David Turner

Contact

• workRoom B87 CBS Phase II Microbiology
  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• work0115 82 30753
• david.turner@nottingham.ac.uk

Selected Publications

• TUNIO, S.A., OLDFIELD, N.J., BERRY, A., ALA'ALDEEN, D.A.A., WOOLDRIDGE, K.G. and TURNER, D.P.J., 2010. The moonlighting protein fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate aldolase of Neisseria meningitidis: surface localization and role in host cell adhesion Molecular Microbiology. 76(3), 605-615
• TUNIO, S.A., OLDFIELD, N.J., ALA'ALDEEN, D.A.A., WOOLDRIDGE, K.G. and TURNER, D.P.J., 2010. The role of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GapA-1) in Neisseria meningitidis adherence to human cells BMC Microbiology. 10(November), 280
• DE KRAKER, M.E.A., WOLKEWITZ, M., DAVEY, P.G., GRUNDMANN, H. and BURDEN STUDY GROUP, 2011. Clinical impact of antimicrobial resistance in European hospitals: excess mortality and length of hospital stay related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55(4), 1598-1605
• DE KRAKER, M.E.A., WOLKEWITZ, M., DAVEY, P.G., KOLLER, W., BERGER, J., NAGLER, J., ICKET, C., KALENIC, S., HORVATIC, J., SEIFERT, H., KAASCH, A., PANIARA, O., ARGYROPOULOU, A., BOMPOLA, M., SMYTH, E., SKALLY, M., RAGLIO, A., DUMPIS, U., MELBARDE KELMERE, A., BORG, M., XUEREB, D., GHITA, M.C., NOBLE, M., KOLMAN, J., GRABLJEVEC, S., TURNER, D., LANSBURY, L. and GRUNDMANN, H., 2011. Burden of antimicrobial resistance in European hospitals: excess mortality and length of hospital stay associated with bloodstream infections due to Escherichia coli resistant to third-generation cephalosporins Journal Of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 66(2), 398-407

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• NEIL J OLDFIELD and DAVID PJ TURNER, 2017. Rise in carriage of group W meningococci in university students in United Kingdom Emerging Infectious Diseases. 23(6),
• TURNER DPJ, OLDFIELD NJ and BAYLISS CD, 2017. University vaccine campaign increases meningococcal ACWY vaccine coverage Public Health. 145, 1-3
• 2016. Clinical experience with the meningococcal B vaccine, Bexsero®: Prospects for reducing the burden of meningococcal serogroup B disease Vaccine.
• 2016. Genomic analysis of serotype Y Neisseria meningitidis isolates reveals extensive similarities between carriage and disease-associated organisms The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
• 2016. Prosthetic valve endocarditis following dental extractions Journal of Cardiac Surgery.
• SHAMS F, OLDFIELD NJ, LAI SK, TUNIO SA, WOOLDRIDGE KG and TURNER DPJ, 2016. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase of Neisseria meningitidis binds human plasminogen via its C-terminal lysine residue Microbiologyopen. 5, 340–350
• 2015. Streptococcus thermophilus bacteraemia in a patient with transient bowel ischaemia secondary to polycythaemia JMM Case Reports.
• ALAMRO M, BIDMOS FA, CHAN,H, OLDFIELD NJ, NEWTON E, BAI X, AIDLEY J, CARE R, MATTICK C, TURNER DPJ, NEAL KR, ALA'ALDEEN DAA, FEAVERS I, BORROW R and BAYLISS CD, 2014. Phase Variation Mediates Reductions in Expression of Surface Proteins during Persistent Meningococcal Carriage Infection and Immunity. 82(6), 2472-2484
• 2014. Impact of a quadrivalent meningococcal ACWY or a serogroup B meningococcal vaccine on meningococcal carriage: an observer-blind, phase 3 randomised clinical trial. Lancet. 484(9960), 2123-2131
• SHAMS F, OLDFIELD NJ, WOOLDRIDGE KG and TURNER DPJ, 2014. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (FBA) - a conserved glycolytic enzyme with virulence functions in bacteria: "ill met by moonlight" Biochemical Society Transactions. 42, 1792-95
• OLDFIELD NJ, MATAR S, BIDMOS FA, ALAMRO M, NEAL KR, TURNER DPJ, BAYLISS CD and ALA'ALDEEN DAA, 2013. Prevalence and phase variable expression status of two autotransporters, NalP and MspA, in carriage and disease isolates of Neisseria meningitidis PLoS One. 8(7), e69746
• TURNER D, NEAL K and ROYAL S, 2013. Protecting university students in the UK against meningococcal disease: vaccination is the way forward Perspectives in Public Health. 133(2), 90-91
• DE KRAKER, M.E.A., WOLKEWITZ, M., DAVEY, P.G., GRUNDMANN, H. and BURDEN STUDY GROUP, 2011. Clinical impact of antimicrobial resistance in European hospitals: excess mortality and length of hospital stay related to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 55(4), 1598-1605
• DE KRAKER, M.E.A., DAVEY, P.G. and GRUNDMANN, H., 2011. Mortality and hospital stay associated with resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli bacteremia: Estimating the burden of antibiotic resistance in Europe PLoS Medicine. 8(10), e1001104
• DE KRAKER, M.E.A., WOLKEWITZ, M., DAVEY, P.G., KOLLER, W., BERGER, J., NAGLER, J., ICKET, C., KALENIC, S., HORVATIC, J., SEIFERT, H., KAASCH, A., PANIARA, O., ARGYROPOULOU, A., BOMPOLA, M., SMYTH, E., SKALLY, M., RAGLIO, A., DUMPIS, U., MELBARDE KELMERE, A., BORG, M., XUEREB, D., GHITA, M.C., NOBLE, M., KOLMAN, J., GRABLJEVEC, S., TURNER, D., LANSBURY, L. and GRUNDMANN, H., 2011. Burden of antimicrobial resistance in European hospitals: excess mortality and length of hospital stay associated with bloodstream infections due to Escherichia coli resistant to third-generation cephalosporins Journal Of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 66(2), 398-407
• BIDMOS, F.A., NEAL, K.R., OLDFIELD, N.J., TURNER, D.P.J., ALA'ALDEEN, D.A.A. and BAYLISS, C.D., 2011. Persistence, replacement, and rapid clonal expansion of meningococcal carriage isolates in a 2008 university student cohort Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(2), 506-512
• TAUSEEF, I, HARRISON, OB, WOOLDRIDGE, KG, FEAVERS, IM, NEAL, KR, GRAY, SJ, KRIZ, P, TURNER, DPJ, ALA'ALDEEN, DAA, MAIDEN, MCJ and BAYLISS, CD, 2011. Influence Of The Combination And Phase Variation Status Of The Haemoglobin Receptors Hmbr And Hpuab On Meningococcal Virulence Microbiology-Sgm. 157, 1446-1456
• ALA'ALDEEN, DAA, OLDFIELD, NJ, BIDMOS, FA, ABOUSEADA, NM, AHMED, NW, TURNER, DPJ, NEAL, KR and BAYLISS, CD, 2011. Carriage Of Meningococci By University Students, United Kingdom
• CHISLETT, RJ, WHITE, G, HILLS, T and TURNER, DPJ, 2010. Fosfomycin Susceptibility Among Extended-Spectrum-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia Coli In Nottingham, Uk
• TUNIO, S.A., OLDFIELD, N.J., BERRY, A., ALA'ALDEEN, D.A.A., WOOLDRIDGE, K.G. and TURNER, D.P.J., 2010. The moonlighting protein fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate aldolase of Neisseria meningitidis: surface localization and role in host cell adhesion Molecular Microbiology. 76(3), 605-615
• TUNIO, S.A., OLDFIELD, N.J., ALA'ALDEEN, D.A.A., WOOLDRIDGE, K.G. and TURNER, D.P.J., 2010. The role of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GapA-1) in Neisseria meningitidis adherence to human cells BMC Microbiology. 10(November), 280
• ALA'ALDEEN, D.A.A., FLINT, M., OLDFIELD, N.J., OMER, S.A., MCNEIL, L.K., JIANG, Q., MURPHY, E., GIARDINA, P.C., NOVIKOVA, E.G., DODGE-SCULLY, I. L., BAYLISS, C.D., TURNER, D.P.J., NEAL, K.R., HOISETH, S.K., JANSEN, K.U. and ANDERSON, A.S., 2010. Human antibody responses to the meningococcal factor H binding protein (LP2086) during invasive disease, colonization and carriage Vaccine. 28(48), 7667-7675
• SPENCE, R.P., WRIGHT, V., ALA-ALDEEN, D.A.A., TURNER, D.P., WOOLDRIDGE, K.G. and JAMES, R., 2008. Validation of virulence and epidemiology DNA microarray for identification and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46(5), 1620-1627
• SCHMITT, C., TURNER, D., BOESL, M., ABELE, M., FROSCH, M. and KURZAI, O., 2007. A functional two-partner secretion system contributes to adhesion of Neisseria meningitidis to epithelial cells Journal of Bacteriology. 189(22), 7968-7976
• TURNER, D.P.J. and GUNN, S.L., 2007. Fatal case of sepsis caused by a non-haemolytic strain of Streptococcus pyogenes Journal of Clinical Pathology. 60, 1059
• EVANS, M., YAZDANI, F., MALNICK, H. and TURNER, D.P.J., 2007. Prosthetic valve endocarditis due to Neisseria elongata subsp. elongata in a patient with Klinefelter's syndrome. J Med Microbiol. 56, 860-862
• ASHGAR S.S., OLDFIELD N.J., WOOLDRIDGE K.G., JONES M.A., IRVING G.J., TURNER D.P. and ALA'ALDEEN D.A., 2007. CapA, an autotransporter protein of Campylobacter jejuni, mediates association to human epithelial cells and colonization of the chicken gut. Journal of Bacteriology. 189(5), 1856-1865
• ALA'ALDEEN, D.A.A. and TURNER, D.P.J., 2006. Neisseria meningitidis. In: GILLESPIE, S.H. and HAWKEY P.M., eds., Principles and Practice of Clinical Bacteriology John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 205-220
• TURNER, D.P.J., MARIETOU, A.G., JOHNSTON, L., HO, K.K.L., ROGERS, A.J., WOOLDRIDGE, K.G. and ALA'ALDEEN, D.A.A., 2006. Characterisation of MspA - an immunogenic autotransporter protein that mediates adhesion to epithelial and endothelial cells in Neisseria meningitidis. Infection and Immunity. 74(5), 2957-2964
• TURNER, D.P.J., WOOLDRIDGE, K.G. and ALA'ALDEEN, D.A.A., 2002. Autotransported serine protease A of Neisseria meningitidis: an immunogenic, surface-exposed outer membrane, and secreted protein Infection and Immunity. 70(8), 4447-4461
• MAIDEN, M.C.J., STUART, J.M. and UK MENINGOCOCCAL CARRIAGE GROUP, 2002. Carriage of serogroup C meningococci one year after meningococcal C conjugate polysaccharide vaccination Lancet. 359(9320), 1829-31
• TURNER, D.P.J., BOSWELL, T.C., LEE, J.V., SLACK, R.C.B. and BURDEN, R.P., 2001. Community-acquired Legionaires' disease in an immunocompromised patient masquerading as a hospital-acquired infection. Journal of Hosptial Infection. 47(1), 76-77