Publications

mycoplasma genitalium in men who have sex with men at male-only saunas.	to determine the prevalence and clinical associations of mycoplasma genitalium in urethral, rectal and pharyngeal specimens collected from men who have sex with men (msm) attending male-only saunas.	2009	19254902
multiplex pcr testing detection of higher-than-expected rates of cervical mycoplasma, ureaplasma, and trichomonas and viral agent infections in sexually active australian women.	knowing the prevalence of potential etiologic agents of nongonococcal and nonchlamydial cervicitis is important for improving the efficacy of empirical treatments for this commonly encountered condition. we describe four multiplex pcrs (mpcrs), designated vdl05, vdl06, vdl07, and vdl09, which facilitate the detection of a wide range of agents either known to be or putatively associated with cervicitis, including cytomegalovirus (cmv), enterovirus (ev), epstein-barr virus (ebv), varicella-zoster ...	2009	19261782
ureaplasma urealyticum is significantly associated with non-gonococcal urethritis in heterosexual sydney men.	we investigated the prevalence of various genital organisms in 268 men with (cases) and 237 men without (controls) urethral symptoms/signs (urethral discharge, dysuria and/or urethral irritation) from two sexual health clinics in sydney between april 2006 and november 2007. the presence of urethral symptoms/signs was defined as non-gonococcal urethritis (ngu) for this study. specific aims were to investigate the role of ureaplasma urealyticum in ngu and the prevalence of mycoplasma genitalium in ...	2010	20498103
mycoplasma genitalium is associated with cervicitis and hiv infection in an urban australian sti clinic population.	to investigate the prevalence of the genital mollicutes, mycoplasma genitalium (mg), mycoplasma hominis (mh), ureaplasma urealyticum (uu) and ureaplasma parvum (up), and their associations with cervicitis in a sexually transmitted infection (sti) clinic population. clinical correlates of mg infection were also assessed.	2010	21071566
'the difference in determinants of chlamydia trachomatis and mycoplasma genitalium in a sample of young australian women'.	differences in the determinants of chlamydia trachomatis ('chlamydia') and mycoplasma genitalium (mg) genital infection in women are not well understood.	2011	21284887
the prevalence of urogenital micro-organisms detected by a multiplex pcr-reverse line blot assay in women attending three sexual health clinics in sydney, australia.	this study used a previously described multiplex pcr-based reverse line blot (mpcr/rlb) assay to assess the prevalence and distribution of 14 urogenital pathogens or putative pathogens, namely neisseria gonorrhoeae, chlamydia trachomatis, mycoplasma genitalium, mycoplasma hominis, trichomonas vaginalis, gardnerella vaginalis, ureaplasma parvum, ureaplasma urealyticum, neisseria meningitidis, streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae, herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2, and human adenoviru ...	2011	21415210