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Philip D. Butcher is affiliated with St George's, University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on subfields such as Surgery, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes publications on topics related to infectious diseases, diagnostic technologies, and treatment strategies. Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Philip D. Butcher are:

  • "PCR for the detection of pathogens in neonatal early onset sepsis", 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Four-Month High-Dose Rifampicin Regimens for Pulmonary Tuberculosis", 2023, NEJM Evidence
  • "A Novel Microfluidic Dielectrophoresis Technology to Enable Rapid Diagnosis of Mycobacteria tuberculosis in Clinical Samples", 2023, Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • "Do cement pockets prevent fluid contamination of the undersurface of tibial baseplates?", 2024, Journal of Clinical and Translational Research
  • "Xpert MTB/RIF® cycle threshold as a marker of TB disease severity; Implications for TB treatment stratification", 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Their frequent collaborators include Jasvir Dhillon, Amina Jindani, Daniel Grint, Jack Adams, and Adam A. Witney, reflecting ongoing partnerships in infectious disease and clinical research.

Philip D. Butcher has published in a range of academic journals, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach. Common publication venues are:

  • PLoS ONE
  • NEJM Evidence
  • Journal of Molecular Diagnostics
  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Clinical use of whole genome sequencing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Adam A. Witney;Catherine A. Cosgrove;Catherine A. Cosgrove;Amber Arnold;Jason Hinds

  • Transcriptional Adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within Macrophages Insights into the Phagosomal Environment

    Dirk Schnappinger;Sabine Ehrt;Martin I. Voskuil;Yang Liu

  • Benzothiazinones Kill Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Blocking Arabinan Synthesis

    Vadim Makarov;Giulia Manina;Katarina Mikusova;Ute Möllmann

  • Cytological and Transcript Analyses Reveal Fat and Lazy Persister-Like Bacilli in Tuberculous Sputum

    Natalie J. Garton;Simon J. Waddell;Anna L Sherratt;Su Min Lee

  • High-Dose Rifapentine with Moxifloxacin for Pulmonary Tuberculosis

    Amina Jindani;Thomas S. Harrison;Andrew J. Nunn;Patrick P.J. Phillips

  • Microarrays Reveal that Each of the Ten Dominant Lineages of Staphylococcus aureus Has a Unique Combination of Surface-Associated and Regulatory Genes

    Jodi A. Lindsay;Catrin E. Moore;Nicholas P. Day;Sharon J. Peacock

  • Dissection of ESAT-6 System 1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Impact on Immunogenicity and Virulence

    Priscille Brodin;Laleh Majlessi;Laurent Marsollier;Marien I. de Jonge

  • Mycobacterial P1-Type ATPases Mediate Resistance to Zinc Poisoning in Human Macrophages

    Hélène Botella;Hélène Botella;Pascale Peyron;Pascale Peyron;Florence Levillain;Florence Levillain;Renaud Poincloux;Renaud Poincloux

  • Whole genome comparison of Campylobacter jejuni human isolates using a low-cost microarray reveals extensive genetic diversity.

    Nick Dorrell;Joseph A. Mangan;Kenneth G. Laing;Jason Hinds

  • Dissection of the heat-shock response in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using mutants and microarrays.

    Graham R. Stewart;Lorenz Wernisch;Richard Stabler;Joseph A. Mangan

  • Crohn's disease-isolated mycobacteria are identical to Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, as determined by DNA probes that distinguish between mycobacterial species.

    J J McFadden;P D Butcher;R Chiodini;J Hermon-Taylor

  • Stationary phase gene expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis following a progressive nutrient depletion: a model for persistent organisms?

    Tobias Hampshire;Tobias Hampshire;Shamit Soneji;Joanna Bacon;Brian W. James

  • Differential expression of mycobacterial proteins following phagocytosis by macrophages

    Irene M. Monahan;Joanna Betts;Dilip K. Banerjee;Philip D. Butcher

  • Detection of mRNA transcripts and active transcription in persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis induced by exposure to rifampin or pyrazinamide.

    Yanmin Hu;Joseph A. Mangan;Jasvir Dhillon;Kath M. Sole

  • Probing Host Pathogen Cross-Talk by Transcriptional Profiling of Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Infected Human Dendritic Cells and Macrophages

    Ludovic Tailleux;Simon J. Waddell;Mattia Pelizzola;Alessandra Mortellaro

  • High Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Mycoplasma genitalium in Nongonococcal Urethritis: The Need for Routine Testing and the Inadequacy of Current Treatment Options

    Marcus J. Pond;Achyuta V. Nori;Adam A. Witney;Rose C. Lopeman

  • The influence of reduced oxygen availability on pathogenicity and gene expression in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Joanna Bacon;Brian W James;Lorenz Wernisch;Ann Williams

  • Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis in London 1995–7 showing low rate of active transmission

    H Maguire;J W Dale;T D McHugh;P D Butcher

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis expresses a novel pH-dependent divalent cation transporter belonging to the Nramp family.

    Daniel Agranoff;Irene M. Monahan;Joseph A. Mangan;Philip D. Butcher

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis expresses two chaperonin-60 homologs.

    T. H. Kong;A. R. M. Coates;P. D. Butcher;C. J. Hickman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jason Hinds
Jason Hinds St George's, University of London
Neil G. Stoker
Neil G. Stoker Royal Veterinary College
Timothy D. McHugh
Timothy D. McHugh University College London
Johnjoe McFadden
Johnjoe McFadden University of Surrey
Stephen H. Gillespie
Stephen H. Gillespie University of St Andrews
Francis Drobniewski
Francis Drobniewski Imperial College London
Olivier Neyrolles
Olivier Neyrolles Paul Sabatier University
Philip Marsh
Philip Marsh University of Leeds
Gurdyal S. Besra
Gurdyal S. Besra University of Birmingham
R. Glyn Hewinson
R. Glyn Hewinson Aberystwyth University

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