Michelle Cairns

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

Mark H. Wilcox, Nandini Shetty, Warren N. Fawley et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2012 · 229 citations · Full text

Macro and Micro Diversity of Clostridium difficile Isolates from Diverse Sources and Geographical Locations

Richard A. Stabler, Lisa F. Dawson, Esmeralda Valiente et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 128 citations · Full text

Molecular Epidemiology, Diverse Sources, Micro Diversity +17

Emergence of new PCR ribotypes from the hypervirulent Clostridium difficile 027 lineage

Esmeralda Valiente, Lisa F. Dawson, Michelle Cairns et al. · Journal of Medical Microbiology · 2011 · 99 citations · Full text

Molecular Epidemiology, Bacteriology, Antibiotic Resistance +16

Comparative Genome Analysis and Global Phylogeny of the Toxin Variant Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 017 Reveals the Evolution of Two Independent Sublineages

Michelle Cairns, Mark D. Preston, Christopher L. Hall et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · 2016 · 61 citations · Full text

The recent emergence of a highly related virulent Clostridium difficile clade with unique characteristics

Helen Alexandra Shaw, Mark D. Preston, Karuna E.W. Vendrik et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection · 2019 · 57 citations · Full text