By Dr Brendan McMullan

Journal articles

Furlong E; Kotecha RS; Conyers R; O'Brien TA; Hansford JR; Super L; Downie P; Eisenstat DD; Haeusler G; McMullan B; Phillips MB; Padhye B; Dalla-Pozza L; Alvaro F; Fraser CJ; Nicholls W; Clark JE; O'Connor M; Saxon BR; Tapp H; Heath J; Hunter SE; Tsui K; Winstanley M; Lyver A; Best EJ; Wadia U; Yeoh D; Blyth CC; Gottardo NG, 2022, 'COVID-19 vaccination in children and adolescents aged 5 years and older undergoing treatment for cancer and non-malignant haematological conditions: Australian and New Zealand Children’s Haematology/Oncology Group consensus statement', Medical Journal of Australia, 216, pp. 312 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51444

Fraile Navarro D; Tendal B; Tingay D; Vasilunas N; Anderson L; Best J; Burns P; Cheyne S; Craig SS; Erickson SJ; Fancourt NSS; Goff Z; Kapuya V; Keyte C; Malyon L; McDonald S; White H; Wurzel D; Bowen AC; McMullan B, 2022, 'Clinical care of children and adolescents with COVID-19: recommendations from the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce', Medical Journal of Australia, 216, pp. 255 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51305

Williams PCM; Bartlett AW; Palasanthiran P; McMullan B, 2022, 'A not so innocuous playground fall: Lymphocutaneous nocardiosis in an immunocompetent boy', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107, pp. 257 - 258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2021-322392

Villanueva P; Coffin SE; Mekasha A; McMullan B; Cotton MF; Bryant PA, 2022, 'Comparison of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control Activities and Resources between Low-/Middle- and High-income Countries', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 41, pp. S3 - S9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000003318

Campbell AJ; Al Yazidi LS; Phuong LK; Leung C; Best EJ; Webb RH; Voss L; Athan E; Britton PN; Bryant PA; Butters CT; Carapetis JR; Ching NS; Coombs GW; Daley DA; Francis JR; Hung TY; Mowlaboccus S; Nourse C; Ojaimi S; Tai A; Vasilunas N; McMullan B; Blyth CC; Bowen AC, 2022, 'Pediatric Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Clinical Spectrum and Predictors of Poor Outcome', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74, pp. 604 - 613, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab510

Campbell AJ; Dotel R; Braddick M; Britton PN; Eisen DP; Francis JR; Lynar S; McMullan B; Meagher N; Nelson J; O'Sullivan MVN; Price DJ; Robinson JO; Whelan A; Tong SYC; Bowen AC; Davis JS, 2022, 'Clindamycin adjunctive therapy for severe Staphylococcus aureus treatment evaluation (CASSETTE) - An open-labelled pilot randomized controlled trial', JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlac014

Howard-Jones AR; Bowen AC; Danchin M; Koirala A; Sharma K; Yeoh DK; Burgner DP; Crawford NW; Goeman E; Gray PE; Hsu P; Kuek S; McMullan BJ; Tosif S; Wurzel D; Britton PN, 2022, 'COVID-19 in children: I. Epidemiology, prevention and indirect impacts', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58, pp. 39 - 45, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15791

Howard-Jones AR; Burgner DP; Crawford NW; Goeman E; Gray PE; Hsu P; Kuek S; McMullan BJ; Tosif S; Wurzel D; Bowen AC; Danchin M; Koirala A; Sharma K; Yeoh DK; Britton PN, 2022, 'COVID-19 in children. II: Pathogenesis, disease spectrum and management', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58, pp. 46 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15811

Rischin KJ; Mostaghim M; Rao A; Smith B; O'Brien TA; Trubiano JA; Frith K; McMullan B, 2022, 'ESCAPE-Allergy: Evaluating screening for children and adolescents with penicillin allergy', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58, pp. 83 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15657

