Publications

a national collaborative study of resistance to antimicrobial agents in haemophilus influenzae in australian hospitals. the australian group for antimicrobial resistance (agar).	an australia-wide survey of the prevalence of resistance to antimicrobial agents among haemophilus influenzae was conducted on clinically significant isolates collected between july 1988 and september 1990. laboratories from the capital cities of each australian state and territory participated. nine hundred and seventy clinical isolates were examined for beta-lactamase production and the mics of ampicillin, coamoxiclav, chloramphenicol, cefaclor, ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, tetracycline, rifampici ...	1992	1399925
invasive haemophilus influenzae infection in the australian capital territory region.	to investigate the pattern of invasive haemophilus influenzae disease in the australian capital territory (act) region with a view to assessing the possible benefits of vaccination in this community.	1992	1565051
bacteraemia and fungaemia in an australian general hospital--associations and outcomes.	to obtain a comprehensive overview of bacteraemia and fungaemia in a general hospital and thus to determine the incidence, primary sites of sepsis, organisms involved and associated mortality.	1993	8487685
vaccinating children with a history of serious reactions after vaccination or of egg allergy.	to describe the results of vaccinating children with a history of serious adverse reactions after vaccination or of egg allergy at a special clinic established for that purpose.	1998	9631673
australia's notifiable diseases status, 2001: annual report of the national notifiable diseases surveillance system.	in 2001 there were 104,187 notifications of communicable diseases in australia reported to the national notifiable diseases surveillance system (nndss). the number of notifications in 2001 was an increase of 16 per cent of those reported in 2000 (89,740) and the largest annual total since the nndss commenced in 1991. in 2001, nine new diseases were added to the list of diseases reported to nndss and four diseases were removed. the new diseases were cryptosporidiosis, laboratory-confirmed influen ...	2003	12725505