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List of works by Benjamin P. Howden

1,2,4-Oxadiazole antimicrobials act synergistically with daptomycin and display rapid kill kinetics against MDR Enterococcus faecium

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

5: Hospital-in-the-home treatment of infectious diseases

scientific article

A Phenotypically Silent vanB2 Operon Carried on a Tn1549-Like Element in Clostridium difficile

scientific article published on July 2016

A Potential "Blind Spot" in Vancomycin Treatment Studies

scientific article published on 29 March 2012

A large outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni infection in a university college caused by chicken liver pâté, Australia, 2013.

scientific article published on 16 June 2016

A multicentre double-blind randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of daily use of antibacterial mouthwash against oropharyngeal gonorrhoea among men who have sex with men: the OMEGA (Oral Mouthwash use to Eradicate GonorrhoeA) study pro

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A phylogenomic framework for assessing the global emergence and evolution of clonal complex 398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article published on 31 January 2017

A review of the public health management of shigellosis in Australia in the era of culture-independent diagnostic testing

scientific article

A supervised statistical learning approach for accurate Legionella pneumophila source attribution during outbreaks.

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A sustained hospital outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia due to emergence of vanB E. faecium sequence type 203.

scientific article published on October 2010

Accurate assessment of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage

scientific article

Adaptive change inferred from genomic population analysis of the ST93 epidemic clone of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on February 2014

Analysis of the small RNA transcriptional response in multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after antimicrobial exposure

scientific article

Antibiotic Choice May Not Explain Poorer Outcomes in Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and High Vancomycin Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations

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Antibiotic resistance and host immune evasion in mediated by a metabolic adaptation

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

Antibiotics and Staphylococcus aureus—more than meets the MIC

scientific article published on 01 February 2014

Antimicrobial resistance: Not community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA)! A clinician's guide to community MRSA - its evolving antimicrobial resistance and implications for therapy

scientific article published on January 2011

Antiseptic mouthwash against pharyngeal Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a randomised controlled trial and an in vitro study

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

Assessment of the BD GeneOhm MRSA ACP assay using combined swabs for the detection of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonisation

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Asymptomatic and symptomatic urethral gonorrhoea in men who have sex with men attending a sexual health service

scientific article published on 28 February 2017

Australian Enterococcal Sepsis Outcome Progamme, 2011.

scientific article published on 30 September 2014

Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Australian Staphylococcus aureus Sepsis Outcome Programme annual report, 2014.

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

Bacterial Load of Chlamydia trachomatis in the Posterior Oropharynx, Tonsillar Fossae, and Saliva among Men Who Have Sex with Men with Untreated Oropharyngeal Chlamydia

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

Bilateral osteomyelitis and liver abscess caused by hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae- a rare clinical manifestation (case report)

scientific article published on 07 August 2018

Biosynthesis and Ether-Bridge Formation in Nargenicin Macrolides

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

Biosynthesis and Ether‐Bridge Formation in Nargenicin Macrolides

Bridging of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages across sexual networks in the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis era

scientific article published on 05 September 2019

CAMERA2 - combination antibiotic therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

scientific article published on 31 March 2016

Case-case-control study on factors associated with vanB vancomycin-resistant and vancomycin-susceptible enterococcal bacteraemia.

scientific article

Ceftazidime-avibactam susceptibility by three different susceptibility testing methods in carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria from Australia

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

Chronic falciparum malaria causing massive splenomegaly 9 years after leaving an endemic area.

scientific article published in February 2005

Clinical features associated with bacteremia due to heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 12 January 2004

Co-circulation of Multidrug-resistant Shigella Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia

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Comment on: Benchmarking of methods for identification of antimicrobial resistance genes in bacterial whole genome data.

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

Community and health-care associated non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Victoria

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Community-onset Staphylococcus aureus infections presenting to general practices in South-eastern Australia.

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

Comparative Transcriptomic and Functional Assessments of Linezolid-Responsive Small RNA Genes in Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 07 January 2020

Comparative analysis of the complete genome of an epidemic hospital sequence type 203 clone of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

scientific article

Comparative analysis of the first complete Enterococcus faecium genome

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Comparative genomics shows Mycobacterium ulcerans migration and expansion has preceded the rise of Buruli ulcer in south-eastern Australia.

