Mark A. Toleman

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Zeitraum

1995 - 2009

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45

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Emergence and persistence of integron structures harbouring VIM genes in the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 1998-2006 (2009)

Patzer, Jan A., Walsh, Timothy R., Weeks, Janis, Dzierzanowska, Danuta, Toleman, Mark A.

Objectives The aim was to perform a genetically detailed study of the emergence of metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) genes in Pseudomonas spp. in the Children's Memorial Health Institute over a 9 year...

User Experiences and a Usability Inspection of an Electronic Services Environment for Students (2007)

Mark A. Toleman, Jessica M. Toleman

an integrated graphical computing environment that allowed students to access electronic mail, USENET newsgroups and the Internet. The system was based on the Netscape suite of products and replaced...

Can Design Choices for Language-Based Editors be Analysed with Keystroke-Level Models? (2007)

Mark A. Toleman, Mark A. Toleman, Jim Welsh, Jim Welsh

We have been concerned for some time with the lack of rigorous experimental evaluation of design options chosen for tools used by software engineers. In a series of studies using various evaluation...

Common regions e.g. orf513 and antibiotic resistance: IS91-like elements evolving complex class 1 integrons (2006)

Toleman, Mark A., Bennett, Peter M., Walsh, Timothy R.

The ability of bacteria to procure, sometimes rearrange, and evince acquired DNA continues to impress us—even more so if this genetic plasticity involves the sequestering of antibiotic resistance...

Common regions e.g. orf513 and antibiotic resistance: IS91-like elements evolving complex class 1 integrons (2006)

Toleman, Mark A., Bennett, Peter M., Walsh, Timothy R.

The ability of bacteria to procure, sometimes rearrange, and evince acquired DNA continues to impress us--even more so if this genetic plasticity involves the sequestering of antibiotic resistance...

Italian metallo-{beta}-lactamases: a national problem? Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (2005)

Toleman, Mark A., Biedenbach, Doug, Bennett, David M. C., Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

Objectives: As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme, 383 non-replicative randomly collected Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates were collected during 1999–2002. These strains...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains harbouring an unusual blaVIM-4 gene cassette isolated from hospitalized children in Poland (1998-2001) (2004)

Patzer, Jan, Toleman, Mark A., Deshpande, Lalitagauri M., Kamiska, Wanda, Dzieranowska, Danuta, Bennett, Peter M., ...

Objectives: During 1997-2001, 151 isolates of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa were obtained from clinical specimens taken from children hospitalized in Warsaw, Poland. These strains were...

Italian metallo-{beta}-lactamases: a national problem? Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (2004)

Toleman, Mark A., Biedenbach, Doug, Bennett, David M. C., Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

Objectives: As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme, 383 non-replicative randomly collected Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates were collected during 1999-2002. These strains...

Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains harbouring an unusual blaVIM-4 gene cassette isolated from hospitalized children in Poland (1998-2001) (2004)

Patzer, Jan, Toleman, Mark A., Deshpande, Lalitagauri M., Kaminska, Wanda, Dzierzanowska, Danuta, Bennett, Peter M., ...

Objectives: During 1997–2001, 151 isolates of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa were obtained from clinical specimens taken from children hospitalized in Warsaw, Poland. These strains were...

Evolution of an integron carrying blaVIM-2 in Eastern Europe: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2003)

Walsh, Timothy R., Toleman, Mark A., Hryniewicz, Waleria, Bennett, Peter M., Jones, Ronald N.

As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, an imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (81-11963A) was isolated from the blood culture of a female neonate institutionalized at...

Evolution of an integron carrying blaVIM-2 in Eastern Europe: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2003)

Walsh, Timothy R., Toleman, Mark A., Hryniewicz, Waleria, Bennett, Peter M., Jones, Ronald N.

As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, an imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (81-11963A) was isolated from the blood culture of a female neonate institutionalized at...

Evolution of an integron carrying blaVIM-2 in Eastern Europe: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2003)

Walsh, Timothy R., Toleman, Mark A., Hryniewicz, Waleria, Bennett, Peter M., Jones, Ronald N.

As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, an imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (81-11963A) was isolated from the blood culture of a female neonate institutionalized at...

Molecular characterization of SPM-1, a novel metallo-{beta}-lactamase isolated in Latin America: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance programme (2002)

Toleman, Mark A., Simm, Alan M., Murphy, Tanya A., Gales, Ana C., Biedenbach, Doug J., Jones, Ronald N., ...

The gene encoding the metallo-ß-lactamase SPM-1 was cloned from a genomic library of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 48-1997A. The insert carrying spm-1 possessed a GC content of 47%, indicating that...

Molecular characterization of SPM-1, a novel metallo-{beta}-lactamase isolated in Latin America: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance programme (2002)

Toleman, Mark A., Simm, Alan M., Murphy, Tanya A., Gales, Ana C., Biedenbach, Doug J., Jones, Ronald N., ...

The gene encoding the metallo-&bgr;-lactamase SPM-1 was cloned from a genomic library of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 48-1997A. The insert carrying spm-1 possessed a GC content of 47%,...

Molecular characterization of SPM-1, a novel metallo-{beta}-lactamase isolated in Latin America: report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance programme (2002)

Toleman, Mark A., Simm, Alan M., Murphy, Tanya A., Gales, Ana C., Biedenbach, Doug J., Jones, Ronald N., ...

The gene encoding the metallo-ß-lactamase SPM-1 was cloned from a genomic library of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 48-1997A. The insert carrying spm-1 possessed a GC content of 47%, indicating that...

Systematic Evaluation of Design Choices for Software Development Tools (1998)

Mark A. Toleman, Mark A. Toleman, Jim Welsh, Jim Welsh

Most design and evaluation of software tools is based on the intuition and experience of the designers. Software tool designers consider themselves typical users of the tools that they build and tend...

The Design of the User Interface for Software Development Tools (1996)

Mark Anthony Toleman, To Margaret, Mark A. Toleman

This thesis is concerned with design options for user interfaces for language-based editors and in particular the evaluation of these options where competing choices are available. Most design and...

Can Design Choices for Language-Based Editors be Analysed with Keystroke-Level Models? (1996)

Mark A. Toleman, Jim Welsh

We have been concerned for some time with the lack of rigorous experimental evaluation of design options chosen for tools used by software engineers. In a series of studies using various evaluation...

An Empirical Investigation Of Language-Based Editing Paradigms (1995)

Mark A. Toleman, Mark A. Toleman, Jim Welsh, Jim Welsh

We have been concerned for some time with the lack of rigorous experimental evaluation of design options chosen for tools used by software engineers. In a series of studies of various evaluation...

An Empirical Investigation Of Language-Based Editing Paradigms (1995)

Mark A. Toleman, Jim Welsh

We have been concerned for some time with the lack of rigorous experimental evaluation of design options chosen for tools used by software engineers. In a series of studies of various evaluation...

Biochemical Characterization of the Acquired Metallo-β-Lactamase SPM-1 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Murphy, Tanya A., Simm, Alan M., Toleman, Mark A., Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

SPM-1 is a new metallo-β-lactamase recently identified in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 48-1997A, isolated in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Kinetic analysis demonstrated that SPM-1 has a broad hydrolytic...

Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of OXA-45, an Extended-Spectrum Class 2d′ β-Lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Toleman, Mark A., Rolston, Kenneth, Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

As part of the CANCER Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in North America, a clinical strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, strain 07-406, isolated in Texas was found to be resistant to all...

blaVIM-7, an Evolutionarily Distinct Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolate from the United States

Toleman, Mark A., Rolston, Kenneth, Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

As part of the CANCER Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in North America, a Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate, strain 07-406, was shown to possess a metallo-β-lactamase, designated VIM-7. blaVIM-7 is...

Molecular Characterization of a β-Lactamase Gene, blaGIM-1, Encoding a New Subclass of Metallo-β-Lactamase

Castanheira, Mariana, Toleman, Mark A., Jones, Ronald N., Schmidt, Franz J., Walsh, Timothy R.

As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in 2002, five multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates were detected with metallo-β-lactamase (MβL) activity. The...

Integron Carrying a Novel Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene, blaIMP-16, and a Fused Form of Aminoglycoside-Resistant Gene aac(6′)-30/aac(6′)-Ib′: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

Mendes, Rodrigo E., Toleman, Mark A., Ribeiro, Julival, Sader, Helio S., Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

Since January 2002 Pseudomonas sp. strains resistant to carbapenems and ceftazidime have been routinely screened as part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program for metallo-β-lactamase...

Metallo-β-Lactamases: the Quiet before the Storm?

Walsh, Timothy R., Toleman, Mark A., Poirel, Laurent, Nordmann, Patrice

The ascendancy of metallo-β-lactamases within the clinical sector, while not ubiquitous, has nonetheless been dramatic; some reports indicate that nearly 30% of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas...

Biochemical Characterization of the Acquired Metallo-β-Lactamase SPM-1 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Murphy, Tanya A., Simm, Alan M., Toleman, Mark A., Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

SPM-1 is a new metallo-β-lactamase recently identified in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 48-1997A, isolated in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Kinetic analysis demonstrated that SPM-1 has a broad hydrolytic...

Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of OXA-45, an Extended-Spectrum Class 2d′ β-Lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Toleman, Mark A., Rolston, Kenneth, Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

As part of the CANCER Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in North America, a clinical strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, strain 07-406, isolated in Texas was found to be resistant to all...

blaVIM-7, an Evolutionarily Distinct Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolate from the United States

Toleman, Mark A., Rolston, Kenneth, Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

As part of the CANCER Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in North America, a Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate, strain 07-406, was shown to possess a metallo-β-lactamase, designated VIM-7. blaVIM-7 is...

Molecular Characterization of a β-Lactamase Gene, blaGIM-1, Encoding a New Subclass of Metallo-β-Lactamase

Castanheira, Mariana, Toleman, Mark A., Jones, Ronald N., Schmidt, Franz J., Walsh, Timothy R.

As part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program in 2002, five multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates were detected with metallo-β-lactamase (MβL) activity. The...

Integron Carrying a Novel Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene, blaIMP-16, and a Fused Form of Aminoglycoside-Resistant Gene aac(6′)-30/aac(6′)-Ib′: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

Mendes, Rodrigo E., Toleman, Mark A., Ribeiro, Julival, Sader, Helio S., Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

Since January 2002 Pseudomonas sp. strains resistant to carbapenems and ceftazidime have been routinely screened as part of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program for metallo-β-lactamase...

Metallo-β-Lactamases: the Quiet before the Storm?

Walsh, Timothy R., Toleman, Mark A., Poirel, Laurent, Nordmann, Patrice

The ascendancy of metallo-β-lactamases within the clinical sector, while not ubiquitous, has nonetheless been dramatic; some reports indicate that nearly 30% of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas...

ISCR Elements: Novel Gene-Capturing Systems of the 21st Century?

Toleman, Mark A., Bennett, Peter M., Walsh, Timothy R.

“Common regions” (CRs), such as Orf513, are being increasingly linked to mega-antibiotic-resistant regions. While their overall nucleotide sequences show little identity to other mobile elements,...

Characterization of an Integron Carrying blaIMP-1 and a New Aminoglycoside Resistance Gene, aac(6′)-31, and Its Dissemination among Genetically Unrelated Clinical Isolates in a Brazilian Hospital▿

Mendes, Rodrigo E., Castanheira, Mariana, Toleman, Mark A., Sader, Helio S., Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

Seven blaIMP-1-harboring Acinetobacter sp. isolates and one Pseudomonas putida clinical isolate were recovered from hospitalized patients. All isolates possessed a class 1 integron, named In86,...

blaVIM-2-Harboring Integrons Isolated in India, Russia, and the United States Arise from an Ancestral Class 1 Integron Predating the Formation of the 3′ Conserved Sequence▿

Toleman, Mark A., Vinodh, Hemalatha, Sekar, Uma, Kamat, Vijaylakshmi, Walsh, Timothy R.

The metallo-β-lactamase gene blaVIM-2 was identified in a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated in India. The integron encoding blaVIM-2 was virtually identical to those recently found in the...

Complete Sequence of p07-406, a 24,179-Base-Pair Plasmid Harboring the blaVIM-7 Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolate from the United States▿

Li, Hongyang, Toleman, Mark A., Bennett, Peter M., Jones, Ronald N., Walsh, Timothy R.

An outbreak involving a Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain that was resistant to all tested antimicrobials except polymyxin B occurred in a hospital in Houston, TX. Previous studies on this strain showed...

Evolution of the ISCR3 Group of ISCR Elements▿

Toleman, Mark A., Walsh, Timothy R.

The ISCR elements ISCR3, ISCR4, ISCR5, ISCR14, and ISCR16 all share a percent G+C of 68 to 69%. They also share between 75% and 97% identity in their transposase open reading frames. Furthermore,...

Molecular Analysis of the Sequences Surrounding blaOXA-45 Reveals Acquisition of This Gene by Pseudomonas aeruginosa via a Novel ISCR Element, ISCR5▿

Li, Hongyang, Walsh, Timothy R., Toleman, Mark A.

The blaOXA-45 gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa 07-406 is driven by a promoter found within a truncated ISPme1 insertion sequence. The gene is located between nonidentical repeats of a new ISCR element,...