Centre for International Child Health

CICH Publications

2011

Tong SY, Steer AC, Jenney AW, Carapetis JR Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections in the tropics. Dermatology Clinics. 2011;29:21-32. Full text
 
Jackson SJ, Steer AC, Campbell H. Systematic Review: Estimation of global burden of non-suppurative sequelae of upper respiratory tract infection: rheumatic fever and post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. Tropical Medicine & International Health 2011;16:2-11. Full text

Hessling AC, Graham SM, Cuevas LE. Rapid molecular detection of tuberculosis. NEJM 2011; 364 (2): 183-4. Full text

Rudan I, El Arifeen S, Bhutta ZA, Black RE, Brooks A, Chan KY, Chopra M, Duke T, Marsh D, Pio A, Simoes EA, Tamburlini G, Theodoratou E, Weber MW, Whitney CG, Campbell H, Qazi SA; and the WHO/CHNRI Expert Group on Childhood Pneumonia. Setting research priorities to reduce global mortality from childhood pneumonia by 2015. PLoS Med. 2011 Sep;8(9):e1001099. PMID: 21980266. Full text

Triasih R, Duke T, Robertson CF. Outcomes following admission to intensive care for asthma. Arch Dis Child. 2011 Aug;96(8):729-34. PMID: 21540482

Duke T. Letter to the editor. J Paediatr Child Health. 2011 Sep;47(9):676. PMID: 21951459. Full text

Duke, T. What the African fluid-bolus trial means. Lancet. 2011 Jun 15. PMID: 21683436. Full text

Catto AG, Zgaga L, Theodoratou E, Huda T, Nair H, El Arifeen S, Rudan I, Duke T, Campbell H. An evaluation of oxygen systems for treatment of childhood pneumonia. BMC Public Health. 2011 Apr 13;11 Suppl 3:S28. Review. PMID 21501446. Full text

Hill PC, Rutherford ME, Audas R, van Crevel R, Graham SM. Closing the policy-practice gap in the management of child contacts of tuberculosis cases in developing countries. PLoS Med 8: e1001105. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001105. Full text

Carrol ED, Mankhambo LA, Guiver M, Phiri A, Banda DL, IPD Study Group, Denis B, Dove W, Jeffers G, Newland P, Molyneux EM, Molyneux ME, Hart CA, Graham SM. PCR improves diagnostic yield from lung aspiration in Malawian children with radiologically confirmed pneumonia. PLoS ONE 2011; 6: e21042. Full text

Graham SM, Mankhambo L, Phiri A, Kaunda S, Chikaonda T, Mukaka M, Molyneux EM, Carrol ED, Molyneux ME. Impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on the etiology and outcome of severe pneumonia in Malawian children.  Pediatr Infect Dis J 2011; 30: 33-38

Allison WE, Kiromat M, Vince J, Wand H, Cunningham P, Graham SM, Kaldor J. Development of a clinical algorithm to prioritize HIV testing of hospitalized paediatric patients in a low resource moderate prevalence setting.  Arch Dis Child 2011; 96: 67-72

Graham SM. The use of scoring systems for diagnosis of tuberculosis in children. Ind J Pediatr 2011; 78: 334-339. Full text

Graham SM. Treatment of paediatric TB: revised WHO guidelines. Paeditr Resp Rev 2011; 12: 22-26 Full text

Graham SM. Misperceptions about GBS neonatal sepsis in developing countries. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2011; 30: 271-272

Smeesters PR, Degorhian M, Steer AC. Science that knows and science that asks. Journal of Translational Medicine 2011;9:128. Full text

Steer AC, Colquhoun S, Kado J, Carapetis JR. Secondary prophylaxis is important for the prevention of recurrent rheumatic fever in the Pacific. Pediatric Cardiology 2011;32(6):864-5. Full text

Jackson SJ, Steer AC, Harry Campbell H. Systematic Review: Estimation of global burden of non-suppurative sequelae of upper respiratory tract infection: rheumatic fever and post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. Tropical Medicine & International Health 2011;16:2-11. Full text

Chisti MJ, Duke T, Robertson CF, Ahmed T, Faruque AS, Ashraf H, La Vincente S, Bardhan PK, Salam MA. Clinical predictors and outcome of hypoxaemia among under-five diarrhoeal children with or without pneumonia in an urban hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  Trop Med Int Health. 2011; Epub ahead of print: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02890.x.

La Vincente, S.F., Peel, D., Carai, S., Weber, M.W., Enarson, P., Maganga, E., Soyolgerel, G., Duke, T. The functioning of oxygen concentrators in resource-limited settings: a situation assessment in 2 countries. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis., 2011 15(5):693-9. Full text

Williams M, Izzard L, Graves SR, Stenos J, Kelly JJ. First probable Australian cases of human infection with Rickettsia felis (cat-flea typhus). Med J Aust. 2011 Jan 3;194(1):41-3. PMID: 21449868

Subhi R, Duke T, Leadership for child health in the developing countries of the Western Pacific. Journal of Global Health 2011; 1(1): 96-104. Full text

Buttery JP, Lambert SB, Grimwood K, Nissen MD, Field EJ, Macartney KK, Akikusa JD, Kelly JJ, Kirkwood CD. Reduction in rotavirus-associated acute gastroenteritis following introduction of rotavirus vaccine into Australia's National Childhood vaccine schedule. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jan;30(1 Suppl):S25-9. PMID: 21183837

Nunan M, Duke T. Effectiveness of pharmacy interventions in improving availability of essential medicines at the primary healthcare level. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2011 16 (5) : 647 - 58. Full text

Temple B, Griffiths UK, Mulholland EK, Ratu FT, Tikoduadua L, Russell FM. The cost of outpatient pneumonia in children <5 years of age in Fiji. Trop Med Int Health. 2011 PMID: 22008519

Tabrizi SN, Law I, Buadromo E, Stevens MP, Fong J, Samuela J, Patel M, Mulholland EK, Russell FM, Garland SM. Human papillomavirus genotype prevalence in cervical biopsies from women diagnosed with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia or cervical cancer in Fiji. Sex Health. 2011 Sep;8(3):338-42. PMID: 21851773.

