Damon Eisen

Employee presenteeism and occupational acquisition ofCOVID-19

Damon Eisen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Low levels of salicylic acid and salicyluric acid are present in synovial fluid of patients taking aspirin at the time of knee arthroplasty surgery

Damon P Eisen, Peter McEwen, Regina Hansen, Saurabh Pandey, Steven C Wallis, Jason A Roberts

Journal article  |  2020  |  Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Economic Consequences of the COVID-19 Outbreak: the Need for Epidemic Preparedness

Anton Pak, Oyelola A Adegboye, Adeshina I Adekunle, Kazi M Rahman, Emma S McBryde, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Frontiers in Public Health

COVID-19 is not only a global pandemic and public health crisis; it has also severely affected the global economy and financial ma..

Epidemiological analysis of association between lagged meteorological variables and pneumonia in wet-dry tropical North Australia, 2006-2016

Oyelola A Adegboye, Emma S McBryde, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology

Pneumonia accounts for 1.5% of all overnight hospital admission in Australia. We investigated the nonlinear and delay effect of we..

Linking administrative data sets of inpatient infectious diseases diagnoses in far North Queensland: a cohort profile

Damon P Eisen, Emma S McBryde, Luke Vasanthakumar, Matthew Murray, Miriam Harings, Oyelola Adegboye

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMJ Open

PURPOSE: To design a linked hospital database using administrative and clinical information to describe associations that predict ..

IgM in human immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria

MJ Boyle, JA Chan, I Handayuni, L Reiling, G Feng, A Hilton, L Kurtovic, D Oyong, KA Piera, BE Barber, T William, DP Eisen, G Minigo, C Langer, DR Drew, F de Labastida Rivera, FH Amante, TN Williams, S Kinyanjui, K Marsh, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Science Advances

Neutrophils-related host factors associated with severe disease and fatality in patients with influenza infection.

Benjamin M Tang, Maryam Shojaei, Sally Teoh, Adrienne Meyers, John Ho, T Blake Ball, Yoav Keynan, Amarnath Pisipati, Aseem Kumar, Damon P Eisen, Kevin Lai, Mark Gillett, Rahul Santram, Robert Geffers, Jens Schreiber, Khyobeni Mozhui, Stephen Huang, Grant P Parnell, Marek Nalos, Monika Holubova, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  Nature Communications

Severe influenza infection has no effective treatment available. One of the key barriers to developing host-directed therapy is a ..

CASSETTEclindamycin adjunctive therapy for severe Staphylococcus aureus treatment evaluation: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Ravindra Dotel, Steven YC Tong, Asha Bowen, Jane N Nelson, Matthew VN O'Sullivan, Anita J Campbell, Brendan J McMullan, Philip N Britton, Joshua R Francis, Damon P Eisen, Owen Robinson, Laurens Manning, Joshua S Davis

Journal article  |  2019  |  TRIALS

Cytokine biomarkers for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection and disease in adults in a low prevalence setting

Vanessa Clifford, Marc Tebruegge, Christel Zufferey, Susie Germano, Ben Forbes, Lucy Cosentino, Elizabeth Matchett, Emma McBryde, Damon Eisen, Roy Robins-Browne, Alan Street, Justin Denholm, Nigel Curtis

Journal article  |  2019  |  Tuberculosis

SIRCLE: a randomised controlled cost comparison of self-administered short-course isoniazid and rifapentine for cost-effective latent tuberculosis eradication

Justin T Denholm, Emma S McBryde, Damon Eisen, Alan Street, Elizabeth Matchett, Caroline Chen, Thomas Shultz, Beverly Biggs, Karin Leder

Journal article  |  2017  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Interferon-gamma release assay for the diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection: A latent-class analysis

Tan N Doan, Damon P Eisen, Morgan T Rose, Andrew Slack, Grace Stearnes, Emma S McBryde

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLOS ONE

Quantifying the Effects of Prior Acetyl-Salicylic Acid on Sepsis-Related Deaths: An Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis Using Propensity Matching

James Trauer, Stephen Muhi, Emma S McBryde, Shmeylan A Al Harbi, Yaseen M Arabi, Andrew J Boyle, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Wei Chen, Yung-Tai Chen, Marco Falcone, Ognjen Gajic, Jack Godsell, Michelle Ng Gong, Daryl Kor, Wolfgang Loesche, Daniel F McAuley, Hollis R O'Neal, Michael Osthoff, Gordon P Otto, Maik Sossdorf, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  Critical Care Medicine

Mycobacteria-specific cytokine responses as correlates of treatment response in active and latent tuberculosis

Vanessa Clifford, Marc Tebruegge, Christel Zufferey, Susie Germano, Ben Forbes, Lucy Cosentino, Emma McBryde, Damon Eisen, Roy Robins-Browne, Alan Street, Justin Denholm, Nigel Curtis

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Infection

AspiriN To Inhibit SEPSIS (ANTISEPSIS) randomised controlled trial protocol

Damon P Eisen, Elizabeth M Moore, Karin Leder, Jessica Lockery, Emma S McBryde, John J McNeil, David Pilcher, Rory Wolfe, Robyn L Woods

Journal article  |  2017  |  BMJ Open

Serum IP-10 in the diagnosis of latent and active tuberculosis

Vanessa Clifford, Marc Tebruegge, Christel Zufferey, Susie Germano, Justin Denholm, Alan Street, Emma McBryde, Damon Eisen, Nigel Curtis

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Infection

Shall We Disregard Mannose-Binding Lectin Modification in the Future Because We Cannot Prevent Sepsis With This Molecule?

Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2015  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

A Case Control Study Reveals that Polyomaviruria Is Significantly Associated with Interstitial Cystitis and Vesical Ulceration

Benjamin J Winter, Helen E O'Connell, Scott Bowden, Marcus Carey, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS ONE

An Association Between Aspirin Use in Human Cases of Infective Endocarditis and Reduced Systemic Embolism Is Shown in Meta-analysis of Observational Studies

Damon P Eisen, Emma S McBryde

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of Infectious Diseases

Association Study of Mannose-Binding Lectin Levels and Genetic Variants in Lectin Pathway Proteins with Susceptibility to Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Case-Control Study

Michael Osthoff, Melinda M Dean, Paul N Baird, Andrea J Richardson, Mark Daniell, Robyn H Guymer, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLOS ONE

Urinary tract infections due to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacteria: identification of risk factors and outcome predictors in an Australian tertiary referral hospital

Michael Osthoff, Sarah L McGuinness, Aaron Z Wagen, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Impact of Early Valve Surgery on Outcome of Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis: Analysis in the International Collaboration of Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study

Catherine Chirouze, Francois Alla, Vance G Fowler, Daniel J Sexton, G Ralph Corey, Vivian H Chu, Andrew Wang, Marie-Line Erpelding, Emanuele Durante-Mangoni, Nuria Fernandez-Hidalgo, Efthymia Giannitsioti, Margaret M Hannan, Tatjana Lejko-Zupanc, Jose M Miro, Patricia Munoz, David R Murdoch, Pierre Tattevin, Christophe Tribouilloy, Bruno Hoen, Liliana Clara, et al.

Journal article  |  2015  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Renal allograft re-use and herpetic re-infection

Stella Setyapranata, Stephen G Holt, Kate J Wiggins, William R Mulley, Peter G Kerr, Anthony J Landgren, Damon P Eisen, Andrew Young, Helen Opdam, Amanda Robertson, Khashayar Asadi, Peter D Hughes

Journal article  |  2015  |  Nephrology

Mannose-binding lectin and ficolin-2 do not influence humoral immune response to hepatitis B vaccine

Michael Osthoff, Elizabeth Irungu, Kenneth Ngure, Nelly Mugo, Katherine K Thomas, Jared M Baeten, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2014  |  Vaccine

If there is an evolutionary selection pressure for the high frequency of MBL2 polymorphisms, what is it?