Messina NL; Germano S; McElroy R; Rudraraju R; Bonnici R; Pittet LF; Neeland MR; Nicholson S; Subbarao K; Curtis N; Baena AS; Teo JW; de Lima GT; Abreu C; Abruzzo V; Addlem L; Agius S; Barbosa AAR; Alamrousi A; da Silva dos Santos AA; Al-Hindawi Y; Silveira SAD; da Cruz LA; Anderson J; Nelly A; Anthony C; dos Reis Pereira AASDA; de las Revillas Almajano FA; Arnold A; Arrowsmith B; Azzopardi K; Marti CB; Bahaduri T; Bannister S; Barney S; Barrera L; Barriocanal A; Barros D; Barry S; Bartlett A; Batista L; Muranaka S; Baulman T; Bealing M; Beardsley J; Gutierrez ABM; Bell J; Benson S; Rym B; Bennett-Wood V; Bergant N; Barbosa FB; Bijllaardt W; Bimboese P; de Andrade CB; Blake S; Blauwendraat K; Boersma W; Garcia PB; Bonten M; Boon A; Bourke A; Bowes K; Brasil L; Brophy C; Botten R; Buchanan S; Bucholc J; Burns A; Burrell E; Bustos N; Byrne B; Byrne A; Calbo E; Montes JC; Camesella B; Campbell J; Cangas A; Carlin J; Roque MC; Diogo RCP; Carvalho E; Casas I; Castro E; Castro R; Catterick H; Escobar RCD; Chan J; Cheah J; Chern TY; Chengodu T; Ciaverella M; Clark S; Espindola MAC; Cobbledick A; Colaco C; Collopy S; Comella P; Corbett M; Castro GCE; Palasanthiran P; McMullan B; Perez Chacon G, 2022, 'Off-target effects of bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccination on immune responses to SARS-CoV-2: implications for protection against severe COVID-19', Clinical and Translational Immunology, 11, pp. e1387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cti2.1387

Thursky KA; Hardefeldt LY; Rajkhowa A; Ierano C; Bishop J; Hawes L; Biezen R; Saha SK; Dowson L; Bailey KE; Scarborough R; Little SB; Gotterson F; Hur B; Khanina A; Urbancic K; Crabb HK; Richards S; Sri A; James R; Kong DCM; Marshall C; Mazza D; Peel T; Stuart RL; Manski-Nankervis JA; Friedman ND; Bennett N; Schulz T; Billman-Jacobe H; Buono E; Worth L; Bull A; Richards M; Ayton D; Gilkerson JR; Browning GF; Buising KL, 2021, 'Antimicrobial stewardship in Australia: The role of qualitative research in programme development', JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlab166

Wurzel D; McMinn A; Hoq M; Blyth CC; Burgner D; Tosif S; Buttery J; Carr J; Clark JE; Cheng AC; Dinsmore N; Francis JR; Kynaston A; Lucas R; Marshall H; McMullan B; Singh-Grewal D; Wood N; Macartney K; Britton PN; Crawford NW, 2021, 'Prospective characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 infections among children presenting to tertiary paediatric hospitals across Australia in 2020: A national cohort study', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-054510

Douglas AP; Smibert OC; Bajel A; Halliday CL; Lavee O; McMullan B; Yong MK; van Hal SJ; Chen SCA, 2021, 'Consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and management of invasive aspergillosis, 2021', Internal Medicine Journal, 51, pp. 143 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.15591

Williams PCM; Bartlett AW; Howard-Jones A; McMullan B; Khatami A; Britton PN; Marais BJ, 2021, 'Impact of climate change and biodiversity collapse on the global emergence and spread of infectious diseases', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57, pp. 1811 - 1818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15681

Yeoh DK; Moore AS; Kotecha RS; Bartlett AW; Ryan AL; Cann MP; McMullan BJ; Thursky K; Slavin M; Blyth CC; Haeusler GM; Clark JE, 2021, 'Invasive fungal disease in children with acute myeloid leukaemia: An Australian multicentre 10-year review', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29275

Pittet LF; Messina NL; Gardiner K; Orsini F; Abruzzo V; Bannister S; Bonten M; Campbell JL; Croda J; Dalcolmo M; Elia S; Germano S; Goodall C; Gwee A; Jamieson T; Jardim B; Kollmann TR; Lacerda MVG; Lee KJ; Legge D; Lucas M; Lynn DJ; McDonald E; Manning L; Munns CF; Perrett KP; Prat Aymerich C; Richmond P; Shann F; Sudbury E; Villanueva P; Wood NJ; Lieschke K; Subbarao K; Davidson A; Curtis N; Abreu C; Addlem L; Agius S; Barbosa AAR; Alamrousi A; da Silva dos Santos AA; Al-Hindawi Y; Da Silveira SA; da Cruz LA; Anderson J; Anthony C; de Almeida dos Reis Pereira AAS; de las Revillas Almajano FA; Arnold A; Arrowsmith B; Azzopardi K; Marti CB; Bahaduri T; Barney S; Barrera L; Barriocanal A; Barros D; Bartlett A; Muranaka LBS; Baulman T; Bealing M; Beardsley J; Gutierrez ABM; Bell J; Bennett-Wood V; Bergant N; Barbosa FB; Bijllaardt W; Bimboese P; de Andrade CB; Blauwendraat K; Boersma W; Garcia PB; Bonnici R; Boon A; Bourke A; Bowes K; Brasil L; Brophy C; Buchanan S; Bucholc J; Burns A; Burrell E; Bustos N; Byrne B; Byrne A; Calbo E; Montes JC; Camesella B; Campbell J; Cangas A; Carlin J; Roque MC; Diogo RCP; Carvalho E; Casas I; Castro E; Castro R; Catterick H, 2021, 'BCG vaccination to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in healthcare workers: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial (BRACE trial)', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052101

McMullan BJ; Blyth CC; Jones CA; Thursky KA; Cooper C; Spotswood N; James R; Konecny P, 2021, 'Antifungal prescribing in neonates: Using national point prevalence survey data from Australia', Medical Mycology, 59, pp. 1048 - 1051, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mmy/myab037

Al Abdali K; McMullan B; Toofanian S; Manoharan N; Palasanthiran P, 2021, 'Kingella kingae sternal osteomyelitis presenting as chest lump in a child', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57, pp. 1686 - 1688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15335

Olijve L; Amarasena L; Best E; Blyth C; van den Boom M; Bowen A; Bryant PA; Buttery J; Dobinson HC; Davis J; Francis J; Goldsmith H; Griffiths E; Hung TY; Huynh J; Kesson A; Meehan A; McMullan B; Nourse C; Palasanthiran P; Penumarthy R; Pilkington K; Searle J; Stephenson A; Webb R; Williman J; Walls T, 2021, 'The role of Kingella kingae in pre-school aged children with bone and joint infections', Journal of Infection, 83, pp. 321 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2021.06.028

Yeoh DK; Blyth CC; McMullan BJ, 2021, 'Echinocandins in Pediatric Invasive Candidiasis and the Challenges of Antifungal Use in Children', Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 10, pp. 755 - 756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piab039

Haeusler GM; De Abreu Lourenco R; Bakos C; O'Brien T; Slavin MA; Clark JE; McMullan B; Borland ML; Babl FE; Krishnasamy M; Vanevski M; Thursky KA; Hall L, 2021, 'Managing low-risk febrile neutropenia in children in the time of COVID-19: What matters to parents and clinicians', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57, pp. 826 - 834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15330

Duguid RC; Al Reesi M; Bartlett AW; Palasanthiran P; Mcmullan BJ, 2021, 'Impact of infectious diseases consultation on management and outcome of staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in children', Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 10, pp. 569 - 575, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaa155

McMullan BJ; Mahony M; Java L; Mostaghim M; Plaister M; Wu C; White S; Al Yazidi L; Martin E; Bryant P; Thursky KA; Buono E, 2021, 'Improving intravenous-to-oral antibiotic switch in children: A team-based audit and implementation approach', BMJ Open Quality, 10, pp. e001120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2020-001120

Kidd SE; Halliday CL; McMullan B; Chen SCA; Elvy J, 2021, 'New names for fungi of medical importance: Can we have our cake and eat it too?', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02730-20

