By Professor Monica M. Lahra

Journal articles

Tabrizi SN; Unemo M; Golparian D; Twin J; Limnios AE; Lahra M; Guy R, 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

Lusk MJ; Uddin RNN; Lahra MM; Garden FL; Kundu RL; Konecny P, 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

Lahra MM; Enriquez R, 2013, 'Meningococcal Surveillance Australia reporting period 1 January to 31 March 2013', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37, pp. E179

Goire N; Lahra MM; Ohnishi M; Hogan T; Liminios AE; Nissen MD; Sloots TP; Whiley DM, 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

Whiley DM; Goire N; Rahimi F; Lahra MM; Limnios AE; Nissen MD; Sloots TP, 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

Y Chen M; Stevens K; Tideman R; Zaia A; Tomita T; Fairley CK; Lahra M; Whiley D; Hogg G, 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

Lahra MM, 2013, 'Gonococcal surveillance Australia: quarter 3, 2012.', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 37

Goire N; Lahra MM; Ohnishi M; Hogan T; Liminios AE; Nissen MD; Sloots TP; Whiley DM, 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

Goire N; Freeman K; Lambert SB; Nimmo GR; Limnios AE; Lahra MM; Nissen MD; Sloots TP; Whiley DM, 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

Saab J; Bell SM; Lahra MM, 2012, 'Vaginal carriage rate of streptococcal pyogenes in 1600 pregnant women', PATHOLOGY, 44, pp. 567 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.0b013e3283582983

Unemo M; Golparian D; Limnios A; Whiley D; Ohnishi M; Lahra MM; Tapsall JW, 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

Goire N; Ohnishi M; Limnios AE; Lahra MM; Lambert SB; Nimmo GR; Nissen MD; Sloots TP; Whiley DM, 2012, 'Enhanced gonococcal antimicrobial surveillance in the era of ceftriaxone resistance: A real-time pcr assay for direct detection of the neisseria gonorrhoeae h041 strain', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67, pp. 902 - 905, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkr549

BaAlawi F; Robertson PW; Lahra M; Rawlinson WD, 2012, 'Comparison of five CMV IgM immunoassays with CMV IgG avidity for diagnosis of primary CMV infection', Pathology, 44, pp. 381 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.0b013e328353bec0

Lahra MM, 2012, 'Surveillance of antibiotic resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the WHO Western Pacific and South East Asian Regions, 2010.', Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, 36, pp. 95 - 100

Saab J; Bell SM; Lahra MM, 2012, 'Vaginal carriage rate of streptococcal pyogenes in 1600 pregnant women', Pathology, 44, pp. 567 - 568, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.0b013e3283582983

Whiley D; Goire N; Lahra MM; Donovan B; Limnios AE; Nissen MD; Sloots T, 2012, 'The ticking time bomb: escalating drug resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a public health disaster in waiting', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 67, pp. 2059 - 2061

Yin JK; Lahra MM; Iskander M; Lambert SB; Heron L; Nissen MD; Rost L; Murphy J; Sloots TP; Booy R, 2011, 'Pilot study of influenza vaccine effectiveness in urban Australian children attending childcare', Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47, pp. 857 - 862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02098.x

Gordon A; Lahra M; Raynes-Greenow C; Jeffery H, 2011, 'Histological chorioamnionitis is increased at extremes of gestation in stillbirth: A population-based study', Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/456728

Lahra MM, 2011, 'Additional reports', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 35, pp. 257 - 260, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213220100006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lahra MM, 2011, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2010', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 35, pp. 229 - 236, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213220100002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lahra MM, 2011, 'Meningococcal surveillance', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 35, pp. 261 - 261, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213220100007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lahra M, 2011, 'SURVEILLANCE OF ANTIBIOTICIC RESISTANCE IN NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE IN THE WHO WESTERN PACIFIC AND SOUTH EAST ASIAN REGIONS, 2009', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 35, pp. 2 - 7, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213218600002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lahra M; Tapsall J, 2010, 'Gonococcal surveillance', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 34, pp. 369 - 370, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213215700018&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Lahra M; Tapsall J, 2010, 'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AUSTRALIAN GONOCOCCAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAMME, 2009', COMMUNICABLE DISEASES INTELLIGENCE, 34, pp. 89 - 95, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000213215200001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Tapsall JW, 2010, 'Annual report of the Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme, 2009', , http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/cda-cdi3403g.htm

Lahra MM; Beeby PJ; Jeffery HE, 2009, 'Intrauterine inflammation, neonatal sepsis, and chronic lung disease: A 13-year hospital cohort study', Pediatrics, 123, pp. 1314 - 1319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2008-0656

Lahra MM; Beeby PJ; Jeffery HE, 2009, 'Maternal versus fetal inflammation and respiratory distress syndrome: A 10-year hospital cohort study', Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.2007.135889

Lahra MM, 2008, 'Intrauterine infection: preterm birth and pulmonary impact', MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA, 29, pp. 217 - 219, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000216277300017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Best EJ; Lahra MM; Palasanthiran P, 2005, 'An unusual neonatal zoonosis [1]', Medical Journal of Australia, 182, pp. 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06619.x

Lahra MM; Robertson PW; Whybin R; Tapsall JW, 2005, 'Enhanced serological diagnosis of invasive meningococcal disease by determining anti-group C capsule IgM antibody by enzyme immunoassay', Pathology, 37, pp. 239 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00313020500098983

Lahra MM; Jeffery HE, 2004, 'A fetal response to chorioamnionitis is associated with early survival after preterm birth', American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 190, pp. 147 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2003.07.012

