Children with cochlear implants are at increased risk of invasive pneumococcal disease, with national and international guidelines recommending additional pneumococcal vaccines for these children. This study aimed to examine the pneumococcal immunization status and rate of invasive pneumococcal disease in children with cochlear implants at a tertiary paediatric hospital over a 12-year period. ...

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• 2022
• June 2022

To determine the ability to accurately diagnose acute rheumatic fever given the resources available at three levels of the Ugandan healthcare system. ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• March 2022

Asha Jonathan Bowen Carapetis AM AC JR BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD OAM AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS Head, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Executive Director; Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH 08 6319 1000 contact@telethonkids.org.au ...

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Health service utilisation in this setting may be enhanced by improving general awareness of the significance of childhood skin infections ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2020
• January 2020

These data highlight the importance of recognising Sporotrichosis in children outside an outbreak setting ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• March 2020

A summary of the literature regarding the use of adjunctive protein synthesis inhibitors for toxin suppression in the setting of S. aureus infections is presented ...

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• January 2019

There was evidence of extensive transmission of group A Streptococcus both within households and across the community ...

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• 2016
• February 2016

The social determinants of health such as access to income, education, housing and healthcare, strongly shape the occurrence of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease at the household, community and national levels.  ...

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• 2023
• October 2023

While there are many skin infections, reducing the burden of scabies and impetigo for remote living Aboriginal people, particularly children remains challenging. Aboriginal children living in remote communities have experienced the highest reported rate of impetigo in the world and are 15 times more likely to be admitted to hospital with a skin infection compared to non-Aboriginal children. ...

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• 2023
• February 2023

A high burden of bacterial skin infections is well documented in remote-living Indigenous children and young people in high-income countries. ...

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• 2022
• November 2022

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

• Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• October 2022

Rheumatic heart disease is the largest contributor to cardiac-related mortality in children worldwide. Outcomes in endemic settings after its antecedent illness, acute rheumatic fever, are not well understood. We aimed to describe 3-5 year mortality, acute rheumatic fever recurrence, changes in carditis, and correlates of mortality after acute rheumatic fever.  ...

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• 2024
• March 2024