Shivani Pasricha

Infrared Based Saliva Screening Test for COVID-19

Bayden R Wood, Kamila Kochan, Diana E Bedolla, Natalia Salazar-Quiroz, Samantha L Grimley, David Perez-Guaita, Matthew J Baker, Jitraporn Vongsvivut, Mark J Tobin, Keith R Bambery, Dale Christensen, Shivani Pasricha, Anthony K Eden, Aaron Mclean, Supti Roy, Jason A Roberts, Julian Druce, Deborah A Williamson, Julie McAuley, Mike Catton, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in an unprecedented need for diagnostic testing that is ..

A comparison of cotton-tipped and nylon flocked swabs for culture of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from oropharyngeal samples.

Tiffany R Phillips, Marjan Tabesh, Christopher K Fairley, Kate Maddaford, Shivani Pasricha, Rebecca Wigan, Vesna De Petra, Deborah A Williamson, Eric PF Chow

Journal article  |  2021  |  Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis

Our aim was to determine if there was a difference in culture positivity for oropharyngeal gonorrhoea when sampling using a nylon-..

Clinical Relevance of Topical Antibiotic Use in Coselecting for Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Insights from In Vitro and Ex Vivo Models

Yi Nong, George Taiaroa, Shivani Pasricha, Romain Guerillot, Ian R Monk, Sarah L Baines, Glen P Carter, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2021  |  ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Topical antibiotic preparations, such as fusidic acid (FA) or mupirocin, are used in the prevention and treatment of superficial s..

Reflex Detection of Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae by Use of the SpeeDx ResistancePlus GC Assay

Darren YJ Lee, Melinda M Ashcroft, Eric PF Chow, Michelle Sait, Vesna De Petra, Marlene Tschaepe, Sigrid Lange, George Taiaroa, Catriona S Bradshaw, David M Whiley, Christopher K Fairley, Benjamin P Howden, Marcus Y Chen, Shivani Pasricha, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Resistance-guided therapy (RGT) for gonorrhea may reduce unnecessary use of broad-spectrum antibiotics. When reflexed from the Apt..

Multi-site assessment of rapid, point-of-care antigen testing for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a low-prevalence setting: A validation and implementation study

Stephen Muhi, Nick Tayler, Tuyet Hoang, Susan A Ballard, Maryza Graham, Amanda Rojek, Jason C Kwong, Jason A Trubiano, Olivia Smibert, George Drewett, Fiona James, Emma Gardiner, Socheata Chea, Nicole Isles, Michelle Sait, Shivani Pasricha, George Taiaroa, Julie McAuley, Eloise Williams, Katherine B Gibney, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC

Background: In Australia, COVID-19 diagnosis relies on RT-PCR testing which is relatively costly and time-consuming. To date, few ..

Multi-Site Assessment of Rapid, Point-of-Care Antigen Testing for the Diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Low-Prevalence Setting: A Validation and Implementation Study

Stephen Muhi, Nick Tayler, Tuyet Hoang, Susan Ballard, Maryza Graham, Amanda Rojek, Jason Kwong, Jason Trubiano, Olivia Smibert, George Drewett, Fiona James, Emma Gardiner, Socheata Chea, Nicole Isles, Michelle Sait, Shivani Pasricha, George Taiaroa, Julie McAuley, Eloise Williams, Katherine Gibney, et al.

Journal article  |  2021

Background: In Australia, COVID-19 diagnosis relies on RT-PCR testing which is relatively costly and time-consuming. To date, no s..

Legionella pneumophilaInfection Rewires theAcanthamoeba castellaniiTranscriptome, Highlighting a Class of Sirtuin Genes

Pengfei Li, Dane Vassiliadis, Sze Ying Ong, Vicki Bennett-Wood, Chihiro Sugimoto, Junya Yamagishi, Elizabeth L Hartland, Shivani Pasricha

Journal article  |  2020  |  FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY

Legionella pneumophila is an environmental bacterium that has evolved to survive predation by soil and water amoebae such as Acant..

Lysosomal degradation products induce Coxiella burnetii virulence

Patrice Newton, David R Thomas, Shawna CO Reed, Nicole Lau, Bangyan Xu, Sze Ying Ong, Shivani Pasricha, Piyush B Madhamshettiwar, Laura E Edgington-Mitchell, Kaylene J Simpson, Craig R Roy, Hayley J Newton

Journal article  |  2020  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coxiella burnetii is an intracellular pathogen that replicates in a lysosome-like vacuole through activation of a Dot/Icm-type IVB..

IFN gamma receptor down-regulation facilitates Legionella survival in alveolar macrophages

Chao Yang, Daniel S McDermot, Shivani Pasricha, Sammy Bedoui, Laurel L Lenz, Ian R van Driel, Elizabeth L Hartland

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Legionella pneumophila is an opportunistic human pathogen and causative agent of the acute pneumonia known as Legionnaire's diseas..

More than 18,000 effectors in the Legionella genus genome provide multiple, independent combinations for replication in human cells

Laura Gomez-Valero, Christophe Rusniok, Danielle Carson, Sonia Mondino, Ana Elena Perez-Cobas, Monica Rolando, Shivani Pasricha, Sandra Reuter, Jasmin Demirtas, Johannes Crumbach, Stephane Descorps-Declere, Elizabeth L Hartland, Sophie Jarraud, Gordon Dougan, Gunnar N Schroeder, Gad Frankel, Carmen Buchrieser

Journal article  |  2019  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The genus Legionella comprises 65 species, among which Legionella pneumophila is a human pathogen causing severe pneumonia. To und..