Biography
Peter Kinnevey received a B.Sc. Honours Degree from NUI Galway in 2006 followed by a Ph.D. from the Dublin Dental University Hospital (DDUH)/School of Dental Science Microbiology Unit, Trinity College Dublin in 2011. He is now Assistant Professor in Infection Prevention and Control and Microbiology with the DDUH, Division of Oral Biosciences. Peter has published extensively in the peer-reviewed international literature on population biology, evolution, genomics and antibiotic resistance mechanisms of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VREs) by whole genome sequencing. Peter"s research interests focus on population biology of pathogens associated with healthcare-associated infections and infection prevention and control (IPC), strategies, policies and education.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
ALOBA BK, KINNEVEY PM, MONECKE S, BRENNAN GI, O'CONNELL B, BLOMFELDT A, McMANUS B, SCHNEIDER-BRACHERT W, TKADLEC J, EHRICHT R, SENOK A, DAMKJAER BARTELS M, COLEMAN DC, AN EMERGING PANTON-VALENTINE (PVL)-POSITIVE CC5-METICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus-IVc CLONE RECEOVERED FROM HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY SETTINGS OVER A 17-YEAR PERIOD FROM 12 COUNTRIES INVESTIGATED BY WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING, JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION, 132, (February), 2023, p8 - 19
KINNEVEY, PM, KEARNEY A, SHORE AC, EARLS MR, BRENNAN GI, POOVELIKUNNEL TT, HUMPHREYS H, COLEMAN DC, METHICILLIN-SUSCEPTIBLE Staphylococcus aureus TRANSMISSION AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS, PATIENTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN A LARGE ACUTE HOSPITAL UNDER NON-OUTBREAK CONDITIONS INVESTIGATED USING WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING, JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION, 127, (September), 2022, p15 - 25
KINNEVEY PM, KEARNEY A, SHORE AC, EARLS ME, BRENNAN G, POOVELIKUNNEL TT, HUMPHREYS H, COLEMAN DC, METICILLIN-RSISTANT Staphylococcus aureus TRANSMISSION AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS, PATIENTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN A LARGE ACUTE HOSPITAL UNDER NON-OUTBREAK CONDITIONS INVESTIGATED BY WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING, JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION, 118, (December ), 2021, p99 - 107
UWEMEDIMO J, FITZGERALD-HUGHES D, KINNEVEY P, SHORE A, COLEMAN D, HUMPHREYS H, POOVELIKUNNEL TT, SCREENING THE NOSE, THROAT AND NASO-PAHRYNX FOR METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS: A PILOT STUDY, JOURNAL OF INFECTION PREVENTION, 21, (4), 2020, p155 - 158
BUDRI PE, SHORE AC, COLEMAN DC, KINNEVEY PM, HUMPHREYS H, FITZGERALD-HUGHES D, AN OBSERVATIONAL CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF NASAL STAPHYLOCOCCAL SPECIES OF MEDICAL STUDENTS OF DIVERSE GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGIN, PRIOR TO HEALTHCARE EXPOSURE. PREVALENCE OF SCCmec, fusC, fusB AND THE ARGININE CATABOLITE MOBILE ELEMENT (ACME) IN THE ABSENCE OF SELECTIVE ANTIBIOTIC PRESSURE, BMJ Open, 8, (4), 2018, p1-8;(e020391)
O'CONNOR AM, McMANUS BA, KINNEVEY PM, BRENNAN GI, FLEMING TE, CASHIN PJ, O'SULLIVAN M, POLYZOIS I, COLEMAN DC, SIGNIFICANT ENRICHMENT AND DIVERSITY OF THE STAPHYLOCOCCAL ARGININE CATABOLIC MOBILE ELEMENT ACME IN STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS ISOLATES FROM SUBGINGIVAL PERI-IMPLANTITIS SITES AND PERIODONTAL POCKETS, FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY, 9, (1558), 2018, p1 - 15
