Vanessa Clifford

Clinical and Health System Impact of Biofire Filmarray Meningitis/Encephalitis Routine Testing of CSF in a Pediatric Hospital: An Observational Study.

Angela Berkhout, Daryl R Cheng, Sarah McNab, Lai-Yang Lee, Andrew J Daley, Vanessa Clifford

Journal article  |  2023  |  Pediatr Infect Dis J

BACKGROUND: Rapid cartridge-based molecular test panels targeting multiple pathogens are increasingly available, improve pathogen ..

Use of a paediatric advice line for parents of infants recruited to a randomised controlled trial

Joyce Chan, Jordan Kirby, Kaya Kareela Gardiner, Veronica Abruzzo, Samantha Bannister, Karen Bellamy, Clare Brophy, Vanessa Clifford, Lianne Cox, Hannah Elborough, Bridget Freyne Freyne, Freya Summons, Clare Morrison, Kate Wall, Daniel M Casalaz, Nigel Curtis, Laure F Pittet, BAIR Trial Grp MIS

Journal article  |  2023  |  BMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN

BACKGROUND: This study aims to describe the use of a paediatric advice line (PAL) provided to parents whose infants were recruited..

Investigation for bacterial contamination of blood products implicated in suspected transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection.

Vanessa Clifford, Gena Gonis, Gemma Crighton, Helen Savoia, Iain Gosbell, Andrew J Daley

Journal article  |  2023  |  Pathology

Understanding Mothers' Experiences of Being Ineligible to Donate Their Milk to a Not-for-Profit Milk Bank

Melissa K Hyde, Rachel Thorpe, Barbara M Masser, Sarah P Kruse, Lisa H Amir, Richard Brown, Vanessa Clifford, Laura D Klein

Journal article  |  2023  |  BREASTFEEDING MEDICINE

Background: Donor milk banks have strict donor screening criteria to ensure that donor milk is safe for premature or hospitalized ..

Donor and recipient safety in human milk banking.

Vanessa Clifford, Laura D Klein, Richard Brown, Christine Sulfaro, Veronica Hoad, Iain B Gosbell, Joanne Pink

Journal article  |  2022  |  J Paediatr Child Health

AIM: Australian Red Cross Lifeblood supplies pasteurised donor human milk (PDHM) to more than 30 partner hospitals across Australi..

A case of Japanese encephalitis in a Victorian infant.

Andrea Zhu, Nikki Petrakis, Mohamed Gaber, Daniel Mason, Vanessa Clifford, Julian Kelly

Journal article  |  2022  |  Med J Aust

Virology and immune dynamics reveal high household transmission of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 strain

Shidan Tosif, Ebene R Haycroft, Sohinee Sarkar, Zheng Quan Toh, Anh Ha Do Lien, Celeste M Donato, Kevin J Selva, Monsurul Hoq, Isabella Overmars, Jill Nguyen, Lai-Yang Lee, Vanessa Clifford, Andrew Daley, Francesa L Mordant, Jodie McVernon, Kim Mulholland, Adrian J Marcato, Miranda Z Smith, Nigel Curtis, Sarah McNab, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Household studies are crucial for understanding the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection, which may be underestimated ..

Short-course intravenous antibiotics for young infants with urinary tract infection

Jolie Lawrence, Laure F Pittet, Samar Hikmat, Eloise J Silvester, Vanessa Clifford, Rodney Hunt, Amanda Gwee

Journal article  |  2022  |  ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD

OBJECTIVE: Shorter courses of intravenous antibiotics for young infants with urinary tract infection (UTI) have myriad advantages...

Comparison of Seroconversion in Children and Adults With Mild COVID-19

Zheng Quan Toh, Jeremy Anderson, Nadia Mazarakis, Melanie Neeland, Rachel A Higgins, Karin Rautenbacher, Kate Dohle, Jill Nguyen, Isabella Overmars, Celeste Donato, Sohinee Sarkar, Vanessa Clifford, Andrew Daley, Suellen Nicholson, Francesca L Mordant, Kanta Subbarao, David P Burgner, Nigel Curtis, Julie E Bines, Sarah McNab, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  JAMA NETWORK OPEN

IMPORTANCE: The immune response in children with SARS-CoV-2 infection is not well understood. OBJECTIVE: To compare seroconversion..

Changing Epidemiology of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Australia-Delayed Re-Emergence in Victoria Compared to Western Australia/New South Wales (WA/NSW) After Prolonged Lock-Down for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Sarah McNab, Lien Anh Ha Do, Vanessa Clifford, Nigel W Crawford, Andrew Daley, Kim Mulholland, Daryl Cheng, Mike South, Greg Waller, Ian Barr, Danielle Wurzel

Journal article  |  2021  |  CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES