Alan Street

When Ventricular Cerebrospinal Fluid Assessment Misleads: Basal Meningitis and the Importance of Lumbar Puncture Sampling

Sadid F Khan, Thornton Macauley, Steven YC Tong, Ouli Xie, Carly Hughes, Nicholas DP Hall, Siddhartha Mahanty, Ian Jennens, Alan C Street

Journal article  |  2019  |  OPEN FORUM INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) infection relies upon analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). We present 4 cases of C..

A national study of the clinical management of HIV-positive women in Australia: what are the successes and where are the gaps?

Michelle L Giles, Aleece MacPhail, Charlotte Bell, Catriona S Bradshaw, Virginia Furner, Manoji Gunathilake, Mina John, Sushena Krishnaswamy, Sarah J Martin, Catriona Ooi, Louise Owen, Darren Russell, Alan Street, Jeffrey J Post

Journal article  |  2019  |  Sexual Health

Background Women comprise ~10% of people living with HIV in Australia, so are often underrepresented in research. METHODS: This st..

The barriers to linkage and retention in care for women living with HIV in an high income setting where they comprise a minority group.

ML Giles, A MacPhail, C Bell, CS Bradshaw, V Furner, M Gunathilake, M John, S Krishnaswamy, SJ Martin, C Ooi, L Owen, D Russell, A Street, JJ Post

Journal article  |  2019  |  AIDS Care

Women comprise a minority population of individuals living with HIV in Australia, and are often poorly represented in research and..

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

Critical care usage after major gastrointestinal and liver surgery: a prospective, multicentre observational study.

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Journal article  |  2019  |  British Journal of Anaesthesia

BACKGROUND: Patient selection for critical care admission must balance patient safety with optimal resource allocation. This study..

Detection of (1,3)-beta-D-Glucan in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Histoplasma Meningitis

Thein Myint, Felicia C Chow, Karen C Bloch, Luke Raymond-Guillen, Thomas E Davis, Patty W Wright, Laila Woc-Colburn, Raed N Khairy, Alan C Street, Tomotaka Yamamoto, Amanda Albers, L Joseph Wheat, Chadi A Hage

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Improvement in Diagnosis of Histoplasma Meningitis by Combined Testing for Histoplasma Antigen and Immunoglobulin G and Immunoglobulin M Anti-Histoplasma Antibody in Cerebrospinal Fluid

Karen C Bloch, Thein Myint, Luke Raymond-Guillen, Chadi A Hage, Thomas E Davis, Patty W Wright, Felicia C Chow, Laila Woc-Colburn, Raed N Khairy, Alan C Street, Tomotaka Yamamoto, Amanda Albers, L Joseph Wheat

Journal article  |  2018  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

The Use of Fluoroquinolones for Tuberculosis in Victoria between 2011 and 2016.

Hugh Murray, Ee Laine Tay, Sarah Dinh, Helen Matthews, Alan Street, Justin T Denholm

Journal article  |  2018  |  Tuberculosis Research and Treatment

Setting. Tuberculosis treatment requires long regimens with multiple antibiotics and is complicated by antibiotic resistance and i..

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

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