EARLS MR, KINNEVEY PM, BRENNAN GI, LAZARIS A, SKALLY M, O'CONNELL B, HUMPHREYS H, SHORE AC, COLEMAN DC, THE RECENT EMERGENCE IN HOSPITALS OF MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT COMMUNITY-ASSOCIATED SEQUENCE TYPE 1 AND SPA TYPE T127 METHICILLIN- RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INVESTIGATED BY WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCREENING , PLoS ONE, 12, (4), 2017, p1-17:e0175542
McMANUS BA, O'CONNOR AM, KINNEVEY PM, O'SULIVAN M, POLYZOIS I, COLEMAN DC, FIRST DETAILED CHARACTERIZATION OF THE STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF TYPE III ARGININE CATABOLIC MOBILE ELEMENTS (ACMEs) HARBORED BY STAPHYLOCOCCIS EPIDERMIDIS BY WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 61, (10), 2017, p1-5:e01216-17
LAZARIS A, COLEMAN DC, KEARNS AM, PICHON B, KINNEVEY PM, EARLS MR, BOYLE B, O'CONNELL B, BRENNAN GI, SHORE AC, NOVEL MULTIRESISTANCE cfr-PLASMIDS IN LINEZOLID-RESISTANT METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS AND VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM (VRE) FROM A HOSPITAL OUTBREAK: FIRST REPORT OF THE CO-LOCATION OF cfr and optrA IN VRE, JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY, 72, (12), 2017, p3252 - 3257
KINNEVEY PM, SHORE AC, MAC AOGAIN M, CREAMER E, BRENNAN GI, HUMPHREYS H, ROGERS TR, O'CONNELL B, COLEMAN DC, ENHANCED TRACKING OF THE NOSOCOMIAL TRANSMISSION OF ENDEMIC ST22-MRSA-IV AMONG PATIENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SITES USING WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING , JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 54, (2), 2016, p445 - 448
ARMENGOL-PORTA M, TENORIO-ABREU A, BANDT D, COLEMAN DC, GAVIER-WIDEN D, HOTZEL H, KINNEVEY P, LAZARIS A, PETERS M, RANGSTRUP-CHRISTENSEN L, SCHLOTTER K, SHORE AC, EHRICHT R, MONECKE S, IN VITRO ACTIVITY OF CEFTAROLINE AGAINST mecC MRSA ISOLATES, JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE, 5, 2016, p3 - 6
SHORE AC, LAZARIS A, KINNEVEY PM, BRENNAN OM, BRENNAN GI, O'CONNELL B, FEBLER AT, SCHWARZ S, COLEMAN DC, FIRST REPORT OF cfr-ENCODING PLASMIDS IN THE PANDEMIC SEQUENCE TYPE (ST) METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus STAPHYLOCOCCAL CASSETTE CHROMOSOME mec TYPE-IV CLONE, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 60, (5), 2016, p3007 - 3015
KINNEVEY PM, SHORE AC, BRENNAN GI, SULLIVAN DJ, EHRICHT R, MONECKE S, COLEMAN DC, EXTENSIVE GENETIC DIVERSITY IDENTIFIED AMONG SPORADIC METHICILLIN-RESISTANT Staphylococcus aureus ISOLATES RECOVERED IN IRISH HOSPITALS BETWEEN 2000-2012, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 58, (4), 2014, p1907 - 1917
Kinnevey PM, Shore AC, Brennan GI, Sullivan DJ, Ehricht R, Monecke S, Slickers P, Coleman DC, Emergence of Sequence Type 779 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Harboring a Novel Pseudo Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec)-SCC-SCCCRISPR Composite Element in Irish Hospitals., Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 57, (1), 2013, p524 - 531
Creamer E, Galvin S, Dolan A, Sherlock O, Dimitrov BD, Fitzgerald-Hughes D, Thomas T, Walsh J, Moore J, Smyth EG, Shore AC, Sullivan D, Kinnevey P, O'Lorcain P, Cunney R, Coleman DC, Humphreys H, Evaluation of screening risk and nonrisk patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on admission in an acute care hospital., American journal of infection control, 40, (5), 2012, p411-5