DP Eisen, M Osthoff

Journal article  |  2014  |  Clinical and Experimental Immunology

TB incidence and characteristics in the remote gulf province of Papua New Guinea: a prospective study

Gail B Cross, Katie Coles, Mandana Nikpour, Owen A Moore, Justin Denholm, Emma S McBryde, Damon P Eisen, Beverlyn Warigi, Robyn Carter, Sushil Pandey, Paul Harino, Peter Siba, Christopher Coulter, Ivo Mueller, Suparat Phuanukoonnon, Marc Pellegrini

Journal article  |  2014  |  BMC Infectious Diseases

Activation of the lectin pathway of complement in experimental human keratitis with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Michael Osthoff, Karl D Brown, David CM Kong, Mark Daniell, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2014  |  Molecular Vision

Potential role of the lectin pathway of complement in the pathogenesis and disease manifestations of systemic sclerosis: a case-control and cohort study

Michael Osthoff, Gene-Siew Ngian, Melinda M Dean, Mandana Nikpour, Wendy Stevens, Susanna Proudman, Damon P Eisen, Joanne Sahhar

Journal article  |  2014  |  ARTHRITIS RESEARCH & THERAPY

Adverse effects of isoniazid preventative therapy for latent tuberculosis infection: a prospective cohort study.

Justin T Denholm, Emma S McBryde, Damon P Eisen, Jocelyn S Penington, Caroline Chen, Alan C Street

Journal article  |  2014  |  Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety

INTRODUCTION: Isoniazid preventative therapy (IPT) is a widely used intervention for treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (L..

Is boosting the immune system in sepsis appropriate?

Jean-Marc Cavaillon, Damon Eisen, Djilalli Annane

Journal article  |  2014  |  Critical Care

Low-Dose Aspirin and Ibuprofen's Sterilizing Effects on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Suggest Safe New Adjuvant Therapies for Tuberculosis

Damon P Eisen, Emma S McBryde, Anna Walduck

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Infectious Diseases

Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker for sepsis

Michael Osthoff, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2013  |  The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Significance of Mannose-Binding Lectin Deficiency and Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerization Domain 2 Polymorphisms in Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections: A Case-Control Study

Michael Osthoff, Hue Mun Au Yong, Melinda M Dean, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS One

Aspergillus arachnoiditis post intrathecal baclofen pump insertion

V Vivek, B Kavar, M Hogg, DP Eisen, H Butzkueven

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Recommendations for Rifampicin Therapy of Staphylococcal Infection in Infectious Diseases Society of America Prosthetic Joint Infection Guidelines Are Not Supported by Available Literature

Damon P Eisen, Justin S Denholm

Journal article  |  2013  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

HACEK Infective Endocarditis: Characteristics and Outcomes from a Large, Multi-National Cohort

Stephen T Chambers, David Murdoch, Arthur Morris, David Holland, Paul Pappas, Manel Almela, Nuria Fernandez-Hidalgo, Benito Almirante, Emilio Bouza, Davide Forno, Ana del Rio, Margaret M Hannan, John Harkness, Zeina A Kanafani, Tahaniyat Lalani, Selwyn Lang, Nigel Raymond, Kerry Read, Tatiana Vinogradova, Christopher W Woods, et al.

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS ONE

Lectin-Dependent Enhancement of Ebola Virus Infection via Soluble and Transmembrane C-type Lectin Receptors

Matthew Brudner, Marshall Karpel, Calli Lear, Li Chen, L Michael Yantosca, Corinne Scully, Ashish Sarraju, Anna Sokolovska, M Reza Zariffard, Damon P Eisen, Bruce A Mungall, Darrell N Kotton, Amel Omari, I-Chueh Huang, Michael Farzan, Kazue Takahashi, Lynda Stuart, Gregory L Stahl, Alan B Ezekowitz, Gregory T Spear, et al.

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS One

Influence of the Timing of Cardiac Surgery on the Outcome of Patients With Infective Endocarditis and Stroke

Bruno Barsic, Stuart Dickerman, Vladimir Krajinovic, Paul Pappas, Javier Altclas, Giampiero Carosi, Jose H Casabe, Vivian H Chu, Francois Delahaye, Jameela Edathodu, Claudio Querido Fortes, Lars Olaison, Ana Pangercic, Mukesh Patel, Igor Rudez, Syahidah Syed Tamin, Josip Vincelj, Arnold S Bayer, Andrew Wang, Liliana Clara, et al.

