Research publications | Alfred Health

Surveillance of life-long antibiotics: a review of antibiotic prescribing practices in an Australian Healthcare Network

Lau JS, Kiss C, Roberts E, Horne K, Korman TM, Woolley I

(2017), Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob, 16, 3

Impact of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation on the HIV Reservoir and Immune Response in 3 HIV-Infected Individuals

Koelsch KK, Rasmussen TA, Hey-Nguyen WJ, Pearson C, Xu Y, Bailey M, Marks KH, Sasson SC, Taylor MS, Tantau R, Obeid S, Milner B, Morrissey O, Pinto AN, Suzuki K, Busch MP, Keating SM, Kaiser P, Yukl S, Wong JK, Hiener BM, Palmer S, Zaunders J, Post JJ, Chan DJ, Avery S, Milliken ST, Kelleher AD, Lewin SR, Cooper DA

(2017), J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 75(3), 328-37

DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001381

Immediate Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection Accelerates Bone Loss Relative to Deferring Therapy: Findings from the START Bone Mineral Density Substudy, a Randomized Trial

Hoy JF, Grund B, Roediger M, Schwartz AV, Shepherd J, Avihingsanon A, Badal-Faesen S, de Wit S, Jacoby S, La Rosa A, Pujari S, Schechter M, White D, Engen NW, Ensrud K, Aagaard PD, Carr A; INSIGHT START Bone Mineral Density Substudy Group

(2017), J Bone Miner Res, 32(9), 1945-55

DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3183

A survey of hepatitis C management by Victorian GPs after PBS-listing of direct-acting antiviral therapy

Wade A, Draper B, Doyle J, Allard N, Grinzi P, Thompson A, Hellard M

(2017), Aust Fam Physician, 46(4), 235-40

Proposed primary endpoints for use in clinical trials that compare treatment options for bloodstream infection in adults

Harris PNA, McNamara JF, Lye DC, Davis JS, Bernard L, Cheng AC, Doi Y, Fowler VG Jr, Kaye KS, Leibovici L, Lipman J, Llewelyn MJ, Munoz-Price S, Paul M, Peleg AY, RodrÃguez-Ba?o J, Rogers BA, Seifert H, Thamlikitkul V, Thwaites G, Tong SYC, Turnidge J, Utili R, Webb SAR, Paterson DL

(2017), Clin Microbiol Infect, 23(8), 533-41

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2016.10.023

Time from HIV diagnosis to commencement of antiretroviral therapy as an indicator to supplement the HIV cascade: Dramatic fall from 2011 to 2015

Medland NA, Chow EPF, McMahon JH, Elliott JH, Hoy JF, Fairley CK

(2017), PLoS One, 12(5), e0177634

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177634

Outcomes following detection of low level plasma HIV RNA in HIV-infected patients previously virologically suppressed on antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective observational study

Warren AM, Cheng AC, Watson K, Lewin SR, Hoy JF

(2017), Sex Health, 14(3), 238-43

DOI: 10.1071/SH16165

Risk and prognosis of bacteremia and fungemia among first-time kidney transplant recipients: a population-based cohort study

Skov Dalgaard L, NØrgaard M, Povlsen JV, Morrissey O, Jespersen B, Jensen-Fangel S, østergaard LJ, SchØnheyder HC, SØgaard OS

(2017), ACS Infect Dis, 49(4), 286-95

DOI: 10.1080/23744235.2016.1248483

Major health impact of accelerated aging in young HIV-infected individuals on antiretroviral therapy

Rajasuriar R, Chong ML, Ahmad Bashah NS, Abdul Aziz SA, Mcstea M, Lee ECY, Wong PL, Azwa I, Syed Omar SF, Lai PSM, Ponampalavanar S, Crowe SM, Lewin SR, Kamaruzzaman SB, Kamarulzaman A

(2017), AIDS, 31(10), 1393-1403

DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001475

Laboratory workflow analysis of culture of periprosthetic tissues in blood culture bottles

Peel TN, Sedarski JA, Dylla BL, Shannon SK, Amirahmadi F, Hughes JG, Cheng AC, Patel R

(2017), J Clin Microbiol, 55(9), 2817-26

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00652-17

Relationship of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Viral Load in Cerebrospinal Fluid and Plasma in Patients Co-infected With Cryptococcal Meningitis

Chang CC, Kangethe R, Omarjee S, Hiramen K, Gosnell B, Sojane K, Moosa MS, Lewin SR, French MA, Ndung'u T

(2017), Open Forum Infect Dis, 4(2), ofx032

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx032

Body composition and metabolic outcomes after 96 weeks of treatment with ritonavir-boosted lopinavir plus either nucleoside or nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors or raltegravir in patients with HIV with virological failure of a standard first-line antiretroviral therapy regimen: a substudy of the randomised, open-label, non-inferiority SECOND-LINE study

Boyd MA, Amin J, Mallon PW, Kumarasamy N, Lombaard J, Wood R, Chetchotisakd P, Phanuphak P, Mohapi L, Azwa I, Belloso WH, Molina JM, Hoy J, Moore CL, Emery S, Cooper DA; SECOND-LINE Study Group

(2017), Lancet HIV, 4(1), e13-20

DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30189-8

Antiretrovirals, Fractures, and Osteonecrosis in a Large International HIV Cohort

Borges °H, Hoy J, Florence E, Sedlacek D, Stellbrink HJ, Uzdaviniene V, Tomazic J, Gargalianos-Kakolyris P, Schmid P, Orkin C, Pedersen C, Leen C, Pradier C, Mulcahy F, Ridolfo AL, Staub T, Maltez F, Weber R, Flamholc L, Kyselyova G, Lundgren JD, Mocroft A; for EuroSIDA

(2017), Clin Infect Dis, 64(1), 1413-21

DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix167

Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus isolates are attenuated for virulence when compared with susceptible progenitors

Cameron DR, Lin YH, Trouillet-Assant S, Tafani V, Kostoulias X, Mouhtouris E, Skinner N, Visvanathan K, Baines SL, Howden B, Monk IR, Laurent F, Stinear TP, Howden BP, Peleg AY

(2017), Clin Microbiol Infect, 23(10), 767-73

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2017.03.027

Optimal periprosthetic tissue specimen number for diagnosis of prosthetic joint infection

Peel TN, Spelman T, Dylla BL, Hughes JG, Greenwood-Quaintance KE, Cheng AC, Mandrekar JN, Patel R

(2017), J Clin Microbiol, 55(1), 234-43

DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01914-16

Randomized comparison of liposomal amphotericin B versus placebo to prevent invasive mycoses in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Cornely OA, Leguay T, Maertens J, Vehreschild MJGT, Anagnostopoulos A, Castagnola C, Verga L, Rieger C, Kondakci M, Hârter G, Duarte RF, Allione B, Cordonnier C, Heussel CP, Morrissey CO, Agrawal SG, Donnelly JP, Bresnik M, Hawkins MJ, Garner W, Gàkbuget N; AmBiGuard Study Group

(2017), J Antimicrob Chemother, 72(8), 2359-67

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkx133

Changing epidemiology of candidaemia in Australia

Chapman B, Slavin M, Marriott D, Halliday C, Kidd S, Arthur I, Bak N, Heath CH, Kennedy K, Morrissey CO, Sorrell TC, van Hal S, Keighley C, Goeman E, Underwood N, Hajkowicz K, Hofmeyr A, Leung M, Macesic N, Botes J, Blyth C, Cooley L, George CR, Kalukottege P, Kesson A, McMullan B, Baird R, Robson J, Korman TM, Pendle S, Weeks K, Liu E, Cheong E, Chen S; Australian and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group

(2017), J Antimicrob Chemother, 72(4), 1103-8

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw422

The impact of changes in HIV management guidelines on time to treatment initiation in Australia

Puhr R, Petoumenos K, Youds D, Law MG, Templeton DJ; Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD) study group

(2017), HIV Med, 18(9), 701-3

DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12504

Assessment of thunderstorm-induced asthma using Google Trends

Bousquet J, O'Hehir RE, Anto JM, D'Amato G, Màsges R, Hellings PW, Van Eerd M, Sheikh A

(2017), J Allergy Clin Immunol, 140(3), 891-3.e7

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2017.04.042

Effect of pirfenidone on mortality: pooled analyses and meta-analyses of clinical trials in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Nathan SD, Albera C, Bradford WZ, Costabel U, Glaspole I, Glassberg MK, Kardatzke DR, Daigl M, Kirchgaessler KU, Lancaster LH, Lederer DJ, Pereira CA, Swigris JJ, Valeyre D, Noble PW

(2017), Lancet Respir Med, 5(1), 33-41

DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(16)30326-5