{"id":1453,"date":"2025-02-21T09:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T09:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/?post_type=people&#038;p=1453"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:42:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T14:42:25","slug":"dr-ian-laurenson","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/people\/dr-ian-laurenson\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Ian Laurenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1453_b31791-28 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1453_b31791-28 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id1453_b31791-28 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1520px;padding-top:60px;padding-right:60px;padding-bottom:100px;padding-left:60px;min-height:450px;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id1453_b31791-28 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all 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srcset=\"https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/Dr-Ian-Laurenson.jpg 580w, https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/Dr-Ian-Laurenson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/apps.nhslothian.scot\/cirg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/Dr-Ian-Laurenson-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:flex-start;}.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6 > .kt-inside-inner-col > 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.wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:flex-start;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;align-items:flex-start;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1453_0c9e7c-d6\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><h1 style=\"margin-right:30px;margin-left:30px\" class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color alignwide wp-elements-7f0e93526abd321ff1f7582370c35923 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-standard-white-color\">Dr Ian Laurenson<\/h1>\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-left has-link-color cirg-screen-excerpt people-excerpt wp-elements-673e67c071a659143e2b05686475d045 wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-standard-white-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Consultant Microbiologist <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1453_004e5f-97 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1453_004e5f-97 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1453_004e5f-97 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1280px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id1453_004e5f-97 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id1453_004e5f-97 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id1453_004e5f-97 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id1453_004e5f-97 alignnone cirg-people-wrapper wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-top:35px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:30px;}.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:10px;border-top-right-radius:10px;border-bottom-right-radius:10px;border-bottom-left-radius:10px;}.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column1453_75014b-1f{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-color:#ffffff;}.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f{position:relative;}.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f, .kt-inside-inner-col > .kadence-column1453_75014b-1f:not(.specificity){margin-top:-70px;margin-bottom:15px;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column1453_75014b-1f{align-self:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f{align-self:auto;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-row-column-wrap > .kadence-column1453_75014b-1f{align-self:center;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f{align-self:auto;}.kt-inner-column-height-full:not(.kt-has-1-columns) > .wp-block-kadence-column.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column1453_75014b-1f > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1453_75014b-1f\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Position:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Consultant Microbiologist &amp; Director of the Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Research Interests:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mycobacteria<br>Non-tuberculous Mycobacterial Infection Epidemiology<br>Mycobacterial Diagnostics<br>Critical Care Collaborations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Projects\/Grants:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CRyPTIC TB Comprehensive Resistance Prediction for Tuberculosis: an International Consortium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wellcome Trust Digital Technologies Innovator Award. Sequencing Pathogen Pipeline Platform (SP3) \u2013 extended to 2021 due to Covid 19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">Background:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Ian Laurenson is a Consultant Medical Microbiologist and Honorary Clinical Reader at the University of Edinburgh as well as until recently Head of Speciality and Clinical Lead for Microbiology and Virology at NHS Lothian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Laurenson trained and worked in medicine, infectious diseases and medical microbiology in Cambridge, Edinburgh, London, Papua New Guinea and Fife. His current roles are diverse including Directing the Scottish&nbsp;Mycobacteria&nbsp;Reference Laboratory and advising on&nbsp;mycobacterial&nbsp;infection, caring for patients with infection in critical care and solid organ transplantation, and managing infection control and antimicrobial stewardship. He also contributes to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and research. He was an author on the 2017 British Thoracic Society (BTS) NTM PD guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide cirg-key-publications has-light-accent-blue-background-color has-background\" style=\"margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-96c218df wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide publications-header\">Key Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-14538\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2024<\/h2><div id=\"ac-14538\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11467850\/\">Considering best practice standards for routine whole-genome sequencing for TB care and control&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong>Denholm JT, de Vries G, Anthony R, Robinson E, Backx M,&nbsp;<strong>Laurenson IF<\/strong>, Seagar AL, Modestil H, Trieu L, Meissner JS, Ng DHL, Tay JY, Lin HH, Lee R, Sintchenko V, Marais BJ, Donnan EJ.&nbsp;<em><strong>&nbsp;IJTLD Open.<\/strong>&nbsp;2024 Oct 1;1(10):431-436. doi: 10.5588\/ijtldopen.24.0320.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\" style=\"margin-top:40px;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:30px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:30px\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-96c218df wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\">All Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-14539\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2025<\/h2><div id=\"ac-14539\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39652885\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39652885\/\">Biomarker-Guided Antibiotic Duration for Hospitalized Patients With Suspected Sepsis: The ADAPT-Sepsis Randomized Clinical Trial<\/a>&nbsp;Dark P, Hossain A, &#8230; <strong>ADAPT-Sepsis Collaborators<\/strong> <strong><em>JAMA<\/em><\/strong>. <em>2025 Feb 25;333(8):682-693<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-145310\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2024<\/h2><div id=\"ac-145310\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39398433\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/39398433\/\">Considering best practice standards for routine whole-genome sequencing for TB care and control<\/a>&nbsp;Denholm JT, de Vries G, Anthony R, Robinson E, Backx M, <strong>Laurenson IF<\/strong>, Seagar AL, Modestil H, Trieu L, Meissner JS, Ng DHL, Tay JY, Lin HH, Lee R, Sintchenko V, Marais BJ, Donnan EJ. <strong><em>IJTLD Open.<\/em><\/strong> <em>2024 Oct 1;1(10):431-436<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38827932\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38827932\/\">Developing best practice public health standards for whole genome sequencing of&nbsp;<em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;Denholm JT, Behr MA, de Vries G, Anthony R, Robinson E, Backx M, <strong>Laurenson IF<\/strong>, Seagar AL, Modestil H, Trieu L, Meissner JS, Ling Ng DH, Tay JY, Lin HH, Lee R, Donnan EJ, Sintchenko V, Marais BJ. <strong><em>&nbsp;Lancet Reg Health West Pac.<\/em><\/strong><em> 2024 Mar 22;46:101014.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38216576\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/38216576\/\">Quantitative measurement of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals genetic determinants of resistance and susceptibility in a target gene approachl<\/a>&nbsp;CRyPTIC Consortium: Ivan Barilar, &#8230; Ian F Laurenson, &#8230; ,&nbsp;Baoli Zhu <strong><em>Nat Commun.<\/em><\/strong> <em>2024 Jan 12;15(1):488.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-145311\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">2021<\/h2><div id=\"ac-145311\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34386770\/\">False detection of rifampicin resistance using Xpert\u00ae MTB\/RIF Ultra assay due to an A451V mutation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/a>.<\/strong>&nbsp;Fitzgibbon MM, Roycroft E, Sheehan G, Mc Laughlin AM,\u2026&nbsp;<strong>Laurenson IF<\/strong>,\u2026 Rogers TR.&nbsp;<strong><em>JAC Antimicrob Resist.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><em>2021 Aug 11;3(3):dlab101. doi: 10.1093\/jacamr\/dlab101.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33945838\/\"><strong>Investigation of two cases of Mycobacterium chelonae infection in haemato-oncology patients using whole-genome sequencing and a potential link to the hospital water supply<\/strong><\/a>. Inkster T, Peters C, Seagar AL, Holden MTG,&nbsp;<strong>Laurenson IF<\/strong>.&nbsp;<strong><em>J Hosp Infect<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp;<em>2021 Aug;114:111-116. doi: 10.1016\/j.jhin.2021.04.028. Epub 2021 May 1. PMID: 33945838<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wellcomeopenresearch.org\/articles\/5-254\/v1\"><strong>Sensitivity of RT-PCR testing of upper respiratory tract samples for SARS-CoV-2 in hospitalised patients: a retrospective cohort study<\/strong><\/a>. 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