Mike Starr

Does discharging asthma patients after one hour of treatment if clinically well affect emergency department length of stay.

Debbie Lenko, Rachael Purcell, Mike Starr, Penelope A Bryant, Michael South, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

AIM: Asthma is a major contributor to direct and indirect health-care costs and resource use. In May 2015, the Royal Children's Ho..

Pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus complex in children with cystic fibrosis: A practical management guideline

Eden C Andrew, Tom Connell, Phil Robinson, Nigel Curtis, John Massie, Colin Robertson, Joanne Harrison, Shivanthan Shanthikumar, Penelope A Bryant, Mike Starr, Andrew Steer, Sarath Ranganathan, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

The location of Australian Buruli ulcer lesions-Implications for unravelling disease transmission

Arvind Yerramilli, Ee Laine Tay, Andrew J Stewardson, Peter G Kelley, Emma Bishop, Grant A Jenkin, Mike Starr, Janine Trevillyan, Andrew Hughes, N Deborah Friedman, Daniel P O'Brien, Paul DR Johnson

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases

An uncommon cause of erythema nodosum

Peter Wallis, Mike Starr, Roderic J Phillips

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Diagnostic Yield of Timing Blood Culture Collection Relative to Fever

Penny Pei Lee Kee, Maidhili Chinnappan, Ajit Nair, Daryl Yeak, Annie Chen, Mike Starr, Andrew J Daley, Allen C Cheng, David Burgner

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Antibiotic duration and timing of the switch from intravenous to oral route for bacterial infections in children: systematic review and guidelines

Brendan J McMullan, David Andresen, Christopher C Blyth, Minyon L Avent, Asha C Bowen, Philip N Britton, Julia E Clark, Celia M Cooper, Nigel Curtis, Emma Goeman, Briony Hazelton, Gabrielle M Haeusler, Ameneh Khatami, James P Newcombe, Joshua Osowicki, Pamela Palasanthiran, Mike Starr, Tony Lai, Clare Nourse, Joshua R Francis, et al.

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Febrile infants and children in the emergency department: Reducing fever to its simplest form

Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Paediatric emergency medicine

Mike Starr, Franz Babl, David Isaacs

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Managing childhood migraine.

Edward Sixsmith, Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2015  |  Australian Family Physician

BACKGROUND: Childhood migraines create a significant health burden and are probably under-diagnosed and treated. OBJECTIVES: The a..

Paediatric infectious diseases: the last 50 years.

Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Many advances and challenges have occurred in the field of paediatric infectious diseases during the past 50 years. It is impossib..

Are we there yet? Travel vaccinations for Australian children

Marnie Slonim, Mike Starr, Grant Blashki

Journal article  |  2014  |  Australian Family Physician

Formal Infectious Diseases Consultations at a Tertiary Pediatric Hospital A 14-Year Review

Amanda Gwee, Jonathan R Carapetis, Jim Buttery, Mike Starr, Tom G Connell, Andrew Steer, Penelope A Bryant, Nigel Curtis

Journal article  |  2014  |  The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Paediatric travel medicine: vaccines and medications.

Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2013  |  British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

The paediatric aspects of travel medicine can be complex, and individual advice is often required. Nonetheless, children are much ..

Pediatric Travel Vaccinations

SM Mackell, M Starr

Book Chapter  |  2013

Risk Factors for Cryptococcus gattii Infection, British Columbia, Canada

Laura MacDougall, Murray Fyfe, Marc Romney, Mike Starr, Eleni Galanis

Journal article  |  2011  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

Management of severe asthma in children.

Adriana Yock Corrales, Manuel Soto-Martinez, Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2011  |  Australian Family Physician

BACKGROUND: Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and the leading cause of childhood morbidity from chronic disea..

All-Oral Antibiotic Treatment for Buruli Ulcer: A Report of Four Patients

Claire L Gordon, John A Buntine, John A Hayman, Caroline J Lavender, Janet AM Fyfe, Patrick Hosking, Mike Starr, Paul DR Johnson

Journal article  |  2010  |  PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Minor head injuries in children - an approach to management.

Carl Lückhoff, Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2010  |  Australian Family Physician

BACKGROUND: Traumatic head injury is a common occurrence in the paediatric population, with the majority of patients sustaining on..

Croup - assessment and management.

Shabna Rajapaksa, Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2010  |  Australian Family Physician

BACKGROUND: Croup is a common childhood disease characterised by sudden onset of a distinctive barking cough that is usually accom..

Assessment of the unwell child.

Adriana Yock Corrales, Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2010  |  Australian Family Physician

BACKGROUND: Children present to general practitioners with a wide range of problems, but most of the time they are not particularl..

Meningococcal sepsis.

Shabna Rajapaksa, Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2010  |  Australian Family Physician

BACKGROUND: Meningococcal disease remains a significant illness with an overall mortality of around 8%. The majority of deaths occ..

Picture of the month

M Tebruegge, N Curtis, D Wallace, M Starr, P Bryant

Journal article  |  2010  |  Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Kingella kingae endocardial abscess and cerebral infarction in a previously well immunocompetent child

B Gelbart, TG Connell, IE Konstantinov, R Phillips, M Starr

Journal article  |  2009  |  Case Reports

Summary of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand guidelines: treatment and prevention of H1N1 influenza 09 (human swine influenza) with antiviral agents

Allen C Cheng, Dominic E Dwyer, AThomas C Kotsimbos, Mike Starr, Tony M Korman, Jim P Buttery, Christine R Jenkins, Vicki L Krause, Paul DR Johnson

Journal article  |  2009  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Infectious Diseases

N Curtis, M Starr, J Wolf

Book Chapter  |  2009

Cryptococcus gattii infections on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada: emergence of a tropical fungus in a temperate environment.

M Fyfe, L MacDougall, M Romney, M Starr, M Pearce, S Mak, S Mithani, P Kibsey

Journal article  |  2008  |  Canada communicable disease report = Relevé des maladies transmissibles au Canada

BACKGROUND: Cryptococcus gattii causes disease among immunocompetent individuals in the tropics and subtropics. We document the ap..

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causes severe disseminated infection and deep venous thrombosis in children: literature review and recommendations for management.

Clare Nourse, Mike Starr, Wendy Munckhof

Journal article  |  2007  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection in children is increasingly common and can be a..

Investigation of the rate of meningitis in association with urinary tract infection in infants 90 days of age or younger

Peter J Vuillermin, Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2007  |  Emergency Medicine Australasia

Liposomal amphotericin B trial marred by conclusions

Joshua Wolf, Jim Buttery, Andrew J Daley, Sarah Hanieh, Frank Shann, Mike Starr, Nigel Curtis

Journal article  |  2007  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Wound repair in children.

Ronan O'Sullivan, Ed Oakley, Mike Starr

Journal article  |  2006  |  Australian Family Physician

BACKGROUND: Minor injuries in children are extremely common in the general practice setting. OBJECTIVE: This article describes a s..

Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Andrew C Steer, Mike Starr, Andrew J Kornberg

Journal article  |  2006  |  Journal of Child Neurology

A retrospective study of endophthalmitis rates comparing quinolone antibiotics.

Michael B Starr

Journal article  |  2005  |  American Journal of Ophthalmology

How to best treat adenoviral corneal opacities.

T Reinhard

Journal article  |  2005  |  Cornea

Acute gastroenteritis in children.

A Webb, M Starr

Journal article  |  2005  |  Australian family physician

Pertussis: Presentation, investigation and management

A Frydenberg, M Starr

Journal article  |  2004  |  Australian Family Physician

Neonatal coxsackie B virus infection - a treatable disease?

PA Bryant, D Tingay, PA Dargaville, M Starr, N Curtis

Journal article  |  2004  |  European Journal of Pediatrics

How best to treat adenoviral corneal opacities?

Michael B Starr

Journal article  |  2004  |  Cornea

A randomised controlled clinical trial of the efficacy of family-based direct observation of anti-tuberculosis treatment in an urban, developed-country setting

CR MacIntyre, K Goebel, GV Brown, S Skull, M Starr, RO Fullinfaw

Journal article  |  2003  |  International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Bacterial endophthalmitis prophylaxis.

William Keith Hamilton, KM Colleaux

Journal article  |  2003  |  Ophthalmology

A simple intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing

M South, J Royle, M Starr

Journal article  |  2003  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Slapped cheek disease. How it affects children and pregnant women.

A Frydenberg, M Starr

Journal article  |  2003  |  Australian family physician

Hand, foot and mouth disease.

A Frydenberg, M Starr

Journal article  |  2003  |  Australian family physician

Head lice.

