[HTML][HTML] Non-culture methods for detecting infection

E Bursle, J Robson - Australian prescriber, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Culture-independent diagnostic techniques are increasingly used in clinical laboratories.
They have improved turnaround times and are generally more sensitive than culture.

Self-collection: an appropriate alternative during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

MC Wehrhahn, J Robson, S Brown, E Bursle… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the reliability of self-collection for SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory
viruses because swab collections for SARS-CoV-2 put health workers at risk of infection and …

Genomic Characteristics of NDM-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolates in Australia and Their blaNDM Genetic Contexts

…, K Kennedy, PR Ingram, E Bursle… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
bla NDM has been reported in different Enterobacteriaceae species and on numerous plasmid
replicon types (Inc). Plasmid replicon typing, in combination with genomic characteristics …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of antimicrobial susceptibility testing as a tool in clinical trials assessing antimicrobials against infections due to gram-negative pathogens

A Henderson, E Bursle, A Stewart, PNA Harris… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Andrew Henderson 1 2 , Evan Bursle 1 3 4 , Adam Stewart
2 5 , Patrick NA Harris 2 6 , David Paterson 2 , Mark D. Chatfield 2 , Mical Paul 7 8 , Yaakov …

Risk factors for urinary catheter associated bloodstream infection

EC Bursle, J Dyer, DFM Looke, DAJ McDougall… - Journal of Infection, 2015 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Evan C. Bursle a b , Jane Dyer a b , David FM Looke a b ,
David AJ McDougall a , David L. Paterson c , EG Playford a … Bursle, N. Runnegar, M. Sehu, D. …

Free living amoebae and human disease

E Bursle, J Robson - Microbiology Australia, 2016 - CSIRO Publishing
Pathogenic FLA are ubiquitous protozoans and despite frequent human contact remain a rare
cause of often devastating infection with poor prognosis. Given changes in climate, human …

[HTML][HTML] In vitro susceptibility testing of imipenem-relebactam and tedizolid against 102 Mycobacterium abscessus isolates

…, C Tolson, J Congdon, C Duplancic, E Bursle… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objectives Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging infection in people living with lung
diseases, including cystic fibrosis (CF) and bronchiectasis, and it has limited treatment options …

[HTML][HTML] Management of autoimmune disease during the COVID-19 pandemic

PC Robinson, EC Bursle - Australian Prescriber, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Modifiable risk factors for adverse outcomes in COVID-19 include drugs. So far there has not
been any increase in the risk of hospitalisation for COVID-19 in rheumatic disease patients …

First Australian case of disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera infection post-cardiothoracic surgery

E Bursle, EG Playford, C Coulter, P Griffin - Infection, Disease & Health, 2017 - Elsevier
A 68 year old female patient was diagnosed with disseminated Mycobacterium chimaera
infection 13 months following open cardiothoracic surgery that involved the insertion of a mitral …

Even high-dose extended infusions may not yield desired concentrations of β-lactams: the value of therapeutic drug monitoring

MO Cotta, B Gowen, N Truloff, E Bursle… - Infectious …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
A 35-year-old patient in intensive care with severe burn injury developed episodes of sepsis.
Blood culture yielded a multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and treatment was …