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..

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-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV

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

Identical and Nonidentical Twins: Risk and Factors Involved in Development of Islet Autoimmunity and Type 1 Diabetes

Taylor M Triolo, Alexandra Fouts, Laura Pyle, Liping Yu, Peter A Gottlieb, Andrea K Steck, CJ Greenbaum, M Atkinson, D Baidal, M Battaglia, D Becker, P Bingley, E Bosi, J Buckner, M Clements, P Colman, L DiMeglio, S Gitelman, R Goland, P Gottlieb, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  DIABETES CARE

OBJECTIVE: There are variable reports of risk of concordance for progression to islet autoantibodies and type 1 diabetes in identi..

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

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

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

OBJECTIVE: Accurate and timely diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) is essential to control the global pandemic. Currently available imm..

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

The diagnosis of central nervous system (CNS) histoplasmosis is often difficult. Although cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) (1,3)-β-d-gluc..

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  |  Tuberc Res Treat

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

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

BACKGROUND: Central nervous system (CNS) histoplasmosis is a life-threatening condition and represents a diagnostic and therapeuti..

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

BACKGROUND: Currently, treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in Australia consists most commonly of a 9-month course o..

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

OBJECTIVES: A biomarker indicating successful tuberculosis (TB) therapy would assist in determining appropriate length of treatmen..