Stuart Dashper

Streptococcus salivarius K12 inhibits Candida albicans aggregation, biofilm formation and dimorphism

Munirah Mokhtar, Nurul Alia Risma Rismayuddin, Aini Syahida Mat Yassim, Hasna Ahmad, Ridhwan Abdul Wahab, Stuart Dashper, Mohd Hafiz Arzmi

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOFOULING

Candida albicans causes candidiasis, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Streptococcus salivarius K12 (K12) is a probiotic..

Nutrition and oral health in early childhood: associations with formal and informal childcare

Lauren Carpenter, Lisa Gibbs, Anthea Magarey, Stuart Dashper, Mark Gussy, Hanny Calache

Journal article  |  2021  |  PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION

OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between childcare type and nutrition and oral health indicators. DESIGN: Cross-sectional data e..

Bacteriophage manipulation of the microbiome associated with tumour microenvironments-can this improve cancer therapeutic response?

Mwila Kabwe, Stuart Dashper, Gilad Bachrach, Joseph Tucci

Journal article  |  2021  |  FEMS Microbiol Rev

Some cancer treatment failures have been attributed to the tumour microbiota, with implications that microbiota manipulation may i..

Oral Antibiotic for Empirical Management of Acute Dentoalveolar Infections-A Systematic Review

Leanne Teoh, Monique C Cheung, Stuart Dashper, Rodney James, Michael J McCullough

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL

Concerns regarding increasing antibiotic resistance raise the question of the most appropriate oral antibiotic for empirical thera..

Isolation and Functional Characterization of Fusobacterium nucleatum Bacteriophage.

Mwila Kabwe, Teagan Brown, Heng Ku, Stuart Dashper, Joseph Tucci

Journal article  |  2021  |  Methods Mol Biol

Bacteriophages are viruses that specifically lyse bacteria. They have demonstrated potential in applications as antibacterial agen..

Bugs and Brains, the Gut and Mental Health Study: a mixed-methods study investigating microbiota composition and function in anxiety, depression and irritable bowel syndrome

Carra A Simpson, Orli S Schwartz, Djamila Eliby, Catherine A Butler, Katherine Huang, Neil O'Brien-Simpson, Bridget L Callaghan, Stuart G Dashper, Paul R Gooley, Sarah Whittle, Nick Haslam, Julian G Simmons

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMJ OPEN

INTRODUCTION: Research has highlighted relationships between the micro-organisms that inhabit our gastrointestinal tract (oral and..

Oral microbiome composition, but not diversity, is associated with adolescent anxiety and depression symptoms

Carra A Simpson, Christina Adler, Mieke R du Plessis, Elizabeth R Landau, Stuart G Dashper, Eric C Reynolds, Orli S Schwartz, Julian G Simmons

Journal article  |  2020  |  PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR

PURPOSE: Depression and anxiety are highly prevalent disorders, whose significant burden is compounded by the presence of oral dis..

The role of Candida albicans candidalysin ECE1 gene in oral carcinogenesis

Engku Anis Fariha Enguku Nasrullah Satiman, Hasna Ahmad, Ahmad Bazli Ramzi, Ridhwan Abdul Wahab, Mohd Arifin Kaderi, Wan Himratul Aznita Wan Harun, Stuart Dashper, Michael McCullough, Mohd Hafiz Arzmi

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF ORAL PATHOLOGY & MEDICINE

Oral squamous cell carcinoma is associated with many known risk factors including tobacco smoking, chronic alcoholism, poor oral h..

A methodological study to assess the measurement properties (reliability and validity) of a caries risk assessment tool for children

Bradley Christian, Hanny Calache, Geoff Adams, Martin Hall, Stuart Dashper, Lisa Gibbs, Mark Gussy

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY

OBJECTIVES: To assess the CAMBRA caries risk assessment tool (CRAT) in terms of its measurement properties: reliability, validity ..

Identifying predictors of early childhood caries among Australian children using sequential modelling: Findings from the VicGen birth cohort study

Mark Gussy, George Mnatzaganian, Stuart Dashper, Lauren Carpenter, Hanny Calache, Helen Mitchell, Eric Reynolds, Lisa Gibbs, Shalika Hegde, Geoff Adams, Shae Johnson, Emily Amezdroz, Bradley Christian

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF DENTISTRY

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this birth cohort study was to identify concurrent associations between early childhood caries and putative..