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A 2 year old girl with fever, cough, and tachypnoea

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

A cautionary tale about treatment of neonatal enteroviral disease

scientific article published in April 2015

A comparative analysis of polyfunctional T cells and secreted cytokines induced by Bacille Calmette-Guérin immunisation in children and adults

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

A national prospective surveillance study of acute rheumatic fever in Australian children.

scientific article published on January 2013

A personalised approach is needed for the management of non-tuberculous mycobacterial cervicofacial lymphadenitis.

scientific article

A practical approach to eosinophilia in a child arriving or returning from the tropics

scientific article published on January 2011

A systematic and functional classification of Streptococcus pyogenes that serves as a new tool for molecular typing and vaccine development

scientific article published on 5 May 2014

A three-way comparison of tuberculin skin testing, QuantiFERON-TB gold and T-SPOT.TB in children

scientific article

ASO titer or not? When to use streptococcal serology: a guide for clinicians.

scientific article published on 06 January 2015

Absence of interferon-gamma release assay conversion following tuberculin skin testing

scientific article published on 01 June 2011

Adenovirus infection in the immunocompromised host

scientific article published on January 2010

Adenovirus: an overview for pediatric infectious diseases specialists

scientific article published on June 2012

Adults with cerebral malaria do not have sensory evoked responses typical of deep general anaesthesia.

scientific article published on March 2000

An update on Kawasaki disease II: clinical features, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes

scientific article published on 07 May 2013

Analysis of respiratory viral coinfection and cytomegalovirus coisolation in pediatric inpatients.

scientific article

Anti-TNF therapy inhibits fever in cerebral malaria.

scientific article published on February 1993

Antibiotic duration and timing of the switch from intravenous to oral route for bacterial infections in children: systematic review and guidelines

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Australian children

scientific article published on 2 June 2010

Antibiotic treatment for bacterial meningitis in children in developing countries

scientific article published on December 2003

Antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteremia in pediatric oncology patients--risk factors and outcomes

scientific article published on July 2013

Antibiotics for whooping cough (pertussis)

scientific article

Antibiotics for whooping cough (pertussis)

scientific article (published 2005-01-24)

Antibody persistence after serogroup C meningococcal conjugate immunization of United Kingdom primary-school children in 1999-2000 and response to a booster: a phase 4 clinical trial.

scientific article

Antimicrobial Effects of Antipyretics

scientific article published on 30 January 2017

Are decontamination measures effective in preventing recurrent staphylococcal skin infection in children?

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Aspergillus laryngotracheobronchial infection in a 6-year-old girl following bone marrow transplantation

scientific article published in May 2001

Auditory- and somatosensory-evoked potentials in cerebral malaria and anaesthesia: a comparison.

scientific article published in October 2002

Authors' reply

scientific article published in October 2006

B cell memory to a serogroup C meningococcal conjugate vaccine in childhood and response to booster: little association with serum IgG antibody.

scientific article published in August 2012

B-cell antigen D8/17 is a marker of rheumatic fever susceptibility in Aboriginal Australians and can be tested in remote settings.

scientific article

BCG for the prevention of food allergy — exploring a new use for an old vaccine

BCG-associated heterologous immunity, a historical perspective: experimental models and immunological mechanisms

scientific article published on January 2015

BCG-associated heterologous immunity, a historical perspective: intervention studies in animal models of infectious diseases

scientific article published on January 2015

BCG-associated heterologous immunity, a historical perspective: intervention studies in animal models of infectious diseases

scientific article published in April 2015

Bacterial tracheitis: a multi-centre perspective

scientific article published on January 2009

Brachial Plexus Palsy in Young Infants Harboring Osteomyelitis of the Humerus - Case Report and Review of the Literature.

scientific article published on 28 December 2016

Brain Abscess Secondary to Dental Braces

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Bullous herpes zoster

scientific article published on 16 November 2013

Burden of Acute Sore Throat and Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis in School-aged Children and Their Families in Australia

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Causes of fever in outpatient Tanzanian children

scientific article

Central line-associated bloodstream infection in children: an update on treatment.