A Frydenberg, M Starr

Journal article  |  2003  |  Australian family physician

Mycobacterium ulcerans infection diagnosed by polymerase chain reaction

FM Russell, M Starr, J Hayman, N Curtis, PDR Johnson

Journal article  |  2002  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Bacterial endophthalmitis prophylaxis for cataract surgery: an evidence-based update.

Thomas A Ciulla, Michael B Starr, Samuel Masket

Journal article  |  2002  |  Ophthalmology

PURPOSE: To assess commonly used cataract surgery bacterial endophthalmitis prophylaxis techniques based on a systematic literatur..

Severe Bordetella holmesii infection in a previously healthy adolescent confirmed by gene sequence analysis

FM Russell, JM Davis, MJ Whipp, PH Janssen, PB Ward, JR Vyas, M Starr, SM Sawyer, N Curtis

Journal article  |  2001  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Randomized, controlled trial comparing once daily and three times daily gentamicin in children with urinary tract infections

JR Carapetis, AL Jaquiery, JP Buttery, M Starr, NE Cranswick, S Kohn, GG Hogg, S Woods, K Grimwood

Journal article  |  2001  |  Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Management of tuberculosis in children.

LM Voss, undefined Australasian Subgroup in Paediatric Infectious Disease of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases, undefined Australasian Paediatric Respiratory Group

Journal article  |  2000  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

This paper provides specific guidelines on the management of tuberculosis infection and disease, covering general principles, reco..

Malaria affects children and pregnant women most.

M Starr

Journal article  |  2000  |  BMJ

Attentional function in secondary school students receiving isoniazid prophylaxis for tuberculosis infection.

D Anderson, V Anderson, L Pentland, S Sawyer, M Starr, PD Johnson

Journal article  |  2000  |  Epidemiology and Infection

Reports have suggested that isoniazid treatment may be associated with poor concentration and subtle reduction in memory. This stu..

A rash of exanthems. How they affect children and pregnant women.

M Starr

Journal article  |  2000  |  Australian family physician

Phototherapeutic keratectomy for anterior scarring in an epikeratophakia lenticule.

DR Lazzaro, MB Starr, ED Donnenfeld, M Newton, MG Odrich

Journal article  |  2000  |  CLAO Journal

PURPOSE: To present a case of anterior scarring in an epikeratophakia lenticule and its partially successful treatment with the ex..

Cefaclor and serum sickness-like reactions

M Starr

Journal article  |  1999  |  Australian Prescriber

A novel approach to monitoring adherence to preventive therapy for tuberculosis in adolescence

M Starr, SM Sawyer, JB Carlin, CVE Powell, RG Newman, PDR Johnson

Journal article  |  1999  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Capsular bag distention syndrome noted 5 years after intraocular lens implantation.

MB Starr

Journal article  |  1999  |  American Journal of Ophthalmology

Recurrent subepithelial corneal opacities after excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy.

MB Starr

Journal article  |  1999  |  Cornea

PURPOSE: To report the recurrence of presumed post-viral conjunctivitis subepithelial corneal opacities after excimer laser photot..

Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis in children: Diagnosis and management

A Trivett, M Starr, HK Graham

Journal article  |  1999  |  Modern Medicine of Australia

Pregnancy-associated overcorrection following myopic excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy.

MB Starr

Journal article  |  1998  |  Archives of Ophthalmology

The incidence of drug-related problems as a cause of hospital admissions in children.

KL Easton, BJ Parsons, M Starr, JE Brien

Journal article  |  1998  |  Medical Journal of Australia

OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of hospital admissions for drug-related problems (DRPs) among children, and to examine case..

Liquefied aftercataract: a complication of continuous curvilinear capsulorhexis and intraocular lens implantation in the lens capsule.

MB Starr

Journal article  |  1998  |  American Journal of Ophthalmology

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome following urinary tract infection with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli: Case report and review

M Starr, V Bennett-Wood, AK Bigham, TP de Koning-Ward, AM Bordun, D Lightfoot, KA Bettelheim, CL Jones, RM Robins-Browne

Journal article  |  1998  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Prevalence of tuberculosis infection in Melbourne secondary school students

PDR Johnson, JB Carlin, CM Bennett, PD Phelan, M Starr, J Hulls, TM Nolan

Journal article  |  1998  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Fatal rhinoorbital mucormycosis caused by Saksenaea vasiformis in an immunocompromised child.

