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Warren N. Fawley is affiliated with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Medicine, with a concentration in Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Microbiology, as well as related areas such as Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Physiology.

The scientist's work explores multiple topics, including:

  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
  • Microscopic Colitis
  • Nosocomial Infections in ICU
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

Fawley's recent papers include the following:

  • Clostridioides difficile ribotypes 001 and 126 were predominant in Tehran healthcare settings from 2004 to 2018: a 14-year-long cross-sectional study, 2020, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • A decade of Clostridioides difficile infection: a constant challenge to maintain the status quo, 2023, Journal of Hospital Infection
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility in Clostridioides difficile varies according to European region and isolate source, 2024, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Utility of Whole Genome Sequencing in Assessing and Enhancing Partner Notification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infection, 2021, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Performance of Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing Compared to Capillary-Electrophoresis PCR Ribotyping and SNP Analysis of Clostridioides difficile, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The frequent publication venues for Fawley's work include:

  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Journal of Hospital Infection
  • JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Collaborations are a significant part of Fawley's research, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Mark H. Wilcox
  • David W. Eyre
  • Maja Rupnik
  • Kerrie Davies
  • Janet Wilson

Best Publications

  • The Changing Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infections

    J. Freeman;M. P. Bauer;Simon D. Baines;J. Corver

  • A case–control study of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection

    M. H. Wilcox;L. Mooney;R. Bendall;C. D. Settle

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing of Clostridium difficile

    David Griffiths;David Griffiths;Warren Fawley;Melina Kachrimanidou;Melina Kachrimanidou;Rory Bowden

  • Comparison of the effect of detergent versus hypochlorite cleaning on environmental contamination and incidence of Clostridium difficile infection

    M.H Wilcox;W.N Fawley;N Wigglesworth;P Parnell

  • Emergence of reduced susceptibility to metronidazole in Clostridium difficile

    Simon D Baines;Rachael O'Connor;Jane Freeman;Warren N Fawley

  • 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

  • Recurrence of symptoms in Clostridium difficile infection--relapse or reinfection?

    M.H. Wilcox;W.N. Fawley;C.D. Settle;A. Davidson

  • The potential for airborne dispersal of Clostridium difficile from symptomatic patients.

    Emma L. Best;Warren N. Fawley;Peter Parnell;Mark H. Wilcox;Mark H. Wilcox

  • Efficacy of hospital cleaning agents and germicides against epidemic Clostridium difficile strains

    Warren N. Fawley;Sarah Underwood;Jane Freeman;Simon D. Baines

  • Use of perioperative mupirocin to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) orthopaedic surgical site infections.

    M.H Wilcox;J Hall;H Pike;P.A Templeton

  • Hospital disinfectants and spore formation by Clostridium difficile

    Mark H Wilcox;Warren N Fawley

  • Development and Validation of an Internationally-Standardized, High-Resolution Capillary Gel-Based Electrophoresis PCR-Ribotyping Protocol for Clostridium difficile

    Warren N. Fawley;C. W. Knetsch;Duncan R. MacCannell;Celine Harmanus

  • Changing Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection Following the Introduction of a National Ribotyping-Based Surveillance Scheme in England

    M. H. Wilcox;Nandini Shetty;W. N. Fawley;M. Shemko

  • Evolutionary History of the Clostridium difficile Pathogenicity Locus

    K.E. Dingle;Briony Elliott;E.R. Robinson;D.T. Griffiths;D.T. Griffiths

  • Clinical Clostridium difficile: clonality and pathogenicity locus diversity.

    Kate E. Dingle;Kate E. Dingle;David Griffiths;David Griffiths;Xavier Didelot;Jessica Evans;Jessica Evans

  • Relatedness of Human and Animal Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 078 Isolates Determined on the Basis of Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis and Tetracycline Resistance

    D. Bakker;J. Corver;C. Harmanus;A. Goorhuis

  • Prospective study of the risk of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea in elderly patients following treatment with cefotaxime or piperacillin-tazobactam.

    C D Settle;M H Wilcox;W N Fawley;O J Corrado

  • Prospective evaluation of environmental contamination by Clostridium difficile in isolation side rooms.

    P. Verity;M.H. Wilcox;W. Fawley;P. Parnell

  • Long-term surveillance of cefotaxime and piperacillin–tazobactam prescribing and incidence of Clostridium difficile diarrhoea

    Mark H. Wilcox;Jane Freeman;Warren Fawley;Sarah MacKinlay

  • Reduced susceptibility of Clostridium difficile to metronidazole

    Jon S. Brazier;Warren Fawley;Jane Freeman;Mark H. Wilcox

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark H. Wilcox
Mark H. Wilcox University of Leeds
Derrick W. Crook
Derrick W. Crook University of Oxford
Tim E. A. Peto
Tim E. A. Peto University of Oxford
Kate E. Dingle
Kate E. Dingle University of Oxford
A. Sarah Walker
A. Sarah Walker University of Oxford
Xavier Didelot
Xavier Didelot University of Warwick
Ed J. Kuijper
Ed J. Kuijper Leiden University Medical Center
Sherwood L. Gorbach
Sherwood L. Gorbach Tufts University
Dale N. Gerding
Dale N. Gerding Veterans Health Administration
Keith A. Jolley
Keith A. Jolley University of Oxford

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