Journal article  |  2013  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Is Serial Testing Required to Diagnose Imported Malaria in the Era of Rapid Diagnostic Tests?

Janet M Pasricha, Surender Juneja, Joseph Manitta, Susan Whitehead, Ellen Maxwell, Wai-Keong Goh, Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2013  |  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Manifold beneficial effects of acetyl salicylic acid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on sepsis

Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2012  |  INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Acetyl salicylic acid usage and mortality in critically ill patients with the systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis

Damon P Eisen, David Reid, Emma S McBryde

Journal article  |  2012  |  Critical Care Medicine

Fertility is significantly reduced by female genital tuberculosis: a case series

TR Schulz, DP Eisen

Journal article  |  2012  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Mannose-binding lectin-the forgotten molecule?

Michael Osthoff, George Trendelenburg, Damon P Eisen, Marten Trendelenburg

Journal article  |  2011  |  Nature Medicine

Mannose-binding lectin as part of the complement pathway: characterization in non-inflamed and inflamed human eyes

Sing-Pey Chow, Melinda M Dean, Jozef A Depla, Mark D Daniell, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2011  |  Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

No association between mannose-binding lectin deficiency and H1N1 2009 infection observed during the first season of this novel pandemic influenza virus

Damon P Eisen, Caroline Marshall, Melinda M Dean, Joe Sasadeusz, Michael Richards, Kirsty Buising, Allen Cheng, Paul DR Johnson, Ian G Barr, Emma S McBryde

Journal article  |  2011  |  Human Immunology

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Risk for Frontline Health Care Workers

Caroline Marshall, Anne Kelso, Emma McBryde, Ian G Barr, Damon P Eisen, Joe Sasadeusz, Kirsty Buising, Allen C Cheng, Paul Johnson, Michael Richards

Journal article  |  2011  |  EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Mannose-binding lectin deficiency influences innate and antigen-presenting functions of blood myeloid dendritic cells

Melinda M Dean, Robert L Flower, Damon P Eisen, Robyn M Minchinton, Derek NJ Hart, Slavica Vuckovic

Journal article  |  2011  |  Immunology

Mannose-binding lectin and susceptibility to tuberculosis: a meta-analysis

JT Denholm, ES McBryde, DP Eisen

Journal article  |  2010  |  Clinical & Experimental Immunology

A Novel L-ficolin/Mannose-binding Lectin Chimeric Molecule with Enhanced Activity against Ebola Virus

Ian C Michelow, Mingdong Dong, Bruce A Mungall, L Michael Yantosca, Calli Lear, Xin Ji, Marshall Karpel, Christina L Rootes, Matthew Brudner, Gunnar Houen, Damon P Eisen, T Bernard Kinane, Kazue Takahashi, Gregory L Stahl, Gene G Olinger, Gregory T Spear, R Alan B Ezekowitz, Emmett V Schmidt

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Biological Chemistry

Analysis of the Impact of Early Surgery on In-Hospital Mortality of Native Valve Endocarditis Use of Propensity Score and Instrumental Variable Methods to Adjust for Treatment-Selection Bias

Tahaniyat Lalani, Christopher H Cabell, Daniel K Benjamin, Ovidiu Lasca, Christoph Naber, Vance G Fowler, G Ralph Corey, Vivian H Chu, Michael Fenely, Orathai Pachirat, Ru-San Tan, Richard Watkin, Adina Ionac, Asuncion Moreno, Carlos A Mestres, Jose Casabe, Natalia Chipigina, Damon P Eisen, Denis Spelman, Francois Delahaye, et al.

