The following list includes only papers published as a result of work undertaken whilst working as the Infectious Diseases Fellow.
2022 Dr Alison Boast
Current post
Infectious Diseases Fellow, RCH
Publications
2022 Dr Michelle Sam
Current post
Microbiology Fellow, RCH
Publications
2021 Dr Rachael Purcell
Current post
TBA
Publications
2021 Dr Samantha Bannister
Current post
Immunology Fellow, RCH
Publications
2021 Dr Ming Chen
Current post
Immunology Fellow, RCH
Publications
2020 Dr Seilesh Kadambari
Current post
Infectious Diseases Fellow, Oxford Children's Hospital
Publications
2020 Dr Rachael Purcell
Current post
Infectious Diseases Fellow, RCH
Publications
2019 Dr Angie Berkhout
Current post
Microbiology Registrar, RCH
Publications
2019 Dr Yara Abo
Current post
Infectious Diseases Trainee
Publications
2018 Dr Dan Yeoh
Current post
Infectious Diseases Physician, Perth Children's Hospital
Publications
2018 Dr Coen Butters
Current post
Paediatrician, Newcastle, NSW
Publications
2017 Dr Linny Phuong
Current post
Infectious Diseases
Publications
2016 Dr Bridget Freyne
Current post
Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre
Publications
2016 Dr Petra Zimmermann
Current post
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician,
Hôpital Cantonal de Fribourg, Switzerland
Publications
2015 Dr Sophie Wen
Current post
Infectious Diseases Physician, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane
Publications
2015 Dr Myra Hardy
Current post
International Child Health Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Publications
2014 Dr Jeremy Carr
Current post
Infectious Diseases Physician, Monash
Publications
2013 Dr Josh Osowicki
Current post
Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Publications
2012 Dr Amanda Gwee
Current post
Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Publications
2011 Dr Emma Goeman
Current post
Infectious Diseases, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Publications
2010 Dr Gabrielle Haeusler
Current post
Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Publications
Do febrile convulsions cause CSF pleocytosis? Arch Dis Child. 2012
2010 Dr Nicole Ritz
Current post
University Children's Hospital Basel (UKBB), Switzerland nicole.ritz@ ukbb.ch
Publications
The influence of bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine strain on the immune response against tuberculosis: a randomized trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012
Absence of interferon-gamma release assay conversion following tuberculin skin testing.Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2011
Tuberculous dactylitis--an easily missed diagnosis.Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2011
Monkey bites in travelers: should we think of herpes B virus?Pediatr Emerg Care. 2009
Too much of a good thing: management of BCG vaccine overdose.Vaccine. 2009
Interferon-gamma release assays for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009
Mapping the global use of different BCG vaccine strains.Tuberculosis 2009
Susceptibility of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine strains to antituberculous antibiotics.Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009
To BCG or not to BCG? Preventing travel-associated tuberculosis in children. Vaccine. 2008
2009 Dr Ben Gelbart
Current post
PICU, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Publications
Immunisation practices in infants born prematurely: neonatologists' survey and clinical audit. J Paediatr Child Health. 2009
2008 Dr Vanessa Clifford
Current post
Infectious Diseases Physician & Microbiologist, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Publications
Mumps vaccine associated orchitis: Evidence supporting a potential immune-mediated mechanism. Vaccine. 2010
Can pneumonia caused by penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae be treated with penicillin? Arch Dis Child. 2010
Ureaplasma: pathogen or passenger in neonatal meningitis? Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010
2007 Dr Sarah Hanieh
Current post
NHMRC Research Fellow, Global Health Group, Peter Doherty Institute for Immunity and Infection
Publications
Mass psychogenic response to human papillomavirus vaccination. Med J Aust. 2008
2006 Dr Josh Wolf
Current post
Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Publications
Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Australian children. J Paediatr Child Health. 2010
The hidden cost of varicella. Med J Aust. 2009
Brain abscess secondary to dental braces. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008
Liposomal amphotericin B trial marred by conclusions. Clin Infect Dis. 2007
2005 Dr Naor Bar-Zeev
Current post
Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Publications
Early detection of perinatal tuberculosis using a whole blood interferon-gamma release assay. Clin Infect Dis. 2006
Combination conjugate vaccines. Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2006
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine: An Australian Perspective. Medicine Today 2006
Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: Hospital Care for Children: efficacy and safety of artemisinin derivatives in children with malaria. J Trop Pediatr 2006
2004 Dr Tom Connell
Current post
Chief of Medicine & General Paediatrician, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Publications
How reliable is a negative blood culture result? Volume of blood submitted for culture in routine practice in a children's hospital. Pediatrics. 2007
Skin ulceration: what lies beneath. Lancet. 2006
Performance of a whole blood interferon gamma assay for detecting latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children. Thorax. 2006
How to interpret a CSF--the art and the science. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2005;568:199-216.
