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Professor Colm Bergin

Professor Colm Bergin

CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN /Clinical Professor, Clinical Medicine

3531 4162507

Director of Global Relations

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Kieran JA, Norris S, O'Leary A, Walsh C, Merriman R, Houlihan D, McCormick PA, McKiernan S, Bergin C, Barry M, Hepatitis C in the era of direct-acting antivirals: real-world costs of untreated chronic hepatitis C; a cross-sectional study., BMC infectious diseases, 15, 2015, p471Journal Article, 2015, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • O'Connell S, Lillis D, Cotter A, O'Dea S, Tuite H, Fleming C, Crowley B, Fitzgerald I, Dalby L, Barry H, Shields D, Norris S, Plunkett PK, Bergin C., Opt-Out Panel Testing for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C in an Urban Emergency Department: A Pilot Study, PLoS One, 11, (3), 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • Grant C, O'Connell S, Lillis D, Moriarty A, Fitzgerald I, Dalby L, Bannan C, Tuite H, Crowley B, Plunkett P, Kennedy U, McMahon G, McKiernan S, Norris S, Hughes G, Shields D, Bergin C, Opt-out screening for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C: observational study of screening acceptance, yield and treatment outcomes, Emerg Med J, 2019Journal Article, 2019
  • Kennedy A, Hennessy M, Bergin C, Mulcahy F, Hopkins S, Spiers JP, Ribavirin and interferon alter MMP-9 abundance in vitro and in HIV-HCV-coinfected patients., Antiviral therapy, 16, (8), 2011, p1237-47Journal Article, 2011
  • Hennessy M, Clarke S, Spiers JP, Mulcahy F, Kelleher D, Meadon E, Maher B, Bergin C, Khoo S, Tjia J, Hoggard P, Back D, Barry M, Intracellular indinavir pharmacokinetics in HIV-infected patients: comparison with plasma pharmacokinetics., Antiviral therapy, 8, (3), 2003, p191-8Journal Article, 2003
  • Hopkins S, Lambourne J, Farrell G, McCullagh L, Hennessy M, Clarke S, Mulcahy F, Bergin C, Role of individualization of hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy duration in HIV/HCV-coinfected individuals., HIV medicine, 7, (4), 2006, p248-54Journal Article, 2006
  • Kieran J, Dillon A, Farrell G, Jackson A, Norris S, Mulcahy F, Bergin C, High uptake of hepatitis C virus treatment in HIV/hepatitis C virus co-infected patients attending an integrated HIV/hepatitis C virus clinic., International journal of STD & AIDS, 22, (10), 2011, p571-6Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL
  • Kiely B, O'Flaherty J, Surah S, Kieran J, O'Donnell D, Bergin C, Mulcahy F, HIV-related malignancies pre- and post-highly active antiretroviral therapy: experiences in an inner city tertiary referral centre., International Journal of STD & AIDS, 21, (5), 2010, p332-6Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL
  • Orkin C, Wang J, Bergin C, Molina JM, Lazzarin A, Cavassini M, Esser S, Gómez Sirvent JL, Pearce H, An epidemiologic study to determine the prevalence of the HLA-B*5701 allele among HIV-positive patients in Europe., Pharmacogenetics and Genomics, 20, (5), 2010, p307-14Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL
  • Feeney S, Muldoon E, Barrett P, Martos R, Mulvihill N, O'Flanagan D, Bergin C, Varicella infection and the impact of late entry into the Irish healthcare system., Journal of Infection and Public Health, 3, (3), 2010, p106-12Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL
  • Brook G, Soriano V, Bergin C, European guideline for the management of hepatitis B and C virus infections, 2010., International Journal of STD & AIDS, 21, (10), 2010, p669-78Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL
  • Dunn K, O'Reilly A, Silke B, Rogers T, Bergin C, Implementing a pharmacist-led sequential antimicrobial therapy strategy: a controlled before-and-after study., International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 33, (2), 2011, p208-14Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL
  • Dillon AA, Farrell G, Hegarty JE, O'Grady JG, Norris S, Bergin C, The advent of successful organ transplantation in the Irish HIV positive cohort., Irish Journal of Medical Science, 181, (1), 2012, p49-52Journal Article, 2012
