By Dr Yvonne Belessis

Journal articles

Wiener J; Wanaguru D; Currie B; Grant P; Russell C; Palasanthiran P; Williams P; Belessis Y; Soma M, 2024, 'Mediastinal Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection in Children A Multidisciplinary Approach', Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 43, pp. e225 - e230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000004315

Fawcett LK; Turgutoglu N; Allan KM; Belessis Y; Widger J; Jaffe A; Waters SA, 2023, 'Comparing Cytology Brushes for Optimal Human Nasal Epithelial Cell Collection: Implications for Airway Disease Diagnosis and Research', Journal of Personalized Medicine, 13, pp. 864, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm13050864

McKay I; van Dorst J; Katz T; Doumit M; Prentice B; Owens L; Belessis Y; Chuang S; Jaffe A; Thomas T; Coffey M; Ooi CY, 2023, 'Diet and the gut-lung axis in cystic fibrosis–direct & indirect links', Gut Microbes, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2022.2156254

Dedrick RM; Smith BE; Cristinziano M; Freeman KG; Jacobs-Sera D; Belessis Y; Brown AW; Cohen KA; Davidson RM; van Duin D; Gainey A; Garcia CB; George CRR; Haidar G; Ip W; Iredell J; Khatami A; Little JS; Malmivaara K; McMullan BJ; Michalik DE; Moscatelli A; Nick JA; Tupayachi Ortiz MG; Polenakovik HM; Robinson PD; Skurnik M; Solomon DA; Soothill J; Spencer H; Wark P; Worth A; Schooley RT; Benson CA; Hatfull GF, 2023, 'Phage Therapy of Mycobacterium Infections: Compassionate Use of Phages in 20 Patients With Drug-Resistant Mycobacterial Disease', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76, pp. 103 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac453

Thomsen A; Belessis Y; Bell R; Chuang S; Coward E; Field P; Jaffe A; McBride J; Plush L; Prentice B; Strachan R; Owens L, 2023, 'P345 The clinical impact of reduced dose prescribing of elexacaftor/tezaxaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) in children with cystic fibrosis', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 22, pp. S170 - S170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-1993(23)00715-4

Stick SM; Foti A; Ware RS; Tiddens HAWM; Clements BS; Armstrong DS; Selvadurai H; Tai A; Cooper PJ; Byrnes CA; Belessis Y; Wainwright C; Jaffe A; Robinson P; Saiman L; Sly PD, 2022, 'The effect of azithromycin on structural lung disease in infants with cystic fibrosis (COMBAT CF): a phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial', The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 10, pp. 776 - 784, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(22)00165-5

Homaira N; Chan M; Owens L; Thomsen A; Gray M; Chuang S; Prentice B; Belessis Y; Islam S; Foster J; Jaffe A, 2021, 'Parent/carers' opinions about COVID-19 vaccination for children with chronic lung diseases', Health Science Reports, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.410

Koumbourlis AC; Belessis Y; Cataletto M; Cutrera R; DeBoer E; Kazachkov M; Laberge S; Popler J; Porcaro F; Kovesi T, 2020, 'Care recommendations for the respiratory complications of esophageal atresia-tracheoesophageal fistula', Pediatric Pulmonology, 55, pp. 2713 - 2729, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppul.24982

Bortoluzzi CF; Pontello E; Pintani E; de Winter-de Groot KM; D'Orazio C; Assael BM; Hunink MGM; Tiddens HAWM; Caudri D; Belessis Y; Bremont F; Bui S; Casciaro R; Cavicchi MC; Cox DM; Da Dalt L; De Gregorio F; Dubus JC; Gartner S; Geerdink M; Hansen CR; Honková L; Jenkins LE; Jung A; Karpati F; Mainguy C; Möller A; Neri AS; Pressler T; Proesmans M; Raia V; Reid AJM; Rietschel E; Robinson PD; Robinson PJ; Rossi P; Rovira S; Schultz A; Sepe O; Skalická V; Stick S; Švabe V; Tai A; Tosco A; Vazquez C, 2020, 'The impact of chest computed tomography and chest radiography on clinical management of cystic fibrosis lung disease', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 19, pp. 641 - 646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2019.08.005

Gray PE; Belessis Y, 2020, 'The use of Traditional Chinese Medicines to treat SARS-CoV-2 may cause more harm than good', Pharmacological Research, 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2020.104776

Upendran Y; Leach ST; Singh H; McBride J; Thomas PS; Belessis Y; Krishnan U, 2020, 'Pepsin as a Marker of Reflux Aspiration in Children With Esophageal Atresia: A Pilot Study', Frontiers in Pediatrics, 8, pp. 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2020.00094

Chau JT; Peebles K; Belessis Y; Jaffe A; Doumit M, 2019, 'Distress during airway sampling in children with cystic fibrosis', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 104, pp. 806 - 808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-314241

