Otitis media (OM) starts within weeks of birth in almost all Indigenous infants living in remote areas of the Northern Territory (NT). ...

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• 2015
• January 2015

The association between group A streptococcal infection and rheumatic fever (RF) was established in the early 20th century. ...

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• 2015
• May 2015

Reliable supplies of BPG are essential for delivering the recommended schedule of secondary prophylaxis for people living with RHD. ...

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• 2015
• August 2015

These summary measures can also be used to quantify the component of variation in epidemiology that is related to sociodemographic development. ...

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• 2015
• August 2015

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

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

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• 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. ...

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• 2022
• January 2022

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

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• 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

Glenn Jonathan Katharine Rosemary Pearson Carapetis AM Noonan Wyber G JR KN R BA (Education) PhD Candidate AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS MBBS (Hons) MSc MBChB MPH FRACGP PhD Director of First Nations Strategy and Leadership Executive Director; ...

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Asha Bowen AC BA MBBS DCH FRACP PhD GAICD Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Team Lead, Healthy Skin and ARF Prevention Areas of expertise: Skin infections, clinical trials, Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Aboriginal children, ...

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Benzathine penicillin G (BPG) has been in use since the 1950s for treatment of skin infections, bacterial pharyngitis, syphilis and prevention of recurrent episodes of acute rheumatic fever (ARF).  Current guidelines recommend BPG every 4 weeks for ...

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