used Disinfectants Fail To Eradicate Salmonella enterica Biofilms from Food Contact Surface Materials

    M. Corcoran;D. Morris;N. De Lappe;J. O'Connor

  • Emerging resistance to antimicrobial agents in gram-positive bacteria. Enterococci, staphylococci and nonpneumococcal streptococci.

    Martin G. Cormican;Ronald N. Jones

  • Occurrence of Campylobacter in retail foods in Ireland

    P Whyte;K McGill;D Cowley;R.H Madden;R.H Madden

  • Antimicrobial drug resistance in isolates of Salmonella enterica from cases of salmonellosis in humans in Europe in 2000: results of international multi-centre surveillance.

    E J Threlfall;I S T Fisher;C Berghold;P Gerner-Smidt

  • Antimicrobial activity and spectrum of LB20304, a novel fluoronaphthyridone.

    M G Cormican;R N Jones

  • Public practice regarding disposal of unused medicines in Ireland.

    Akke Vellinga;Sarah Cormican;Jacqueline Driscoll;Michelle Furey

  • Linezolid Compared with Eperezolid, Vancomycin, and Gentamicin in an In Vitro Model of Antimicrobial Lock Therapy for Staphylococcus epidermidis Central Venous Catheter-Related Biofilm Infections

    John Curtin;Martin Cormican;Gerard Fleming;John Keelehan

  • Evaluation of Methods for Detection of Toxins in Specimens of Feces Submitted for Diagnosis of Clostridium difficile- Associated Diarrhea

    Don O'Connor;Pearl Hynes;Martin Cormican;Martin Cormican;Edward Collins

  • Antimicrobial drug resistance in human nontyphoidal Salmonella isolates in Europe 2000-2004: a report from the Enter-net International Surveillance Network.

    Sally Meakins;Ian S.T. Fisher;Christian Berghold;Peter Gerner-Smidt

  • Evaluation of Culture Methods and a DNA Probe-Based PCR Assay for Detection of Campylobacter Species in Clinical Specimens of Feces

    Majella Maher;Cathriona Finnegan;Evelyn Collins;Brid Ward

  • Discordant bioinformatic predictions of antimicrobial resistance from whole-genome sequencing data of bacterial isolates: An inter-laboratory study

    Ronan M Doyle;Ronan M Doyle;Denise M O'Sullivan;Sean D Aller;Sebastian Bruchmann

  • Fatal disseminated Trichoderma longibrachiatum infection in an adult bone marrow transplant patient: species identification and review of the literature.

    S. Richter;M. G. Cormican;M. A. Pfaller;C. K. Lee

  • A qualitative study of factors influencing antimicrobial prescribing by non-consultant hospital doctors

    Valerie De Souza;Anne MacFarlane;Andrew W. Murphy;Belinda Hanahoe

  • Antimicrobial Resistance and Genetic Diversity of Shigella sonnei Isolates from Western Ireland, an Area of Low Incidence of Infection

    Niall DeLappe;Fiona O'Halloran;Seamus Fanning;G. Corbett-Feeney

  • Development of a pathogen transport model for Irish catchments using SWAT

    R. Coffey;E. Cummins;N. Bhreathnach;V.O. Flaherty

  • Hospital effluent: A reservoir for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales?

    Niamh Cahill;Louise O'Connor;Bláthnaid Mahon;Áine Varley

  • South Asia as a Reservoir for the Global Spread of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei: A Cross-Sectional Study.

    Maia A. Rabaa;Duy Pham Thanh;Niall De Lappe

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald N. Jones
Ronald N. Jones JMI Laboratories
Séamus Fanning
Séamus Fanning University College Dublin
Terry J. Smith
Terry J. Smith University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
John E. Moore
John E. Moore Belfast City Hospital
Sylvain Brisse
Sylvain Brisse Institut Pasteur
Nicholas R. Thomson
Nicholas R. Thomson Wellcome Sanger Institute
Stephen Baker
Stephen Baker Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Vincent O'Flaherty
Vincent O'Flaherty University of Galway
Kathryn E. Holt
Kathryn E. Holt London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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