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Comparative study of selective chromogenic (chromID VRE) and bile esculin agars for isolation and identification of vanB-containing vancomycin-resistant enterococci from feces and rectal swabs

scientific article

Comparison of the Xpert methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) assay, BD GeneOhm MRSA assay, and culture for detection of nasal and cutaneous groin colonization by MRSA

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Comparison of the bacterial isolates and antibiotic resistance patterns of elderly nursing home and general community patients

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Complete Bypass of Restriction Systems for Major Staphylococcus aureus Lineages.

scientific article published on 26 May 2015

Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain JKD6008, an ST239 clone of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with intermediate-level vancomycin resistance

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Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain JKD6159, a unique Australian clone of ST93-IV community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Comprehensive antibiotic-linked mutation assessment by Resistance Mutation Sequencing (RM-seq)

scholarly article published 31 January 2018

Comprehensive antibiotic-linked mutation assessment by resistance mutation sequencing (RM-seq)

scientific article published on 31 August 2018

Continuous-infusion penicillin home-based therapy for serious infections due to penicillin-susceptible pathogens.

scientific article published on 29 March 2007

Convergent Evolution Driven by Rifampin Exacerbates the Global Burden of Drug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Convergent adaptation in the dominant global hospital clone ST239 of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

scientific article

Correspondence: Spontaneous secondary mutations confound analysis of the essential two-component system WalKR in Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 06 February 2017

Coxiella burnetii endocarditis after Q fever vaccination

scientific article published on 6 September 2012

Current and Emerging Topical Antibacterials and Antiseptics: Agents, Action, and Resistance Patterns.

scientific article published on July 2017

Cutaneous zygomycosis caused by Saksenaea vasiformis following water-related wound in a 24-year-old immunocompetent woman

scientific article published on 3 August 2009

Cytomegalovirus viral load monitoring after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in patients receiving antiviral prophylaxis

scientific article published in October 2003

Daptomycin non-susceptibility in vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heterogeneous-VISA (hVISA): implications for therapy after vancomycin treatment failure

scientific article published on 02 March 2011

Daptomycin selects for genetic and phenotypic adaptations leading to antibiotic tolerance in MRSA.

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Decreased vancomycin susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus caused by IS256 tempering of WalKR expression

scientific article published on 29 April 2013

Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the pharynx and saliva: implications for gonorrhoea transmission

scientific article published on 30 November 2015

Diagnosis and management of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.

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Differences in the population structure of Neisseria meningitidis in two Australian states: Victoria and Western Australia

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Different bacterial gene expression patterns and attenuated host immune responses are associated with the evolution of low-level vancomycin resistance during persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

scientific article

Dissecting the molecular evolution of fluoroquinolone-resistant Shigella sonnei

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Dumb and dumber--the potential waste of a useful antistaphylococcal agent: emerging fusidic acid resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

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Effects of vapocoolant spray on skin sterility prior to intravenous cannulation

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Elucidating the Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics of Aerosolized Colistin against Multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Mouse Lung Infection Model

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Emergence and divergence of major lineages of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Australia

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Emergence and rapid global dissemination of CTX-M-15-associated Klebsiella pneumoniae strain ST307

Emergence of endemic MLST non-typeable vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

scientific article published on 15 August 2016

Emergence of multidrug resistance in locally-acquired human infections with Salmonella Typhimurium in Australia owing to a new clade harbouring blaCTX-M-9.

scientific article published on 2 May 2017

Emerging Gram negative resistance to last-line antimicrobial agents fosfomycin, colistin and ceftazidime-avibactam - epidemiology, laboratory detection and treatment implications

scientific article

Enterococcal bacteraemia: factors influencing mortality, length of stay and costs of hospitalization

scientific article published on 07 February 2013

Evaluation of the Xpert™ MRSA/SA Blood Culture assay for the detection of Staphylococcus aureus including strains with reduced vancomycin susceptibility from blood culture specimens

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Evolution of Daptomycin Resistance in Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Involves Mutations of the Essential Two-Component Regulator WalKR

scientific article published on 26 February 2019

Evolution of multidrug resistance during Staphylococcus aureus infection involves mutation of the essential two component regulator WalKR

scientific article

Evolution of virulence in Enterococcus faecium, a hospital-adapted opportunistic pathogen.

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Evolutionary dynamics of multidrug resistant Salmonella enterica serovar 4,[5],12:i:- in Australia

scientific article published on 09 August 2021

Evolutionary origins of the emergent ST796 clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium.

scientific article published on 24 January 2017

Failure of vancomycin for treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

scientific article published in November 2004

Fulminant meningococcal sepsis due to non-groupable Neisseria meningitidis in a patient receiving eculizumab

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Functional analysis of the first complete genome sequence of a multidrug resistant sequence type 2 Staphylococcus epidermidis.

