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Journal articles
2015, 'Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme quarterly report, 1 April to 30 June 2015', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 39, pp. E495
,2015, 'Multitarget PCR assay for direct detection of penicillinase-producing neisseria gonorrhoeae for enhanced surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53, pp. 2706 - 2708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00540-15
,2015, 'Exploring the benefits of molecular testing for gonorrhoea antibiotic resistance surveillance in remote settings', PLoS ONE, 10, pp. e0133202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0133202
,2015, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2015', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 39, pp. E297 - E298
,2015, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 July to 30 September 2014', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 39, pp. E294 - E296
,2015, 'Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme quarterly report, 1 January to 31 March 2015', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 39, pp. E299
,2015, 'A signal-to-cutoff ratio in the abbott architect HIV Ag/Ab combo assay that predicts subsequent confirmation of HIV-1 infection in a low-prevalence setting', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53, pp. 1709 - 1711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03583-14
,2015, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2013', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 39, pp. E137 - E145
,2015, 'Prospects of untreatable gonorrhea and ways forward', Future Microbiology, 10, pp. 313 - 316, http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/FMB.14.138
,2015, 'Review of 2005 Public Health Laboratory Network Neisseria gonorrhoeae nucleic acid amplification tests guidelines', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 39, pp. E42 - E45
,2015, 'Persistence of neisseria gonorrhoeae DNA following treatment for pharyngeal and rectal gonorrhea is influenced by antibiotic susceptibility and reinfection', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 60, pp. 557 - 563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu873
,2015, 'Estimating the prevalence of mixed-type gonococcal infections in Queensland, Australia', Sexual Health, 12, pp. 439 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH15009
,2014, 'Australian gonococcal surveillance programme, 1 April to 30 June 2014', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 38, pp. E390 - E392
,2014, 'Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2013', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 38, pp. E301 - E308
,2014, 'Meningococcal surveillance Australia, 1 July to 30 September 2014', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 38, pp. E393
,2014, 'Penicillinase-Producing Plasmid Types in Neisseria gonorrhoeae Clinical Isolates from Australia', ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY, 58, pp. 7576 - 7578, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.04120-14
,2014, 'A new multidrug-resistant strain of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Australia', New England Journal of Medicine, 371, pp. 1850 - 1851, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1408109
,2014, 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with high-level resistance to azithromycin in Australia', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 70, pp. 1267 - 1268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dku490
,2014, 'Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme quarterly report, 1 April to 30 June 2014', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 38, pp. E262
,2014, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2014', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 38, pp. E159 - E161
,2014, 'Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme quarterly report, 1 January to 31 March 2014', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 38, pp. E162
,2014, 'High-throughput informative single nucleotide polymorphism-based typing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae using the Sequenom MassARRAY iPLEX platform', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 69, pp. 1526 - 1532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkt544
,2014, 'Decreased susceptibility to cephalosporins among gonococci?', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 14, pp. 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1473-3099(14)70015-5
,2014, 'Molecular approaches to enhance surveillance of gonococcal antimicrobial resistance', Nature Reviews Microbiology, 12, pp. 223 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro3217
,2014, 'A Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain with a meningococcal mtrR sequence', Journal of Medical Microbiology, 63, pp. 1113 - 1115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.074286-0
,2014, 'Characterization of a novel Neisseria gonorrhoeae penicillinase-producing plasmid isolated in Australia in 2012', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 58, pp. 4984 - 4985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.02993-14
,2014, 'Epidemiology of gonorrhoea notifications in Australia, 2007-12', Sexual Health, 11, pp. 324 - 331, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH13205
,2014, 'Gaining control of gonorrhoea', Medicine Today, 15, pp. 58 - 60
,2013, 'A national quality assurance survey of Neisseria gonorrhoeae testing', Journal of Medical Microbiology, 63, pp. 45 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.065094-0
,2013, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 July to 30 September 2013', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37, pp. E436 - E437
,2013, 'Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 July to 30 September 2013', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37, pp. E438
,2013, 'Gonococcal antimicrobial resistance in the Western Pacific Region', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2012-050906
,2013, 'One confirmed and one suspected case of pharyngeal gonorrhoea treatment failure following 500mg ceftriaxone in Sydney, Australia', Sexual Health, 10, pp. 460 - 462, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH13077
,2013, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2012', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37, pp. E233 - E239
,2013, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 April to 30 June 2013', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37, pp. E280 - E281
,2013, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 January to 31 March 2013', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37, pp. E278 - E279
,2013, 'Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2012', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37, pp. E224 - E232
,2013, 'Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme quarterly report, 1 April to 30 June 2013', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37, pp. E282
,2013, 'Influenza infection in infants aged <6 months during the H1N1-09 pandemic: A hospital-based case series', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49, pp. 635 - 640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12266
,2013, 'ANALYTICAL EVALUATION OF THE GENEXPERT (R) CT/NG, THE FIRST GENETIC POINT OF CARE ASSAY FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE AND CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 89, pp. A360 - A360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.1125
,2013, 'Pharyngeal Gonorrhoea in Women: An Important Reservoir for Increasing Neisseria gonorrhoea Prevalence in Urban Australian Heterosexuals?', Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2013, pp. 967471, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/967471
,2013, 'Meningococcal Surveillance Australia reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2013', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37, pp. E179
,2013, 'Polymerase chain reaction-based screening for the ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae F89 strain', EUROSURVEILLANCE, 18, pp. 18 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.14.20444
,2013, 'Real-time PCR genotyping of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates using 14 informative single nucleotide polymorphisms on gonococcal housekeeping genes', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 68, pp. 322 - 328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dks381
,2013, 'Failure of 500 mg of ceftriaxone to eradicate pharyngeal gonorrhoea, Australia.', The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy, 68, pp. 1445 - 1447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkt017
,2013, 'Gonococcal surveillance Australia: quarter 3, 2012.', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37
,2013, 'Polymerase chain reaction-based screening for the ceftriaxone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae F89 strain', Eurosurveillance, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.14.20444
,2012, 'The influence of target population on nonculture-based detection of markers of Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance', Sexual Health, 9, pp. 422 - 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH12026
,2012, 'Vaginal carriage rate of streptococcal pyogenes in 1600 pregnant women', PATHOLOGY, 44, pp. 567 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.0b013e3283582983
,2012, 'In vitro activity of ertapenem versus ceftriaxone against Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with highly diverse ceftriaxone MIC values and effects of ceftriaxone resistance determinants: Ertapenem for treatment of gonorrhea?', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 56, pp. 3603 - 3609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00326-12
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