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Email

paul.johnson@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Infectious Diseases
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-9873-7163

Prof Paul Johnson

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Department of Infectious Diseases

209 Scholarly works
13 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Performance of the Australian hospital-acquired complication algorithm for detecting hospital-onset bloodstream infections
    DOI: 10.1016/j.idh.2025.09.001
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Buruli ulcer
    DOI: 10.1038/s41572-025-00672-9
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Successful treatment with joint retention of Mycobacterium ulcerans prosthetic joint infection in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0013887
  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    An Open-Label Pilot Trial of Telacebec as a Treatment Strategy for Adults With Buruli Ulcer: The TREAT-BU Trial
  • 2020

    Research Grant

    Stopping Buruli Ulcer in Victoria
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Increasing tolerance of hospital Enterococcus faecium to handwash alcohols
    DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aar6115
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Controlling Buruli Ulcer in Victoria
Paul Johnson

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


1998
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Definingnew Buruli ulcer endemic areas in urban southeastern Australia using bacterial genomics-informed possum excreta surveys
    DOI: 10.1128/aem.01602-25
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Buruli ulcer Coming to a suburb near you?
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Management of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in Australia: consensus statement
    DOI: 10.5694/mja2.52591
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Antifungal stewardship in Australian hospitals: defining the scope and future targets
    DOI: 10.1111/imj.16571
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Perceptions of a Buruli ulcer controlled human infection model: How, who, and why?
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0012593
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Publisher Correction: Mosquitoes provide a transmission route between possums and humans for Buruli ulcer in southeastern Australia (Nature Microbiology, (2024), 9, 2, (377-389), 10.1038/s41564-023-01553-1)
    DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01693-y
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Mosquitoes as Vectors of Mycobacterium ulcerans Based on Analysis of Notifications of Alphavirus Infection and Buruli Ulcer, Victoria, Australia
    DOI: 10.3201/eid3009.231073

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2018

    Research Grant

    Controlling Buruli Ulcer in Victoria

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