G Gonis, M Starr

Journal article  |  1997  |  The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Prophylactic antibiotics in ophthalmic surgery.

JJ Kownacki

Journal article  |  1997  |  Survey of Ophthalmology

Excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy.

M Starr, E Donnenfeld, M Newton, J Tostanoski, J Muller, M Odrich

Journal article  |  1996  |  Cornea

The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of excimer laser phototherapeutic keratectomy in the treatment..

Prophylaxis of endophthalmitis.

MB Starr

Journal article  |  1996  |  Ophthalmic surgery and lasers

Antimicrobial prophylaxis for ophthalmic surgery.

MB Starr, JM Lally

Journal article  |  1995  |  Survey of Ophthalmology

Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative antibiotic agents have been used by ophthalmic surgeons routinely as prophylaxis f..

In vivo scanning slit confocal microscopy of Acanthamoeba keratitis. A case report.

JD Auran, MB Starr, CJ Koester, VJ LaBombardi

Journal article  |  1994  |  Cornea

A 29-year-old woman presented with clinical signs and symptoms of Acanthamoeba keratitis. Scanning slit confocal microscopy reveal..

Nonviral infectious uveitis

MB Starr

Journal article  |  1992  |  Current Opinion In Ophthalmology

A critical appraisal of contact lens disinfection.

MB Starr

Journal article  |  1990  |  New York State Journal of Medicine

Bilateral epibulbar rheumatoid nodulosis. A new ocular entity.

MA Lebowitz, FA Jakobiec, ED Donnenfeld, M Starr

Journal article  |  1988  |  Ophthalmology

A 61-year-old woman, whose rheumatoid arthritis had been quiescent for 9 years, developed a crop fo 16 painless bilateral episcler..

Linear IgA disease. The ocular manifestations.

EA Aultbrinker, MB Starr, ED Donnenfeld

Journal article  |  1988  |  Ophthalmology

The ocular history and examination of a 54-year-old Filipino woman with linear IgA disease is described. Results of the eye examin..

Paecilomyces lilacinus keratitis: two case reports in extended wear contact lens wearers.

MB Starr

Journal article  |  1987  |  CLAO Journal

Properdin-mediated immune ring formation associated with Pseudomonas keratitis.

SM Rabinowitz, MB Starr, BD Gorman, GM Kezirian

Journal article  |  1987  |  Archives of Ophthalmology

Acanthamoeba keratitis. A review of the literature.

JD Auran, MB Starr, FA Jakobiec

Journal article  |  1987  |  Cornea

Acanthamoeba is a free-living ubiquitous ameba that is responsible for a small but increasing number of cases of keratitis. The in..

Retinopathy and systemic lupus erythematosus.

JA Mines, JL Willig, MB Starr, AJ Nadel

Journal article  |  1984  |  Archives of Ophthalmology

A prospective study of the ophthalmologic findings in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

WR Freeman, CW Lerner, JA Mines, RS Lash, AJ Nadel, MB Starr, ML Tapper

Journal article  |  1984  |  American Journal of Ophthalmology

A prospective evaluation of ophthalmologic findings in 26 patients (25 men and one woman) with the acquired immune deficiency synd..

Cytomegalovirus retinitis: a manifestation of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

AH Friedman, J Orellana, WR Freeman, MH Luntz, MB Starr, ML Tapper, I Spigland, H Roterdam, R Mesa Tejada, S Braunhut, D Mildvan, U Mathur

Journal article  |  1983  |  British Journal of Ophthalmology

Two homosexual males with the "gay bowel syndrome' experienced an acute unilateral loss of vision. Both patients had white intrare..

Prophylactic antibiotics for ophthalmic surgery.

MB Starr

Journal article  |  1983  |  Survey of Ophthalmology

Preoperative or immediately postoperative antibiotics have been used by ophthalmic surgeons routinely as prophylaxis for postopera..

Spontaneous scleral perforation associated with peripheral marginal corneal degeneration: a case report.

MB Starr, IG Wong, HB Ostler, J Hetherington

Journal article  |  1981  |  Annals of Ophthalmology

Vitamin A in experimental herpetic keratitis.

MB Starr, CR Dawson, O Briones, J Oh

Journal article  |  1981  |  Archives of Ophthalmology

Systemic vitamin A palmitate at three dosage levels was evaluated for its effect on experimental herpes simplex virus (HSV) kerati..