Journal article  |  2010  |  Circulation

Mannose-Binding Lectin Deficiency and Respiratory Tract Infection

Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Innate Immunity

Avoiding Guillan-Barre Syndrome Following Swine Origin Pandemic H1N1 2009 Influenza Vaccination

Damon P Eisen, Emma S McBryde

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Infectious Diseases

Reduced valve replacement surgery and complication rate in Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis patients receiving acetyl-salicylic acid

Damon P Eisen, G Ralph Corey, Emma S McBryde, Vance G Fowler, Jose M Miro, Chris H Cabell, Alan C Street, Marcelo Goulart Paiva, Adina Ionac, Ru-San Tan, Christophe Tribouilloy, Orathai Pachirat, Sandra Braun Jones, Natalia Chipigina, Christoph Naber, Angelo Pan, Veronica Ravasio, Rainer Gattringer, Vivian H Chu, Arnold S Bayer

Journal article  |  2009  |  Journal of Infection

Is Mannose-Binding Lectin Deficiency Associated with Infection due to Gram-Positive Bacteria? Reply

Damon P Eisen, Emma S McBryde

Journal article  |  2008  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Using samples to estimate the sensitivity and specificity of a surveillance process

Emma S McBryde, Heath Kelly, Caroline Marshall, Philip L Russo, DL Sean McElwain, Anthony N Pettitt

Journal article  |  2008  |  Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Aspirin use in infective endocarditis

Damon P Eisen, Arnold S Bayer

Journal article  |  2008  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Leptotrichia endocarditis: Report of two cases from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis (ICE) database and review of previous cases

LB Caram, JP Linefsky, KM Read, DR Murdoch, T Lalani, CW Woods, LB Reller, SS Kanj, MM Premru, S Ryan, M Al-Hegelan, PY Donnio, C Orezzi, MG Paiva, C Tribouilloy, R Watkin, O Harris, DP Eisen, GR Corey, CH Cabell, et al.

Journal article  |  2008  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Mannose-binding lectin deficiency does not appear to predispose to cryptococcosis in non-immunocompromised patients

Damon P Eisen, Melinda M Dean, Matthew VN O'Sullivan, Sue Heatley, Robyn M Minchinton

Journal article  |  2008  |  Medical Mycology

The relationship between the initiation of antimicrobial therapy and the incidence of stroke in infective endocarditis: An analysis from the ICE Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS)

Stuart A Dickerman, Elias Abrutyn, Bruno Barsic, Emilio Bouza, Enrico Cecchi, Asuncion Moreno, Thanh Doco-Lecompte, Damon P Eisen, Claudio Q Fortes, Vance G Fowler, Stamatios Lerakis, Jose M Miro, Paul Pappas, Gail E Peterson, Ethan Rubinstein, Daniel J Sexton, Fredy Suter, Pilar Tornos, Dominique W Verhagen, Christopher H Cabell

Journal article  |  2007  |  American Heart Journal

Personal protective equipment and antiviral drug use during hospitalization for suspected avian or pandemic influenza

Ashwin Swaminathan, Rhea Martin, Sandi Gamon, Craig Aboltins, Eugene Athan, George Braitberg, Michael G Catton, Louise Cooley, Dominic E Dwyer, Deidre Edmonds, Damon P Eisen, Kelly Hosking, Andrew J Hughes, Paul D Johnson, Andrew V Maclean, Mary O'Reilly, S Erica Peters, Rhonda L Stuart, Rodney Moran, M Lindsay Grayson

Journal article  |  2007  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia: a rare cause of cough in immigrants to Australia

Michelle K Yong, Caroline L Marshall, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2007  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Antibodies elicited in adults by a primary Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage infection recognize different epitopes compared with immune individuals

Damon P Eisen, Lina Wang, Helene Jouin, E Elsa H Murhandarwati, Casilda G Black, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, Ross L Coppel

Journal article  |  2007  |  Malaria Journal

Low mannose-binding lectin complement activation function is associated with predisposition to Legionnaires' disease

DP Eisen, J Stubbs, D Spilsbury, J Carnie, J Leydon, BP Howden

Journal article  |  2007  |  Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Antibody recognition of heterologous variant surface antigens after a single Plasmodium falciparum infection in previously naive adults

Salenna R Elliott, Paul D Payne, Michael F Duffy, Timothy J Byrne, Wai-Hong Tham, Stephen J Rogerson, Graham V Brown, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2007  |  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Variable mannose-binding lectin expression during postoperative acute-phase response.