Licciardi PV, Balloch A, Russell FM, Nahm MH, Mulholland K, Tang ML. Pneumococcal glycoconjugate vaccines produce antibody responses that strongly correlate with function. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2011 May;10(5):393. PMID: 21532568

Tong SY, Steer AC, Jenney AW, Carapetis JR. Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin infections in the tropics. Dermatol Clin. 2011 Jan;29(1):21-32. Review. PMID: 21095524. Full text

Anstey JR, Fazio TN, Gordon DL, Hogg G, Jenney AW, Maiwald M, Wilksch JJ. Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses - an "emerging disease" in Australia. Med J Aust. 2010 Nov 1;193(9):543-5. PMID: 21034390

Dunne EM, Ong EK, Moser RJ, Siba PM, Phuanukoonnon S, Greenhill AR, Robins-Browne RM, Mulholland EK, Satzke C. Multilocus Sequence Typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae using Mass Spectrometry. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Aug 31. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 21880964

Vernet G, Saha S, Satzke C, Burgess DH, Alderson M, Maisonneuve JF, Beall BW, Steinhoff MC, Klugman KP. Laboratory-based diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia: state of the art and unmet needs. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2011 May;17 Suppl 3:1-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03496.x. PMID: 21457174

Russell FM, Carapetis JR, Satzke C, Tikoduadua L, Waqatakirewa L, Chandra R, Seduadua A, Oftadeh S, Cheung YB, Gilbert GL, Mulholland EK. Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage following reduced doses of a 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and a 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine booster. Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2010 Dec;17(12):1970-6. Epub 2010 Oct 13. PMID: 20943882. Full text

Satzke C, Ortika BD, Oftadeh S, Russell FM, Robins-Browne RM, Mulholland EK, Gilbert GL. Molecular epidemiology of Streptococcus pneumoniae serogroup 6 isolates from Fijian children, including newly identified serotypes 6C and 6D. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Nov;48(11):4298-300. Epub 2010 Sep 1. PMID: 20810769

Satzke C, Seduadua A, Chandra R, Carapetis JR, Mulholland EK, Russell FM. Comparison of citrated human blood, citrated sheep blood, and defibrinated sheep blood Mueller-Hinton agar preparations for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates.  J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Oct;48(10):3770-2. Epub 2010 Jul 28. PMID: 20668133

Oftadeh S, Satzke C, Gilbert GL. Identification of newly described Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D by use of the Quellung reaction and PCR. J Clin Microbiol. 2010 Sep;48(9):3378-9. Epub 2010 Jul 7. PMID: 20610680

Russell FM, Carapetis JR, Tikoduadua L, Paeds D, Chandra R, Seduadua A, Satzke C, Pryor J, Buadromo E, Waqatakirewa L, Mulholland EK. Invasive pneumococcal disease in Fiji: clinical syndromes, epidemiology, and the potential impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 Sep;29(9):870-2. PMID: 20622710

Kwa FA, Balcerczyk A, Licciardi P, El-Osta A, Karagiannis TC. Drug Discov Today. 2011 Jul;16(13-14):543-7. PMID: 21664485 

Licciardi PV, Underwood JR. Plant-derived medicines: a novel class of immunological adjuvants. Int Immunopharmacol. 2011 Mar;11(3):390-8. Epub 2010 Nov 5. Review. PMID: 21056709
Graham SM. Missed opportunities for prevention of tuberculosis in children. Ann Trop Paediatr 2011; 31: (in press)

Molyneux EM, Graham SM. Community management of severe pneumonia in children: the sooner the better. Lancet 2011 (in press)

Trébucq A, Enarson D A, Chiang C Y, Van Deun A, Harries A D, Boillot F, Detjen A, Fujiwara P I, Graham SM, Monedero I, Rusen I D, Rieder H L. Xpert® MTB/RIF for national tuberculosis programmes in low-income countries: when, where and how? Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2011 (in press)

Reményi B, Wilson N, Steer AC et al. World Heart Federation criteria for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease - an evidence-based guideline.  Nature Reviews Cardiology (in press)

Steer AC, Lamagni T, Curtis N, Carapetis JR. Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease: Epidemiology, Pathogenesis and Management. Drugs (in press)

Dobson J, Steer A, Colquhoun S, Kado J. Environmental factors and rheumatic heart disease in Fiji. Pediatric Cardiology DOI: 10.1007/s00246-011-0139-x

Jimenez, E., La Vincente, S. Clark, A. Firth, S. Dettrick, Z. Morgan, A.  Dayal, P. Developing and costing local strategies to improve maternal and child health: the Investment Case framework. PLoS Med (in press)

Jimenez, E., La Vincente, S., Clark, A., Firth, S., Morgan, A., Dettrick, Z., Dayal, P., Aldaba, D., Kosen, S., Kraft, A., Panicker, R., Prasai, Y., Trisnantoro, L., Varghese, B., Widiati, Y., on behalf of the Investment Case Team for India, Indonesia, Nepal and the Philippines. Developing and costing local strategies to improve maternal and child health: experience from four countries.  PLoS Med (in press)

La Vincente, S., Bauze, A., Aldaba, D. Striving for universal coverage - the role of governance and service quality in achieving financial access, a case study of cities in the Philippines. Bull WHO (in press)

Bauze, A., La Vincente, S., Aldaba, D. Growing small cities - the challenge of reaching the urban poor with maternal and child health services. Health Policy and Planning (in press)

Steer AC. Acute rheumatic fever. In: Oxford Textbook of Rheumatology. 4th Edition. Oxford. 2011 (in press)

Steer AC. Streptococcal Sore Throat. In: Therapeutic Choices. 6th Edition. Ottawa. 2011

 

2010

Duke T, Systemic inflammatory response syndrome and bacteremia in developing countries. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2010, 11(1):153-4

Carapetis J, Steer A. Prevention of rheumatic fever.  Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 29(1):91-2; author reply 92, 2010  

Anga G, Barnabas R, Kaminiel O, Tefuarani N, Vince J, Ripa P, Riddell M, Duke T. The aetiology, clinical presentations and outcome of febrile encephalopathy in children in Papua New Guinea. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 2010; 30(2):109 -18

Balloch A, Licciardi PV, Russell FM, Mulholland EK, Tang ML. Infants aged 12 months can mount adequate serotype-specific IgG responses to pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.. The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2010; 126(2): 395-7

Chan J, Nirwati H, Triasih R, Bogdanovic-Sakran N, Soenarto Y, Hakimi M, Duke T, Buttery JP, Bines JE, Bishop RF, Kirkwood CD, Danchin MD. Maternal antibodies to rotavirus: Could they interfere with live rotavirus vaccines in developing countries? Vaccine Epub 2010 Dec 13

Chisti MJ, Salam MA, Bardhan PK, Ahad R, La Vincente S, Duke T. Influences of dehydration on clinical features of radiological pneumonia in children attending an urban diarrhoea treatment centre in Bangladesh. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 2010; 30(4): 311-6

Duke T, Graham SM, Cherian MN, Ginsburg AS, English M, Howie S, Peel D, Enarson PM, Wilson IH, Were W. Oxygen is an essential medicine: a call for international action. IUJTLD 2010; 14(11): 1362-8
 
Duke T, Peel D, Graham S, Howie S, Enarson PM, Jacobson R. Oxygen concentrators: a practical guide for clinicians and technicians in developing countries. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 2010; 30 (2): 87-101
 
Enarson PM, Gie RP, Enarson DA, Mwansambo C, Graham SM. Impact of HIV on standard case management for severe pneumonia in children.  Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine 2010; 4(2): 211-20
 
Gondwe EN, Molyneux ME, Goodall M, Graham SM, Mastroeni P, Drayson MT, Maclennan CA. Importance of antibody and complement for oxidative burst and killing of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella by blood cells in Africans.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2010; 107(7): 3070-5

Graham SM. Nontyphoidal salmonellosis in Africa. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 2010; 23(5): 409-14

Graham SM. Research into tuberculosis diagnosis in children. The Lancet infectious diseases 2010; 10(9): 581-2

Graham SM. Child pneumonia: current status, future prospects. IUJTLD 2010; 14(11): 1357-61

Licciardi PV, Balloch A, Russell FM, Mulholland EK, Tang ML. Antibodies to serotype 9V exhibit novel serogroup cross-reactivity following infant pneumococcal immunization.. Vaccine 2010; 28(22): 3793-800

Marais BJ, Raviglione MC, Donald PR, Harries AD, Kritski AL, Graham SM, El-Sadr WM, Harrington M, Churchyard G, Mwaba P, Sanne I, Kaufmann SH, Whitty CJ, Atun R, Zumla A. Scale-up of services and research priorities for diagnosis, management, and control of tuberculosis: a call to action. Lancet 2010; 9732: 2179-91
 
O'Grady KA, Lee KJ, Carlin JB, Torzillo PJ, Chang AB, Mulholland EK, Lambert SB, Andrews RM. Increased risk of hospitalization for acute lower respiratory tract infection among Australian indigenous infants 5-23 months of age following pneumococcal vaccination: a cohort study. Clinical infectious diseases 2010; 50(7): 970-8
 
Oftadeh S, Satzke C, Gilbert GL. Identification of the newly described Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D using Quellung reaction and PCR. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2010; 48(9): 3378-9

Russell FM, Carapetis JR, Balloch A, Licciardi PV, Jenney AW, Tikoduadua L, Waqatakirewa L, Pryor J, Nelson J, Byrnes GB, Cheung YB, Tang ML, Mulholland EK. Hyporesponsiveness to re-challenge dose following pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine at 12 months of age, a randomized controlled trial. Vaccine 2010; 28(19): 3341-9

Russell FM, Carapetis JR, Satzke C, Tikoduadua L, Waqatakirewa L, Chandra R, Seduadua A, Oftadeh S, Cheung YB, Gilbert GL, Mulholland EK. Pneumococcal Nasopharyngeal Carriage Following Reduced Doses of 7-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine and a 23-valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Booster. Clinical and vaccine immunology 2010; 17(12): 1970-6

Russell FM, Carapetis JR, Tikoduadua L, Paeds D, Chandra R, Seduadua A, Satzke C, Pryor J, Buadromo E, Waqatakirewa L, Mulholland EK. Invasive pneumococcal disease in Fiji: clinical syndromes, epidemiology, and the potential impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. The Pediatric infectious disease journal 2010; 29(9): 870-2

Russell FM, Licciardi PV, Balloch A, Biaukula V, Tikoduadua L, Carapetis JR, Nelson J, Jenney AW, Waqatakirewa L, Colquhoun S, Cheung YB, Tang ML, Mulholland EK. Safety and immunogenicity of the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine at 12 months of age, following one, two, or three doses of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in infancy. Vaccine 2010; 28(18): 3086 - 94

Satzke C, Seduadua A, Chandra R, Carapetis JR, Mulholland EK, Russell FM. Comparison of citrated human, citrated sheep and defibrinated sheep blood Mueller Hinton agar for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2010; doi:10.1128/JCM.02357-09

Stockdale AJ, Duke T, Graham S, Kelly J. Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: hospital care for children: what is the diagnostic accuracy of gastric aspiration for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in children? Journal of tropical pediatrics 2010; 56(5): 291-8

Theodoratou E, Al-Jilaihawi S, Woodward F, Ferguson J, Jhass A, Balliet M, Kolcic I, Sadruddin S, Duke T, Rudan I, Campbell H. The effect of case management on childhood pneumonia mortality in developing countries. International Journal of Epidemiology 2010; 39 Suppl 1: i155-71

Tickell D, Duke T. Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: Hospital care for children: for young infants with suspected necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), what is the effectiveness of different parenteral antibiotic regimens in preventing progression and sequelae? Journal of tropical pediatrics 2010; 56(6): 373-8

Jayawardena N, Subhi R, Duke T. The Western Pacific Regional Child Survival Strategy: Progress and challenges in implementation. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2010; DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01926.x

Lagani W, Mokela D, Saweri W, Kiromat M, Ripa P, Vince J, Pameh W, Tefuarani N, Hwaihwanje I, Subhi R, Duke T. Papua New Guinea: real progrsss towards MDG4 and real challenges. International Health 2010; 2(3): 186-196

2009

Grant GB, Campbell H, Dowell SF, Graham SM, Klugman KP, Mulholland EK, Steinhoff M, Weber MW, Qazi S. Recommendations for treatment of childhood non-severe pneumonia. Lancet Infect Dis 2009; 9: 185-196

Graham SM, English M. Nontyphoidal salmonellae: a management challenge for children with community acquired invasive disease in tropical African countries. Lancet 2009; 372: 267-269

Molyneux EM, Mankhambo LA, Phiri A, Graham SM, Forsyth H, Phiri A, Walsh AL, Wilson LK, Molyneux ME. The outcome of non-typhoidal salmonella meningitis in Malawian children, 1997-2006. Ann Trop Paediatr 2009; 29: 13-22

Bell DJ, Dacombe R, Graham SM, Hicks A, Cohen D, Chikaonda T, French N, Molyneux ME, Zijlstra EE, Squire SB, Gordon SB. Simple measures are as effective as invasive techniques in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Malawi. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2009; 13: 99-104

Graham SM, Marais BJ, Gie RP. Clinical features and index of suspicion of TB in children. Tuberculosis: A comprehensive clinical reference, 2009: pp154-163. Schaaf & Zumla (eds). Elsevier, UK.

Marais BJ, Graham SM. Tuberculous lymphadenitis and involvement of the reticuloendothelial system in children. Tuberculosis: A comprehensive clinical reference, 2009: pp 391-396 Zumla A, Schaaf HS (eds). Elsevier, UK.

SM Graham, SB Gordon. Respiratory Problems in the Tropics. Manson's Tropical Diseases, 22nd edition, 2009. pp 143-150. Cook G, Zumla A (eds). Saunders Ltd, UK.

Buttery JP, Graham SM. Immunisation timing: the protective layer in vaccine coverage. Lancet 2009; 373: 1499-1500

Ford A, Duke T, Campbell H, Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: Hospital Care for Children: what is the aetiology and treatment of chronic diarrhoea in children with HIV?  Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 55(6):349-55

La Vincente S,  T. Connors C, Cameron S. Carapetis J, Andrews R. Community management of endemic scabies in remote aboriginal communities of northern Australia: low treatment uptake and high ongoing acquisition. Neglected Tropical Diseases [electronic resource]. 3(5):e444, 2009

Steer AC, Jenney AW, Kado J, Batzloff MR, La Vincente S, Waqatakirewa L, Mulholland EK,Carapetis JR. High burden of impetigo and scabies in a tropical country. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases  3(6):e467, 2009.

Azzopardi P. Bennett CM. Graham SM. Duke T, Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine-related disease in HIV-infected children: a systematic review. International Journal of Tuberculosis & Lung Disease. 13(11):1331-44, 2009

Enarson P. Duke T. Graham SM. Who speaks for the children?.International Journal of Tuberculosis & Lung Disease. 13(11):1317, 2009

Duke T. Subhi R. Peel D. Frey B.Pulse oximetry: technology to reduce child mortality in developing countries. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics. 29(3):165-75, 2009 

Frydenberg AR. Graham SM.Toxicity of first-line drugs for treatment of tuberculosis in children. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 14(11):1329-37, 2009 Nov.

Subhi R. Adamson M. Campbell H. Weber M. Smith K. Duke T. The prevalence of hypoxaemia among ill children in developing countries: a systematic review.The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2009 9(4):219-27

Duke T. Child survival and IMCI: in need of sustained global support.  Lancet. 374(9687):361-2, 2009 Aug 1.

Chisti MJ, Tebruegge M, La Vincente S, Graham SM, Duke T, Pneumonia in severely malnourished children in developing countries - mortality risk, aetiology and validity of WHO clinical signs: a systematic review. [Review] [99 refs]  T. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 14(10):1173-89, 2009 Oct

Parks T. Kado J. Colquhoun S. Carapetis J. Steer A. Underdiagnosis of acute rheumatic fever in primary care settings in a developing country. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 14(11):1407-13, 2009 Nov.

Shann F, Duke T. Twenty-three thousand unnecessary deaths every day: what are you doing about it?. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 10(5):608-9; 2009

Chisti MJ. Tebruegge M. La Vincente S. Graham SM. Duke T. Pneumonia in severely malnourished children in developing countries - mortality risk, aetiology and validity of WHO clinical signs: a systematic review.Tropical Medicine & International Health. 14(10):1173-89, 2009

Colquhoun S, Carapetis JR, Steer AC. Rheumatic heart disease and its control in the Pacific. Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy  2009;7:1517-24

Steer AC, Carapetis JR. Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in indigenous populations. Pediatric Clinics of North America 2009;56:1401-1419 
 
Steer AC, Batzloff M, Mulholland EK, Carapetis JR. Group A streptococcal vaccines: facts versus fantasy. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases 2009;22(6):544-52.
 
Steer AC, Kearns T, Andrews R, McCarthy J, Carapetis JR, Currie BJ. Ivermectin worthy of further investigation (letter). Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2009;87(10):A-B
 
Parks T, Kado J, Colquhoun S, Carapetis JR, Steer AC. Underdiagnosis of acute rheumatic fever in primary care settings in a developing country. Tropical Medicine & International Health 2009;14(11):1407-13.
 
Steer AC, Law I, Beall B, Matatolu L, Carapetis JR. Global emm type distribution of group A streptococci: systematic review and implications for vaccine development. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2009;9(10):611-616
 
Steer AC, Carapetis JR. The prevention and treatment of rheumatic heart disease in developing countries. Nature Reviews Cardiology 2009;6(11):689-98.
 
Narayan SA, Kool JL, Vakololoma M, Steer AC, Mejia A, Drake A, Jenney A, Turton JF, Kado J, Tikoduadua L. Investigation and control of an outbreak of Enterobacter aerogenes bloodstream infection in a neonatal intensive care unit in Fiji. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009;30(8):797-800
 
Steer AC, Magor G, Jenney A, Kado J, Good MF, Batzloff M, Ritika R, Waqatakirewa L, Mulholland EK, Carapetis JR. emm and C-repeat region molecular typing of beta-hemolytic streptococci in a tropical country. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2009;47(8):797-800
 
Steer AC, Jenney A, Kado J, Good MF, Batzloff M, Magor G, Ritika R, LaVincente S, Vidmar S, Waqatakirewa L, Mulholland EK, Carapetis JR. High burden of impetigo and scabies in a tropical country.  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2009;3(6):e467
 
Steer AC, Kado JH, Jenney AJ, Magor G, Batzloff M, Good MF, Waqatakirewa L, Mulholland EK, Carapetis JR Prospective surveillance of streptococcal sore throat in a tropical country. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 2009;28(6):477-482.
 
Steer AC, Kado JH, Wilson N, Batzloff M, Tuiketei T, Waqatakirewa L, Mulholland EK, Carapetis JR. High prevalence of rheumatic heart disease by clinical and echocardiographic screening in children in Fiji. Journal of Heart Valve Disease 2009;18:327-335.
 
Steer AC, Tikoduadua LVT, Malanac EM, Colquhoun S, Carapetis JR, Maclennan C. Validation of a new Integrated Management of Childhood Illness algorithm for the management of common skin diseases in Fiji. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2009;87:173-179.
 
Steer AC, Jenney AJ , Kado JH, Good MF, Batzloff M, Waqatakirewa L, Mulholland EK, Carapetis JR. Prospective surveillance of invasive group A streptococcal disease, Fiji, 2005-2007. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2009;15:216-222.
 
Steer AC, Vidmar S, Ritika R, Kado J, Batzloff M, Jenney AWJ, Carlin JB, Carapetis JR Normal values of streptococcal antibody titers are similar whether streptococci are endemic to the setting or not. Clinical Vaccine Immunology 2009;16:222-229.
 
Steer AC, Kado JH, Jenney AJ, Batzloff M, Waqatakirewa L, Mulholland EK, Carapetis JR Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Fiji: prospective surveillance 2005-2007. Medical Journal of Australia 2009;190:133-135
 

2008

Duke T, Wandi F, Jonathan M, Matai S, Kaupa M, Saavu M, Subhi R, Peel D. Improved oxygen systems for childhood pneumonia: a multihospital effectiveness study in Papua New Guinea, Lancet, 372: 1278-80, 2008

Matai S, Peel D, Jonathan M, Wandi F, Subhi R, Duke T. Implementing an oxygen programme in hospitals in Papua New Guinea. Ann Trop Paediatr 2008; 28: 71-78.

Subhi R, Smith K, Duke T. When should oxygen be given to children at high altitude? A systematic review to define altitude-specific hypoxaemia. Arch Dis Child. 2009; 94; 6-10

Graham SM, English M. Nontyphoidal salmonellae: a management challenge for children with community acquired invasive disease in tropical African countries. Lancet 2008; 372: (in press)

Graham SM, English M, Hazir T, Enarson P, Duke T. Challenges to improve case-management of childhood pneumonia at health facilities in resource-limited settings. Bull WHO 2008; 86: 349-345

Enarson P, La Vincente S, Gie R, Maganga E, Chokani C. Implementation of an oxygen concentrator system in district hospital paediatric wards throughout Malawi. Bull WHO 2008; 86: 344-8

Campbell H, Duke T, Weber M, English M, Carai S, Tamburlini G.  Global initiatives for improving hospital care for children: state of the art and future prospects.  Pediatrics 2008; 121: e084-e092.

Steer AC, Jenney AJ, Oppedisano F, Batzloff MR, Hartas J, Passmore J, Russell FM, Kado JH, Carapetis JR. High burden of invasive beta-haemolytic streptococcal infections in Fiji. Epidemiol Infect 2008; 136: 621-7

Hesseling AC, Cotton MF, Fordham von Reyn C, Graham SM, Gie RP Hussey GD. Consensus statement on the revised World Health Organization recommendations for BCG vaccination in HIV-infected infants. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2008; 12: 1376-1379

Bell DJ, Dacombe R, Graham SM, Hicks A, Cohen D, Chikaonda T, French N, Molyneux ME, Zijlstra EE, Squire SB, Gordon SB. Simple measures are as effective as invasive techniques in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Malawi. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2008 (in press)

MacLennan CA, Gondwe EN, Msefula CL, Kingsley RA, Thomson NR, White SA, Goodall M, Pickard DJ, Graham SM, Dougan G, Hart CA, Molyneux ME, Drayson MT. The neglected role of antibody in protection against nontyphoidal salmonella bacteremia in African children. J Clin Invest 2008; 118: 1553-1562

Gordon M, Graham SM, Walsh AL, Wilson L, Phiri A, Molyneux E, Zijlstra EE, Heyderman RS, Hart CA, Molyneux ME. Epidemics of invasive Salmonella enteritidis serovar Enteritidis and S.Typhimuriium infections among adults and children, associated with multidrug res■stanse in Malawi. Clin Infect Dis 2008; 46: 963-969

Mankhambo L, Phiri A, Chiwaya K, Waluza J, Borgstein ES, Graham SM. Case series of brain abscesses in Malawian children. Ann Trop Paediatr 2008; 28: 79-85

Kinney S, Tibballs, Johnston L, Duke T. Clinical profile of hospitalized children provided with urgent assistance from a medical emergency team. Pediatrics 2008; 121: e1577-84

Roeleveld PP, Martin J, Chow CW, Duke T. A neonate with coexisting congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation of the lung and alveolar capillary dysplasia: a case report with review of the literature. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2008; 9: e10-3

Cross Continents Collaboration for Kids (3Cs4kids) An£lysis and Writing Committee. Markers for predicting mortality in untreated HIV-infected children in resource-limited settings: a meta-analysis. AIDS 2008; 22: 97-106

Gordon MA, Graham SM. Invasive salmonellosis in Malawi. J Infect Developing Countries 2008 (in press)

Duke T, Campbell H, Graham S.  Ambulatory short-course high-dose oral amoxycillin for treatment of severe pneumonia in children: a randomised equivalency trial.  Lancet 2008; 371: 1333. Letter

Graham SM. Salmonella and severe anemia: cause or consequence. New Engl J Med 2008: 358: 2290. Letter

Azzopardi P, Graham S. What are the most useful clinical indicators of tuberculosis in childhood? International Child Health Review Collaboration 2008: www.ichrc.org

Kelly J, Campbell H, Bar-Zeev N, Tamburlini G, Duke T.  Use of evidence in WHO recommendations.  Lancet 2008; 370: 825-826

Rath S, Bar-Zeev N, Anderson K, Fahy R, Roseby R. Octreotide in children with hypoglycaemia due to sulfonylurea ingestion. J Paediatr Child Health 2008; 44: 383-384

Mataika R, Carapetis J, Kado J, Steer A.  Acute rheumatic fever: an important differential diagnosis of septic arthritis.  J Trop Pediatr 2008: 54: 205-207

Steer A, Curtis N, Carapetis J.  Diagnosis and treatment of invasive group A streptococcal infections.  Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics 2008: 2: 289-301

I Law, H Poka, J Vince, Mokela D, P Ripa, E Sorensen, R Yadav, M Patel, S Graham, T Duke. The burden of childhood tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea: 2005-2006. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2008; 12 (Suppl 2): S96

Chisti MJ, Saha S, Roy CN, Ahmed T, Faruque AS, Salam MA, Islam S. Predictors of mortality in infants with sclerema presenting to the Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease, Dhaka. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2009 Mar;29(1):45-50.

Chisti MJ, Ahmed T, Faruque AS, Saha S, Salam MA, Islam S. Factors associated with sclerema in infants with diarrhoeal disease: a matched case-control study. Acta Paediatr. 2009 Jan 7.

Chisti MJ, Huq S, Das SK, Malek MA, Ahmed T, Faruque AS, Salam MA. Predictors of severe illness in children under age five with concomitant infection with pneumonia and diarrhea at a large hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2008 Jul;39(4):719-27.

Carapetis JR, Hardy M, Fakakovikaetau T, Taib R, Wilkinson L, Penny DJ, Steer AC. High prevalence of rheumatic heart disease in Tongan school children, and development of a standard protocol for echocardiogram-based screening. Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine 2008;5(7):411-7

Singh P, Carapetis JR, Buadromo EK, Sakembar P, Steer AC. Rheumatic heart disease at autopsy in Fiji. Cardiology of the Young 2008;18(1):62-9

Steer AC, Curtis N, Carapetis JR. Diagnosis and treatment of invasive Group A Streptococcal infections. Expert Opinion on Medical Diagnostics 2008; 2(3):289-301

Duke T,  HIV in Papua New Guinea: the need for practical action, and a focus on human resources and health systems for women and children. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 2008  44(11):611-2,

Steer AC, Rowe PW. Bilateral agenesis of the internal carotid artery: case report and approach to management. Journal of  Paediatrics and Child Health 2008;44:515–517

2007

Steer AC, Danchin MH, Carapetis JR.  Group A streptococcal infections in children. J Paediatr Child Health 2007; 43:203-213

Steer AC, Jenney AJW, Oppedisano F, Batzloff MR, Hartas J, Passmore J, Russell FM, Kado JHH, Carapetis JR, High burden of invasive beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections in Fiji. Epidemiol Infect (E-publication 26th July 2007)

Mulholland E.K., Childhood pneumonia mortalitya permanent global emergency, Lancet, 370:285-289, 2007 (available here with institutional access)

Bronzan RN, Taylor TE, Mwenechanya J, Tembo M, Kayira K, Bwanaisa L, Njobvu A, Kondowe W, Chalira C, Walsh AL, Phiri A, Wilson LK, Molyneux ME, Graham SM. Bacteremia in Malawian children with severe malaria: prevalence, etiology, HIV coinfection, and outcome. Journal of Infectious Diseases 195 (6) : 895 - 904(2007) PubMed

Danchin MH, Rogers S, Selvaraj G, Curtis N, Carlin JB, Nolan TM, Carapetis JR. A burden of acute sore throat and group A streptococcal pharyngitis in school-aged children and their families in Australia. Pediatrics (2007) PubMed

Graham SM. HIV-related pulmonary disorders: practice issues. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics 27 (4) : 243 - 252(2007) PubMed

Graham SM. Markers for predicting mortality in untreated HIV-infected children in resource-limited settings: a meta-analysis.. AIDS (London, England) 22 (1) : 97 - 105(2007) PubMed

Kelly J, Campbell H, Bar-Zeev N, Tamburlini G, Duke T. Use of evidence in WHO recommendations. Lancet 370 (9590) : 825 - 826(2007) PubMed

Kinney S, Tibballs J, Duke T, Johnston L. A system analysis approach to reducing pediatric mortality and morbidity. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine May supplement 8 (3) : (2007)

Lambert SB, Allen KM, Druce JD, Birch CJ, Mackay IM, Carlin JB, Carapetis JR, Sloots TP, Nissen MD, Nolan TM. Community epidemiology of human metapneumovirus, human coronavirus NL63, and other respiratory viruses in healthy preschool-aged children using parent-collected specimens. Pediatrics 120 (4) : 929 - 937(2007) PubMed

Mccallum AD, Duke T. Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: hospital care for children: is caffeine useful in the prevention of apnoea of prematurity?. Journal of Tropical Paediatrics 53 (2) : 76 - 77(2007) PubMed

Mcgillivray G, Skull SA, Davie G, Kofoed S, Frydenberg L, Rice J, Cooke R, Carapetis JR. High prevalence of asymptomatic vitamin-D and iron deficiency in East African immigrant children and adolescents living in a temperate climate. Archives of Disease in Childhood (2007) PubMed

Mulholland EK. Childhood pneumonia mortality - a permanent global emergency. Lancet (370) : 285 - 289(2007)

O'Grady KA, Kelpie L, rews RM, Curtis N, Nolan TM, Selvaraj G, Passmore JW, Oppedisano F, Carnie JA, Carapetis JR. The epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal disease in Victoria, Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 186 (11) : 565 - 569(2007) PubMed

Rogers S, Commons R, Danchin MH, Selvaraj G, Kelpie L, Curtis N, Robins-Browne R, Carapetis JR. Strain prevalence, rather than innate virulence potential, is the major factor responsible for an increase in serious group A streptococcus infections. Journal of Infectious Diseases 195 (11) : 1625 - 1633(2007) PubMed

Triasah R, Duke T, Robertson CF. Short term and long term outcome of children admitted to the ICU for asthma. The RCH experience 1900-2004. Respirology (12) : 192(2007)

Wilkinson DJ, Calasz D, Watkins A, ersen CC, Duke T. Hypothermia: a neuroprotective therapy for neonatal hypoxi-ischemic encephalopathy. Pediatrics 119 (2) : 422 - 423(2007)

2006

Duke T, Keshishiyan E, Kuttumuratova A, Ostergren M, Ryumina I, Stasii E, Weber MW, Tamburlini G. Quality of hospital care for children in Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova and Russia: systematic observational assessment. Lancet 2006 367; 919-25

Duke T, Editorial: Global implementation of WHO clinical guidlines to improve child survival: The need for collaboration, resources and action. J Paediatrics and Child Health. 42 2006 565-67

Auto J, Nasi T, Ogaoga D, Kelly J, Duke T, Hospital services for children in the Solomon Islands: Rebuilding after the civil conflict. J Paediatrics and Child Health 42 2006 680-87

Wandi F, Peel D and Duke T, Hypoxaemia among children in rural hospitals in Papua New Guinea: epidemiology and resource availability--a study to support a national oxygen programme. Annals of Tropical Paediatrics, 26 2006 277-284

Duke T, Campbell H, Ayieko P, Opiyo N, English M, Kelly J, Carai S, Tamburlini G, Weber M. Editorial: Accessing and understanding the evidence. Bulletin World Health Organization, 2006 84:12

Buttery J., La Vincente S, Andrews R, Kempe A, Royle J. (2006). Adverse events following immunisation: desperately seeking surveillance. Lancet Infect Dis. 6(11):680-1

Steer AC, Starr M, Kornberg AJ. Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. J Child Neurol 2006;21(6):533-4

Steer AC, Colqohoun S, Noonan S, Babitu T, Kado J. Awareness of rheumatic heart disease. Lancet 2006;367:2118

Steer AC, Colqohoun S, Noonan S, Kado J, Viale S, Carapetis JR. Control of rheumatic heart disease in the Pacific region. Pac Health Dial 2006;13:49-55.

Steer AC, Morse Z, Kelpie L, Pryor J. Assent: an essential part of clinical research in the Pacific region Pac Health Dial 2006 (in press)

Russell FM, Biribo S, Selvaraj G, Oppedisano F, Warren S, Seduadua A, Mulholland EK, Carapetis JR. Citrated sheep blood agar is a practical bacterial culture medium to replace citrated human blood agar in developing country laboratories. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Sep;44(9):3346-51.

