Staphylococcus aureus is a common cause of bacteremia, yet the epidemiology and predictors of poor outcome remain inadequately defined in childhood. ISAIAH (Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infections and Hospitalizations in children) is a prospective, cross-sectional study of S. aureus bacteremia in children hospitalized in Australia and New Zealand over 24 months. ...

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• 2022
• March 2022

Documenting carer, service provider and healthcare practitioner perspectives on skin infections provides more understanding of the context of treatment decisions ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

Glenn Martyn Pearson Symons G MS BA (Education) PhD Candidate B.A. (Hons) PhD. Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership Honorary Research Associate 08 6319 1672 martyn.symons@telethonkids.org.au Director of First Nations Strategy and ...

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The World Health Organization published the preferred product characteristics for a Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) vaccine in 2018. Based on these parameters for the age of vaccination, vaccine efficacy, duration of protection from vaccine-derived immunity, and vaccination coverage, we developed a static cohort model to estimate the projected health impact of Strep A vaccination at the global, regional, and national levels and by country-income category. ...

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• 2023
• Jun 2023

A multifaceted intervention was implemented using quality improvement and chronic care model approaches to improve delivery of penicillin prophylaxis for rheumatic heart disease ...

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• 2018
• July 2018

This strategy did not improve adherence to rheumatic heart disease secondary prophylaxis within the study time frame. ...

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• 2018
• July 2018

We report the impact on Strongyloides seroprevalence after two oral ivermectin mass drug administrations (MDAs) delivered 12 months apart in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. ...

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• 2017
• May 2017

Scabies is endemic in many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, with 69% of infants infected in the first year of life. ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

Differences in the immune response, detectable by gene expression, between individuals who are susceptible to ARF and those who are not ...

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• 2014
• December 2014

We conducted a retrospective review for all cases of S aureus bacteremia and sterile site infections, for children under 15 years, in northern Australia over... ...

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• 2014
• March 2014

To evaluate the suitability of the Global Lung Function Initiative (GLI)-2012 other/mixed and GLI-2022 global reference equations for evaluating the respiratory capacity of First Nations Australians.  ...

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• 2024
• May 2024

Indigenous Australians harbour rich and unique genomic diversity. However, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ancestries are historically under-represented in genomics research and almost completely missing from reference datasets. Addressing this representation gap is critical, both to advance our understanding of global human genomic diversity and as a prerequisite for ensuring equitable outcomes in genomic medicine. ...

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• 2023
• December 2023