Damon P Eisen, Allen C Cheng, Emma S McBryde

Journal article  |  2007  |  Surgical Infections

Letters to the editor [1]

DP Eisen, AC Cheng, ES McBryde

Journal article  |  2007  |  Surgical Infections

Variable mannose-binding lectin expression during postoperative acute-phase response.

D EISEN, A CHENG, E MCBRYDE

Journal article  |  2007  |  Surgical Infections

Low mannose-binding lectin function is associated with sepsis in adult patients

Damon P Eisen, Melinda M Dean, Peter Thomas, Penny Marshall, Natalie Gerns, Sue Heatley, Josephine Quinn, Robyn M Minchinton, Jeff Lipman

Journal article  |  2006  |  FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Limited polymorphism in Plasmodium falciparum ookinete surface antigen, von Willebrand factor A domain-related protein from clinical isolates

Jack S Richards, Nicholas J MacDonald, Damon P Eisen

Journal article  |  2006  |  Malaria Journal

Cryptococcal dementia in a patient with sarcoidosis

S Deb, M Walterfang, D Varghese, DP Eisen, B Tomlinson, D Velakoulis

Journal article  |  2006  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Locally acquired lymphogranuloma venereum in a bisexual man

DP Eisen

Journal article  |  2005  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Mannose binding lectin acute phase activity in patients with severe infection

MM Dean, RM Minchinton, S Heatley, DP Eisen

Journal article  |  2005  |  Journal of Clinical Immunology

Mannose Binding Lectin (MBL) is a liver derived, circulating plasma protein that plays a pivotal role in innate immunity. MBL func..

A human phase 1 vaccine clinical trial of the Plasmodium falciparum malaria vaccine candidate apical membrane antigen 1 in Montanide ISA720 adjuvant

A Saul, G Lawrence, A Allworth, S Elliott, K Anderson, C Rzepczyk, LB Martin, D Taylor, DP Eisen, DO Irving, D Pye, PE Crewther, AN Hodder, VJ Murphy, RF Anders

Journal article  |  2005  |  Vaccine

Complete resolution of pulmonary Rhizopus oryzae infection with itraconazole treatment: more evidence of the utility of azoles for zygomycosis

DP Eisen, J Robson

Journal article  |  2004  |  Mycoses

An outbreak of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Far North Queensland, 2002

JN Hanna, SA Ritchie, DP Eisen, RD Cooper, DL Brookes, BL Montgomery

Journal article  |  2004  |  Medical Journal of Australia

OBJECTIVE: To describe an outbreak of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Far North Queensland in 2002. DESIGN: Epidemiological and entomo..

Alternatives to conventional vaccines - Mediators of innate immunity

DP Eisen, HG Liley, RM Minchinton

Journal article  |  2004  |  Current Drug Targets

Vaccines have been described as "weapons of mass protection". The eradication of many diseases is testament to their utility and e..

Impact of mannose-binding lectin on susceptibility to infectious diseases

DP Eisen, RM Minchinton

Journal article  |  2003  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

When the adaptive immune response is either immature or compromised, the innate immune system constitutes the principle defense ag..

Immunity to malaria after administration of ultra-low doses of red cells infected with Plasmodium falciparum

DJ Pombo, G Lawrence, C Hirunpetcharat, C Rzepczyk, M Bryden, N Cloonan, K Anderson, Y Mahakunkijcharoen, LB Martin, D Wilson, S Elliott, S Elliott, DP Eisen, JB Weinberg, A Saul, MF Good

Journal article  |  2002  |  The Lancet

BACKGROUND: The ability of T cells, acting independently of antibodies, to control malaria parasite growth in people has not been ..

Alterations in Plasmodium falciparum genotypes during sequential infections suggest the presence of strain specific immunity

DP Eisen, A Saul, DJ Fryauff, JC Reeder, RL Coppel

Journal article  |  2002  |  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Increase in prevalence of nosocomial non-Candida albicans candidaemia and the association of Candida krusei with fluconazole use

W Hope, A Morton, DP Eisen

Journal article  |  2002  |  Journal of Hospital Infection

Candida is an important nosocomial pathogen. This study was undertaken to provide information on the rate of candidaemia, to defin..

Urine D-arabinitol/L-arabinitol ratio in diagnosing Candida infection in patients with haematological malignancy and HIV infection

DP Eisen, PB Bartley, W Hope, G Sigmundsdottir, C Pehrson, L Larsson, B Christensson

Journal article  |  2002  |  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Adult patients with hematologic malignancies along with HIV infected patients were prospectively studied to determine the performa..

Effect of vaccination with 3 recombinant asexual-stage malaria antigens on initial growth rates of Plasmodium falciparum in non-immune volunteers

G Lawrence, Q Cheng, C Reed, D Taylor, A Stowers, N Cloonan, C Rzepczyk, A Smillie, K Anderson, D Pombo, A Allworth, D Eisen, R Anders, A Saul

Journal article  |  2000  |  Vaccine

Disappearance of pan-malarial antigen reactivity using the ICT Malaria P.f/P.v (TM) kit parallels decline of patent parasitaemia as shown by microscopy

DP Eisen, A Saul

Journal article  |  2000  |  Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Candida tropicalis vertebral osteomyelitis complicating epidural catheterisation with disease paralleled by elevated D-arabinitol/L-arabinitol ratios

DP Eisen, R MacGinley, B Christensson, L Larsson, ML Woods

Journal article  |  2000  |  European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Deep-seated Candida infections are challenging to diagnose by noninvasive means, and new modalities are needed to improve the yiel..

Mycobacterium avium complex causing endobronchial disease in AIDS patients after partial immune restoration

PB Bartley, AM Allworth, DP Eisen

Journal article  |  1999  |  International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

OBJECTIVE: To report the development of an unusual manifestation of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection in two p..

Immunogenicity of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) polytope vaccine containing multiple HLA A2 HIVCD8( ) cytotoxic T-cell epitopes

T Woodberry, J Gardner, L Mateo, D Eisen, J Medveczky, IA Ramshaw, SA Thomson, RA French, SL Elliot, H Firat, FA Lemonnier, A Suhrbier

Journal article  |  1999  |  Journal of Virology

Compelling evidence now suggests that alphabeta CD8 cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) have an important role in preventing human immun..

A Plasmodium falciparum epical membrane antigen-1 (AMA-1) gene apparently generated by intragenic recombination

DP Eisen, VM Marshall, H Billman-Jacobe, RL Coppel

Journal article  |  1999  |  Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Spinal cord disease due to melioidosis

PP Bartley, MP Pender, ML Woods, D Walker, JA Douglas, AM Allworth, DP Eisen, BJ Currie

Journal article  |  1999  |  Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

HIV combination therapy: partial immune restitution unmasking latent cryptococcal infection

ML Woods, R MacGinley, DP Eisen, AM Allworth

Journal article  |  1998  |  AIDS

OBJECTIVE: To describe two cases of cryptococcal meningitis and one re-exacerbation of Cryptococcus-associated meningitis occurrin..

Temporal variation of the merozoite surface protein-2 gene of Plasmodium falciparum

D Eisen, H Billman-Jacobe, VF Marshall, D Fryauff, RL Coppel

Journal article  |  1998  |  Infection and Immunity

RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA AND PLASMID ANALYSES USED IN INVESTIGATION OF AN OUTBREAK OF MULTIRESISTANT KLEBSIELLA-PNEUMONIAE

D EISEN, EG RUSSELL, M TYMMS, EJ ROPER, ML GRAYSON, J TURNIDGE

Journal article  |  1995  |  Journal of clinical microbiology

Multiresistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strains with plasmid-borne extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) are increasingly frequent..

COMPARISON OF PNEUMOCYSTIS-CARINII DETECTION BY TOLUIDINE BLUE-O STAINING, DIRECT IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE AND DNA AMPLIFICATION IN SPUTUM SPECIMENS FROM HIV-POSITIVE PATIENTS

D EISEN, BC ROSS, J FAIRBAIRN, RJ WARREN, RW BAIRD, B DWYER

Journal article  |  1994  |  Pathology

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is the commonest opportunistic infection in AIDS patients. By using the polymerase chain reac..