scientific article published on August 2013

Central venous access device-related infections in patients with haemophilia

scientific article published on 26 February 2013

Cephalosporin resistant urinary tract infections in young children

scientific article published in January 2004

Chips with everything: DNA microarrays in infectious diseases

scientific article published on February 2004

Clinical and microbiologic features associated with novel swine-origin influenza A pandemic 2009 (H1N1) virus in children: a prospective cohort study.

scientific article

Clinical implications of inducible beta-lactamase activity in Gram-negative bacteremia in children

scientific article

Comparable CD4 and CD8 T cell responses and cytokine release after at-birth and delayed BCG immunisation in infants born in Australia

scientific article published on 5 July 2016

Corticosteroids and infliximab impair the performance of interferon-γ release assays used for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis.

scientific article published on 3 February 2017

Cyclical vomiting and hypertension with dermatographism and histamine release

scientific article published in October 1991

Cytokines for monitoring anti-tuberculous therapy: A systematic review.

scientific article published on 30 January 2015

Cytomegalovirus remains viable in naturally infected breast milk despite being frozen for 10 days.

scientific article

Cytomegalovirus transmission from breast milk in premature babies: does it matter?

scientific article

Detection of gene expression in an individual cell type within a cell mixture using microarray analysis

scientific article

Detection of tuberculosis in HIV-infected children using an enzyme-linked immunospot assay

scientific article published on May 2009

Diagnosis and treatment of invasive group A streptococcal infections ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2008

Diagnostic Tests for Childhood Tuberculosis: Past Imperfect, Present Tense and Future Perfect?

scientific article published on 22 June 2015

Discordance between TSTs and IFN-gamma release assays: the role of NTM and the relevance of mycobacterial sensitins

scientific article published in July 2010

Does bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine prevent herpes simplex virus recurrences? A systematic review

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Does neonatal BCG vaccination prevent allergic disease in later life?

scientific article published on February 2014

Duration of antibiotics in children with osteomyelitis and septic arthritis

scientific article

Early detection of perinatal tuberculosis using a whole blood interferon-gamma release assay

scientific article

Effective CSF concentrations achieved with continuous-infusion flucloxacillin in a child

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

Effectiveness of clindamycin and intravenous immunoglobulin, and risk of disease in contacts, in invasive group a streptococcal infections

scientific article published on 29 April 2014

Enhanced ex vivo stimulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific T cells in human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons via antigen delivery by the Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase vector

scientific article

Enterovirus infections in neonates

scientific article published on 19 March 2009

Epidemiology, Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Diagnosis of Recurrent Bacterial Meningitis.

scientific article published in January 2009

Epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of recurrent bacterial meningitis

scientific article

Estimating blood loss: comparative study of the accuracy of parents and health care professionals

scientific article published on 28 September 2009

Ethanol lock therapy in pediatric hematology and oncology

scientific article published on 21 August 2012

Evidence for a superantigen mediated process in Kawasaki disease

scientific article published on April 1995

Evidence of Microvascular Changes in the Retina following Kawasaki Disease

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

Evidence on the use of paracetamol in febrile children

scientific article

Fatal case of toxic shock-like syndrome due to group C streptococcus associated with superantigen exotoxin

scientific article

Fever in a returned traveller

scientific article published on May 2004

Fever in children.

scientific article

Formal infectious diseases consultations at a tertiary pediatric hospital: a 14-year review

scientific article published on April 2014

Ganciclovir for the treatment of congenital cytomegalovirus: what are the side effects?

scientific article published in January 2014

Harnessing the beneficial heterologous effects of vaccination

scientific article published on 09 May 2016

Heterologous ("nonspecific") and sex-differential effects of vaccines: epidemiology, clinical trials, and emerging immunologic mechanisms

scientific article

Hip to the heart

scientific article published in The Lancet

Hospital-wide Rollout of Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Stepped-Wedge Randomized Trial

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Hot topics in infection and immunity in children

scientific article published on 07 October 2014

Hot topics in infection and immunity in children--Papers from the 10th annual IIC meeting, Oxford, UK, 2012. Preface

scientific article published on 3 October 2013

How Reliable Is a Negative Blood Culture Result? Volume of Blood Submitted for Culture in Routine Practice in a Children's Hospital

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How to interpret a CSF--the art and the science

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Human immunodeficiency virus-infected boy with Stevens-Johnson syndrome caused by nevirapine

scientific article

Indeterminate interferon-gamma release assay results in children

scientific article

Infants born in Australia to mothers from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis: to BCG or not to BCG?

