Fergus W Hamilton

Sep 4, 2024 | thorax.bmj.com | David Arnold |Liam Read |Oliver Waddington |Fergus W Hamilton

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Jul 11, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Fergus W Hamilton |Todd Lee |Guillaume Butler-Laporte

The authors have declared no competing interest. FHs time was funded by the NIHR Clinical Lectureship scheme. I confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained.

Jul 4, 2024 | thorax.bmj.com | David Arnold |Liam Read |Oliver Waddington |Fergus W Hamilton

DiscussionThis is the largest study of antibiotic pharmacokinetics performed in infected pleural effusions. We have demonstrated that commonly used antibiotics such as amoxicillin, metronidazole, piperacillin-tazobactam and clindamycin reach levels within the pleural fluid equivalent to that in the blood and above the MIC for bacteria known to cause pleural infection.

Aug 2, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kaitlin H. Wade |Nicholas J Timpson |Fergus W Hamilton |Naveed Sattar

TO THE EDITOR: We read with interest the recent letter concerning our self-criticism [(1)] of the nonlinear Mendelian randomization (MR) methodology that we applied in an earlier publication in this journal [(2)].