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Functional genomics of Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 21 February 2013

Genetic and molecular predictors of high vancomycin MIC in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia isolates.

scientific article

Genomic Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms of Imported Typhoid in Australia

scientific article published on 20 September 2021

Genomic Exploration of Within-Host Microevolution Reveals a Distinctive Molecular Signature of Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia

Genomic Insights Into Last-Line Antimicrobial Resistance in Multidrug-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus</i> and Vancomycin-Resistant <i>Enterococcus</i>

publication published on 16 March 2021

Genomic Insights into a Sustained National Outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

scientific article

Genomic analysis of ST88 community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ghana

scientific article published on 28 February 2017

Genomic analysis of multi-resistant associated with neonatal sepsis

scientific article published on 24 October 2018

Genomic analysis of teicoplanin resistance emerging during treatment of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infections in solid organ transplant recipients including donor-derived cases.

scientific article published on 23 April 2013

Genomic analysis reveals a point mutation in the two-component sensor gene graS that leads to intermediate vancomycin resistance in clinical Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 21 July 2008

Genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in New Zealand.

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Genomic exploration of sequential clinical isolates reveals a distinctive molecular signature of persistent Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

scientific article published on 23 August 2018

Genomic insights to control the emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

scientific article published on 13 August 2013

Genomics for Molecular Epidemiology and Detecting Transmission of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in Victoria, Australia, 2012 to 2016

scientific article published on 26 August 2019

Genomics of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

Global spread of three multidrug-resistant lineages of Staphylococcus epidermidis

scientific article published on 03 September 2018

Good clinical outcomes but high rates of adverse reactions during linezolid therapy for serious infections: a proposed protocol for monitoring therapy in complex patients

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Health Outcomes from Multi-Drug-resistant Salmonella Infections in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

Health Outcomes from Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella Infections in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

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Heterogeneity of genetic pathways toward daptomycin nonsusceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus determined by adjunctive antibiotics

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High-resolution melting genotyping of Enterococcus faecium based on multilocus sequence typing derived single nucleotide polymorphisms

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Hyperexpression of α-hemolysin explains enhanced virulence of sequence type 93 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Impact of vanB vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteraemia analysed as a time-varying covariate on length of hospital stay.

scientific article published on December 2014

Improved outcomes with linezolid for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: better drug or reduced vancomycin susceptibility?

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In vitro pharmacodynamics of colistin against multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

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Inactivation of the indigenous methyltransferase RlmN in Staphylococcus aureus increases linezolid resistance

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Incorporating Whole-Genome Sequencing into Public Health Surveillance: Lessons from Prospective Sequencing of Salmonella Typhimurium in Australia.

scientific article published on 16 January 2018

Increased Detection of Pharyngeal and Rectal Gonorrhea in Men Who Have Sex With Men After Transition From Culture To Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing

scientific article published on 14 December 2016

Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance in Nontyphoidal Salmonella Isolates in Australia from 1979 to 2015.

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Increasing incidence of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella infections in Queensland, Australia, 2007-2016

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Increasing tolerance of hospital Enterococcus faecium to handwash alcohols

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Intercontinental dissemination of azithromycin-resistant shigellosis through sexual transmission: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 27 April 2015

Investigation of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance in an emerging sequence type 5 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone reveals discrepant resistance reporting.

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

Isolates with low-level vancomycin resistance associated with persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

scientific article

Large tandem chromosome expansions facilitate niche adaptation during persistent infection with drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 03 August 2015

Long-term Impact of Oral Azithromycin Taken by Gambian Women During Labor on Prevalence and Antibiotic Susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in Their Infants: Follow-up of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

scientific article published in September 2018

Low mannose-binding lectin complement activation function is associated with predisposition to Legionnaires' disease.

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Low-level vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus--an Australian perspective.

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Managing a nosocomial outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: an early Australian hospital experience.

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Microbe-Metabolite Associations Linked to the Rebounding Murine Gut Microbiome Postcolonization with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium

scientific article published on 18 August 2020

Mining the Methylome Reveals Extensive Diversity in Staphylococcus epidermidis Restriction Modification

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Mobile phones and computer keyboards: unlikely reservoirs of multidrug-resistant organisms in the tertiary intensive care unit.

scientific article published on 2 March 2018

Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibilities of Clostridium difficile clinical isolates from Victoria, Australia

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Molecular epidemiology of enterococcal bacteremia in Australia

scientific article published on 03 January 2014

Morbidity from in-hospital complications is greater than treatment failure in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

Mycobacterium chimaera Spread from Heating and Cooling Units in Heart Surgery.