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Infants born in Australia to mothers from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis: to BCG or not to BCG? In reply

scientific article published in February 2014

Influence of BCG vaccine strain on the immune response and protection against tuberculosis.

scientific article

Interferon gamma release assays for monitoring the response to treatment for tuberculosis: A systematic review

scientific article

Interferon-gamma Release Assays Should Not Replace Tuberculin Skin Tests in Screening Programs for Children

scientific article published on August 2016

Interferon-gamma release assays in children – No better than tuberculin skin testing?

scientific article published on 14 August 2006

Interferon-γ Release Assays for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis

scientific article published on 01 August 2009

Interferon-γ release assays for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children

scientific article

Interrupted BCG vaccination is a major threat to global child health

scientific article published on 16 March 2016

Invasive group a streptococcal disease: epidemiology, pathogenesis and management.

scientific article published on June 2012

Kawasaki disease

scientific article published on 01 August 1997

Kawasaki disease and cardiovascular risk: a comprehensive review of subclinical vascular changes in the longer term

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Kawasaki disease and toxic shock syndrome--at last the etiology is clear?

scientific article published in January 2004

Kawasaki disease as a cause of encephalitis ⬇️

scientific article published on September 7, 2011

Kawasaki disease thirty years on ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 1998

Lessons Learned From an Unusual Presentation of CD3+, CD56− T-Cell Large Granular Lymphocyte Leukemia

scientific article published on 02 August 2010

Limitations of current tuberculosis screening tests in immunosuppressed patients

scientific article published on 28 April 2015

Liposomal Amphotericin B Trial Marred by Conclusions

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Long-term persistence of immunity and B-cell memory following Haemophilus influenzae type B conjugate vaccination in early childhood and response to booster.

scientific article published on 7 January 2014

MMR immunisation. True anaphylaxis to MMR vaccine is extremely rare

scientific article

Mapping the global use of different BCG vaccine strains

scientific article

Minimizing nephrotoxicity using continuous infusion of deoxycholate amphotericin B.

scientific article published in October 2014

Monitoring Central Venous Catheter Resistance to Predict Imminent Occlusion: A Prospective Pilot Study

scientific article published on 31 August 2015

Monkey bites in travelers: should we think of herpes B virus?

scientific article published on August 2009

Musculoskeletal side-effects of varicella

scientific article published in The Lancet

Mycobacteria-Specific Cytokine Responses Detect Tuberculosis Infection and Distinguish Latent from Active Tuberculosis

scientific article

Mycobacterium marinum Infection

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Mycobacterium marinum infection following kayaking injury

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Mycobacterium ulceransinfection diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Necrotizing epiglottitis in an infant: an unusual first presentation of human immunodeficiency virus infection

scientific article published on February 2009

Neonatal coxsackie B virus infection-a treatable disease?

scientific article

Neonatal vancomycin continuous infusion: still a confusion?

scientific article published on June 2014

Non-specific effect of Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine on the immune response to routine immunisations

scientific article published on 10 April 2013

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may predispose to invasive group A streptococcal infections

scientific article published on December 1996

Non-typhoidal Salmonella in Children: Microbiology, Epidemiology and Treatment ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease in Children - Epidemiology, Diagnosis & Management at a Tertiary Center

scientific article published on 26 January 2016

Novel concepts in the epidemiology, diagnosis and prevention of childhood tuberculosis

scientific article published on 10 September 2014

Oral ivermectin for the treatment of pediculosis capitis

scientific article published in April 2011

Orange alert

scientific article published on 19 August 2014

Perception, attitudes and knowledge regarding the 2009 swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic among health-care workers in Australia

scientific article

Performance of a whole blood interferon gamma assay for detecting latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children

scientific article

Pertussis: adults as a source in healthcare settings.

