List of works by Karin Thursky

A cost analysis of febrile neutropenia management in Australia: ambulatory v. in-hospital treatment

scientific article published on November 2011

A global study of pathogens and host risk factors associated with infectious gastrointestinal disease in returned international travellers

scientific article published on 31 May 2009

A mixed methods study of the barriers and enablers in implementing antimicrobial stewardship programmes in Australian regional and rural hospitals

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A prospective comparison of severity scores for identifying patients with severe community acquired pneumonia: reconsidering what is meant by severe pneumonia

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A randomized comparison of empiric or pre-emptive antibiotic therapy after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

scientific article published on 30 April 2007

An Australian survey of clinical practices in management of neutropenic fever in adult cancer patients 2009.

scientific article published on January 2011

An unusual pain in the neck.

scientific article published in June 2014

Antifungal prophylaxis in adult stem cell transplantation and haematological malignancy

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

Antimicrobial allergy 'labels' drive inappropriate antimicrobial prescribing: lessons for stewardship.

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Antimicrobial knowledge and confidence amongst final year medical students in Australia ⬇️

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Antimicrobial labelling in Australia: a threat to antimicrobial stewardship?

scientific article published on 01 May 2018

Antimicrobial stewardship activities: a survey of Queensland hospitals.

scientific article published on November 2014

Antimicrobial stewardship in Victorian hospitals: a statewide survey to identify current gaps

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Antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by companion animal veterinarians in Australia.

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

Antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by equine veterinary practitioners in Australia

scientific article published on 13 June 2017

Are the Australian guidelines asking too much of the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)?

scientific article published on 01 May 2004

Are they protected? Immunity to vaccine-preventable diseases in healthcare workers at an Australian hospital

scientific article published on February 2014

Automatic detection of patients with invasive fungal disease from free-text computed tomography (CT) scans

scientific article published on 24 November 2014

Barriers to and enablers of implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in veterinary practices.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Can mortality of cancer patients with fever and neutropenia be improved?

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Candida glabratafungaemia at an Australian cancer centre: epidemiology, risk factors and therapy

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Candidaemia in adult cancer patients: risks for fluconazole-resistant isolates and death

scientific article published on 4 March 2010

Changing treatment paradigms for patients with plasma cell myeloma: impact upon immune determinants of infection

scientific article published on 10 February 2014

Clinical utility of Aspergillus galactomannan and PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with haematological malignancies

scientific article published on 29 March 2014

Comparative clinical effectiveness of prophylactic voriconazole/posaconazole to fluconazole/itraconazole in patients with acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome undergoing cytotoxic chemotherapy over a 12-year period

scientific article published on 4 November 2011

Consensus guidelines for the treatment of invasive mould infections in haematological malignancy and haemopoietic stem cell transplantation, 2014.

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Core outcomes and definitions for pediatric fever and neutropenia research: a consensus statement from an international panel

scientific article published on 28 November 2014

Cross-sectional study of antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by bovine veterinary practitioners in Australia.

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

Current hepatitis B screening practices and clinical experience of reactivation in patients undergoing chemotherapy for solid tumors: a nationwide survey of medical oncologists

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Cytomegalovirus reactivation in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia treated with alemtuzumab: prophylaxis vs. pre-emptive strategies for prevention

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Developing core elements and checklist items for global hospital antimicrobial stewardship programmes: a consensus approach.

scientific article published on 2 April 2018

Disseminated Scedosporium prolificans infection in an 'extensive metaboliser': navigating the minefield of drug interactions and pharmacogenomics.

scientific article published on 24 April 2014

Electronic antibiotic stewardship--reduced consumption of broad-spectrum antibiotics using a computerized antimicrobial approval system in a hospital setting.

scientific article published on 11 June 2008

Empiric antibiotic prescribing for patients with community-acquired pneumonia: where can we improve?

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Epidemiology of invasive fungal disease in lymphoproliferative disorders

scientific article published on 23 July 2015

Erratum to "Antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by companion animal veterinarians in Australia" [Vet. Microbiol. 203C (2017) 301-307].

scientific article published on 25 July 2017

External Validation of Six Pediatric Fever and Neutropenia Clinical Decision Rules

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

FDG PET/CT imaging in detecting and guiding management of invasive fungal infections: a retrospective comparison to conventional CT imaging

scientific article published on 07 June 2018

FDG-PET/CT in managing infection in patients with hematological malignancy: clinician knowledge and experience in Australia

scientific article published on 05 April 2019

Facilitating surveillance of pulmonary invasive mold diseases in patients with haematological malignancies by screening computed tomography reports using natural language processing