  • Nelson M, Dockrell D, Edwards S, Angus B, Barton S, Beeching N, Bergin C, Boffito M, Breen R, Cartledge J, Clarke S, Fisher M, Freedman A, Gazzard B, Grant A, Greig J, Jones R, Khoo S, Leen C, Lipman M, Manji H, Miller R, Mitchell S, Ong E, Pozniak A, Schmid M, Shiew M, Singer M, Wilkins E, Williams I, Wood C, Weston R, British HIV Association and British Infection Association guidelines for the treatment of opportunistic infection in HIV-seropositive individuals 2011., HIV Medicine, 12 Suppl 2, 2011, p1-140Journal Article, 2011, DOI , URL
  • McCarthy EM, de Barra E, Bergin C, Cunnane G, Doran M, Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination and varicella status in inflammatory arthritis patients., Irish Medical Journal, 104, (7), 2011, p208-11Journal Article, 2011
  • De Gascun CF, Waters A, Regan C, O'Halloran J, Farrell G, Coughlan S, Bergin C, Powderly WG, Hall WW, Documented prevalence of HIV type 1 antiretroviral transmitted drug resistance in Ireland from 2004 to 2008., AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 28, (3), 2012, p276-81Journal Article, 2012, DOI , URL
  • Muldoon EG, Hogan A, Kilmartin D, McNally C, Bergin C, Syphilis consequences and implications in delayed diagnosis: five cases of secondary syphilis presenting with ocular symptoms., Sexually Transmitted Infections, 86, (7), 2010, p512-3Journal Article, 2010, DOI , URL , TARA - Full Text
  • Breslin TM, Ionmhain UN, Bergin C, Gallagher D, Collins N, Kinsella N, McMahon G, Malarial cases presenting to a European urban Emergency Department., European Journal of Emergency Medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine, 2012Journal Article, 2012
  • De Gascun CF, Waters A, Regan CM, O'Halloran J, Farrell G, Coughlan S, Bergin C, Powderly WG, Hall WW, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 in Ireland: Phylogenetic Evidence for Risk Group-Specific Subepidemics., AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 2012Journal Article, 2012
  • Ní Cheallaigh C, Fitzgerald I, Grace J, Jagjit Singh G, El-Eraki N, Gibbons N, Keane J, Rogers TR, Clarke S, Bergin C, Interferon Gamma Release Assays for the Diagnosis of Latent TB Infection in HIV-Infected Individuals in a Low TB Burden Country., PloS one, 8, (1), 2013, pe53330Journal Article, 2013, DOI , TARA - Full Text
  • Kieran J, Schmitz S, O'Leary A, Walsh C, Bergin C, Norris S, Barry M, The relative efficacy of boceprevir and telaprevir in the treatment of hepatitis C virus genotype 1., Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 56, (2), 2013, p228-35Journal Article, 2013
  • McCreary C, Bergin C, Pilkington R, Kelly G, Mulcahy F, Clinical parameters associated with recalcitrant oral candidosis in HIV infection: a preliminary study., International journal of STD & AIDS, 6, (3), 1995, p204-7Journal Article, 1995
  • Lichterfeld M, Qurishi N, Hoffmann C, Hochdorfer B, Brockmeyer NH, Arasteh K, Mauss S, Rockstroh JK, Treatment of HIV-1-associated Kaposi's sarcoma with pegylated liposomal doxorubicin and HAART simultaneously induces effective tumor remission and CD4+ T cell recovery., Infection, 33, (3), 2005, p140-7Journal Article, 2005
  • Ward KE, McCarthy MW, Dapsone-induced methemoglobinemia., The Annals of pharmacotherapy, 32, (5), 1998, p549-53Journal Article, 1998
  • Boshoff C, Weiss R, AIDS-related malignancies., Nature reviews. Cancer, 2, (5), 2002, p373-82Journal Article, 2002
  • Kennedy M, O'Reilly M, Bergin CJ, McDonald GS, Liver biopsy pathology in human immunodeficiency virus infection., European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 10, (3), 1998, p255-8Journal Article, 1998
  • Clarke S, Keenan E, Bergin C, Lyons F, Hopkins S, Mulcahy F, The changing epidemiology of HIV infection in injecting drug users in Dublin, Ireland., HIV medicine, 2, (4), 2001, p236-40Journal Article, 2001
  • Hopkins S, Lyons F, Mulcahy F, Bergin C, The great pretender returns to Dublin, Ireland., Sexually transmitted infections, 77, (5), 2001, p316-8Journal Article, 2001
  • Clarke S, Delamere S, McCullough L, Hopkins S, Bergin C, Mulcahy F, Assessing limiting factors to the acceptance of antiretroviral therapy in a large cohort of injecting drug users., HIV medicine, 4, (1), 2003, p33-7Journal Article, 2003