scientific article

Physicians' perception of pandemic influenza

scientific article published on 2 May 2007

Picture of the Month—Quiz Case

scientific article published on 01 March 2010

Posaconazole: promising but problematic in practice in pediatric patients

scientific article published on June 2015

Potential role for BCG in treatment of autoimmune diseases

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Potentially lethal bacterial infection associated with varicella zoster virus

scientific article published on August 1996

Prednisolone added to intravenous immunoglobulin treatment improves outcome in children with severe Kawasaki disease ⬇️

scientific article published on April 1, 2013

Pristinamycin: old drug, new tricks?

scientific article published on 02 June 2014

Prospective study of a real-time PCR that is highly sensitive, specific, and clinically useful for diagnosis of meningococcal disease in children

scientific article published on July 2004

QUESTION 1: Are household contacts of patients with invasive group A streptococcal disease at higher risk of secondary infection?

scientific article

QUESTION 1: Teething issues: can doxycycline be safely used in young children?

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

QuantiFERON-TB Gold: state of the art for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection?

scientific article published on September 2006

Question 1. Do febrile convulsions cause CSF pleocytosis?

scientific article published on February 2012

Question 1. How common is co-existing meningitis in infants with urinary tract infection?

scientific article published on June 2011

Question 1: Co-trimoxazole dosing dilemma: what is the right dose?

scientific article published on 25 September 2015

Question 1: what are the options for treating latent TB infection in children?

scientific article published on June 2013

Question 2: A pointed question: is a child at risk following a community-acquired needlestick injury?

scientific article

Question 2: which infants with congenital cytomegalovirus infection benefit from antiviral therapy?

scientific article published on 04 April 2014

Question 3: can pneumonia caused by penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae be treated with penicillin?

scientific article published on January 2010

Rapid analysis of the Vbeta repertoire of CD4 and CD8 T lymphocytes in whole blood

scientific article published in December 2003

Recurrent crepitant cellulitis caused by Clostridium perfringens

scientific article published on 01 December 2002

Reply to Banderet-Uglioni et al

scientific article published on 23 October 2014

Reply: Bacille Calmette-Guérin Vaccine: Innate Immunity and Nonspecific Effects

Return of Haemophilus influenzae type b infections.

scientific article published in May 2003

Reversion and conversion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis IFN-gamma ELISpot results during anti-tuberculous treatment in HIV-infected children

scientific article

Risk of latent tuberculosis in at-risk children with rheumatic diseases

Serum IP-10 in the diagnosis of latent and active tuberculosis

scientific article published on 10 August 2015

Severe Bordetella holmesii infection in a previously healthy adolescent confirmed by gene sequence analysis

scientific article published on 5 June 2001

Sharps injuries in the community: lower risk than in healthcare settings

scientific article published on 8 September 2015

Sick and tired: Does sleep have a vital role in the immune system?

scientific article

Skin ulceration: what lies beneath

scientific article published in The Lancet

Skin ulcers in a returned traveller

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Sleep and infection: no snooze, you lose?

scientific article published on October 2013

Some of the people, some of the time: susceptibility to acute rheumatic fever

scientific article published on February 2009

Strain Prevalence, Rather than Innate Virulence Potential, Is the Major Factor Responsible for an Increase in Serious Group A Streptococcus Infections

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Streptococcal Serology: Secrets for the Specialist

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Streptococcal superantigens: categorization and clinical associations

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

Study protocol for the Melbourne Infant Study: BCG for Allergy and Infection Reduction (MIS BAIR), a randomised controlled trial to determine the non-specific effects of neonatal BCG vaccination in a low-mortality setting

scientific article published on 15 December 2019

Successful treatment of cytomegalovirus-associated haemophagocytic syndrome following paediatric orthotopic liver transplantation

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Successful treatment of foscarnet-resistant herpes simplex stomatitis with intravenous cidofovir in a child

scientific article published in November 2001

Superantigen genes in group A streptococcal isolates and their relationship with emm types