Skin ulcers in a returned traveller. Lancet. 2005
2004 Dr Andrew Steer
Current post
Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne; Centre for International Child Health, University Department of Paediatrics; Infection & Immunity Theme Leader, MCRI
Publications
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. J Child Neurol 2006
Suppurative sequelae of symbiosis. Lancet. 2005
Diagnosis and treatment of invasive group A streptococcal infections. Expert Opin Med Diagn 2008
2003 Dr Lexi Frydenberg
Current post
General Paediatrician, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
Publications
Determining the rate of varicella vaccine rash in children with moderate-severe eczema. J Paediatr Child Health. 2005
Comprehensive health assessment for newly arrived refugee children in Australia. J Paediatr Child Health. 2004
Pertussis. Presentation, investigation and management. Aust Fam Physician. 2004
Head lice. Aust Fam Physician.
Hand, foot and mouth disease. Aust Fam Physician. 2003
Slapped cheek disease. How it affects children and pregnant women. Aust Fam Physician. 2003
2002 Dr Wonie Uahwatanasakul
Current post
General Paediatrician; Child and Adolescent Health Course Co-ordinator, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
2002 Dr Dave Fuller
Current post
General Paediatrician, Geelong Hospital
Publications
Analysis of respiratory viral coinfection and cytomegalovirus coisolation in pediatric inpatients.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005
Fever in a returned traveller.
J Paediatr Child Health 2004
Antibiotic treatment for bacterial meningitis in children in developing countries.
Ann Trop Paediatr. 2003
The management of bacterial meningitis in children.
Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2003
Return of Haemophilus influenzae type b infections. Lancet. 2003
2001 Dr Vili Sotutu
Current post
General Paediatrician
Publications
The "surreptitious Staphylococcus": Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis in a child. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002
2000 Dr Penelope Bryant
Current post
Infectious Diseases Physician, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Publications
Prospective study of a real-time PCR that is highly sensitive, specific, and clinically useful for diagnosis of meningococcal disease in children. J Clin Microbiol. 2004
Neonatal coxsackie B virus infection-a treatable disease? Eur J Pediatr. 2004
Recurrent crepitant cellulitis caused by Clostridium perfringens. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2002
Cytomegalovirus transmission from breast milk in premature babies: does it matter? Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2002
Successful treatment of foscarnet-resistant herpes simplex stomatitis with intravenous cidofovir in a child. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2001
1999 Dr Fiona Russell
Current post
Centre for International Child Health, University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics
Publications
Evidence on the use of paracetamol in febrile children.
Russell FM, Shann F, Curtis N, Mulholland K. Bull World Health Organ. 2003
Vaccine development for capsulate bacteria causing pneumonia. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2003
Mycobacterium ulcerans infection diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction. J Paediatr Child Health. 2002
Severe Bordetella holmesii infection in a previously healthy adolescent confirmed by gene sequence analysis. Clin Infect Dis. 2001
1998 Dr Teresa Lazzaro
Current post
General Paediatrician and Immunisation Service, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne