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2025, 'Prosthetic valve infective endocarditis due to Burkholderia pseudomallei: A case report and review of the literature.', Acta Tropica, 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107492
,2024, 'An outbreak of dengue virus type 3 on Mer Island in the Torres Strait, Australia in 2024', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.63
,2024, 'Mycotic aneurysms due to Burkholderia pseudomallei in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia: A case series and review of the literature', Acta Tropica, 260, pp. 107480 - 107480, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107480
,2024, 'Microbiological and Clinical Features of Patients with Cellulitis in Tropical Australia; Disease Severity Assessment and Implications for Clinical Management.', Am J Trop Med Hyg, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.24-0450
,2024, 'The Incidence, Aetiology and Clinical Course of Serious Infections Complicating Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Tropical Australia', Pathogens, 13, pp. 943 - 943, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens13110943
,2024, 'Community-led diphtheria vaccination campaign to manage a diphtheria outbreak in a remote Aboriginal community', Communicable diseases intelligence (2018), 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.49
,2024, 'The characteristics and clinical course of patients with melioidosis and cancer', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18, pp. e0012631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012631
,2024, 'Age of hepatitis B e antigen loss in Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous residents of tropical Australia; implications for clinical care', Communicable diseases intelligence (2018), 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.48
,2024, 'Bone and joint infections due to melioidosis; diagnostic and management strategies to optimise outcomes', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 18, pp. e0012317 - e0012317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012317
,2024, 'Chronic hepatitis B care in regional Australia: implications for clinical practice and public health policy', Internal Medicine Journal, 54, pp. 1155 - 1163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.16364
,2024, 'Refining our understanding of the association between integrase inhibitor therapy and elevations in blood pressure.', Clin Infect Dis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae345
,2024, 'Lincosamide monotherapy treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia in tropical Australia: a case series', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 43, pp. 1247 - 1250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-024-04816-9
,2024, 'Melioidosis masquerading as malignancy in tropical Australia; lessons for clinicians and implications for clinical management', Acta Tropica, 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107209
,2024, 'Associations between antiretroviral regimen and changes in blood pressure: results from the D2EFT study.', Clin Infect Dis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciae256
,2024, 'Melioidosis of the Central Nervous System: Impact of the bimABm Allele on Patient Presentation and Outcome', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 78, pp. 968 - 975, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac111
,2024, 'Significant healthcare resource utilisation in the management of skin and soft tissue infections in the Torres Strait, Australia', Rural and Remote Health, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.22605/RRH8572
,2023, 'Case Report: Leptospirosis Complicated by Persistent, Bilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss', The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 109, pp. 1238 - 1241, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0100
,2023, 'The Epidemiological, Clinical, and Microbiological Features of Patients with Burkholderia pseudomallei Bacteraemia—Implications for Clinical Management', Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 8, pp. 481 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed8110481
,2023, 'Public health response to an outbreak of meningococcal B disease in a secondary school in Far North Queensland.', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 47, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.50
,2023, 'The Incidence of Infection Complicating Snakebites in Tropical Australia: Implications for Clinical Management and Antimicrobial Prophylaxis', Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2023, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2023/5812766
,2023, 'Case Report: Vagal Nerve Neuritis Associated with Pulmonary Melioidosis Provides Potential Insights into the Pathophysiology of Neuromelioidosis', The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 108, pp. 1212 - 1214, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0694
,2023, 'Diagnostic yield of urine lipoarabinomannan and sputum tuberculosis tests in people living with HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data', The Lancet Global Health, 11, pp. e903 - e916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00135-3
,2023, 'Surgery for rheumatic heart disease in the Northern Territory, Australia, 1997-2016: what have we gained?', BMJ Global Health, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-011763
,2023, 'A multi-centre retrospective study of Nocardia speciation and antimicrobial susceptibility in Queensland, Australia', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 42, pp. 339 - 345, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-022-04542-0
,2023, 'The efficacy and safety of a shortened duration of antimicrobial therapy for group A Streptococcus bacteremia', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 128, pp. 11 - 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.12.015
,2023, 'The utility of empirical mupirocin for eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in Far North Queensland, Australia', Communicable diseases intelligence (CDI), 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.9
,2023, 'Evaluation of Simplified HCV Diagnostics in HIV/HCV Co-Infected Patients in Myanmar', Viruses, 15, pp. 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v15020521
,, 2023, 'A low burden of severe illness: the COVID-19 Omicron outbreak in the remote Torres and Cape region of Far North Queensland, Australia', Population Medicine, 5, pp. 150 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.18332/popmed/163950
2023, 'Effectiveness of direct-acting antiviral therapy among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with HCV infection in Australia: A national real-world cohort (REACH-C)', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 30, pp. 386 - 396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13803
,2023, 'Hepatitis B genotypes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: correlation with clinical course and implications for management', Internal Medicine Journal, 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.16181
,2023, 'Melioidosis of the Female Genitourinary Tract', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 109, pp. 1233 - 1237, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.23-0350
,2023, 'The aetiology and incidence of infective endocarditis in people living with rheumatic heart disease in tropical Australia', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 42, pp. 1115 - 1123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04641-6
,2023, 'The high burden of comorbidities in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians living with chronic hepatitis B in Far North Queensland, Australia, and the implications for patient management', PloS one, 18, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284151
,2023, 'A low burden of severe illness: the COVID-19 Omicron outbreak in the remote Torres and Cape region of Far North Queensland', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 47, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2023.47.41
,2023, 'Early Release - Clinical Manifestations and Genomic Evaluation of Melioidosis Outbreak among Children after Sporting Event, Australia - Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29, pp. 2218 - 2228, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2911.230951
,2023, 'Increased recognition of Q fever aortitis as a chronic manifestation of Q fever in tropical North Queensland, Australia', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 42, pp. 1537 - 1541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10096-023-04687-6
,2023, 'Locally acquired respiratory diphtheria in Australia', The Medical Journal of Australia, 218, pp. 446 - 448, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51938
,2023, 'Utility of rotational thromboelastometry in the management of massive haemorrhage at a regional Australian hospital', Transfusion Medicine, 34, pp. 54 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tme.13018
,2022, 'Limited Awareness of Melioidosis in High-risk Populations Despite an Increasing Incidence of the Disease in Far North Queensland, Australia', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 107, pp. 1278 - 1280, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0160
,2022, 'Melioidosis in northern Australia', Microbiology Australia, 43, pp. 120 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MA22038
,2022, 'Case Report: Disseminated Burkholderia pseudomallei with Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis and Abscess Formation', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 107, pp. 581 - 584, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0277
,2022, 'Retreatment for hepatitis C virus direct-acting antiviral therapy virological failure in primary and tertiary settings: The REACH-C cohort', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 29, pp. 661 - 676, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.13705
,2022, 'Diagnostic accuracy of WHO screening criteria to guide lateral-flow lipoarabinomannan testing among HIV-positive inpatients: A systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis', Journal of Infection, 85, pp. 40 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2022.05.010
,2022, 'Examination of the independent contribution of rheumatic heart disease and congestive cardiac failure to the development and outcome of melioidosis in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia', PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16, pp. e0010604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010604
,2022, 'Animal bite wounds and their management in tropical Australia', International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 118, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2022.02.026
,2022, 'Tuberculosis screening among ambulatory people living with HIV: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22, pp. 507 - 518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00387-X
,2022, 'Tuberculosis screening among HIV-positive inpatients: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis', The Lancet HIV, 9, pp. e233 - e241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(22)00002-9
,2022, 'High Effectiveness of Broad Access Direct-Acting Antiviral Therapy for Hepatitis C in an Australian Real-World Cohort: The REACH-C Study', Hepatology Communications, 6, pp. 496 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1826
,2022, 'The aetiology and clinical characteristics of cryptococcal infections in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia', PLoS ONE, 17, pp. e0265739, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265739
,2022, 'The epidemiology and outcomes of central nervous system infections in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia; 2000-2019', PLoS ONE, 17, pp. e0265410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0265410
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