Professor Philip Murphy
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Clinical Microbiology
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Renwick J, McNally P, John B, DeSantis T, Linnane B, Murphy P, The microbial community of the cystic fibrosis airway is disrupted in early life., PloS one, 9, (12), 2014, pe109798
O'Connor A, Taneike I, Nami A, Fitzgerald N, Ryan B, Breslin N, O'Connor H, McNamara D, Murphy P, O'Morain C, Helicobacter pylori resistance rates for levofloxacin, tetracycline and rifabutin among Irish isolates at a reference centre., Irish journal of medical science, 182, (4), 2013, p693-5
Cullen IM, Manecksha RP, McCullagh E, Ahmad S, O'Kelly F, Flynn R, McDermott TE, Murphy P, Grainger R, Fennell JP, Thornhill JA, An 11-year analysis of the prevalent uropathogens and the changing pattern of Escherichia coli antibiotic resistance in 38,530 community urinary tract infections, Dublin 1999-2009., Irish journal of medical science, 182, (1), 2013, p81-9
Cullen IM, Manecksha RP, McCullagh E, Ahmad S, O'Kelly F, Flynn RJ, McDermott T, Murphy P, Grainger R, Fennell JP, Thornhill JA, The changing pattern of antimicrobial resistance within 42 033 Escherichia coli isolates from nosocomial, community and urology patient-specific urinary tract infections, Dublin, 1999-2009., BJU international, 109, (8), 2012, p1198-206
Egan S, Murphy PG, Fennell JP, Kelly S, Hickey M, McLean C, Pate M, Kirke C, Whiriskey A, Wall N, McCullagh E, Murphy J, Delaney T, Using Six Sigma to improve once daily gentamicin dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring performance., BMJ quality & safety, 21, (12), 2012, p1042-51
Coughlan CA, Chotirmall SH, Renwick J, Hassan T, Low TB, Bergsson G, Eshwika A, Bennett K, Dunne K, Greene CM, Gunaratnam C, Kavanagh K, Logan PM, Murphy P, Reeves EP, McElvaney NG, The effect of Aspergillus fumigatus infection on vitamin D receptor expression in cystic fibrosis., American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 186, (10), 2012, p999 - 1007
McNally P, Coughlan C, Bergsson G, Doyle M, Taggart C, Adorini L, Uskokovic MR, El-Nazir B, Murphy P, Greally P, Greene CM, McElvaney NG, Vitamin D receptor agonists inhibit pro-inflammatory cytokine production from the respiratory epithelium in cystic fibrosis., Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society, 10, (6), 2011, p428 - 431
Collins CJ, Fraher MH, O'Connell K, Fennell J, FitzGerald SF, O'Sullivan N, Cormican M, Fenelon LE, Murphy P, Hannan MM, Reporting of meticillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus on death certificates in Irish hospitals., The Journal of hospital infection, 77, (2), 2011, p143-7
Wagner KS, White JM, Neal S, Crowcroft NS, Kuprevičiene N, Paberza R, Lucenko I, Jõks U, Akbaş E, Alexandrou-Athanassoulis H, Detcheva A, Vuopio J, von Hunolstein C, Murphy PG, Andrews N; Members of the Diphtheria Surveillance Network (DIPNET), Efstratiou A., Screening for Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans in patients with upper respiratory tract infections 2007-2008: a multicentre European study., Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 17, (4), 2011, p519-525
Bilal S, Iqbal M, Murphy P, Power J, Human bovine tuberculosis - remains in the differential., Journal of Medical Microbiology, 59, (Pt 11), 2010, p1379-82
O'connor A, Taneike I, Nami A, Fitzgerald N, Murphy P, Ryan B, O'connor H, Qasim A, Breslin N, O'moráin C, Helicobacter pylori resistance to metronidazole and clarithromycin in Ireland., European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology, 22, (9), 2010, p1123-7
John E. Moore, Miyuki Watabe, B. Cherie Millar, Paul J. Rooney, Anne Loughrey, Colin E. Goldsmith, Ann McMahon, David A. McDowell and Philip Murphy, Molecular characterization of the recA locus in clinical isolates of of verocytotoxigenic E. coli O157:H7, British Journal of Biomedical Science, 66, (1), 2009, p37-41
Bergsson, G, Reeves, EP, McNally, P, Chotirmall, SH, Greene, CM, Greally, P, Murphy, P, O'Neill, SJ, McElvaney, NG, LL-37 complexation with glycosaminoglycans in cystic fibrosis lungs inhibits antimicrobial activity, which can be restored by hypertonic saline., Journal of Immunology , 183, (1), 2009
Taneike, I, Nami, A, O'Connor, A, Fitzgerald, N, Murphy, P, Qasim, A, O'Connor, H, O'Morain, C, Analysis of drug resistance and virulence-factor genotype of Irish Helicobacter pylori strains: is there any relationship between resistance to metronidazole and cagA status?, Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 30, (7), 2009, p784 - 790
McManus BA, Coleman DC, Moran G, Pinjon E, Diogo D, Bougnoux ME, Borecká-Melkusova S, Bujdákova H, Murphy P, d'Enfert C, Sullivan DJ., Multilocus sequence typing reveals that the population structure of Candida dubliniensis is significantly less divergent than that of Candida albicans., Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 46, (2), 2008, p652 - 664
Emma Caraher, Jonathan Collins, Gillian Herbert, Philip G. Murphy, Charles G. Gallagher, Mary J. Crowe, Máire Callaghan and Siobhán McClean, Evaluation of in vitro virulence characteristics of the genus Pandoraea in lung epithelial cells, Journal of Medical Microbiology, 57, 2008
Kelly S, Collins J, Maguire M, Gowing C, Flanagan M, Donnelly M, Murphy PG, An outbreak of colonization with linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis in an intensive therapy unit., The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 61, (4), 2008, p901-907
Caraher E, Reynolds G, Murphy P, McClean S, Callaghan M, Comparison of antibiotic susceptibility of Burkholderia cepacia complex organisms when grown planktonically or as biofilm in vitro., European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 26, (3), 2007, p213-6
Mullen T, Markey K, Murphy P, McClean S, Callaghan M, Role of lipase in Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) invasion of lung epithelial cells., European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 26, (12), 2007, p869-77
Caraher E, Duff C, Mullen T, Mc Keon S, Murphy P, Callaghan M, McClean S, Invasion and biofilm formation of Burkholderia dolosa is comparable with Burkholderia cenocepacia and Burkholderia multivorans., Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society, 6, (1), 2007, p49-56
Caraher EM, Gumulapurapu K, Taggart CC, Murphy P, McClean S, Callaghan M, The effect of recombinant human lactoferrin on growth and the antibiotic susceptibility of the cystic fibrosis pathogen Burkholderia cepacia complex when cultured planktonically or as biofilms., The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 60, (3), 2007, p546-54
Gillow C, Shaw A, Moore JE, Elborn JS, Murphy PG, Antibiotic resistance and identification of uncommon Gram-negative bacteria isolated from sputum of adult patients with cystic fibrosis., British journal of biomedical science, 63, (1), 2006, p22-5
Duff C, Murphy PG, Callaghan M, McClean S, Differences in invasion and translocation of Burkholderia cepacia complex species in polarised lung epithelial cells in vitro., Microbial pathogenesis, 41, (4-5), 2006, p183-92
Moore JE, Shaw A, Millar BC, Downey DG, Murphy PG, Elborn JS, Microbial ecology of the cystic fibrosis lung: does microflora type influence microbial loading?, British journal of biomedical science, 62, (4), 2005, p175-8
Rossney AS, O'Connell B, Hannan MM, Kenny F, Murphy P, Confirmation of hetero-glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus resistance among methicillin-resistant S. aureus blood culture isolates, Irish Medical Journal, 98, (4), 2005, p113 - 114