Vogel JP; Tendal B; Giles M; Whitehead C; Burton W; Chakraborty S; Cheyne S; Downton T; Fraile Navarro D; Gleeson G; Gordon A; Hunt J; Kitschke J; McDonald S; McDonnell N; Middleton P; Millard T; Murano M; Oats J; Tate R; White H; Elliott J; Roach V; Homer CSE; McGowan S; Ballenden N; Barrett TL; Beavis V; Saunders JB; Buchanan T; Buchanan-Grey M; Casey D; Cowie M; Doyle J; Frydenberg M; Gnjidic D; Green S; Greenland R; Griffin K; Groombridge S; Hardy L; Hodak A; Holley A; Jovanovska V; Knight S; Michaels K; Morley P; Morphet J; Nou S; Russo P; Sarson M; Young A; Norris S; Morris-Donovan B; Gurry S; Hudson E; Hurley S; Primmer D; Timms S; Whicker S; Mukherjee S; Agostino J; Booth K; Burr L; Byers L; Cameron P; Cooper M; Cheng A; Fowler P; Glanville A; Leder K; McGloughlin S; McMullan B; McPhee E; Mitchell B; Morgan M; Myles P; O’Donnell C; Parr M; Phillips J; Randall R; Varndell W; Whyte I; William L; Brightwell R; Condon L; Deshpande A; Ehm A; Ferrie M; Muller J; Pullin L; Robinson E; Witt A; Larkins S; Morgan M; Taylor G; Agostino J; Burgess P; Agar M; Peiris D; Pearson S; Matthews G; McCarthy S, 2020, 'Clinical care of pregnant and postpartum women with COVID-19: Living recommendations from the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 60, pp. 840 - 851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13270

Williams PCM; Howard-Jones AR; Hsu P; Palasanthiran P; Gray PE; McMullan BJ; Britton PN; Bartlett AW, 2020, 'SARS-CoV-2 in children: spectrum of disease, transmission and immunopathological underpinnings', Pathology, 52, pp. 801 - 808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2020.08.001

Williams PCM; Bartlett AW; Palasanthiran P; Armstrong B; McMullan BJ, 2020, 'Successful treatment of invasive carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae infections in children using carbapenem–aminoglycoside combination therapy: A case series', Infection, Disease and Health, 25, pp. 314 - 318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2020.06.002

McMullan BJ; Haeusler GM; Hall L; Cooley L; Stewardson AJ; Blyth CC; Jones CA; Konecny P; Babl FE; Mechinaud F; Thursky K, 2020, 'Aminoglycoside use in paediatric febrile neutropenia – Outcomes from a nationwide prospective cohort study', PLoS ONE, 15, pp. e0238787, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238787

McMullan BJ; Campbell AJ; Blyth CC; Chase McNeil J; Montgomery CP; Tong SYC; Bowen AC, 2020, 'Clinical management of staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in neonates, children, and adolescents', Pediatrics, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/PEDS.2020-0134

Mahony M; McMullan B; Brown J; Kennedy SE, 2020, 'Multidrug-resistant organisms in urinary tract infections in children', Pediatric Nephrology, 35, pp. 1563 - 1573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00467-019-04316-5

Khatami A; Burrell R; McMullan BJ; Rawlinson W; Givney RC; Kok J; Alexandersen S; Jones CA; MacArtney KK; Britton PN, 2020, 'Epidemic and Inter-epidemic Burden of Pediatric Human Parechovirus Infection in New South Wales, Australia, 2017-2018', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39, pp. 507 - 511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002615

Mostaghim M; McMullan BJ; Rowles G, 2020, 'Penicillin – getting prescribing right for children', Australian Prescriber, 43, pp. 81 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.18773/austprescr.2020.023

Ewe YH; Palasanthiran P; Rawlinson WD; McMullan B, 2020, 'Importance of vaccine history in suspected measles', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56, pp. 804 - 805, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.14647

Britton PN; Walker K; McMullan B; Galea C; Burrell R; Morgan B; Honan I; Teutsch S; Smithers-Sheedy H; Fairbairn N; Mattick R; Hutchinson D; Jones CA, 2020, 'Early Life Parechovirus Infection Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 3 Years: A Cohort Study', Journal of Pediatrics, 219, pp. 111 - 117.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.12.026

Gonski K; Cohn R; Widger J; McMullan B, 2020, 'Utility of bronchoscopy in immunocompromised paediatric patients: Systematic review', Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 34, pp. 24 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2020.02.003

McMullan BJ; Hall L; James R; Mostaghim M; Jones CA; Konecny P; Blyth CC; Thursky KA, 2020, 'Antibiotic appropriateness and guideline adherence in hospitalized children: Results of a nationwide study', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 75, pp. 738 - 746, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkz474

Mcmullan B; Cooper C; Spotswood N; James R; Jones C; Konecny P; Blyth C; Karen T, 2020, 'Antibiotic prescribing in neonatal sepsis: An Australian nationwide survey', BMJ Paediatrics Open, 4, pp. e000643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000643

Mohamed Rizvi Z; Palasanthiran P; Wu C; Mostaghim M; McMullan B, 2020, 'Adherence to surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines in children: A cohort study', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56, pp. 34 - 40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.14484

Grimshaw A; Palasanthiran P; Huynh J; Marais B; Chen S; McMullan B, 2020, 'Cryptococcal infections in children: Retrospective study and review from Australia', Future Microbiology, 14, pp. 1531 - 1544, http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2019-0215

Gwee A; Cranswick N; McMullan B, 2019, 'Defining target vancomycin trough concentrations for treating Staphylococcus aureus infection in infants aged 0 to 90 days (vol 173, pg 80, 2019)', JAMA PEDIATRICS, 173, pp. 1216 - 1216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.4189

Nguyen T; Bartlett A; Koirala A; McMullan B, 2019, 'Varicella - more than just a rash', Medicine Today: the peer reviewed journal of clinical practice, 20, pp. 55 - 88

Gwee A; Cranswick N; McMullan B; Bolisetty S; Hunt RW; Curtis N; Duffull SB, 2019, 'Defining Target Vancomycin Trough Concentrations for Treating Staphylococcus aureus Infection in Infants Aged 0 to 90 Days', JAMA Pediatrics, 173, pp. 791 - 793, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1488

Gwee A; Cranswick N; McMullan B, 2019, 'Defining target vancomycin trough concentrations for treating Staphylococcus aureus infection in infants aged 0 to 90 days (vol 173, pg 791, 2019)', JAMA PEDIATRICS, 173, pp. 801 - 801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.2595

Dotel R; Tong SYC; Bowen A; Nelson JN; O'sullivan MVN; Campbell AJ; McMullan BJ; Britton PN; Francis JR; Eisen DP; Robinson O; Manning L; Davis JS, 2019, 'CASSETTE-clindamycin adjunctive therapy for severe Staphylococcus aureus treatment evaluation: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial', Trials, 20, pp. 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-019-3452-y

Koirala A; McMullan B; Wargon O; Yates K; Goldberg H; Palasanthiran P, 2019, 'A Lower-limb Skin Lesion in a 10-year-old Girl', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 38, pp. E79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002127

Bartlett AW; Cann MP; Yeoh DK; Bernard A; Ryan AL; Blyth CC; Kotecha RS; McMullan BJ; Moore AS; Haeusler GM; Clark JE, 2019, 'Epidemiology of invasive fungal infections in immunocompromised children; an Australian national 10-year review', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.27564

Mostaghim M; Snelling T; McMullan B; Ewe YH; Bajorek B, 2019, 'Impact of clinical decision support on empirical antibiotic prescribing for children with community-acquired pneumonia', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55, pp. 305 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.14191

Gwee A; Cranswick N; McMullan B; Perkins E; Bolisetty S; Gardiner K; Daley A; Ward M; Chiletti R; Donath S; Hunt R; Curtis N, 2019, 'Continuous versus intermittent vancomycin infusions in infants: A randomized controlled trial', Pediatrics, 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2179

Al Yazidi LS; Badran SA; Sandaradura I; Swil K; McMullan B, 2019, 'Flucloxacillin therapeutic drug monitoring in a neonate on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55, pp. 246 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.14333

Macdonald-Laurs E; Koirala A; Britton PN; Rawlinson W; Hiew CC; Mcrae J; Dale RC; Jones C; Macartney K; McMullan B; Pillai S, 2019, 'CSF neopterin, a useful biomarker in children presenting with influenza associated encephalopathy?', European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 23, pp. 204 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpn.2018.09.009

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