Professor Richard Lacey (Hansard, 23 May 1990)

§ Mr. Anthony Coombs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether the library of his Department has any non-scientific or learned publications which contain contributions produced by Professor Lacey during the previous(a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.

§ Mr. Curry
The following is a list of publications with contributions from Professor Lacey and held in the MAFF Library. All items were produced within the last year.
The Independent
Free speech 2: The nation's health and the sunday roast: the only logical way to avoid the risk is to change our diet. 24 March 1990.
The Guardian
Environment: Milk of unkindness—Professor Richard Lacey has been given clearance under the Official Secrets Act to argue why BST milk should be banned.
6 October 1989.
Safe Shopping, Safe Cooking, Safe Eating
Penguin, 1989.

§ Mr. Anthony Coombs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether the library of his Department has copies of any learned scientific papers which have been published by Professor Lacey in the previous(a) year, (b) five years and (c) 10 years; and in what scientific journals they appear.

§ Mr. Curry
The following is a list of journals with contributions from Professor Lacey, which are held in the MAFF Library.
(a) Published within the last year:
Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Evaluation of the mast ID and API 50CH systems for the identification of listeria-SPP.

With Kerr, K. G.; Rotowa, N.A.; Hawkey, P.M.

Vol. 56, No. 3, 1990. pp657–660.

(b) Published within the last five years:
Bovine Practitioner

Should veterinarians be allowed to prescribe antibiotics?

No. 23, 1988. pp 70–73.

British Medical Journal

Co-trimoxazole toxicity (letter).

With Hawkey, P. M.; Deveraj, S. K.; Millar, M. R.; Inglis, T. J.; Godwin, P. G.

Vol. 291, No. 6493, 1985. p 481.

Environmental Health

The enigma of food-borne listeriosis.

With Kerr, K.

Vol. 96, No. 10, 1988. pp 7, 9.

Health Visitor

Campaigning for safe food (interview).

Vol. 62, No. 4, April 1989. pp 107–8.

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Does the protein binding of antibiotics affect their antistaphylococcal activity (letter).

With Barr, K.

Vol. 15, No. 6, June 1985. pp 786–7.

Phenotypic resistance (letter).

With Heritage, J.; Hawkey, P. M.

Vol. 16, No. 6, December 1985. p 805.

Beta-lactam antibiotics increase the frequency of plasmid transfer in staphylococcus aureus.
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With Barr, V.; Barr, K.; Millar, M. R.

Vol. 17, No. 4, April 1986. pp 409–13.

Probable chromosal mutation to resistance to all aminoglycosides in staphylococcus aureus selected by the therapeutic use of gentamicin: a preliminary report.

With Heritage, J.; Settle, J. A.; Lalani, E. N.

Vol. 15, No. 5, May 1986. pp 571–4.

Protein binding of anti-staphylococcal antibiotics (letter).

With Barr, K. W.

Vol. 17, No. 5, May 1986. p 679.

Comparison of a slow-release trimethoprim with co-trimoxazole: efficacy and selection of resistance in the enterobacteriaceae.

With Menon, R., et al.

Vol. 18, No. 3, September 1986. pp 415–20.

The mechanism of methicillin resistance.

Vol. 18, No. 4, October 1986. pp 435–6.

Epidemiology of antibiotic resistance in staphylococcus aureus.

With Kruczenyk, S. C.

Vol. 18, Supplement C, October 1986. pp 207–14.

Selection of resistance to gentamicin and netilmicin in the foecal flora following prophylaxis for colo-rectal surgery.

With Heritage, J.; Dyke, G. W.; Johnston D.

Vol. 22, No. 2, August 1988. pp 249–56.

Lancet

Teicoplanin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococcus (letter).

With Grant, A. C; Brownjohn, A. M.; Turney, J. H.

2 (8516) 15 November 1986. pp 1166–7.

Listeria in cook-chill food (letter).

With Kerr, K.; Dealler, S. F.

2 (8601) 2 July 1988. pp 37–38.

Materno-foetal listeriosis from cook-chill and refrigerated food (letter).

With Kerr, K. G; Dealler, S. F.

2 (8620) 12 November 1988. p 1133.

Letters in Applied Microbiology.

Listeriosis—the need for legislation.

With Kerr, K. G.

Vol. 8, No. 4, 1989. pp 121–2.

Veterinary Practice

Understanding antibiotic resistance: Did Swann get it wrong?

Vol. 17, No. 4, 1985. p 6.

Veterinary Record

Should veterinarians be allowed to prescribe antibiotics?

Vol. 120, No. 16, 18 April 1987, pp 394–6.

Rarity of tylosin resistance in human pathogenic bacteria.

Vol. 122, No. 18, 30 April 1988, pp 438–9

(c) Within the last 10 years:
British Medical Bulletin

Antibiotic resistance in staphylococcus aureus and strepococci.

Vol. 40, No. 1, January 1984, pp 77–83.

British Medical Journal (Clinical Research)

Maternal Alpha Facto protein screening 2 year experience in a low risk district.

With: Standing, S. J.; Brindle, M. J.; MacDonald, A. P.

Vol. 283, No. 6293, 1981, pp 705–7.

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Bacteriophages and spread of resistance in Staphylococcus aureus.

Vol. 6, No. 5, September 1980. pp 567–8.
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In vitro evaluation of rosaramicin with special reference to the risk of resistance.

Vol. 7, No. 3, March 1981, pp 293–9.

Stability of the isoxazolyl penicillins to staphylococci betalactamase (letter).

Vol. 9, No. 3, March 1982, pp 239–40.

Treatment of Staphylococcal infections.

Vol. 11, No. 1, January 1983, pp 3–6.

Bactericidal effects of cefotetan and other antibiotics in human fluids.

With: Lord, V. L.; Howson, G. L.

Vol. 11, Supplement, January 1983, pp 125–32.

In vitro evaluation of miokamycin: bacterial activity against streptococci.

With: Lord, V. L.; Howson, G. L.

Vol. 13, No. 1, January 1984, pp 5–13.

Bactericidal effects of norfloxacin towards bacteria in urine.

With: Lord, V. L.; Howson, G. L.

Vol. 13, Supplement B, May 1984, pp 49–54.

Treatment of acute urinary infection by norfloxacin or nalidixic acid/citrate: a multi-centre comparative study.

With: Reeves, D. S.; Mummery, R. V.; Mahendra, M.; Bint, A. J.; Newson, S. W.

Vol. 13, Supplement B, May 1984, pp 99–105.

Staphylococci in the UK: a review

With Keyworth N.; Lincoln C.

Vol. 14, Supplement D, December 1984. pp 19–25.

Journal of General Microbiology

Evidence for two mechanisms of plasmid transfer in mixed cultures of staphylococcus aureus.

Vol. 119, Part 2, August 1980. pp 423–35.

Rarity of gene transfer between animal and human isolates of staphylococcus aureus in vitro.

Vol. 199, part 2, August 1980. pp 437–42.

Failure of coagulase-negative staphylococci to transfer antibiotic resistance to staphylococcus aureus 1030 in mixed cultures.

With Fawcett, C. J.; Lord VL

Vol. 126, part 2, October 1981. pp 507–9.

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Antimicrobial effects of trimethoprin and sulphadrine in infected urine and blood.

With Rogerson, J. G.; Stokes A.

Vol. 13, No. 1, February 1980. pp 121–32.

Transfer of gentamicin resistance between cultures of staphylococcus aureus in nutrient broth, semen and urine.

With Lord V. L.

Vol. 13, No. 3, August 1980. pp 411–21.

Sensitivity of staphylococci to fatty acids: novel inactivation

of linolenic acid by serum.

With Lord V. L.

Vol. 14, No. 1, February 1981. pp 41–9.

Do sulphonamide-trimethoprim combinations select less resistance to trimethoprin than the use of trimethoprim alone?

Vol. 15, No. 4, November 1982. pp 403–27.

Lancet

Laboratory safety (letter)

With Taylor, C. E.; et al.

1 (8159), January 12th 1980. p 101.

Comparison of trimethoprim alone with trimethoprin sulphamethoxazole in the treatment of respiratory and urinary infections with particular reference to selection of trimethoprim resistance.

1 (8181), June 14th 1980. pp 1270–3.

Trimethoprim alone (letter)

2 (8188), August 2nd 1980. pp 256–7.

New type of beta-lactam resistance in staphylococcus aureus (letter).

With Lord V. L.

1 (8228) May 9 1981. pp 1049–50.

Double-blind study to compare the selection of antibiotic resistance by amoxycillin or cephradine in the commensal flora.

With Lord, V. L.; Howson, G.L.; Luxton, D. E.;

Trotter, I. S.

2 (8349) September 3 1983. pp 529–32.
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Possible selection of beta-lactamase-producing staphylococcus aureus by lysozyme (letter).

With Millar, M.

2 (8409) October 27 1984. p 987.

Evolution of microorganisms and antibiotic resistance.

2 (8410) November 3 1984. pp 1022–5.

Medical Laboratory Sciences

Evaluation of the measurement of reverse T3 in suspected thyroid disease.

With Dalton, A.; Standing, S.

Vol. 40. No. 3 July 1983. pp 235–42.

Todays antibiotics—the way ahead.

Vol. 41, No. 2. April 1984. pp 173–8.

Nature

Pathology. What origin for toxic shock syndrome? (news).

305 (5936) October 20–26 1983. pp 667–8.

Veterinary Record

Does the use of chloramphenicol in animals jeopardise the treatment of human infections.

Vol. 114, No. 1. January 7 1984. pp 6–8.