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Cryptococcosis in Australasia and the treatment of cryptococcal and other fungal infections with liposomal amphotericin B.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy Feb, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 11801583
Strain-dependent effects of environmental signals on the production of extracellular phospholipase by Cryptococcus neoformans.
FEMS microbiology letters Apr, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12007802
A review of nucleic acid-based diagnostic tests for systemic mycoses with an emphasis on polymerase chain reaction-based assays.
Medical mycology Aug, 2002 | Pubmed ID: 12230214
Cryptococcal phospholipases: a novel lysophospholipase discovered in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus gattii.
The Biochemical journal Dec, 2004 | Pubmed ID: 15320865
Cryptococcal phospholipase B antigen is not detected in serum of patients infected with Cryptococcus neoformans using a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
FEMS yeast research May, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17266733
In vitro activities of miltefosine and two novel antifungal biscationic salts against a panel of 77 dermatophytes.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Jun, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17371821
Antifungal agents.
The Medical journal of Australia Oct, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17908006
Treatment of scedosporiosis with voriconazole: clinical experience with 107 patients.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy May, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18212110
Molecular typing of Australian Scedosporium isolates showing genetic variability and numerous S. aurantiacum.
Emerging infectious diseases Feb, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18258122
Practical method for detection and identification of Candida, Aspergillus, and Scedosporium spp. by use of rolling-circle amplification.
Journal of clinical microbiology Jul, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18495860
Genotyping of Scedosporium species: a review of molecular approaches.
Medical mycology Jun, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19085455
Not just little adults: candidemia epidemiology, molecular characterization, and antifungal susceptibility in neonatal and pediatric patients.
Pediatrics May, 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19403503
Assignment of Reference 5'-end 16S rDNA Sequences and Species-Specific Sequence Polymorphisms Improves Species Identification of Nocardia.
The open microbiology journal , 2009 | Pubmed ID: 19639036
Identification of pathogenic Nocardia species by reverse line blot hybridization targeting the 16S rRNA and 16S-23S rRNA gene spacer regions.
Journal of clinical microbiology Feb, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 19955277
Comparison of whole blood, serum, and plasma for early detection of candidemia by multiplex-tandem PCR.
Journal of clinical microbiology Mar, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20042634
Fungal-derived immune modulating molecules.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology , 2009 | Pubmed ID: 20054979
Protein-losing enteropathy and hypogammaglobulinaemia as first manifestations of disseminated histoplasmosis coincident with Nocardia infection.
Journal of medical microbiology May, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20133412
In vitro antifungal activities of bis(alkylpyridinium)alkane compounds against pathogenic yeasts and molds.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Aug, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20530227
Antifungal therapy in invasive fungal infections.
Current opinion in pharmacology Oct, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20598943
secA1 gene sequence polymorphisms for species identification of Nocardia species and recognition of intraspecies genetic diversity.
Journal of clinical microbiology Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20810768
New molecular and surrogate biomarker-based tests in the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal infection in febrile neutropenic patients.
Current opinion in infectious diseases Dec, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 20827189
Clinical associations and prevalence of Scedosporium spp. in Australian cystic fibrosis patients: identification of novel risk factors?
Medical mycology Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 21067328
Scedosporium aurantiacum is as virulent as S. prolificans, and shows strain-specific virulence differences, in a mouse model.
Medical mycology Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 21067330
Abundance of Pseudallescheria/Scedosporium species in the Australian urban environment suggests a possible source for scedosporiosis including the colonization of airways in cystic fibrosis.
Medical mycology Nov, 2010 | Pubmed ID: 21067333
Recent advances in management of cryptococcal meningitis: commentary.
F1000 medicine reports , 2010 | Pubmed ID: 21170376
Echinocandin antifungal drugs in fungal infections: a comparison.
Drugs Jan, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21175238
Development and validation of a multiplex PCR for detection of Scedosporium spp. in respiratory tract specimens from patients with cystic fibrosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21325557
Fatal mycotic aneurysms due to Scedosporium and Pseudallescheria infection.
Journal of clinical microbiology May, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21430108
Defining reference sequences for Nocardia species by similarity and clustering analyses of 16S rRNA gene sequence data.
PloS one , 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21687706
Direct effects of non-antifungal agents used in cancer chemotherapy and organ transplantation on the development and virulence of Candida and Aspergillus species.
Virulence Jul-Aug, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21701255
Identification of bacteria in blood culture broths using matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization Sepsityper™ and time of flight mass spectrometry.
PloS one , 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21858058
Three-locus identification, genotyping, and antifungal susceptibilities of medically important Trichosporon species from China.