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Suppurative sequelae of symbiosis

scientific article

Susceptibility of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine strains to antituberculous antibiotics

scientific article published on 27 October 2008

Susceptibility to acute rheumatic fever based on differential expression of genes involved in cytotoxicity, chemotaxis, and apoptosis

scientific article

Synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, and osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome - A challenging diagnosis not to be missed

scientific article published on June 2016

Syphilis returns to the suburbs

scientific article published on 13 January 2006

Technical variability is greater than biological variability in a microarray experiment but both are outweighed by changes induced by stimulation

scientific article

The Role of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin in Staphylococcus aureus Musculoskeletal Infections in Children ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

The age-related risk of co-existing meningitis in children with urinary tract infection

scientific article

The burden and cost of hospitalised varicella and zoster in Australian children

scientific article

The burden of group A streptococcal pharyngitis in Melbourne families.

scientific article published in May 2004

The contribution of non-conventional T cells and NK cells in the mycobacterial-specific IFNγ response in Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-immunized infants

scientific article

The diagnosis and management of Kawasaki disease

scientific article (publication date: March 2005)

The effect of aspirin on antibiotic susceptibility

scientific article published on 13 October 2018

The emerging role of epigenetics in the immune response to vaccination and infection: a systematic review

scientific article published on 17 March 2020

The epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal disease in Victoria, Australia

scientific article published in June 2007

The impact of anti-tuberculous antibiotics and corticosteroids on cytokine production in QuantiFERON-TB Gold In Tube assays

scientific article published on 14 February 2015

The influence of bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine strain on the immune response against tuberculosis: a randomized trial

scientific article published on 3 November 2011

The management of bacterial meningitis in children

scientific article

The management of non-tuberculous cervicofacial lymphadenitis in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article

The potential danger of a solely interferon-gamma release assay-based approach to testing for latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in children ⬇️

scientific article published on October 27, 2010

The “surreptitious staphylococcus”staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis in a child

scientific article published on 01 October 2002

To BCG or not to BCG? Preventing travel-associated tuberculosis in children

scientific article published on 17 September 2008

To TST or not to TST: is tuberculin skin testing necessary before BCG immunisation in children?

scientific article published on 07 December 2011

To x-ray or not to x-ray? Screening asymptomatic children for pulmonary TB: a retrospective audit

scientific article published on 20 April 2013

Too much of a good thing: management of BCG vaccine overdose

scientific article published on 3 August 2009

Towards evidence based medicine for paediatricians. How effective is varicella-zoster immunoglobulin (VZIG) in preventing chickenpox in neonates following perinatal exposure?

scientific article published on July 2009

Toxic shock syndrome in Australian children.

scientific article published on 26 April 2016

Toxic shock syndrome toxin-secreting Staphylococcus aureus in Kawasaki syndrome

scientific article published in The Lancet

Toxic shock syndrome: under-recognised and under-treated?

scientific article published in December 2014

Trained Immunity: a Tool for Reducing Susceptibility to and the Severity of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

scientific article published on 04 May 2020

Trained immunity, tolerance, priming and differentiation: distinct immunological processes

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

Treatment of sore throat in light of the Cochrane verdict: is the jury still out?

scientific article

Tuberculous dactylitis--an easily missed diagnosis

scientific article published on 15 April 2011

Update on Kawasaki disease: epidemiology, aetiology and pathogenesis

scientific article published on 07 April 2013

Ureaplasma meningitis and subdural collections in a neonate

scientific article published on September 2013

Ureaplasma--Are you sitting comfortably?

scientific article published on 17 October 2013

Ureaplasma: pathogen or passenger in neonatal meningitis?

scientific article

VITALITY trial: protocol for a randomised controlled trial to establish the role of postnatal vitamin D supplementation in infant immune health

scientific article

Variations in the protective immune response against streptococcal superantigens in populations of different ethnicity

scientific article

Viral haemorrhagic fevers caused by Lassa, Ebola and Marburg viruses

scientific article

Voriconazole dosing and therapeutic drug monitoring in children: experience from a paediatric tertiary care centre

scientific article

Wash your hands after playing with that dragon!

scientific article published on 22 June 2014

What time interval is needed between the administration of live attenuated vaccines?

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

What's bugging you? An update on the treatment of head lice infestation

scientific article published on 05 August 2010

Why is COVID-19 less severe in children? A review of the proposed mechanisms underlying the age-related difference in severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

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