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outcome of paediatric bacterial meningitis 1979-1989.to determine the outcome of all cases of paediatric bacterial meningitis over the 11-year period 1979-1989 and discuss the role of adjunctive therapy with dexamethasone.19921282655
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 ...19921399925
the epidemiology of invasive haemophilus influenzae infections in children under five years of age in the northern territory: a three-year study.a survey of all episodes of invasive haemophilus influenzae infections that were diagnosed over a three-year period in children seen at the regional hospitals of the northern territory has found a significantly (p less than 0.001) higher incidence in children in central australia (the alice springs and barkly regions, and the anangu pitjantjatjara lands) than in the top end (the darwin, east arnhem and katherine regions), and a greater incidence in aboriginal than in non-aboriginal children. ide ...19902255282
a prospective hospital study of the aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia.in a one-year prospective study of 106 adults (mean age, 60 years) who were admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia, an aetiological diagnosis was made in 82 (77%) patients. streptococcus pneumoniae was considered to be responsible for 44 (42%) and respiratory viruses for 19 (18%) infections. other aetiological agents that were found in a smaller number of patients included haemophilus influenzae (9% of patients), enteric gram-negative bacilli (8% of patients), staphylococcus aure ...19892739613
multiply-resistant haemophilus influenzae type b causing systemic disease in children in australia.until 1984 strains of haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) isolated from children with systemic infections in australia had been uniformly sensitive to chloramphenicol. in july 1984 a child with bacteremia in adelaide, south australia, yielded a strain of hib resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol and tetracycline. in october and november 1984 similar isolates were obtained on cerebrospinal fluid culture from 2 children with meningitis. the 3 isolates showed an identical resistance pattern and ...19863493469
epidemiology of haemophilus influenzae type b (hib) meningitis in south australia. 19938412938
outer-membrane protein and immunoblot analysis of australian isolates of haemophilus influenzae.strains of haemophilus influenzae isolated from children in south australia and the northern territory with systemic infections (mostly meningitis or epiglottitis) were subjected to serotyping, biotyping, outer-membrane protein (omp) analysis and immunoblot subtyping. all 65 isolates examined were from blood or cerebrospinal fluid; 59 (91%) of the strains were identified as type b and the remainder as either type a (two strains) or non-typable (four strains). of the 59 type b strains, 45 (76%) b ...19938487295
australia's notifiable diseases status, 1997. annual report of the national notifiable diseases surveillance system.in 1997 there were 89,579 notifications to the national notifiable diseases surveillance system. a notable feature of 1997 was the pertussis outbreak which peaked towards the end of the year and resulted in 10,668 cases being notified. the highest number of notifications received was for hepatitis c (unspecified) with 19,692 notifications; this is the first year for which data have been reported for new south wales and south australia for this disease category. the number of measles cases rose a ...199910095294
passive exposure to tobacco smoke and bacterial meningitis in children.to determine whether an association exists between passive exposure to tobacco smoke and bacterial meningitis in childhood, in an australian population.200111532060
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 ...200312725505
sentry antimicrobial surveillance program asia-pacific region and south africa.the sentry antimicrobial surveillance program was initiated in january 1997 and was designed to monitor the predominant pathogens and antimicrobial resistance for both nosocomial and community-acquired infections globally by using validated, reference-quality identification and susceptibility testing methods performed in a central laboratory. consecutive bacterial or fungal isolates, deemed clinically significant by local criteria, are forwarded to the local reference laboratory from various stu ...200312807276
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