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Mycobacterium ulcerans low infectious dose and mechanical transmission support insect bites and puncturing injuries in the spread of Buruli ulcer.

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Mycolactone gene expression is controlled by strong SigA-like promoters with utility in studies of Mycobacterium ulcerans and buruli ulcer

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NGMASTER:in silico multi-antigen sequence typing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

scientific article published on 25 August 2016

Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with high-level resistance to azithromycin in Australia

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New aspirations: the debate on aspiration pneumonia treatment guidelines

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Niche-specific genome degradation and convergent evolution shaping Staphylococcus aureus adaptation during severe infections

scientific article published on 14 June 2022

Once bitten, twice shy: an unusual case report of a mycotic aortic aneurysm

scientific article published in November 2005

Optimising genomic approaches for identifying vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium transmission in healthcare settings

scientific article published on 26 January 2022

Outbreak investigation using high-throughput genome sequencing within a diagnostic microbiology laboratory

scientific article published on 13 February 2013

Outbreak of locally acquired azithromycin-resistant Shigella flexneri infection in men who have sex with men.

scientific article published in January 2015

Outbreak of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonization in a neonatal service

scientific article published on 16 July 2015

Pharmacokinetics of short versus extended infusion meropenem dosing in critically ill patients: a pilot study

scientific article published on September 2014

Phasevarion-Regulated Virulence in the Emerging Pediatric Pathogen Kingella kingae

scientific article

Polyclonal emergence of vanA vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Australia

scientific article published on 28 December 2016

Population genetics and the evolution of virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 27 April 2013

Population genomics provides insights into the evolution and adaptation to humans of the waterborne pathogen Mycobacterium kansasii

scientific article published on 03 May 2021

Prolonged exposure to β-lactam antibiotics reestablishes susceptibility of daptomycin-nonsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus to daptomycin

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Prolonged outbreak of multidrug-resistant Shigella sonnei harbouring blaCTX-M-27 in Victoria, Australia

scientific article published on 05 October 2020

Prospective Whole-Genome Sequencing Enhances National Surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes.

scientific article published on 25 November 2015

Prospective comparison of the clinical impacts of heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-susceptible MRSA.

scientific article published on 08 June 2009

Rapid Emergence and Evolution of Staphylococcus aureus Clones Harboring fusC-Containing Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Elements.

scientific article published on 8 February 2016

Recent trends in invasive group A Streptococcus disease in Victoria

scientific article published on 15 March 2019

Recognition and management of infections caused by vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heterogenous VISA (hVISA).

scientific article

Reconstruction of the Genomes of Drug-Resistant Pathogens for Outbreak Investigation through Metagenomic Sequencing

scientific article published on 16 January 2019

Reduced vancomycin susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus, including vancomycin-intermediate and heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate strains: resistance mechanisms, laboratory detection, and clinical implications

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Relationship between vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus, high vancomycin MIC, and outcome in serious S. aureus infections

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Remodelling of pSK1 Family Plasmids and Enhanced Chlorhexidine Tolerance in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Remodelling of pSK1 Family Plasmids and Enhanced Chlorhexidine Tolerance in a Dominant Hospital Lineage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 25 April 2019

Reply to "Internet-based solutions for analysis of next-generation sequence data"

scientific article published on September 2013

Rifampin resistance in staphylococcus epidermidis: molecular characterization and fitness cost of rpoB mutations.

scientific article published on 26 December 2017

Rise in invasive serogroup W meningococcal disease in Australia 2013-2015

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Rising incidence of invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W in Victoria

scientific article published on April 2016

Serine/threonine phosphatase Stp1 contributes to reduced susceptibility to vancomycin and virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article

Seven Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreaks in Australia Linked by Trace-Back and Whole Genome Sequencing.

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Sharing Is Caring: International Sharing of Data Enhances Genomic Surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes.

scientific article published on 9 June 2016

Should Asymptomatic Men Who Have Sex With Men Be Screened for Oropharyngeal Chlamydia? Clinical Outcomes From a Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published in February 2018

Significant variability exists in the cytotoxicity of global methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lineages

scientific article published in 2021

South Asia as a Reservoir for the Global Spread of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Shigella sonnei: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Staphylococcal superantigen-like protein 5 induces thrombotic and bleeding complications in vivo: inhibition by an anti-SSL5 antibody and the glycan Bimosiamose.

scientific article published in December 2012

Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants impair host immunity by activating host cell glycolysis and inducing necroptosis

scientific article published on 04 November 2019

Staphylococcus aureus: a guide for the perplexed

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

State-wide genomic epidemiology investigations of COVID-19 in healthcare workers in 2020 Victoria, Australia: Qualitative thematic analysis to provide insights for future pandemic preparedness

scientific article published on 03 June 2022

Successful control of disseminated Scedosporium prolificans infection with a combination of voriconazole and terbinafine.

