Biography

Dr Denise Drudy completed her PhD in UCD in 2001. She subsequently moved to Boston to work with Professor Ciaran Kelly investigating Human Antibody Response to C. difficile.

She completed a Postdoc at the Centre for Food Safety in UCD under the Newman Fellowship program investigating the Molecular epidemiology of C. difficile in Ireland. She returned to DIT in December 2007 and is currently appointed as Lecturer in Biomedical Microbiology in the School of Biological and Health Sciences.

Qualifications

BSc, PhD

Research Themes

Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile

Keywords

Clostridium difficile Heathcare associated infection Molecular Diagnostics

Key Publications

Stein K, Egan S, Lynch H,Harmanus C, Kyne L, Herra C, McDermott S, Kuijper Ed, Fitzpatrick F, FitzGerald S, Fenelon L, Drudy D. PCR-ribotype distribution of Clostridium difficile in Irish pigs. Anaerobe.2017 Dec;48:237-241

Drudy D, Goorhuis B, Bakker D, Kyne L, van den Berg R, Fenelon L, Fanning S, Kuijper EJ. Clindamycin-resistant clone of Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotype 027, Europe.  Emerg Infect Dis. 2008: 14:1825.

Drudy D, Harnedy N, Fanning S, Kyne L. Emergence and control of Fluoroquinolone Resistant Toxin A Negative Toxin B positive Clostridium difficile.Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007 28: 932-40.

Professional Memberships

• Active Member of Microbiology Advisory Body of the Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine