Professor Breida Boyle
Clinical Associate Professor, Clinical Microbiology
Clinical Associate Professor, School Office - Medicine
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Mok S, Roycroft E, Flanagan PR, Keane M, Wagener J, Boyle B, Fitzgibbon MM, Utilizing whole genome sequencing for the detection of nontuberculous mycobacteria laboratory cross-contamination: experiences from a national reference laboratory., Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2026
Mok S, Roycroft E, McLaughlin AM, Dolan L, Keane J, Wagener J, Boyle B, Fitzgibbon MM, False positive fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex detected by the Cepheid Xpert® MTB/XDR assay., Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease, 2026
Dolan AM, McDermott S, Brennan G, Boyle B, Native valve endocarditis due to Staphylococcus kloosii: a brief report., European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2026
Dolan A.-M., Hoban T., Brennan G., Flanagan P.R., O'Rourke S., Teoh T.K., Boyle B., Mellerick L., Toolan S., Flynn C., Wagener J., O'Connell B., Magnusiomyces capitatus, an Unusual Cause of Invasive Fungal Infections in Neutropenic Patients: Case Reports and Outbreak Investigation, Mycopathologia, 190, (1), 2025
Peterson L, Conlan C, Conway A, Brennan C, Teoh TK, Boyle B, Sevastianova K, Clarke S, Conway R, Ward M, McDermott R, Conroy N, Diphtheria in a congregate setting - facilitators and barriers to an effective Public Health response., Irish medical journal, 2025
Traynor R, Brennan GI, Hoban T, Dolan AM, Breida Boyle, O' Connell B, Shelley O, Teoh TK, Successful control of an outbreak of Panton-Valentine leucocidin positive meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a National Burns Unit through early detection by whole genome sequencing., Infection prevention in practice, 2024
Friesen I, Saluzzo F, Groenheit R, Aubry A, Anthony R, Niemann S, Mathys V, Cirillo DM, TB European Reference Laboratory Network (ERLTB-Net-3), Re: 'Availability of drugs and resistance testing for BPaLM regimen for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Europe' by Lange et al., Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 30, (9), 2024, p1204-1206
Smith SM, Boyle B, Buckley M, Costigan C, Doyle M, Farrell R, Ismail MS, Kevans D, Nugent S, O'Connor A, O'Morain C, Parihar V, Ryan C, McNamara D., The second Irish Helicobacter pylori Working Group consensus for the diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in adult patients in Ireland., European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 36, (8), 2024, p1000 - 1009
Traynor R, Kelly M, O'Connor R, Townsend L, Mohamed A, Wagener J, O'Connell B, O'Rourke S, Boyle B, Evaluation of a surgical antimicrobial stewardship programme including key performance metrics and stakeholder education., The Journal of hospital infection, 131, 2022, p249-251
Maeve Doyle and Breida Boyle and Caoimhe Brennan and Jane Holland and Albert Mifsud and Markus Hell and Frank van Tiel and Truls Michael Leegaard, Specialist training in medical microbiology across Europe in 2021"an update on the actual training situation based on a survey, Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2021
Waldron R., Mohamed A., Boyle B., Al-Azawi D., O'Connell B., Successful treatment of granulomatous mastitis associated with corynebacterium kroppenstedtii with prolonged antimicrobial therapy, Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 27, (2), 2019, p107 - 109, p107-109
National Cancer Clinical Programme, 'NCCP Guidance on the Built Environment of a Haematology/Oncology Day Ward', https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/cancer/consultations/be%20document.pdf, HSE, 2019, -
Breida Boyle James Donnelly Arthut Henessey Mary Kelleher Louise Rossney Geraldine McMahon Breida Boyle , culture-change-formation-of-a-multidisciplinary-sepsis-pathway-project-team-sppt-results-in-a-reduction-in-blood-culture-contamination-rates-improves-outcomes-in-sepsis-care-and-leads-to-significant-cost-savings, https://www.eccmidlive.org/#!resources/culture-change-formation-of-a-multidisciplinary-sepsis-pathway-project-team-sppt-results-in-a-reduction-in-blood-culture-contamination-rates-improves-outcomes-in-sepsis-care-and-leads-to-significant-cost-savings, Amstersdam , The Netherlands , 13th to 16 TH April, edited by ESCMID , 2019, pp01189-
Petrosillo N, Granata G, Boyle B, Doyle MM, Pinchera B, Taglietti F, Preventing sepsis development in complicated urinary tract infections., Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 18, (1), 2019, p47-61
Clare O'Donnell 1, Auveen Griffin 1, Antoinette Power 1, Breida Boyle, Preliminary Blood Culture Rapid Identification and Resistance Targets Determination using GenMark Dx® ePlex® Blood Culture Identification System Improves Sepsis Management, Aids Early Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Interventions and Results in Significant Cost Savings, HIS 2018, Liverpool, U.K, 26-28th Nov 2018, edited by HIS , 2018