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Feasibility of early discharge strategies for neutropenic fever: outcomes of a Victorian organisational readiness assessment and pilot.

scientific article published on September 2013

Fluoroquinolone prophylaxis: a word of caution

scientific article published on 11 November 2010

Guidelines for the use of antifungal agents in the treatment of invasive Candida and mould infections.

scientific article published on April 2004

Hepatitis-B reactivation and rituximab-containing chemotherapy: an increasingly complex clinical challenge

scientific article published on 01 September 2010

How antibiotic allergy labels may be harming our most vulnerable patients

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

How do general practitioners access guidelines and utilise electronic medical records to make clinical decisions on antibiotic use? Results from an Australian qualitative study

scientific article published on 05 August 2019

Human resources estimates and funding for antibiotic stewardship teams are urgently needed.

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Identifying severe community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department: a simple clinical prediction tool.

scientific article published in October 2007

Identifying targets for improvement using a nationally standardized survey: Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in orthopedic surgery

scientific article published on 25 August 2020

Impact of a dedicated post-transplant vaccination service at an Australian cancer centre.

scientific article published on 18 September 2017

Impact of an Integrated Antibiotic Allergy Testing Program on Antimicrobial Stewardship: A Multicenter Evaluation

scientific article published on 18 May 2017

Impact of fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography on diagnosis and antimicrobial utilization in patients with high-risk febrile neutropenia

scientific article published on 23 April 2012

Implementation of a whole of hospital sepsis clinical pathway in a cancer hospital: impact on sepsis management, outcomes and costs

scientific article published on 06 July 2018

Implementing antimicrobial stewardship in the Australian private hospital system: a qualitative study

scientific article published on 01 June 2015

Improved susceptibility of Gram-negative bacteria in an intensive care unit following implementation of a computerized antibiotic decision support system.

scientific article published on 9 March 2010

Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship by Antibiotic Allergy Delabeling: Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Throughout the Emerging Infections Network

scientific article published on 03 September 2016

Improving antibiotic prescribing for adults with community acquired pneumonia: Does a computerised decision support system achieve more than academic detailing alone?--A time series analysis.

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Improving the outcome of bloodstream infection in patients with hematological malignancies: looking beyond antibiotics

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

Incidence, etiology and timing of infections following azacitidine therapy for myelodysplastic syndromes

scientific article published on 28 February 2017

Infection is an Independent Predictor of Death in Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma.

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Infection risk with immunomodulatory and proteasome inhibitor-based therapies across treatment phases for multiple myeloma: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Infection with Scedosporium apiospermum and S. prolificans, Australia

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Infective complications following tumour endoprosthesis surgery for bone and soft tissue tumours

scientific article published on 4 March 2014

Introduction to the updated Australian and New Zealand consensus guidelines for the use of antifungal agents in the haematology/oncology setting, 2014.

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Invasive fungal infections in ALL: a new 'growth' area

scientific article published on 28 April 2016

Invasive fungal infections in patients with multiple myeloma: a multi-center study in the era of novel myeloma therapies.

scientific article published on 10 October 2014

Isavuconazole: a role for the newest broad-spectrum triazole

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Late-onset Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia post-fludarabine, cyclophosphamide and rituximab: implications for prophylaxis

scientific article published on 15 June 2013

Management of fever and neutropenia in children with cancer: A survey of Australian and New Zealand practice.

scientific article published on 14 April 2018

Measuring antimicrobial prescribing quality in Australian hospitals: development and evaluation of a national antimicrobial prescribing survey tool.

scientific article published on 26 February 2015

Meeting the challenge for effective antimicrobial stewardship programs in regional, rural and remote hospitals – what can we learn from the published literature?

scientific article published on 24 May 2018

Molecular diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii in patients with malignancy: clinical significance of quantitative polymerase chain reaction

scientific article published on 28 February 2014

Monitoring the appropriateness of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis prescribing in Australia: valid and meaningful indicators provide 'data for action'.

scientific article published in January 2016

Natural Killer cell function predicts severe infection in kidney transplant recipients.

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Oral pristinamycin for the treatment of resistant Gram-positive infections in patients with cancer: Evaluation of clinical outcomes

scientific article published on 12 March 2016

Oseltamivir resistance in adult oncology and hematology patients infected with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus, Australia.

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Outpatient Therapy for Fever and Neutropenia Is Safe but Implementation Is the Key

scientific article published on 28 January 2013

Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of fluconazole, posaconazole and voriconazole for antifungal prophylaxis in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia undergoing first consolidation chemotherapy

scientific article published on 13 March 2013

Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of voriconazole versus posaconazole for antifungal prophylaxis in acute myeloid leukaemia

scientific article published on 17 March 2010

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia associated with gemcitabine chemotherapy: experience at an Australian center and recommendations for targeted prophylaxis

scientific article published on January 2015

Predicting Infectious ComplicatioNs in Children with Cancer: an external validation study

scientific article published on 13 June 2017

Predicting Risk of Infection in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma: Utility of Immune Profiling

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Prevalence of infections and antimicrobial prescribing in Australian aged care facilities: Evaluation of modifiable and nonmodifiable determinants

scientific article published on 18 May 2018

Public disclosure of health care-associated infections in Australia: quality improvement or parody?

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Putting CYP2C19 genotyping to the test: utility of pharmacogenomic evaluation in a voriconazole-treated haematology cohort.

scientific article published on 3 January 2015

Recommendations for the treatment of established fungal infections

scientific article published on 01 June 2008

Reduction of broad-spectrum antibiotic use with computerized decision support in an intensive care unit.

scientific article published on 13 January 2006

Risks and burden of viral respiratory tract infections in patients with multiple myeloma in the era of immunomodulatory drugs and bortezomib: experience at an Australian Cancer Hospital

scientific article published on 10 December 2014

Risks factors and outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection in patients with cancer: a matched case-control study

scientific article published on 2 February 2017

Risks, severity and timing of infections in patients with multiple myeloma: a longitudinal cohort study in the era of immunomodulatory drug therapy

scientific article published on 24 June 2015

Safety and cost benefit of an ambulatory program for patients with low-risk neutropenic fever at an Australian centre

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Sepsis following cancer surgery: the need for early recognition and standardised clinical care.

scientific article published on 16 February 2016

Seroresponses and safety of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in kidney transplant recipients

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Spectrum of infection, risk and recommendations for prophylaxis and screening among patients with lymphoproliferative disorders treated with alemtuzumab*.

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: emerging disease patterns and challenges for treatment.

scientific article published on April 2011

Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis.

scientific article published on 14 November 2017

Surveillance for catheter-associated bloodstream infection in hematology units: quantifying the characteristics of a practical case definition

scientific article published in April 2008

Survey of antifungal prophylaxis and fungal diagnostic tests employed in malignant haematology and haemopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in Australia and New Zealand

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The 3 Cs of Antibiotic Allergy-Classification, Cross-Reactivity, and Collaboration

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

The Combined Utility of Ex vivo IFN-γ Release Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSpot Assay and In vivo Skin Testing in Patients With Antibiotic-Associated Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions.

scientific article published on 31 October 2017

The case for antifungal stewardship

scientific article published on February 2012

The clinical utility of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography for investigation of fever in immunocompromised children

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

The disease and economic burden of neutropenic fever in adult patients in Australian cancer treatment centres 2008: analysis of the Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset.

scientific article published on January 2011

The epidemiology of Clostridium difficile infection in patients with cancer.

scientific article published on 8 September 2016

The impact of antimicrobial allergy labels on antimicrobial usage in cancer patients

scientific article published on June 2015

The prevention and management of infections due to multidrug resistant organisms in haematology patients

scientific article published on February 2015

The treatment of nursing home-acquired pneumonia using a medically intensive Hospital in the Home service

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Use of FDG PET/CT for investigation of febrile neutropenia: evaluation in high-risk cancer patients

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Use of antibacterial prophylaxis for patients with neutropenia. Australian Consensus Guidelines 2011 Steering Committee.

scientific article published on January 2011

Use of empiric antimicrobial therapy in neutropenic fever. Australian Consensus Guidelines 2011 Steering Committee.

scientific article published on January 2011

User-centered design techniques for a computerised antibiotic decision support system in an intensive care unit

scientific article published on 06 September 2006

Using formative evaluation to improve uptake of a web-based tool to support antimicrobial stewardship.

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Using process mapping to identify barriers to effective management of sepsis in a cancer hospital: lessons for successful implementation of a whole hospital pathway

Utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid galactomannan alone or in combination with PCR for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis in adult hematology patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 25 June 2013

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infection in patients with hematologic malignancy: patients with acute myeloid leukemia are at high-risk

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What are the similarities and differences in antimicrobial prescribing between Australian public and private hospitals?

scientific article published on 12 August 2016

What, where and why: exploring fluorodeoxyglucose-PET's ability to localise and differentiate infection from cancer

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Working towards a simple case definition for influenza surveillance.

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