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	Year	Publication
	(2003)	'Mastoiditis presenting as an acute abdomen with features of Lemierre's syndrome' Boo TW, Lynch N, Cryan B, Kearney PJ. (2003) 'Mastoiditis presenting as an acute abdomen with features of Lemierre's syndrome'. Ir Med J, 96 (9):277-278 [Details]
	(2003)	'Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis: a preventable zoonosis?' Boo TW, Hone R, Hurley J. (2003) 'Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis: a preventable zoonosis?'. Ir J Med Sci, 172 (2):81-82 [Details]
	(2003)	'Isolation of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis' Boo TW, Hone R, Sheehan G, Walsh M. (2003) 'Isolation of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis'. J Hosp Infect, 53 (4):312-313 [Details]
	(2005)	'Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Veillonella parvula' Boo TW, Cryan B, O'Donnell A, Fahy G. (2005) 'Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Veillonella parvula'. J Infect, 50 (1):81-83 [Details]
	(2005)	'Candidaemia in an Irish tertiary referral hospital: epidemiology and prognostic factors' Boo TW, O'reilly B, O'leary J, Cryan B. (2005) 'Candidaemia in an Irish tertiary referral hospital: epidemiology and prognostic factors'. Mycoses, 48 (4):251-259 [Details]
	(2006)	'First report of OXA-23 carbapenemase in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species in the Irish Republic' Boo TW, Walsh F, Crowley B. (2006) 'First report of OXA-23 carbapenemase in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species in the Irish Republic'. J Antimicrob Chemother, 58 (5):1101-1102 [Details]
	(2008)	'Detection and molecular characterisation of plasmidic AmpC beta-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a tertiary-care hospital in Dublin, Ireland' Roche C, Boo TW, Walsh F, Crowley B. (2008) 'Detection and molecular characterisation of plasmidic AmpC beta-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a tertiary-care hospital in Dublin, Ireland'. Clin Microbiol Infect, 14 (6):616-618 [Details]
	(2009)	'Detection of blaOXA-58 and blaOXA-23-like genes in carbapenem-susceptible Acinetobacter clinical isolates: should we be concerned?' Boo TW, Crowley B. (2009) 'Detection of blaOXA-58 and blaOXA-23-like genes in carbapenem-susceptible Acinetobacter clinical isolates: should we be concerned?'. J Med Microbiol, 58 ((Pt 6)):839-841 [Details]
	(2009)	'Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species in an Irish university hospital: predominance of Acinetobacter genomic species 3' Boo TW, Walsh F, Crowley B. (2009) 'Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species in an Irish university hospital: predominance of Acinetobacter genomic species 3'. J Med Microbiol, 58 ((Pt 2):209-216 [Details]
	(2010)	'CNSE Working Group.Carbapenem-non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae in Europe: conclusions from a meeting of national experts' Grundmann H, Livermore DM, Giske CG, Canton R, Rossolini GM, Campos J, Vatopoulos A, Gniadkowski M, Toth A, Pfeifer Y, Jarlier V, Carmeli Y, (2010) 'CNSE Working Group.Carbapenem-non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae in Europe: conclusions from a meeting of national experts'. Euro Surveill pii: 19711, 15 (46) [Details]

Year

Publication

(2003)

'Mastoiditis presenting as an acute abdomen with features of Lemierre's syndrome'
Boo TW, Lynch N, Cryan B, Kearney PJ. (2003) 'Mastoiditis presenting as an acute abdomen with features of Lemierre's syndrome'. Ir Med J, 96 (9):277-278 [Details]

(2003)

'Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis: a preventable zoonosis?'
Boo TW, Hone R, Hurley J. (2003) 'Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae endocarditis: a preventable zoonosis?'. Ir J Med Sci, 172 (2):81-82 [Details]

(2003)

'Isolation of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis'
Boo TW, Hone R, Sheehan G, Walsh M. (2003) 'Isolation of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis'. J Hosp Infect, 53 (4):312-313 [Details]

(2005)

'Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Veillonella parvula'
Boo TW, Cryan B, O'Donnell A, Fahy G. (2005) 'Prosthetic valve endocarditis caused by Veillonella parvula'. J Infect, 50 (1):81-83 [Details]

(2005)

'Candidaemia in an Irish tertiary referral hospital: epidemiology and prognostic factors'
Boo TW, O'reilly B, O'leary J, Cryan B. (2005) 'Candidaemia in an Irish tertiary referral hospital: epidemiology and prognostic factors'. Mycoses, 48 (4):251-259 [Details]

(2006)

'First report of OXA-23 carbapenemase in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species in the Irish Republic'
Boo TW, Walsh F, Crowley B. (2006) 'First report of OXA-23 carbapenemase in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species in the Irish Republic'. J Antimicrob Chemother, 58 (5):1101-1102 [Details]

(2008)

'Detection and molecular characterisation of plasmidic AmpC beta-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a tertiary-care hospital in Dublin, Ireland'
Roche C, Boo TW, Walsh F, Crowley B. (2008) 'Detection and molecular characterisation of plasmidic AmpC beta-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from a tertiary-care hospital in Dublin, Ireland'. Clin Microbiol Infect, 14 (6):616-618 [Details]

(2009)

'Detection of blaOXA-58 and blaOXA-23-like genes in carbapenem-susceptible Acinetobacter clinical isolates: should we be concerned?'
Boo TW, Crowley B. (2009) 'Detection of blaOXA-58 and blaOXA-23-like genes in carbapenem-susceptible Acinetobacter clinical isolates: should we be concerned?'. J Med Microbiol, 58 ((Pt 6)):839-841 [Details]

(2009)

'Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species in an Irish university hospital: predominance of Acinetobacter genomic species 3'
Boo TW, Walsh F, Crowley B. (2009) 'Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species in an Irish university hospital: predominance of Acinetobacter genomic species 3'. J Med Microbiol, 58 ((Pt 2):209-216 [Details]

(2010)

'CNSE Working Group.Carbapenem-non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae in Europe: conclusions from a meeting of national experts'
Grundmann H, Livermore DM, Giske CG, Canton R, Rossolini GM, Campos J, Vatopoulos A, Gniadkowski M, Toth A, Pfeifer Y, Jarlier V, Carmeli Y, (2010) 'CNSE Working Group.Carbapenem-non-susceptible Enterobacteriaceae in Europe: conclusions from a meeting of national experts'. Euro Surveill pii: 19711, 15 (46) [Details]