Smith S,Boyle B, Brennan D, Buckley M, Crotty P, Doyle M, Farrell R, Hussey M, Kevans D, Malfertheiner P, Megraud F, Nugent S, O'Connor A, O'Morain C, Weston S, McNamara D, The Irish Helicobacter pylori Working Group consensus for the diagnosis and treatment of H. pylori infection in adult patients in Ireland., European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 27, (5), 2017, p552 - 559
RCPI, 'Fellowship Post CSCST Training in CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant & National Transplant Coordination', RCPI, 2017, -
UEMS, 'UEMS - SECTION OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY CORE TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY', 2017, -
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: co-location of cfr and optrA in VRE., The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 2017
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: co-location of cfr and optrA in VRE., The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 72, (12), 2017, p3252-3257
Ryan L, O'Mahony E, Wrenn C, FitzGerald S, Fox U, Boyle B, Schaffer K, Werner G, Klare I., Epidemiology and molecular typing of VRE bloodstream isolates in an Irish tertiary care hospital., The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 70, (10), 2015, p2718-2724
Micheál Mac Aogáin, Geraldine Moloney, Shauna Kilkenny, Mary Kelleher, May Kelleghan, Brieda Boyle, Thomas Rogers, Whole-genome sequencing improves discrimination of relapse from reinfection and identifies transmission events among patients with recurrent Clostridium difficile infections, Journal of Hospital Infection, 2015
National Cancer Clinical Programme, 'NATIONAL POLICY ON THE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT OF INFECTION POST TRANS RECTAL ULTRASOUND (TRUS) GUIDED PROSTATE BIOPSY June 2014', NCCP/HSE, 2014, -
Health Protection Surveillance Centre, 'Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) excluding MRSA in the healthcare setting', 2014, -
Drew RJ, Boyle B., RUWA scoring system: a novel predictive tool for the identification of patients at high risk for complications from Clostridium difficile infection., The Journal of hospital infection, 71, (1), 2009, p93-4; author reply 94-5
White PL, Barton R, Guiver M, Linton CJ, Wilson S, Smith M, Gomez BL, Carr MJ, Kimmitt PT, Seaton S, Rajakumar K, Holyoake T, Kibbler CC, Johnson E, Hobson RP, Jones B, Barnes RA., A consensus on fungal polymerase chain reaction diagnosis?: a United Kingdom-Ireland evaluation of polymerase chain reaction methods for detection of systemic fungal infections., The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD, 8, (3), 2006, p376-384
Boyle BM, Sullivan DJ, Forkin C, Mulcahy F, Keane CT, Coleman DC., Candida dubliniensis candidaemia in an HIV-positive patient in Ireland., International journal of STD & AIDS, 13, (1), 2002, p55-57
B. M. Boyle and S. R. McCann, The use of itraconazole as prophylaxis against invasive fungal infection in blood and marrow transplant recipients, Transplant infectious disease, 2, (2), 2000, p72-9
Byrne AH, Boyle B, Herra CM, Hone R, Keane CT., Serratia marcescens causing hospital-acquired lower respiratory tract infection., The Journal of hospital infection, 45, (3), 2000, p242-244
Boyle B, Hone R., Q fever endocarditis revisited., Ir J Med Sci, 168, (1), 1999, p53-54
Regan MC, Boyle B, Stephens RB., Laparoscopic repair of colonic perforation occurring during colonoscopy., The British journal of surgery, 81, (7), 1994, p1073
Gough DB, Boyle B, Joyce WP, Delaney CP, McGeeney KF, Gorey TF, Fitzpatrick JM., Free radical inhibition and serial chemiluminescence in evolving experimental pancreatitis., The British journal of surgery, 77, (11), 1990, p1256-1259
Research Expertise
Recognition
Representations
Member National Forum on Gonorrhoea AMR, Deputy Director of The National Interim Gonococcal Reference laboratory
Treasurer European Union Committee of Medical Specialists (UEMS)-Multidisciplinary Joint Committee in Infection Control , UEMS-MJC-IC,
Elected Liaision officier UEMS-SMM to European Committee on Infection Control (EUCIC)
Secretary Irish Society of Clinical Microbiologists 2013-2016 , now executive committee member
Invited to speak at annual symposium , Faculty of Pathology , 2018 : Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms in Neutropenic Sepsis
Member of Irish Society of Clinical Microbiolgists Executive Committee
Invited to participate on Multiple Industry Sponsored Advisory Boards
Journal reviewer, Irish Medical Journal
Awards and Honours
Henderson Prize in Surgery , UCD
Memberships
Fellow Royal College of Pathologists ,U.K
Fellow of the Faculty of Pathology, Royal college of Physicians , Kildare street, Dublin, Ireland
Treasurer of the European Union Society of Medical Specialists Multi-disciplinary Joint Committee in Infection Control (UEMS-MJC-IC)
Member of the European Union Medical Specialtists subsection Medical Microbiology UEMS-SMM
Committee member of the European Union Medical Specialists subsection Medical Microbiology,UEMS-SMM Examination Working Group
Member of Higher Specialist Training Committee Medical Microbiology ( and Trainer), Faculty of Pathology,Royal College of Physicians,Ireland