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        Kaal Tackles Eczema Kaal is a proud Noongar boy, he loves playing football, but this season Kaal is about to tackle a new and unexpected challenge… ...

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        A novel skin cancer prevention strategy: Preservice teachers' perceptions of a sun safety intervention and experiences in schools

        Teachers play a vital role in developing children's sun protection routines however upskilling preservice teachers (PSTs) while at university has not yet been trialled as a targeted skin cancer prevention strategy. Hence, this study investigated PSTs perceptions and experiences of sun safety following a brief pilot intervention and placement in primary schools in Western Australia. ...

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        CASSETTE: Clindamycin Adjunctive therapy for Severe Staphylococcus aurEus Treatment Evaluation, a multi-centre, pilot randomised controlled trial

        Asha Tom Bowen Snelling AC T BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD BMBS DTMH GDipClinEpid PhD FRACP Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Head, Infectious ...

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        In vitro antibacterial activity of Western Australian honeys, and manuka honey, against bacteria implicated in impetigo

        Impetigo is a contagious skin disease caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. Without treatment, impetigo may be recurrent, develop into severe disease, or have serious, life-threatening sequelae. Standard treatment consists of topical or systemic antibiotic therapy (depending on severity), however, due to antibiotic resistance some therapies are increasingly ineffective. ...

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        Molecular Detection of Scabies by PCR Using a Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Approach

        Asha Bowen AC BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Areas of expertise: ...

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        An urgent need for antimicrobial stewardship in Indigenous rural and remote primary health care

        We write this perspective to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance as an issue in Indigenous primary health care ...

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        Sun safe: balancing the risks and benefits

        The D-Light program, set up in 2014, aims to shed light on the amount of sun exposure that will promote good health in children and adolescents. ...

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        Capacity building to address antimicrobial resistance in remote Australia: The inaugural HOT NORTH Antimicrobial Academy

        Rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) for some pathogens in Australia are considerably higher in rural and remote compared to urban regions. The inaugural Hot North Antimicrobial Academy was a 9-month educational programme aimed to build workforce knowledge and capacity in antimicrobial use, audit, stewardship, surveillance and drug resistance in remote primary health care.  ...

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        Body distribution of impetigo and association with host and pathogen factors

        Impetigo or skin sores are estimated to affect >162 million people worldwide. Detailed descriptions of the anatomical location of skin sores are lacking. ...

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        King’s Birthday Honour for infectious diseases researcher

        Congratulations to infectious diseases clinician-researcher Professor Asha Bowen, awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the King’s Birthday Honours List for her service to medicine in the field of clinical diseases.  ...

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