Russell FM, Carapetis JR, Ketawai S, Kunabuli V, Taoi M, Biribo S, Seduadua A, Mulholland EK. Pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage and penicillin resistance patterns in young children in Fiji. Ann Trop Paediatr. 2006 Sep;26(3):187-97.


2005

McDonald M, Brown A, Noonan S, Carapetis JR.  Preventing recurrent rheumatic fever: the role of register-based programs. Heart 2005;91;1131-3.

McKenzie GA, Carapetis JR, Morris PS, Leach AJ. Current issues regarding the use of pneumococcal conjugate and polysaccharide vaccines in Australian children. J Paediatr Child Health 2005;41:201-208.

Uuahwatanasakul W, Carapetis JR.  Frequently asked questions about varicella vaccine. Australian Prescriber 2005;28:2-5 (and follow-up author's reply in press).

Magree HC, Russell FM, Sa'aga R, Greenwood P, Tikoduadua L, Pryor J, Waqatakirewa L, Carapetis JR, Mulholland EK.  Chest X-ray confirmed pneumonia in children in Fiji. Bull World Health Org 2005;83:427-33.

Gibney KB, Morris PS, Carapetis JR, Skull SA, Smith-Vaughan HS, Stubbs E, Leach AJ. The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal study. BMC Pediatrics 2005, 5:16.

Carapetis JR, McDonald M, Wilson NJ. Seminar: Acute rheumatic fever. Lancet 2005;366:155-68 (and response to correspondence).

Carapetis JR, Steer AC, Mulholland EK, Weber M. The global burden of group A streptococcal diseases. Lancet Infect Dis 2005 5: 685-94

Long E, Colquhoun S, Carapetis JR. Antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections in children. Adv Exp Med Biol. (in press)

Koyamaibole L, Kado J, Qovu JD, Colquhoun S and Duke T. An evaluation of Bubble-CPAP in a Neonatal Unit in a developing country: effective respiratory support that can be applied by nurses.J Tropical Pediatrics, 2005 52:4 249-253

Duke T, Kelly J and Weber M. Editorial: Hospital care for children in developing countries: clinical guidelines and the need for evidence. J Tropical Pediatrics 2005 52:1

Russell FM, Carapetis JR, Liddle H, Edwards T, Ruff TA, Devitt J. A pilot study of the quality of informed consent materials for Aboriginal participants in clinical trials. J Med Ethics 2005;31(8):490-4.

2004

Bryant PB, Li HY, Zaia A, Griffith J, Hogg G, Curtis N, Carapetis JR. Prospective study of a real-time PCR that is highly sensitive, specific and clinically useful for the diagnosis of meningococcal disease in children. J Clin Microbiol 2004;42:2919-25.

Carapetis JR.  Current issues in managing group A streptococcal infections. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2004;549:185-90.

Carapetis JR, Russell DM, Curtis N.  The burden and cost of hospitalized varicella and zoster in Australian children. Vaccine 2004;23:755-61.

Cooke R, Murray S, Carapetis J, Rice J, Mulholland N, Skull S.  Demographics and utilisation of health services by paediatric refugees from East Africa: implications for service planning and provision. Aust Health Rev. 2004;27:40-5.

Danchin MH, Carlin JB, Devenish W, Nolan TM, Carapetis JR. New normal ranges of Antistreptolysin O and Anti-Deoxyribonuclease B Titres for Australian children. J Paediatr Child Health (in press).

Danchin MH, Carapetis JR.  Group A streptococcal infections in children. J Paediatr Child Health (Submitted as invited review).

Danchin MHRogers S, Selvaraj G, Kelpie L, Rankin P, Vorich R, Howson M, Carlin JB, Curtis N, Nolan TM,  Carapetis JR. The burden of group A streptococcal pharyngitis in Melbourne families. Indian J Med Res 2004;119 Suppl:144-147

Duke T, Oa O, Mokela D, Oswyn G, Hwaihwanje I, Hawap J.  The management of sick young infants at primary health centres in a rural developing country.  Arch Dis Child 2004 (in press).

Duke T.  Neonatal pneumonia in developing countries.  Arch Dis Child 2004 (in press).

Duke T.  Slow but steady progress in child health in Papua New Guinea.  J Paeds and Child Health 2004 (in press).

Duke T. Inequity in child health: what are the sustainable Pacific solutions? Med J Aust 2004 (in press).

Gibney KB, Morris PS, Carapetis JR, Skull SA, Smith-Vaughan HS, Stubbs E, Leach AJ. The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal study. BMC Pediatrics 2005, 5:16.

Magree HC, Russell FM, Sa'aga R, Greenwood P, Tikoduadua L, Pryor J, Waqatakirewa L, Carapetis JR, Mulholland EK.  Chest X-ray confirmed pneumonia in children in Fiji. Bull World Health Org 2005;83:427-33.

McDonald M, Currie BJ, Carapetis JR. Acute rheumatic fever: a chink in the chain that links the heart to the throat? Lancet Infect Dis 2004;4:240-5.

McGillivray G, Skull SA, Davie G, Kofoed S, Frydenberg L, Rice J, Cooke R, Carapetis JR.  Vitamin D and other nutritional deficiencies in immigrant children from East Africa.  J Paediatr Child Health. (Submitted).

McGregor KF, Bilek N, Bennett A, Kalia A, Beall B, Carapetis JR, Currie BJ, Sriprakash KS, Spratt BG, Bessen DE. Group A streptococci from a remote community have novel multilocus genotypes but share emm-types and housekeeping alleles with isolates from worldwide sources. J Infect Dis 2004;189:717-23.

Poka H, Duke T.  In search of pigbel: gone or just forgotten in the highlands of Papua New Guinea?  PNG Med J 2004 (in press).

Russell FM, Carapetis JR, Liddle H, Edwards T, Ruff T, Devitt J. Informed consent: a pilot study on the quality of informed consent materials for Aboriginal participants in clinical trials. J Med Ethics 2005;31:490-4.

Steer A, Carapetis JR.  Acute hematogenous osteomyelitis in children: recognition and management. Paediatr Drugs 2004;6:333-46.

Wandi F, Kiagi G, Duke T.  Long-term outcome for children with bacterial meningitis in Papua New Guinea.  J Trop Pediatr 2004 (in press).

2003

Allen UD, Thomas S, Carapetis JR, Henry S, Wasfy S, Lovgren M, Richardson S, Low DE. Serotypes of respiratory tract isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from Jamaican children. Int J Infect Dis 2003;7:29-35.

Curtis N, Duke T, Fuller D, Shann F.  Bacterial meningitis in developing countries: the problem worsens.  Lancet 2003;361:1564.