Journal of clinical microbiology Nov, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21900517
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry identification of yeasts is contingent on robust reference spectra.
PloS one , 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22022438
Nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: lessons from a cluster in kidney transplant recipients.
Transplantation Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22129760
Seeking clarity within cloudy effluents: differentiating fungal from bacterial peritonitis in peritoneal dialysis patients.
PloS one , 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22145033
Pneumonia and lung infections due to emerging and unusual fungal pathogens.
Seminars in respiratory and critical care medicine Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22167398
Sporotrichosis (Sporothrix schenckii infection) in the New South Wales mid-north coast, 2000-2010.
The Medical journal of Australia May, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22621152
Multicenter study of voriconazole pharmacokinetics and therapeutic drug monitoring.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22751544
Multicenter study of posaconazole therapeutic drug monitoring: exposure-response relationship and factors affecting concentration.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy Nov, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22890761
In vitro susceptibilities of yeast species to fluconazole and voriconazole as determined by the 2010 National China Hospital Invasive Fungal Surveillance Net (CHIF-NET) study.
Journal of clinical microbiology Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23035204
Clinical utility of the cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay in a diagnostic mycology laboratory.
PloS one , 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23166705
Current status of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry in the clinical microbiology laboratory.
Pathology Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23255029
Post-transplant Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia-a re-emerged public health problem?
Kidney international Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23739237
Rapid identification of Gram-negative organisms from blood culture bottles using a modified extraction method and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23891220
Fungal infections and treatment in cystic fibrosis.
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24060984
A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for Strongyloides stercoralis in stool that uses a visual detection method with SYTO-82 fluorescent dye.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene Feb, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24323513
Thermomyces lanuginosus infective endocarditis: Case report and a review of endocarditis due to uncommon moulds.
Medical mycology case reports Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24432243
Echinocandins in the treatment of candidaemia and invasive candidiasis: clinical and economic perspectives.
International journal of antimicrobial agents Mar, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24670423
Candida quercitrusa candidemia: investigation of three clustered cases and mycological characteristics of this novel species.
Journal of clinical microbiology Apr, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24696025
Functional disruption of yeast metacaspase, Mca1, leads to miltefosine resistance and inability to mediate miltefosine-induced apoptotic effects.
Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B Jun, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24731805
Clinical utility of Aspergillus galactomannan and PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for the diagnosis of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with haematological malignancies.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease Mar, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24768294
Clinical utility of caspofungin eye drops in fungal keratitis.
International journal of antimicrobial agents Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24933448
Improved identification of rapidly growing mycobacteria by a 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer region PCR and capillary gel electrophoresis.
PloS one , 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25013955
Detection of multiple fungal species in blood samples by real-time PCR: an interpretative challenge.
Journal of clinical microbiology Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25143424
Cystic fibrosis and bacterial colonization define the sputum N-glycosylation phenotype.
Glycobiology Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25190359
Rapid and accurate direct antibiotic susceptibility testing of blood culture broths using MALDI Sepsityper combined with the BD Phoenix automated system.
Journal of medical microbiology Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25212759
Cryptococcus gattii infections.
Clinical microbiology reviews Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25278580
Antifungal susceptibilities of Candida glabrata species complex, Candida krusei, Candida parapsilosis species complex and Candida tropicalis causing invasive candidiasis in China: 3 year national surveillance.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy Mar, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25473027
A chitin-like component on sclerotic cells of Fonsecaea pedrosoi inhibits Dectin-1-mediated murine Th17 development by masking β-glucans.
PloS one , 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25490199
Rapid microscopy and use of vital dyes: potential to determine viability of Cryptococcus neoformans in the clinical laboratory.
PloS one , 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25625210
Candida colonization as a risk marker for invasive candidiasis in mixed medical-surgical intensive care units: development and evaluation of a simple, standard protocol.
Journal of clinical microbiology Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25673797
Invasive infections due to filamentous fungi other than Aspergillus: epidemiology and determinants of mortality.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25677259
Contemporary molecular approaches in the clinical microbiology laboratory: progress and pitfalls.
Pathology Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25714589
Colonisation with Pneumocystis jirovecii in Australian infants.
Pathology Aug, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25938363
Evaluation of point-of-care testing in critically unwell patients: comparison with clinical laboratory analysers and applicability to patients with Ebolavirus infection.
Pathology Aug, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26126049
Editorial: Laboratory preparedness for Ebolavirus disease.
Pathology Aug, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26126052
What assay is optimal for the diagnosis of measles virus infection? An evaluation of the performance of a measles virus real-time reverse transcriptase PCR using the Cepheid SmartCycler(®) and antigen detection by immunofluorescence.