SHORE AC, BRENNAN OM, DEASY EC, ROSSNEY AS, KINNEVEY PM, EHRICHT RM, MONECKE S AND COLEMAN DC, DNA MICROARRAY PROFILING OF A DIVERSE COLLECTION OF NOSOCOMIAL METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS ASSIGNS THE MAJORITY TO THE CORRECT SEQUENCE TYPE AND STAPHYLOCOCCAL CHROMOSOME CASSETTE mec (SCCmec) TYPE AND RESULTED IN THE SUBSEQUENT IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NOVEL SCCmec-SCCM1 COMPOSITE ISLANDS, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY , 56, 2012, p5340-5355
Creamer E, Shore AC, Rossney AS, Dolan A, Sherlock O, Fitzgerald-Hughes D, Sullivan DJ, Kinnevey PM, O'Lorcain P, Cunney R, Coleman DC, Humphreys H, Transmission of endemic ST22-MRSA-IV on four acute hospital wards investigated using a combination of spa, dru and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing., European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 31, (11), 2012, p3151-61
Shore AC, Brennan OM, Deasy EC, Rossney AS, Kinnevey PM, Ehricht R, Monecke S, Coleman DC, DNA microarray profiling of a diverse collection of nosocomial methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolates assigns the majority to the correct sequence type and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type and results in the subsequent identification and characterization of novel SCCmec-SCCM1 composite islands., Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 56, (10), 2012, p5340-55
Shore AC, Rossney AS, Brennan OM, Kinnevey PM, Humphreys H, Sullivan DJ, Goering RV, Ehricht R, Monecke S, Coleman DC, Characterization of a Novel Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element (ACME) and Staphylococcal Chromosomal Cassette mec Composite Island with Significant Homology to Staphylococcus epidermidis ACME type II in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Genotype ST22-MRSA-IV., Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 55, (5), 2011, p1896 - 1905
SHORE AC, ROSSNEY AS, KINNEVEY PM, BRENNAN OM, CREAMER E, SHERLOCK O, DOLAN A, CUNNEY R, SULLIVAN DJ, GOERING RV, HUMPHREYS H, COLEMAN DC, ENHANCED DISCRIMINATION OF HIGHLY-CLONAL ST22-METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA)-IV ISOLATES ACHIEVED BY COMBINING SPA, DRU AND PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS (PFGE) TYPING DATA, JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, 48, (5), 2010, p1839 - 1852
Shore AC, Rossney AS, Kinnevey PM, Brennan OM, Creamer E, Sherlock O, Dolan A, Cunney R, Sullivan DJ, Goering RV, Humphreys H, Coleman DC, Enhanced Discrimination of Highly-Clonal ST22-Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-IV Isolates Achieved by Combining spa, dru and Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) Typing Data., Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48, (5), 2010, p1839 - 1852
Creamer E, Dorrian S, Dolan A, Sherlock O, Fitzgerald-Hughes D, Thomas T, Walsh J, Shore A, Sullivan D, Kinnevey P, Rossney AS, Cunney R, Coleman D, Humphreys H, When are the hands of healthcare workers positive for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?, The Journal of Hospital Infection, 75, (2), 2010, 107-111
CREAMER E, DORRIAN S, DOLAN A, SHERLOCK O, FITZGERALD-HUGHES D, THOMAS T, WALSH J, SHORE A, SULLIVAN D, KINNEVEY P, ROSSNEY AS, CUNNEY R, COLEMAN D, HUMPHREYS H, WHEN ARE THE HANDS OF HEALTHCARE WORKERS POSITIVE FOR METICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS?, JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION, 75, (2), 2010, p107-111