Adam Jenney

Genomic surveillance of antimicrobial resistant bacterial colonisation and infection in intensive care patients.

Kelly L Wyres, Jane Hawkey, Mirianne Mirčeta, Louise M Judd, Ryan R Wick, Claire L Gorrie, Nigel F Pratt, Jill S Garlick, Kerrie M Watson, David V Pilcher, Steve A McGloughlin, Iain J Abbott, Nenad Macesic, Denis W Spelman, Adam WJ Jenney, Kathryn E Holt

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: Third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Gram-negatives (3GCR-GN) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are commo..

Prospective Surveillance of Primary Healthcare Presentations for Scabies and Bacterial Skin Infections in Fiji, 2018-2019.

Li Jun Thean, Lucia Romani, Daniel Engelman, Adam Jenney, Handan Wand, Jyotishna Mani, Jessica Paka, Rachel Devi, Aalisha Sahukhan, Mike Kama, Meciusela Tuicakau, Joseph Kado, Natalie Carvalho, Margot Whitfeld, John Kaldor, Andrew C Steer

Journal article  |  2021  |  Am J Trop Med Hyg

Scabies, impetigo, and other skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) are highly prevalent in many tropical, low-middle income sett..

Prospective surveillance for invasive Staphylococcus aureus and group A Streptococcus infections in a setting with high community burden of scabies and impetigo.

Li Jun Thean, Adam Jenney, Daniel Engelman, Lucia Romani, Handan Wand, Jyotishna Mani, Jessica Paka, Tuliana Cua, Sera Taole, Vika Soqo, Aalisha Sahukhan, Mike Kama, Meciusela Tuicakau, Joseph Kado, Natalie Carvalho, Margot Whitfeld, John Kaldor, Andrew C Steer

Journal article  |  2021  |  Int J Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: Invasive Staphylococcus aureus (iSA) and group A Streptococcus (iGAS) impose significant health burdens globally. Both..

Silent spread of mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-9.1 on IncHI2 'superplasmids' in clinical carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales.

Nenad Macesic, Luke V Blakeway, James D Stewart, Jane Hawkey, Kelly L Wyres, Louise M Judd, Ryan R Wick, Adam W Jenney, Kathryn E Holt, Anton Y Peleg

Journal article  |  2021  |  Clin Microbiol Infect

OBJECTIVES: mcr-9.1 is a newly described mobile colistin resistance gene. We have noted its presence in multiple species of carbap..

Genotype Diversity before and after the Introduction of a Rotavirus Vaccine into the National Immunisation Program in Fiji

Sarah Thomas, Celeste M Donato, Sokoveti Covea, Felisita T Ratu, Adam WJ Jenney, Rita Reyburn, Aalisha Sahu Khan, Eric Rafai, Varja Grabovac, Fatima Serhan, Julie E Bines, Fiona M Russell

Journal article  |  2021  |  PATHOGENS

The introduction of the rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix, into the Fiji National Immunisation Program in 2012 has reduced the burden of ..

Transmitted Donor Immunology Not Infection: Common Persistence of Donor Hepatitis C Antibody Production in Aviremic Lung Transplant Recipients

Olivia C Smibert, Joseph S Doyle, Adam WJ Jenney, David Pilcher, Miranda A Paraskeva, Glen P Westall, Greg I Snell

Journal article  |  2021  |  OBM Transplantation

Since 2018 The American Society of Transplant has recommended that Hepatitis C Virus seropositive positive, non-viremic donors (HC..

The impact of the rotavirus vaccine on diarrhoea, five years following national introduction in Fiji

Adam WJ Jenney, Rita Reyburn, Felisita T Ratu, Evelyn Tuivaga, Cattram Nguyen, Sokoveti Covea, Sarah Thomas, Eric Rafai, Rachel Devi, Kathryn Bright, Kylie Jenkins, Beth Temple, Lisi Tikoduadua, Joe Kado, E Kim Mulholland, Carl D Kirkwood, Kimberley K Fox, Julie E Bines, Varja Grabovac, Aalisha Sahu Khan, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC

Background: In 2012, Fiji became the first independent Pacific island country to introduce rotavirus vaccine. We describe the impa..

Hospital admissions for skin and soft tissue infections in a population with endemic scabies: A prospective study in Fiji, 2018-2019

Li Jun Thean, Adam Jenney, Daniel Engelman, Lucia Romani, Handan Wand, Jyotishna Mudaliar, Jessica Paka, Tuliana Cua, Sera Taole, Aalisha Sahukhan, Mike Kama, Meciusela Tuicakau, Joseph Kado, Natalie Carvalho, Margot Whitfeld, John Kaldor, Andrew C Steer

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Scabies is an important predisposing factor for impetigo but its role in more serious skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) is n..

Polyneuritis cranialis from varicella zoster virus reactivation

Jesse A Schnall, Sadid F Khan, Luigi Zolio, Jason C Ray, Adam WJ Jenney

Journal article  |  2020  |  MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA

Prevalence of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use among inpatients in a tertiary hospital in Fiji: a point prevalence survey

MJ Loftus, SJ Curtis, R Naidu, AC Cheng, AWJ Jenney, BG Mitchell, PL Russo, E Rafai, AY Peleg, AJ Stewardson

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AND INFECTION CONTROL

BACKGROUND: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial use (AMU) are important drivers of antimicrobial resistance,..