Journal of clinical virology : the official publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology Sep, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26305819
Antibiotic susceptibility of diverse Mycobacterium abscessus complex strains in New South Wales, Australia.
Pathology Dec, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26517625
Accurate Identification of Common Pathogenic Nocardia Species: Evaluation of a Multilocus Sequence Analysis Platform and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry.
PloS one , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26808813
Chaetomium atrobrunneum and Aspergillus fumigatus in multiple tracheal aspirates: Copathogens or symbiosis.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi Apr, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26880338
Concordance of four commercial enzyme immunoassay and three immunoblot formats for the detection of Lyme borreliosis antibodies in human serum: the two-tier approach remains.
Pathology Apr, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27020501
Sequencer-Based Capillary Gel Electrophoresis (SCGE) Targeting the rDNA Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) Regions for Accurate Identification of Clinically Important Yeast Species.
PloS one , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27105313
Performance of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry for Identification of Aspergillus, Scedosporium, and Fusarium spp. in the Australian Clinical Setting.
Journal of clinical microbiology Aug, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27252460
Successful treatment of Cryptococcus neoformans immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in an immunocompetent host using thalidomide.
Medical mycology case reports Mar, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 27330941
Safety, clinical effectiveness and trough plasma concentrations of intravenous posaconazole in patients with haematological malignancies and/or undergoing allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: off-trial experience.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 12, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27521358
Identification and Antifungal Susceptibility Profiles of Candida haemulonii Species Complex Clinical Isolates from a Multicenter Study in China.
Journal of clinical microbiology Nov, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27535688
Antifungal susceptibilities of non-Aspergillus filamentous fungi causing invasive infection in Australia: support for current antifungal guideline recommendations.
International journal of antimicrobial agents Oct, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27562696
Mycological testing of clinical samples in Australasian pathology laboratories: wide diversity and room for improvement.
Pathology Oct, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27567987
Problematic Dichotomization of Risk for Intensive Care Unit (ICU)-Acquired Invasive Candidiasis: Results Using a Risk-Predictive Model to Categorize 3 Levels of Risk From a Multicenter Prospective Cohort of Australian ICU Patients.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Dec, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27601224
16S-23S Internal Transcribed Spacer Region PCR and Sequencer-Based Capillary Gel Electrophoresis has Potential as an Alternative to High Performance Liquid Chromatography for Identification of Slowly Growing Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.
PloS one , 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27749897
Verruconis gallopava cardiac and endovascular infection with dissemination after renal transplantation: Case report and lessons learned.
Medical mycology case reports Mar, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28053851
Transcriptome and network analyses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveal that amphotericin B and lactoferrin synergy disrupt metal homeostasis and stress response.
Scientific reports Jan, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28079179
Identification and Antifungal Susceptibility Profiles of Candida nivariensis and Candida bracarensis in a Multi-Center Chinese Collection of Yeasts.
Frontiers in microbiology , 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28154553
New developments and directions in the clinical application of the echinocandins.
Archives of toxicology Apr, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28180946
Laboratory Approach to the Diagnosis of Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis.
Heart, lung & circulation Aug, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28372886
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Inhibits the Growth of Scedosporium and Lomentospora In Vitro.
Mycopathologia May, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28512704
Molecular Epidemiology and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida glabrata in China (August 2009 to July 2014): A Multi-Center Study.
Frontiers in microbiology , 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28588560
Challenges in Laboratory Detection of Fungal Pathogens in the Airways of Cystic Fibrosis Patients.
Mycopathologia Jun, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28589247
Locally Acquired mcr-1 in Escherichia coli, Australia, 2011 and 2013.
Emerging infectious diseases 07, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28628439
Genome sequencing links persistent outbreak of legionellosis in Sydney to an emerging clone of Legionella pneumophila ST211.
Applied and environmental microbiology Dec, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29247056
Chayanika Biswas*,1,
Sharon C-A. Chen*,1,2,3,
Catriona Halliday1,2,
Elena Martinez1,
Rebecca J. Rockett1,
Qinning Wang1,
Verlaine J. Timms1,
Rajat Dhakal1,
Rosemarie Sadsad1,
Karina J. Kennedy4,
Geoffrey Playford4,5,
Deborah J. Marriott6,
Monica A. Slavin7,
Tania C. Sorrell1,3,
Vitali Sintchenko1,2,3
1Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health, Westmead Hospital,
2Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR,
3Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, The University of Sydney,
4Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canberra Hospital and Health Services, Australian National University Medical School,
5Infection Management Services, Australian National University Medical School,
6Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, St. Vincent's Hospital,
7Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre