By Professor Monica M. Lahra

Journal articles

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

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

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.', 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, pp. E86 - E87

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

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

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

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, '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, 2011, 'Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme annual report, 2010.', Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 35, pp. 229 - 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2011.35.21

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2010.34.12

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, pp. F13 - F16, 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; Moses Lahra M, 1998, 'Eight-Year Outcome of Universal Screening and Intrapartum Antibiotics for Maternal Group B Streptococcal Carriers', PEDIATRICS, 101, pp. e2 - e2, 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 Practice, 18, pp. 241 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1762.1998.00281.x

Conference Papers

Cabrera-Aguas MP; Lahra M; Daniell M; Chung-Wah-Cheong J; Wong E; Ingram P; Chen JY; York N; Watson SL, 2026, 'Preliminary Findings from the 2019-2024 National Bacterial Ocular Surveillance System Repo', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, CO, Denver, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), CO, Denver, 03 May 2026 - 07 May 2026

Wong A; Applegate T; Mahony A; Xu G; Houghton R; Hogan T; Lahra M, 2025, 'Closing the Window Between Collection and Culture: Does Direct Plating of Swabs in the Clinic Improve Yield of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae?', in SEXUAL HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING

Wong A; Applegate T; Mahony A; Xu G; Houghton R; Hogan T; Lahra M, 2025, 'Closing the Window Between Collection and Culture: Does Direct Plating of Swabs in the Clinic Improve Yield of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae?', in SEXUAL HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING, pp. 279 - 280

Cabrera-Aguas MP; Lahra M; Daniell M; Wiffen S; Chung-Wah-Cheong J; Wong E; Ingram P; Chen JY; Watson SL, 2025, 'The Bacterial Ocular Surveillance System (BOSS): results from the 2016-2023 national report', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC

Cabrera-Aguas MP; Lahra M; Daniell M; Wiffen S; Chung-Wah-Cheong J; Wong E; Ingram P; Mills RA; Watson SL, 2024, 'The Bacterial Ocular Surveillance System: preliminary results from the 2019-2022 national report', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, WA, Seattle, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), WA, Seattle, 05 May 2024 - 09 May 2024

Cabrera-Aguas MP; Lahra M; Watson SL, 2023, 'The Bacterial Ocular Surveillance System (BOSS): 2019-2020 report', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, LA, New Orleans, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), LA, New Orleans, 23 April 2023 - 27 April 2023

Cabrera-Aguas M; Lahra MM; Daniell M; Wiffen S; Wong E; Chung-Wah-Cheong J; Ingram PR; Mills R; Watson SL, 2023, 'The Bacterial Ocular Surveillance System: Preliminary results from the 2019-2020 national report', in CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 928 - 929

Cabrera-Aguas M; Khoo P; Zhang M; Daley J; Lahra M; Watson S, 2021, 'The Bacterial Ocular Surveillance System (BOSS): 2017 report', in INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC, ELECTR NETWORK, presented at Annual Meeting of the Association-for-Research-in-Vision-and-Ophthalmology (ARVO), ELECTR NETWORK, 01 May 2021 - 07 May 2021

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, 21 April 2018 - 03 May 2018

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

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

Trembizki E; Regan D; Donovan B; Chen M; Guy R; Lahra M; Whiley D, 2015, '001.5 An australia-wide molecular study of neisseria gonorrhoeae identifies frequent occurrence of a key cephalosporin resistance mechanism', in Sexually Transmitted Infections, BMJ, pp. a26.2 - a2a27, 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, '001.6 Exploring the benefits of molecular testing for gonorrhoea antibiotic resistance surveillance in remote settings', in Sexually Transmitted Infections, BMJ, pp. a27.1 - a2a27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.84

Unemo M; Golparian D; Grad Y; Limnios A; Wi T; Lahra M; Harris S, 2015, 'P05.09 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, pp. a111.1 - a1a111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.295

Pillay A; Chi C; Kwakye C; Danavall D; Taleo F; Katz S; Lahra M; Tun Y; Ballard R; Asiedu K; Chen C, 2015, 'S04.2 New diagnostics for syphilis and yaws and detection of haemophilus ducreyi in cutaneous lesions in children', in Sexually Transmitted Infections, BMJ, pp. a10.2 - a1a10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.32

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

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

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