| the epidemiology of candidaemia and mould infections in australia. | a retrospective review of candida bloodstream infections (bsi) in australian hospitals between 1995 and 1998 was performed. nine tertiary referral hospitals in the states of new south wales, victoria, south australia and queensland participated. of all isolates, 56% were candida albicans, 14% candida parapsilosis, 13% candida glabrata, 5% candida krusei and 4.5% candida tropicalis. there were significant differences in the distribution of species in different patient groups. among surgical patie ... | 2002 | 11801574 |
| microbiology of wheat and flour milling in australia. | a survey was undertaken to determine the microbiological status of australian wheat and the distribution of microorganisms in the flour milling fractions and end products. a total of 650 milling process and end product samples was obtained from nine flour mills located in new south wales (4), queensland (2), victoria (2) and western australia (1) during the 1997-1998 and 1998-1999 wheat seasons. most frequent (modal) counts in wheat and flour were, respectively, as follows: aerobic mesophilic pl ... | 2003 | 12810278 |
| prevalence of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis in cystic fibrosis in an area with a high frequency of atopy. | lower airway colonisation with aspergillus fumigatus and the complicating hypersensitivity reaction allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (abpa) is well recognised in patients with cystic fibrosis (cf). there is a wide range in reported prevalence of abpa in cf. differences in predisposing factors such as atopy and climatic humidity, but also differences in reporting may in part explain this observation. in the australian population there is a high frequency of atopy and the climate is relativ ... | 2005 | 15939251 |
| effect of temperature and water activity on growth and ochratoxin a production by australian aspergillus carbonarius and a. niger isolates on a simulated grape juice medium. | the effect of water activity (0.92, 0.95, 0.965 and 0.98) and temperature (15 degrees c, 25 degrees c, 30 degrees c and 35 degrees c) on growth rate and ochratoxin a (oa) production by five strains of aspergillus carbonarius and two strains of a. niger isolated from australian vineyards was characterised on a synthetic grape juice medium. maximum growth for a. carbonarius occurred at ca 0.965 aw and 30 degrees c, and for a. niger, at ca 0.98 aw and 35 degrees c. the optimum temperature for oa pr ... | 2006 | 16824635 |
| fungal keratitis in far north queensland, australia. | aboriginals and torres strait islanders form a significant proportion of the population in far north queensland and are at increased risk for many eye conditions. this study describes the pattern of fungal keratitis seen at cairns base hospital, far north queensland, australia. | 2008 | 19128375 |
| clinical profile of adult cystic fibrosis patients with frequent epidemic clones of pseudomonas aeruginosa. | earlier reports suggested that pseudomonas aeruginosa frequent epidemic clones circulating in cystic fibrosis (cf) centres had increased virulence. however, recent data show no consistent associations with virulence, and suggest attenuation of virulence in chronic infection. changes to infection control programmes in relation to frequent epidemic clones should be based on their frequency, virulence across all age groups and mode of acquisition. the australian epidemic strain-1 (aes-1) (or the me ... | 2010 | 20573059 |
| clinical associations and prevalence of scedosporium spp. in australian cystic fibrosis patients: identification of novel risk factors? | risk factors for the association of scedosporium in cases of cystic fibrosis (cf) and its clinical implications are poorly understood. clinical, lung function and laboratory data of adult cf patients in sydney (april 2008-march 2009) were prospectively analysed for such risk factors. expectorated sputa were cultured for bacteria and examined for fungi using standard mycological and scedosporium-selective media, and by an internal transcribed spacer region-targeted multiplex pcr assay. scedospori ... | 2010 | 21067328 |
| sinonasal and sino-orbital aspergillosis in 23 cats: aetiology, clinicopathological features and treatment outcomes. | aetiology, clinicopathological findings and treatment outcomes were documented in 23 cats (1.5-13years of age) with sinonasal (sna, n=6) or sino-orbital (soa, n=17) aspergillosis. cases recruited retrospectively and prospectively were included if fungal hyphae were identified on cytological or histological examination and the fungal pathogen was identified by pcr and dna sequencing (its1 or its1-5.8s-its2 regions, rdna gene cluster). fungal culture was positive in 22/23 cases. in cases of sna, t ... | 2011 | 21388842 |