By Dr Brendan McMullan

Journal articles

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

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

Wang SS; Kotecha RS; Bernard A; Blyth CC; McMullan BJ; Cann MP; Yeoh DK; Bartlett AW; Ryan AL; Moore AS; Bryant PA; Clark J; Haeusler GM, 2019, 'Invasive fungal infections in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: Results from four Australian centres, 2003-2013', Pediatric Blood and Cancer, 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pbc.27915

Al Yazidi LS; Mitchell R; Palasanthiran P; O’Brien TA; McMullan B, 2019, 'Management and prevention of cytomegalovirus infection in paediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients: A binational survey', Pediatric Transplantation, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/petr.13458

Al Yazidi LS; Marais BJ; Wickens M; Palasanthiran P; Isaacs D; Outhred A; McMullan B; Britton PN, 2019, 'Overview of paediatric tuberculosis cases treated in the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Australia', Public Health Research and Practice, 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp28231807

Karelehto E; Brouwer L; Benschop K; Kok J; Basile K; McMullan B; Rawlinson W; Druce J; Nicholson S; Selvarangan R; Harrison C; Lankachandra K; van Eijk H; Koen G; de Jong M; Pajkrt D; Wolthers KC, 2019, 'Seroepidemiology of parechovirus A3 neutralizing antibodies, Australia, The Netherlands, and United States', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25, pp. 148 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2501.180352

Koirala A; McMullan B; Wargon O; Yates K; Goldberg H; Palasanthiran P, 2019, 'A Lower-limb Skin Lesion in a 10-year-old Girl.', Pediatr Infect Dis J, 38, pp. e79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000002127

Bryant P; Morgan N; Clifford V; McMullan B; Bowen A, 2018, '257. A Whole of Country Analysis of Antimicrobial Stewardship Resources, Activities, and Barriers for Children in Hospitals in Australia', Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 5, pp. S108 - S109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.268

Huynh J; Palasanthiran P; McMullan B, 2018, 'Potential Transmission of Herpes Simplex Virus Via Vaginal Seeding', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 37, pp. E278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001965

Bartlett AW; Hall BM; Palasanthiran P; McMullan B; Shand AW; Rawlinson WD, 2018, 'Recognition, treatment, and sequelae of congenital cytomegalovirus in Australia: An observational study', Journal of Clinical Virology, 108, pp. 121 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2018.09.017

Raman G; McMullan B; Taylor P; Mallitt KA; Kennedy SE, 2018, 'Multiresistant E. coli urine infections in children: A case-control study', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 103, pp. 336 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-312831

Britton PN; Khandaker G; Khatami A; Teutsch S; Francis S; McMullan BJ; Jones CA, 2018, 'High prevalence of developmental concern amongst infants at 12 months following hospitalised parechovirus infection', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54, pp. 289 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.13728

Al Yazidi LS; McMullan B; Kohan S; Palasanthiran P, 2018, 'Persistent Gram-negative Neurosurgical Meningitis in a Neonate, Successfully Treated with Intraventricular Colistin: Case Report and Review of the Literature', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 37, pp. e79 - e81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000001743

McMullan B, 2018, 'Infections and diagnostic dilemmas in immunocompromised children', Pathology, 50, pp. S54 - S54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2017.12.129

Blyth CC; Haeusler GM; McMullan BJ; Kotecha RS; Slavin MA; Clark JE, 2017, 'Critical review of current clinical practice guidelines for antifungal therapy in paediatric haematology and oncology', Supportive Care in Cancer, 25, pp. 3289 - 3290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00520-017-3681-0

Bartlett AW; McMullan B; Rawlinson W; Palasanthiran P, 2017, 'Hearing and neurodevelopmental outcomes for children with asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection: A systematic review', Reviews in Medical Virology, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rmv.1938

Bond SE; Chubaty AJ; Adhikari S; Miyakis S; Boutlis CS; Yeo WW; Batterham MJ; Dickson C; McMullan BJ; Mostaghim M; Li-Yan Hui S; Clezy KR; Konecny P, 2017, 'Outcomes of multisite antimicrobial stewardship programme implementation with a shared clinical decision support system', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72, pp. 2110 - 2118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkx080

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