Dinkla K, Rohde M, Jansen WTM, Carapetis JR, Chhatwal GS, Talay SR. Streptococcus pyogenes recruits collagen via surface bound fibronectin: a novel colonization and immune evasion mechanism.  Molec Microbiol 2003;47:861-9.

Duke T. Hypoxaemia in developing countries.  Arch Dis Child 2003;88:365.

Duke T. Transport of severely ill children: a neglected global issue.  Intensive Care Medicine 2003; 29:1414-1416.

Duke T, Curtis D, Fuller D.  Management of meningitis in children.  Expert Opinion Phamacotherapy 2003;4:1227-1240.

Duke T, Michael M, Mokela D, Wal T, Reeder J. Chloramphenicol or ceftriaxone, or both, as treatment for meningitis in developing countries?  Arch Dis Child 2003; 88: 536-539.

Duke T, Mgone CS.  Measles: not just another viral exanthema.  Lancet 2003; 361: 763-773.

Duke T, Molyneux EM.  Intravenous fluids for seriously ill children: time to reconsider. Lancet 2003; 362: 1320-1323 and latter of reply Lancet 2004; 363: 242.

Duke T, Tanburlini G.  Improving the quality of paediatric care in peripheral hospitals in developing countries.  Arch Dis Child 2003 88; 563-565.

Fuller DG, Duke T, Shann F, Curtis N.  Antibiotic treatment for bacterial meningitis for children in developing countries.  Annal Trop Paediatr 2003;23:233-253.

Gibney KB, Morris PS, Carapetis JR, Skull SA, Leach AJ. Missed opportunities for a diagnosis of acute otitis media in Aboriginal children admitted to Royal Darwin Hospital. J Paediatr Child Health 2003;39:540-2.

Mulholland EK.  Global burden of acute respiratory infections in children - implications for interventions. Pediatric Pulmonology 2003;36:469-74.

O'Brien KL, Nohynek H and the WHO Pneumococcal Vaccine Trials Working Group.  Report from a working group - Standard method for detecting upper respiratory carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae.  Pediatr Infect Dis J 2003;22:133-40.

Rice JE, Skull SA, Pearce C, Mulholland N, Davie G, Carapetis JR.  Screening for intestinal parasites in recently arrived children from East Africa. J Paediatr Child Health 2003;39:456-459.

Russell FM, Buttery J. Vaccine Development for Capsulate Bacteria Causing Pneumonia. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine 2003; 9(3): 227-32.

Russell FM, Carapetis JR, Mansoor O, Darcy A, Fakakovi T, Metai A, Potoi NT, Wilson N, Mulholland EK. High Incidence of Haemophilus influenzae type b Infection in Children in Pacific Island Countries. Clin Infect Dis 2003;37:1593-9.

Russell FM, Shann F, Curtis N, Mulholland EK. Evidence relating to the use of paracetamol in febrile children. Bull WHO 2003;81(5):367-72.

Weber MW, Carlin JB, Gatchalian S, Lehmann D, Muhe L, Mulholland EK and the WHO Young Infants Study Group.  Predictors of neonatal sepsis in developing countries.  J of Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2003; 22: 711-716.

Zar HJ, Mulholland EK.  Global burden of pediatric respiratory illness and the implications for management and prevention.  Pediatric Pulmonology 2003;36:457-61.

2002

Boyle RJ, Curtis N, Kelly N, Garland SM, Carapetis JR.  Clinical implications of inducible beta lactamase activity in Gram negative bacteremia in children.  Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002;21:935-9.

Bryant P, Carapetis JR, Matussek J, Curtis N. Recurrent crepitant cellulitis caused by Clostridium perfringens.  Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002; 21:1173-4.

Chang AB. Grimwood K. Mulholland EK. Torzillo PJ. Working Group on Indigenous Paediatric Respiratory Health. Bronchiectasis in indigenous children in remote Australian communities. Medical Journal of Australia 2002, 177(4):200-4.

Christie DJF, Coleman DJ, Wan X, Jacobs MA, Carapetis JR. Childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in Tasmania, 1994-2000. J Paediatr Child Health 2002;38:445-9.

Danchin MH, Curtis N, Nolan TM, Carapetis JR. Treatment of sore throat in light of the Cochrane verdict: is the jury still out? Med J Aust 2002;177:512-515.

Duke T. Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis: how much better is prevention than cure?  PNG Med J 2002;45:213-218.

Duke T,  Blaschke AJ, Sialis S, Bonkowsky JL. Hypoxaemia in ALRI and non-ALRI illnesses in neonates and children in developing countries.  Arch Dis Child 2002 86: 108-112.

Duke T, Michael A, Mgone J, Frank D. Etiology of child mortality in Goroka, Papua New Guinea: a prospective two-year study.  Bull WHO 2002; 80:16-25.

Duke T, Mokela D, Frank D, Paulo T, Michael A, Mgone J, Kurubi J.  A randomised trial of moderate fluid restriction using breast milk versus intravenous fluid at maintenance volumes for the management of meningitis in children.  Ann Trop Paediatr 2002; 22:145-157.

Duke T, Poka H, Michael A, Mgone J, Wal T.  A randomised trial of chloramphenicol versus benzylpenicillin & gentamicin in the treatment of very severe pneumonia in children in Papua New Guinea.  Lancet 2002 359: 474-480.

Duke T, Weber M, Bailey R.  Improving the quality of care for children.  Indian Pediatrics 2002; 39:523-528.

Russell FM, Mulholland EK. Prevention of Otitis Media by Vaccination. Drugs  2002; 62(10):1441-1445.

Russell FM, Nash M. Prospective study of children with community acquired needlestick injuries in Melbourne. J Paediatr Child Health 2002;38(3):322-3.

Russell FM, Starr M, Hayman J, Curtis N, Johnson  PDR. Mycobacterium ulcerans infection diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction. J Paediatr Child Health 2002;38(3):311-3.

Shelby-James T, Leach AJ, Carapetis JR, Currie BJ, Mathews JD. Impact of single dose azithromycin on group A streptococci in the upper respiratory tract and skin of Aboriginal children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002;21:375-80.

Sotutu V, Carapetis JR, Wilkinson J, Davis A, Curtis N. The 'surreptitious staphylococcus'- Staphylococcus lugdunensis endocarditis in a child. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2002;21:984-6.

Steer AC, Carapetis JR, Nolan TM, Shann F. A systematic review of rheumatic heart disease prevalence in children in developing countries - the role of environmental factors. J Paediatr Child Health 2002;38:229-34.

Vinod MB, Matussek J, Curtis N, Graham HK, Carapetis JR. Duration of antibiotics in children with osteomyelitis and septic arthritis. J Paediatr Child Health 2002;38:363-7.

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