List of works - Heidi Smith-Vaughan

"Dodgy 6As": differentiating pneumococcal serotype 6C from 6A by use of the Quellung reaction

scientific article published on 8 April 2009

A PCR-high-resolution melt assay for rapid differentiation of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus

scientific article published on 4 December 2013

A variable region within the genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae contributes to strain-strain variation in virulence

scientific article

Absence of an important vaccine and diagnostic target in carriage- and disease-related nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.

scientific article

Adenovirus species C is associated with chronic suppurative lung diseases in children

scientific article

Are you listening? The inaugural Australian Otitis Media (OMOZ) workshop--towards a better understanding of otitis media.

scientific article

Contamination of hand wash detergent linked to occupationally acquired melioidosis.

scientific article published on September 2004

Cord blood vitamin D and the risk of acute lower respiratory infection in Indigenous infants in the Northern Territory.

scientific article

Culture of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae from the nasopharynx: Not all media are equal

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Deriving accurate microbiota profiles from human samples with low bacterial content through post-sequencing processing of Illumina MiSeq data.

scientific article

Does a 10-valent pneumococcal-Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine prevent respiratory exacerbations in children with recurrent protracted bacterial bronchitis, chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis: protocol for a random

scientific article published on 05 September 2013

Dominance of Haemophilus influenzae in ear discharge from Indigenous Australian children with acute otitis media with tympanic membrane perforation

scientific article

Emerging drugs for bronchiectasis

scientific article published on 19 July 2012

Emerging drugs for bronchiectasis: an update.

scientific article

Emerging pneumococcal carriage serotypes in a high-risk population receiving universal 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine since 2001.

scientific article

General health, otitis media, nasopharyngeal carriage and middle ear microbiology in Northern Territory Aboriginal children vaccinated during consecutive periods of 10-valent or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.

scientific article published on 11 May 2016

Geographic consistency in dominant, non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae genotypes colonising four distinct Australian paediatric groups: a cohort study

scientific article

Global phylogenomic analysis of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals a deep-branching classic lineage that is distinct from multiple sporadic lineages

scientific article published on 04 December 2014

Haemophilus influenzae: using comparative genomics to accurately identify a highly recombinogenic human pathogen.

scientific article published on 27 August 2015

Improving the aetiological diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia and meningitis in Papua New Guinea

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

In vivo penicillin MIC drift to extremely high resistance in Serotype 14 Streptococcus pneumoniae persistently colonizing the nasopharynx of an infant with chronic suppurative lung disease: a case study

scientific article published on November 2002

Longitudinal nasopharyngeal carriage and antibiotic resistance of respiratory bacteria in indigenous Australian and Alaska native children with bronchiectasis

scientific article

Measuring nasal bacterial load and its association with otitis media

scientific article published on 10 May 2006

Molecular Signatures of Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae Lung Adaptation in Pediatric Chronic Lung Disease

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Molecular surveillance of true nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: an evaluation of PCR screening assays.

scientific article

Nasopharyngeal microbial interactions in the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination

scientific article published on 19 March 2013

Otitis media in children vaccinated during consecutive 7-valent or 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination schedules

scientific article

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines PREVenar13 and SynflorIX in sequence or alone in high-risk Indigenous infants (PREV-IX_COMBO): protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article

Propensity of pneumococcal carriage serotypes to infect the lower airways of children with chronic endobronchial infections

scientific article published on 3 January 2017

Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis in Children: Natural History and Risk Factors for Bronchiectasis.

scientific article published on 8 July 2016

Quantitative PCR of ear discharge from Indigenous Australian children with acute otitis media with perforation supports a role for Alloiococcus otitidis as a secondary pathogen

scientific article

Reduced middle ear infection with non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae, but not Streptococcus pneumoniae, after transition to 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable H. influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine.

scientific article published on 19 October 2015

Simultaneous identification of Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus using real-time PCR.

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Single-dose azithromycin versus seven days of amoxycillin in the treatment of acute otitis media in Aboriginal children (AATAAC): a double blind, randomised controlled trial

scientific article published in January 2010

Strains of Streptococcus pyogenes from severe invasive infections bind HEp2 and HaCaT cells more avidly than strains from uncomplicated infections

scientific article

Surveillance of pneumococcal serotype 1 carriage during an outbreak of serotype 1 invasive pneumococcal disease in central Australia 2010-2012.

scientific article

Survival of pneumococcus on hands and fomites

scientific article

The bacteriology of lower respiratory infections in Papua New Guinean and Australian indigenous children

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal study

scientific article

The clinical, immunological and microbiological impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal-Protein D conjugate vaccine in children with recurrent protracted bacterial bronchitis, chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis: A multi-centre, double-b

scientific article published on 12 July 2018

The microbiome of otitis media with effusion in Indigenous Australian children.

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Three-weekly doses of azithromycin for indigenous infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis: a multicentre, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

scientific article published on 21 April 2015

Toward making inroads in reducing the disparity of lung health in Australian indigenous and new zealand māori children

scientific article

Viral-bacterial co-infection in Australian Indigenous children with acute otitis media

scientific article

Vitamin D insufficiency among hospitalised children in the Northern Territory

scientific article

List of works by Heidi Smith-Vaughan

"Dodgy 6As": differentiating pneumococcal serotype 6C from 6A by use of the Quellung reaction

A PCR-high-resolution melt assay for rapid differentiation of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus

A variable region within the genome of Streptococcus pneumoniae contributes to strain-strain variation in virulence

Absence of an important vaccine and diagnostic target in carriage- and disease-related nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae.

Adenovirus species C is associated with chronic suppurative lung diseases in children

Are you listening? The inaugural Australian Otitis Media (OMOZ) workshop--towards a better understanding of otitis media.

Contamination of hand wash detergent linked to occupationally acquired melioidosis.

Cord blood vitamin D and the risk of acute lower respiratory infection in Indigenous infants in the Northern Territory.

Culture of non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae from the nasopharynx: Not all media are equal

Deriving accurate microbiota profiles from human samples with low bacterial content through post-sequencing processing of Illumina MiSeq data.

Does a 10-valent pneumococcal-Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine prevent respiratory exacerbations in children with recurrent protracted bacterial bronchitis, chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis: protocol for a random

Dominance of Haemophilus influenzae in ear discharge from Indigenous Australian children with acute otitis media with tympanic membrane perforation

Emerging drugs for bronchiectasis

Emerging drugs for bronchiectasis: an update.

Emerging pneumococcal carriage serotypes in a high-risk population receiving universal 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine since 2001.

General health, otitis media, nasopharyngeal carriage and middle ear microbiology in Northern Territory Aboriginal children vaccinated during consecutive periods of 10-valent or 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccines.

Geographic consistency in dominant, non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae genotypes colonising four distinct Australian paediatric groups: a cohort study

Global phylogenomic analysis of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae reveals a deep-branching classic lineage that is distinct from multiple sporadic lineages

Haemophilus influenzae: using comparative genomics to accurately identify a highly recombinogenic human pathogen.

Improving the aetiological diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia and meningitis in Papua New Guinea

In vivo penicillin MIC drift to extremely high resistance in Serotype 14 Streptococcus pneumoniae persistently colonizing the nasopharynx of an infant with chronic suppurative lung disease: a case study

Longitudinal nasopharyngeal carriage and antibiotic resistance of respiratory bacteria in indigenous Australian and Alaska native children with bronchiectasis

Measuring nasal bacterial load and its association with otitis media

Molecular Signatures of Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae Lung Adaptation in Pediatric Chronic Lung Disease

Molecular surveillance of true nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae: an evaluation of PCR screening assays.

Nasopharyngeal microbial interactions in the era of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination

Otitis media in children vaccinated during consecutive 7-valent or 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination schedules

Pneumococcal conjugate vaccines PREVenar13 and SynflorIX in sequence or alone in high-risk Indigenous infants (PREV-IX_COMBO): protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

Propensity of pneumococcal carriage serotypes to infect the lower airways of children with chronic endobronchial infections

Protracted Bacterial Bronchitis in Children: Natural History and Risk Factors for Bronchiectasis.

Quantitative PCR of ear discharge from Indigenous Australian children with acute otitis media with perforation supports a role for Alloiococcus otitidis as a secondary pathogen

Reduced middle ear infection with non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae, but not Streptococcus pneumoniae, after transition to 10-valent pneumococcal non-typeable H. influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine.

Simultaneous identification of Haemophilus influenzae and Haemophilus haemolyticus using real-time PCR.

Single-dose azithromycin versus seven days of amoxycillin in the treatment of acute otitis media in Aboriginal children (AATAAC): a double blind, randomised controlled trial

Strains of Streptococcus pyogenes from severe invasive infections bind HEp2 and HaCaT cells more avidly than strains from uncomplicated infections

Surveillance of pneumococcal serotype 1 carriage during an outbreak of serotype 1 invasive pneumococcal disease in central Australia 2010-2012.

Survival of pneumococcus on hands and fomites

The bacteriology of lower respiratory infections in Papua New Guinean and Australian indigenous children

The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal study

The clinical, immunological and microbiological impact of the 10-valent pneumococcal-Protein D conjugate vaccine in children with recurrent protracted bacterial bronchitis, chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis: A multi-centre, double-b

The microbiome of otitis media with effusion in Indigenous Australian children.

Three-weekly doses of azithromycin for indigenous infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis: a multicentre, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Toward making inroads in reducing the disparity of lung health in Australian indigenous and new zealand māori children

Viral-bacterial co-infection in Australian Indigenous children with acute otitis media

Vitamin D insufficiency among hospitalised children in the Northern Territory