Duplancic C; Crough T; Bell SC; Thomson R; Wainwright C; Clements A; Floto A; Rogers G; Sly P; Burr L; Feather I; Moloney S; Grimwood K; Bye P; Belessis Y; Selvadurai H; Schultz A; Mulrennan S; Stock D; Beggs S; Wark P; Hilton J; Greville H; Bastian I; Tai A; Kotsimbos T; Armstrongimj D; Daley C; Ranganathan S; Harrison J; Coulter C, 2019, 'Multi-centre ethics and research governance review can impede non-interventional clinical research', Internal Medicine Journal, 49, pp. 722 - 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.14158

Garg M; Leach ST; Pang T; Needham B; Coffey MJ; Katz T; Strachan R; Widger J; Field P; Belessis Y; Chuang S; Day AS; Jaffe A; Ooi CY, 2018, 'Age-related levels of fecal M2-pyruvate kinase in children with cystic fibrosis and healthy children 0 to 10 years old', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 17, pp. 109 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2017.07.011

Stelzer-Braid S; Liu N; Doumit M; D'Cunha R; Belessis Y; Jaffe A; Rawlinson WD, 2017, 'Association of rhinovirus with exacerbations in young children affected by cystic fibrosis: Preliminary data', Journal of Medical Virology, 89, pp. 1494 - 1497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24794

Menzies J; Hughes J; Leach S; Belessis Y; Krishnan U, 2017, 'Prevalence of malnutrition and feeding difficulties in children with esophageal atresia', Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 64, pp. e100 - e105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000001436

Garg M; Leach ST; Needham B; Coffey MJ; Katz T; Strachan R; Widger J; Field P; Belessis Y; Chuang S; Day AS; Jaffe A; Ooi CY, 2017, 'Determining the Age-Related Levels of Fecal M2-Pyruvate Kinase in Children with Cystic Fibrosis During the First Decade of Life', Gastroenterology, 152, pp. S645 - S646, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(17)32282-5

Garg M; Leach ST; Needham B; Coffey MJ; Katz TE; Strachan R; Widger J; Field P; Belessis Y; Chuang S; Day AS; Jaffe A; Ooi CY, 2017, 'WS21.1 Determining the age-related levels of fecal M2-pyruvate kinase in children with cystic fibrosis during the first decade of life', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 16, pp. S34 - S34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-1993(17)30268-0

Doumit M; Belessis Y; Stelzer-Braid S; Mallitt KA; Rawlinson W; Jaffe A, 2016, 'Diagnostic accuracy and distress associated with oropharyngeal suction in cystic fibrosis', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 15, pp. 473 - 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2015.09.001

Stelzer-Braid S; Tovey ER; Willenborg CM; Toelle BG; Ampon R; Garden FL; Oliver BG; Strachan R; Belessis Y; Jaffe A; Reddel HK; Crisafulli D; Marks GB; Rawlinson WD, 2016, 'Absence of back to school peaks in human rhinovirus detections and respiratory symptoms in a cohort of children with asthma', Journal of Medical Virology, 88, pp. 578 - 587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24371

Tovey ER; Stelzer-Braid S; Toelle BG; Oliver BG; Reddel HK; Willenborg CM; Belessis Y; Garden FL; Jaffe A; Strachan R; Eyles D; Rawlinson WD; Marks GB, 2015, 'Rhinoviruses significantly affect day-to-day respiratory symptoms of children with asthma', Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 135, pp. 663 - 669.e12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2014.10.020

Stelzer-Braid S; Tovey ER; Willenborg CM; Toelle BG; Ampon R; Garden FL; Oliver BG; Strachan R; Belessis Y; Jaffe A; Reddel HK; Crisafulli D; Marks GB; Rawlinson WD, 2015, 'Absence of back to school peaks in human rhinovirus detections and respiratory symptoms in a cohort of children with asthma', Journal of Medical Virology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.24371

Shepherd D; Belessis Y; Katz T; Morton J; Field P; Jaffe A, 2013, 'Single high-dose oral vitamin D 3 (stoss) therapy - A solution to vitamin D deficiency in children with cystic fibrosis?', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 12, pp. 177 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcf.2012.08.007

Uppal P; Taitz J; Wainstein B; Soma M; Belessis Y; Gray P, 2013, 'Refractory otitis media: An unusual presentation of childhood granulomatosis with polyangiitis', Pediatric Pulmonology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppul.22746

Doumit M; Belessis Y; Stelzer-Braid S; Rawlinson WD; Jaffe A, 2013, 'WS19.3 The value of deep oropharyngeal suction specimens in identifying lower airway bacteria in young children with cystic fibrosis', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 12, pp. S38 - S38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-1993(13)60116-2

Doumit M; Krishnan U; Jaffe A; Belessis Y, 2012, 'Acid and non-acid reflux during physiotherapy in young children with cystic fibrosis', Pediatric Pulmonology, 47, pp. 119 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppul.21524

Yap T; Jiwane ; Belessis Y; Ooi CY, 2012, 'Colonic atresia presenting as neonatal bowel obstruction in cystic fibrosis', Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0b013e3182769768

Belessis Y; Dixon B; Hawkins GS; Pereira JK; Peat JK; Macdonald R; Field P; Numa AH; Morton J; Lui K; Jaffe A, 2012, 'Early Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease Detected by Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Lung Clearance Index', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 185, pp. 862 - 873, http://dx.doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201109-1631OC

Griffin P; Roddam L; Belessis Y; Strachan R; Beggs S; Jaffe A; Cooley MA, 2012, 'Expression of PPARγ and paraoxonase 2 correlated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. e42241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042241

Hameed S; Morton J; Belessis Y; Yoong T; Katz T; Woodhead H; Walker JL; Neville KA; Campbell T; Jaffe A; Verge CF, 2012, 'Once daily insulin detemir in cystic fibrosis with insulin deficiency', Archives of Disease in Childhood, 97, pp. 464 - 468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2010.204636

Hameed S; Morton JR; Jaffe A; Field PI; Belessis Y; Yoong T; Katz T; Verge CF, 2010, 'Early glucose abnormalities in cystic fibrosis are preceded by poor weight gain', Diabetes Care, 33, pp. 221 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc09-1492

Doumit M; Krishnan U; Jaffe A; Belessis Y, 2009, 'ACID AND NON-ACID GASTRO-OESOPHAGEAL REFLUX (GOR) IN YOUNG CHILDREN WITH CF AND ITS RELATION TO CHEST PHYSIOTHERAPY IN DIFFERENT POSITIONS', PEDIATRIC PULMONOLOGY, pp. 364 - 364, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270703400511&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hameed S; Morton JR; Jaffe A; Field PI; Belessis Y; Yoong T; Katz T; Verge CF, 2009, 'Mild glucose abnormalities in cystic fibrosis are preceded by poor weight gain', HORMONE RESEARCH, 72, pp. 161 - 161, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270489900472&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hameed S; Morton JR; Jaffe A; Field PI; Belessis Y; Yoong T; Katz T; Woodhead HJ; Walker JL; Campbell TA; Verge CF, 2009, 'Once-daily insulin detemir in cystic fibrosis related diabetes (CFRD)', HORMONE RESEARCH, 72, pp. 160 - 161, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000270489900471&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Belessis Y; Doyle K; Jaffe A, 2008, 'Investigation of the child with recurrent pneumonia', Medicine Today, 9, pp. 16 - 28

McDonald R; Thomsen A; Belessis Y; Jaffe A, 2007, '292 CF and Me – a colouring book for children', Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 6, pp. S71 - S71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1569-1993(07)60267-7

Belessis Y; Leach S; Hawkins G; Numa A; Morton J; Lui K; Day A, 2006, 'E9/324 – Serum S-100 proteins (A12 and calprotectin) are associated with bronchoalveolar lavage evidence of airway infection and inflammation in young children with cystic fibrosis and are potential simple non-invasive markers of early lung disease', Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 7, pp. S306 - S306, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prrv.2006.04.090

Brannan JD; Anderson SD; Perry CP; Freed-Martens R; Lassig AR; Charlton B; Hurwitz M; Furler J; Sunderland J; Tourniea W; Nogrady S; Young I; Briffa P; Kippelen P; Turton J; McNamara S; Peters M; Rogers P; Plowman L; Seccombe L; Cossa G; Veitch E; Berend N; Schoeffel R; Simmul R; Keatley L; Henry R; Dixon S; O'Donovan B; Martin B; Numa A; Boynton A; Morton J; Belessis Y; Wheatley JR; West S; Bovington K; Serwach N; Lee S; Middleton P; Mayrhofer P; Van Asperen P; Nassar S; McArthur M; De Torres C; McKay K; Fitzgerald D; Kennedy B; Gibson P; Borgas T; Smart J; Bell N; Sarunac J; Robertson C; Smith J; Sheridan S; Roberts M; Stirling R; Thompson B; Ellis M; Borg B; Jack S; Hartley F; Khov S; Hukins C; Eckert B; Ruedinger L; McLennan S; Zimmerman P; McElrea M; Dent A; Rodwell L, 2005, 'The safety and efficacy of inhaled dry powder mannitol as a bronchial provocation test for airway hyperresponsiveness: A phase 3 comparison study with hypertonic (4.5%) saline', Respiratory Research, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-6-144

Massie J; Clements B; Allen H; Armstrong D; Asher I; Belessis Y; Clements B; Byrnes C; Chang A; Cooper G; Cooper P; Dakin C; Dore N; Edwards E; Field P; Fitzgerald D; Francis P; Freezer N; Gauld L; Gillies J; Haifer M; Harris M; Henry R; Hilton J; Isles A; Kemp A; Kennedy D; Landau L; LeSouef P; Martin J; Masters B; Mellis C; Morton J; Nixon G; Numa A; Olinsky T; Pattemore P; Phelan P; Ranganathan S; Robertson C; Robinson P; Roseby R; Sawyer S; Selvadurai H; Sly P; Smith G; Staugas R; Stick S; Van Asperen P; Wainwright C; Waters K; Whitehead B; Wilson A, 2005, 'Diagnosis of cystic fibrosis after newborn screening: The Australasian experience - Twenty years and five million babies later: A consensus statement from the Australasian Paediatric Respiratory Group', Pediatric Pulmonology, 39, pp. 440 - 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppul.20191

Belessis Y; Dixon S; Thomsen A; Duffy B; Rawlinson WD; Henry RL; Morton J, 2004, 'Risk factors for an intensive care unit admission in children with asthma', Pediatric Pulmonology, 37, pp. 201 - 209

Rawlinson WD; Waliuzzaman Z; Carter I; Belessis Y; Gilbert K; Morton J, 2003, 'Asthma Exacerbations in Children Associated with Rhinovirus but not Human Metapneumovirus Infection', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 187, pp. 1314 - 1318

Conference Papers

Garg M; Leach S; Needham B; Coffey MJ; Katz T; Strachan R; Widger J; Field P; Belessis Y; Chuang S; Day AS; Jaffe A; Ooi KY, 2017, 'Determining the age-related levels of fecal M2-pyruvate kinase in children with cystic fibrosis during the first decade of life.', in Widger J, Field P, Belessis Y, Chuang S, Day AS, Jaffe A, Ooi CY., W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC, Spain, pp. S645 - S646, presented at European Cystic Fibrosis Conference Society, Spain, 08 June 2017 - 10 June 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26641

Plush L; Mcbride J; Field P; Belessis Y, 2016, 'HOW OFTEN DO WE NEED TO EVALUATE EXERCISE CAPACITY IN CHILDREN WITH OESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA/TRACHEO-OESOPHAGEAL FISTULA (OA/TOF)?', in RESPIROLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 16 - 16, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000373102400031&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Stelzer-Braid S; Willenborg C; Toelle B; Garden F; Jaffe A; Strachan R; Belessis Y; Oliver B; Reddel H; Marks G; Rawlinson W; Tovey E, 2014, 'Rhinovirus infection and asthma symptoms in a longitudinal cohort of Australian children', in EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209836902259&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Stelzer-Braid S; D'Cunha R; Willenborg C; Doumit M; Belessis Y; Tovey E; Jaffe A; Rawlinson W, 2014, 'Rhinovirus infections in the upper and lower ai ays of young Australian children th cystic fibrosis', in EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL, EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY SOC JOURNALS LTD, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209836903009&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Presentations

Belessis Y; McBride J; Plush L; Purcell M; Field P, 2019, 'Clinical utility of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in children with esophageal atresia', presented at 5th International Conference of Esophageal Atresia (INoEA), Rome, 24 June 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/dote/doz047.28

Mcbride J; Plush L; Yeo R; Field P; Belessis Y, 2016, 'VENTILATION INHOMOGENEITY IN CHILDREN WITH OESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA/TRACHEO-OESOPHAGEAL FISTULA', https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000373102400005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Stelzer-Braid S; D'Cunha R; Willenborg C; Doumit M; Tovey E; Belessis Y; Jaffe A; Rawlinson W, 2014, 'RHINOVIRUS INFECTIONS IN THE UPPER AND LOWER AIRWAYS OF YOUNG CHILDREN WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS', https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000333238100117&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Hameed S; Morton JR; Jaffe A; Field PI; Belessis Y; Yoong T; Katz T; Woodhead HJ; Walker JL; Neville KA; Campbell TA; Verge CF, 2010, 'EARLY INTRODUCTION OF ONCE-DAILY INSULIN DETEMIR IMPROVES WEIGHT & LUNG FUNCTION IN INSULIN-DEFICIENT CYSTIC FIBROSIS', https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000282988800661&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Conference Abstracts

Homaira N; Chan M; Prentice B; Belessis Y; Chuang S; Seale H; Gray M; Owens L; Foster J; Jaffe A, 2020, 'A PILOT RANDOMISED CONTROLLED STUDY TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF TEXT MESSAGE REMINDER ON INFLUENZA VACCINE UPTAKE IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE: FEASIBILITY STUDY', in RESPIROLOGY, WILEY, Vol. 25, pp. 103 - 103, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000538684200197&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

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