Nolan MA; Craig ME; Lahra MM; Rawlinson WD; Prager PC; Williams GD; Bye AM; Andrews PI, 2003, 'Survival after pulmonary edema due to enterovirus 71 encephalitis', Neurology, 60, pp. 1651 - 1656

Jeffery HE; Lahra MM, 1998, 'Eight-year outcome of universal screening and intrapartum antibiotics for maternal group B streptococcal carriers', PEDIATRICS, 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.101.1.e2

Jeffery HE; Lahra MM, 1998, 'Neonatal Outcomes Eight Years After Universal Screening and Non-selective Intrapartum Antibiotics for Maternal Group B Streptococcal Carriers 1451', Pediatric Research, 43, pp. 248 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1203/00006450-199804001-01472

Bolton P; Mira M; Kennedy P; Lahra MM, 1998, 'The quality of communication between hospitals and general practitioners: an assessment.', J Qual Clin Pract, 18, pp. 241 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1762.1998.00281.x

Conference Papers

Cabrera-Aguas M; Lahra MM; Khoo P; Watson S, 2019, 'The Keratitis Anti-microbial Resistance Surveillance Program (KARSP): Results from 2017-2018', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 93 - 94, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000493279000135&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Watson SL; Lahra M; Khoo P; Cabrera-Aguas M, 2018, 'Causative organisms and antibiotic resistance for microbial keratitis in a quaternary referral eye hospital, Sydney Australia over 5 years', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, HI, Honolulu, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), HI, Honolulu, 29 April 2018 - 03 May 2018, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000442932801210&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Cabrera-Aguas M; Lahra M; Khoo P; Pratama R; Gatus B; Gulholm T; El-Nasser J; Watson S, 2017, 'ESTABLISHMENT OF A BACTERIAL KERATITIS SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM IN A TERTIARY REFERRAL HOSPITAL', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 57 - 57, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000413690300056&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Trembizki E; Regan DG; Donovan B; Chen MY; Guy RJ; Lahra MM; Whiley D, 2015, 'AN AUSTRALIA-WIDE MOLECULAR STUDY OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE IDENTIFIES FREQUENT OCCURRENCE OF A KEY CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE MECHANISM', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A26 - A27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.83

Hui B; Ryder N; Su J-Y; Ward J; Chen M; Donovan B; Fairley C; Guy R; Lahra M; Law M; Whiley D; Regan D, 2015, 'EXPLORING THE BENEFITS OF MOLECULAR TESTING FOR GONORRHOEA ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE SURVEILLANCE IN REMOTE SETTINGS', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A27 - A27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.84

Bissessor M; Whiley DM; Lee DM; Snow AF; Fairley CK; Bradshaw CS; Hocking JS; Lahra M; Peel J; Chen MY, 2015, 'FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DETECTION OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE FROM THE TONSILS AND POSTERIOR OROPHARYNX', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A124 - A125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.328

Pillay A; Chi CH; Kwakye C; Danavall D; Taleo F; Katz S; Lahra M; Tun Y; Ballard RC; Asiedu K; Chen CY, 2015, 'NEW DIAGNOSTICS FOR SYPHILIS AND YAWS AND DETECTION OF HAEMOPHILUS DUCREYI IN CUTANEOUS LESIONS IN CHILDREN', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A10 - A10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.32

Unemo M; Golparian D; Grad Y; Limnios A; Wi T; Lahra M; Harris S, 2015, 'PHENOTYPIC, GENETIC AND GENOMIC CHARACTERISATION OF THE 2015 WHO NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE REFERENCE STRAINS FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE OF LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS GLOBALLY', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A111 - A111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.295

Trembizki E; Lahra MM; Stevens S; Freeman K; Hogg G; Lawrence A; Pearson J; Smith H; Sloots T; Whiley D, 2013, 'A NATIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEY: LOW NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE MISIDENTIFICATION RATES IN AUSTRALIA, 2012', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A97 - A97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0297

Trembizki E; Chen M; Donovan B; Fairley C; Guy RJ; Kaldor JM; Lahra MM; Regan DG; Ward J; Whiley D, 2013, 'A NATIONAL STUDY UTILISING THE SEQUENOM MASSARRAY IPLEX PLATFORM FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT MLST-BASED TYPING AND CHARACTERISATION OF RESISTANCE MECHANISMS IN NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A80 - A80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0242

Whiley D; Chen M; Donovan B; Fairley C; Guy R; Kaldor J; Regan D; Trembizki E; Ward J; Lahra M, 2013, 'MOLECULAR DETECTION OF ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN STI PATHOGENS', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A15 - A16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0047

Tabrizi SN; Twin J; Unemo M; Wiezer A; Limnios A; Lahra M; Garland S, 2013, 'PRELIMINARY ANALYTICAL EVALUATION OF ARTUS (R) CT/NG, FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE AND CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, pp. A354 - A355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.1108

Lahra MM; Gordon A; Jeffery HE, 2007, 'Chorioamnionitis and fetal response in stillbirth', in American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, pp. 229.e1 - 229.e4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajog.2006.10.900

Conference Abstracts

Lahra MM; Enriquez RP; George CRR, 2019, 'Australian Meningococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2017', in Communicable diseases intelligence (2018), Vol. 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2019.43.66

Lahra MM; Enriquez RP, 2017, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme, 1 July to 30 September 2016
', in Communicable diseases intelligence quarterly report, Vol. 41, pp. E109 - E110

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