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Target-Specific Assay for Rapid and Quantitative Detection of Mycobacterium chimaera DNA.

scientific article published on 5 April 2017

The Critical Importance of Sampling Fraction to Inferences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

The RpoB H₄₈₁Y rifampicin resistance mutation and an active stringent response reduce virulence and increase resistance to innate immune responses in Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 18 December 2012

The changing landscape of VREfm in Victoria, Australia: a state-wide genomic snapshot

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The changing landscape of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Australia: a population-level genomic study

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The dominant Australian community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone ST93-IV [2B] is highly virulent and genetically distinct

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The epidemiology of bacteriuria and candiduria in critically ill patients.

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The epidemiology of sepsis during rapid response team reviews in a teaching hospital

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The evolution of vancomycin intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heterogenous-VISA

scientific article published on 06 April 2013

The growing burden of multidrug-resistant infections among returned Australian travellers

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The importance of public health genomics to ensure health security for Australia

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The importance of regulatory RNAs in Staphylococcus aureus

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The interface between antibiotic resistance and virulence in Staphylococcus aureus and its impact upon clinical outcomes

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The molecular epidemiology of the highly virulent ST93 Australian community Staphylococcus aureus strain

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The rise of antimicrobial resistance: a clear and present danger

scientific article published in June 2011

The ΦBT1 large serine recombinase catalyzes DNA integration at pseudo-attB sites in the genus Nocardia.

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Topical Antibiotic Use Coselects for the Carriage of Mobile Genetic Elements Conferring Resistance to Unrelated Antimicrobials in Staphylococcus aureus.

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Tracking the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia using genomics

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Translating genomics into practice for real-time surveillance and response to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: evidence from a complex multi-institutional KPC outbreak.

scientific article published on 3 January 2018

Treating Gram-positive infections: vancomycin update and the whys, wherefores and evidence base for continuous infusion of anti-Gram-positive antibiotics

scientific article published on December 2009

Treatment Outcomes for Rectal Lymphogranuloma Venereum in Men Who Have Sex with Men Using Doxycycline, Azithromycin, or Both: A Review of Clinical Cases.

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Treatment and outcome of 104 hospitalized patients with legionnaires' disease

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Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infections: new issues, emerging therapies and future directions

scientific article published on March 2007

Treatment outcomes for serious infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with reduced vancomycin susceptibility

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Trends and Risk Factors for Antimicrobial-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Melbourne, Australia, 2007 to 2018

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

Two novel point mutations in clinical Staphylococcus aureus reduce linezolid susceptibility and switch on the stringent response to promote persistent infection

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Unstable chromosome rearrangements in Staphylococcus aureus cause phenotype switching associated with persistent infections

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

Use of bacterial whole-genome sequencing to understand and improve the management of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections

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Utilizing genomic analyses to investigate the first outbreak of van A vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in Australia with emergence of daptomycin non-susceptibility

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Validation of a single-step, single-tube reverse transcription-loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA

scientific article published on 30 April 2020

Vancomycin AUC/MIC ratio and 30-day mortality in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

scientific article published on 18 January 2013

Vancomycin in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - a clinician's guide to the science informing current practice

scientific article published on 06 May 2015

Vancomycin minimum inhibitory concentration, host comorbidities and mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

scientific article published on 26 February 2013

Vancomycin therapeutics and monitoring: a contemporary approach.

scientific article published on February 2013

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium sequence type 796 - rapid international dissemination of a new epidemic clone.

scientific article published on 22 March 2018

What's new in the treatment of serious MRSA infection?

scientific article published on December 2014

Whole genome sequencing in clinical and public health microbiology

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Whole-genome sequencing reveals transmission of gonococcal antibiotic resistance among men who have sex with men: an observational study

scientific article published on 15 December 2017

Zinc-binding to the cytoplasmic PAS domain regulates the essential WalK histidine kinase of Staphylococcus aureus

Zinc-binding to the cytoplasmic PAS domain regulates the essential WalK histidine kinase of Staphylococcus aureus

scientific article published on 11 July 2019