To describe antibiotic treatment durations that pediatric infectious diseases (ID) and critical care clinicians usually recommend for bloodstream infections in critically ill children. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• July 2022

Rheumatic heart disease affects more than 40.5 million people worldwide and results in 306,000 deaths annually. Echocardiographic screening detects rheumatic heart disease at an early, latent stage. Whether secondary antibiotic prophylaxis is effective in preventing progression of latent rheumatic heart disease is unknown. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2022
• January 2022

Group A Streptococcus (Strep A) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity globally. This bacterium is responsible for a range of different infections and post-infectious sequelae. Summarising the current knowledge of Strep A transmission to humans will address gaps in the evidence and inform prevention and control strategies. The objective of this study is to evaluate the modes of transmission and attack rates of group A streptococcal infection in human populations. ...

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• 2021
• March 2021

This retrospective study assessed maternal and perinatal outcomes for women with rheumatic heart disease admitted to the largest tertiary obstetric hospital ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

Benzathine penicillin G availability should be addressed and African health workers’ knowledge and practices need to be augmented ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• November 2019

We have quantified the relative influence of perinatal risk factors associated with skin infection hospitalisations in WA children ...

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• 2019
• September 2019

Few children and adolescents receiving BPG as secondary prophylaxis will achieve concentrations >0.02 mg/L for the majority of the time between injections ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2019
• July 2019

Systematic review of the treatment, prevention and public health control of skin infections in resource-limited settings where skin infections are endemic ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2019
• March 2019

We analysed the stimulation of J8 antibodies in response to infection, and the role of existing J8 antibodies in protection against subsequent infection ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2018
• November 2018

Poor sanitation facilities appear to be a major source of Salmonella Typhi in Fiji, with transmission by drinking contaminated surface water and consuming unwashed produce ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• June 2018