  • Lesens O, Methlin C, Hansmann Y, Remy V, Martinot M, Bergin C, Meyer P, Christmann D, Role of comorbidity in mortality related to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a prospective study using the Charlson weighted index of comorbidity., Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America, 24, (12), 2003, p890-6Journal Article, 2003
  • Clarke S, Keenan E, Ryan M, Barry M, Mulcahy F, Directly observed antiretroviral therapy for injection drug users with HIV infection., The AIDS reader, 12, (7), 2002, p305-7, 312-6Journal Article, 2002
  • Lesens O, Hansmann Y, Brannigan E, Remy V, Hopkins S, Martinot M, Meyer P, Connel BO, Monteil H, Christmann D, Bergin C, Positive surveillance blood culture is a predictive factor for secondary metastatic infection in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia., The Journal of infection, 48, (3), 2004, p245-52Journal Article, 2004
  • Nishimura J, Kobayashi S, Shikasho T, Kanaide H, Platelet-derived growth factor induces c-fos and c-myc mRNA in cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells irrespective of intracellular Ca2+ levels., Japanese journal of pharmacology, 58 Suppl 2, 1992, p413PJournal Article, 1992
  • Frazer RL, How to communicate quality to your patients., Dental management, 25, (11), 1985, p18-20, 22, 24Journal Article, 1985
  • Tomin VP, [Education and demographic indices]., Zdravookhranenie Rossi"sko" Federatsii / Ministerstvo zdravookhraneniia RSFSR, (11), 1979, p11-7Journal Article, 1979
  • Hopkins S, Coleman C, Kelleher M, Keating S, Clarke S, O'Connell B, Mulcahy F, Bergin C, Increasing resistance to ciprofloxacin among isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoea in Dublin., Irish medical journal, 98, (7), 2005, p208-9Journal Article, 2005
  • Murray-Lillibridge K, Barry J, Reagan S, O'flanagan D, Sayers G, Bergin C, Keenan E, O'briain S, Plunkett P, McMahon G, Keane C, O'sullivan P, Igoe D, Mullen L, Ward M, Smith A, Fischer M, Epidemiological findings and medical, legal, and public health challenges of an investigation of severe soft tissue infections and deaths among injecting drug users -- Ireland, 2000., Epidemiology and infection, 134, (4), 2006, p894-901Journal Article, 2006, DOI
  • Lyons F, Hopkins S, Kelleher B, McGeary A, Sheehan G, Geoghegan J, Bergin C, Mulcahy FM, McCormick PA, Maternal hepatotoxicity with nevirapine as part of combination antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy., HIV medicine, 7, (4), 2006, p255-60Journal Article, 2006
  • Lesens O, Brannigan E, Bergin C, Christmann D, Hansmann Y, Impact of the use of aminoglycosides in combination antibiotic therapy on septic shock and mortality due to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia., European journal of internal medicine, 17, (4), 2006, p276-80Journal Article, 2006
  • Schaffer K, Sheehy N, Coughlan S, Bergin C, Hall WW, JC virus in the Irish population: significant increase of genotype 2 in immunocompromised individuals., Journal of neurovirology, 12, (1), 2006, p39-46Journal Article, 2006
  • Kevans D, Farrell G, Hopkins S, Mahmud N, White B, Norris S, Bergin C, Haematological support during peg-interferon therapy for HCV-infected haemophiliacs improves virological outcomes., Haemophilia : the official journal of the World Federation of Hemophilia, 13, (5), 2007, p593-8Journal Article, 2007
  • Roe B, Coughlan S, Hassan J, Grogan A, Farrell G, Norris S, Bergin C, Hall WW, Elevated serum levels of interferon- gamma -inducible protein-10 in patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus and HIV., The Journal of infectious diseases, 196, (7), 2007, p1053-7Journal Article, 2007
  • McGowan B, Bergin C, Bennett K, Barry M, Utilisation of antibiotic therapy in community practice., Irish medical journal, 101, (9), 2008, p273-6Journal Article, 2008
  • Roe B, Coughlan S, Dean J, Lambert JS, Keating S, Norris S, Bergin C, Hall WW, Phenotypic characterization of lymphocytes in HCV/HIV co-infected patients., Viral immunology, 22, (1), 2009, p39-48Journal Article, 2009
  • E. McCarthy, E. deBarra, C. Bergin, G. Cunnane, M. Doran, Rates of Influenza and Pneumococcal Vaccination and Varicella Immune Status in patients with Inflammatory Arthritis., IMJ , 104, 2011, p208 - 211Journal Article, 2011
  • A Kennedy, M Hennessy, C. Bergin, F Mulcahy, S. Hopkins, JP Spiers, Ribavirin and interferon Reduce MMP-9 in HIV/HCV patients: Implications for Liver Pathology, Antiviral Therapy , 16, 2011, p1237 - 1247Journal Article, 2011
  • S. Edwards, C. Bergin, R. Miller, Pyrexia of Unknown Origin. BHIVA and BIS Association Guidelines for the Treatment of Opportunistic Infection in HIV Seropositive Individuals , HIV Medicine , 12, 2011, p83 - 87Journal Article, 2011
  • C Bergin, M. Murphy, D. Lyons, E. Gaffney, F. Mulcahy., Toxoplasma Pneumonitis - A Fatal Presentation of Disseminated Toxoplasmosis in a Patient with AIDS., Eurpoean J of Resp Medicine , 1992, 1018, 1020Report, 1992
  • C. Bergin, F. Mulcahy. , Congress Report - First International Congress on Drug Therapy and HIV Infection, Journal of European Academy of Dermato-Venereology , 1993, 149, 150Report, 1993
  • D. Kane, C. Bergin, S. Keating, F. Mulcahy., 2nd International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection, Journal of European Academy of Dermato-Venereology, 1995, 301, 302Report, 1995
  • F. Lyons, F. Mulcahy, C. Bergin., Screening for Genital Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Women., Epi-Insight, 2001Report, 2001
  • S. Hopkins, C. Bergin, F. Mulcahy., An Outbreak of Syphilis in Dublin., Eurosurveillance Weekly, 2001Report, 2001
  • S. Hopkins, C. Bergin, F. Mulcahy., Update: Syphilis Outbreak., Epi-Insight , 2001Report, 2001
  • P. Coakley, C. Bergin , Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infection, Epi-Insight, 2003Report, 2003
  • D Smith, V Ng, M Bonar, C Merry, C Bergin, MJ Cullen, JJ Nolan., Neurocysticercosis: a rare cause of seizure., Irish Medical Journal , 2004, 284, 285Report, 2004
  • E. Devitt, R. Carroll, C. Donnelly, C Bergin., An unusual cause of abdominal pain, Irish Medical Journal, 2005Report, 2005
  • A. Khalid, H. McDermott, C. Merry, C. Bergin., Eczema Herpeticum in a Patient with Atopic Dermatits Treated with Topical Tacrolimus., Irish Medical Journal, 2005, 98, 220Report, 2005
  • A Jackson, C Bergin., Sexual Health in Men. , Clinical Focus Supplement. Forum Magazine., 2007Report, 2007
  • S. Hopkins, C. Bergin, F. Mulcahy, HIV Status does not contribute to response to Syphilis treatment , 2009Report, 2009
  • P. McNamara, J. Redmond, C. Bergin, C. Doherty, The Case for Cognitive Screening in HIV Clinics, Irish Medical Journal, 2012, 244, 245Report, 2012
  • S Hopkins, M Abuzakouk, E Brannigan, C Feighery, C Bergin , Campylobacter jejuni cellulitis in an immunocompromised patientReport
  • On-site Hepatitis C Treatment in a Specialist Drug Treatment Centre in Dublin, Keating S, O'Connor J, Keenan E, Nestor A, Bergin CReport
  • I Collins, C. Bergin, S O Briain, D. O'Mahony, Hodgkin's Lymphoma in the Central Nervous System, BloodReport
  • Devitt E., Low J., Viner B., Bergin C., Clarke S., Weight based dosing of primaquine for Plasmodium vivax infection - a case for caution.Report
  • J. Lambourne, N. Gibbons, J. Keane, C. Bergin , Simultaneous pulmonary and extrapulmonary infection by multiple strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in an immunocompromised patient, Jounal of InfectionReport
  • AR Prior, J. Low, A. O Reilly, JG Parker, P. Daly, B. O Connell, C. Bergin, Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Panton Valentine Leukocidin Producing Staphylococcus Aureus Liver Abscess., Journal of InfectionReport
  • AR Prior, J. Low, A. O Reilly, JG Parker, P. Daly, B. O Connell, C. Bergin, Community-Acquired Methicillin Resistant Panton Valentine Leukocidin Producing Staphylococcus Aureus Liver Abscess., Journal of InfectionReport
  • Morley D, McNamara P, Kennelly S, McMahon G, Bergin C, Limitations to the identification of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in clinical practice., HIV medicine, 14, (8), 2013, p497-502Journal Article, 2013
  • S O'Connell, Lillis D, O'Dea S, H Tuite, C Fleming, D Shields, S Norris, B Crowley. P Plunkett, C Bergin , Results of a Universal Testing Programme for Blood Borne Viruses in an Urban Emergency Department, including Rates of Diagnosis and Linkage to Care, AASLD The Liver Meeting, Boston, MA, November 7-11 2014, 2014Meeting Abstract, 2014, TARA - Full Text