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Articles
PathoGD: an integrative genomics approach to primer and guide RNA design for CRISPR-based diagnostics
Soo Jen Low, Matthew O’Neill, William J Kerry, Natasha Wild, Marcelina Krysiak, Yi Nong, Francesca Azzato, Eileen Hor, Lewis Williams, George Taiaroa, Eike Steinig, Shivani Pasricha & Deborah A Williamson
Communications Biology | 2025 January 30;8(1):147 | DOI: 10.1038/s42003-025-07591-1
Emerging Dilemmas in the Age of Resistance: The Case of Sexually Transmitted Infections
Shiva Chandra, Alex Broom, Michelle Peterie, Damien Ridge, Katherine Kenny, Lise Lafferty, Carla Treloar, Tanya Applegate, Jennifer Broom
Qualitative Health Research | 2024 December 16:10497323241302668 | DOI: 10.1177/10497323241302668
Longitudinal genomic analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae transmission dynamics in Australia
Mona L Taouk, George Taiaroa, Sebastian Duchene, Soo Jen Low, Charlie K Higgs, Darren Y J Lee, Shivani Pasricha, Nasra Higgins, Danielle J Ingle, Benjamin P Howden, Marcus Y Chen, Christopher K Fairley, Eric P F Chow & Deborah A Williamson
Nature Communications | 2024 September 14;15, Article number: 8076 (2024). | DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52343-0
Emergence of an extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae clone
Sebastiaan J van Hal, Norelle Sherry, Geoff Coombs, Shakeel Mowlaboccus, David M Whiley, Monica M Lahra
The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 2024 August 7;24:00486-9. | DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00486-9
A novel murine model mimicking male genital Neisseria species infection using Neisseria musculi
Emily R Bryan, Julia McRae, Vishnu Kumar, Logan K Trim, Toby I Maidment, Jacob A D Tickner, Emma L Sweeney, Elizabeth D Williams, David M Whiley, Kenneth W Beagley
Biology of Reproduction | 2024 July 8;ioae100. | DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioae100
The AMR Hub: a public–private partnership to overcome barriers to commercialisation and deliver antimicrobial stewardship innovations
Michelle Bonello, Tanya L Applegate, Steve Badman, Catriona S Bradshaw, Alex Broom, Paul Field, Jane S Hocking, Wilhelmina M Huston, Fabian Kong, Gerald L Murray, Elisa Mokany, Shivani Pasricha, Alison V Todd, David M Whiley, Virginia Wiseman, and Rebecca Guy, on behalf of investigators and partner investigators of the AMR Hub
Microbiology Australia | 2024 May 23;45:48-53 | DOI: 10.1071/MA24017
Response to the ASHM 2023 statement on the use of doxy-PEP in Australia: considerations and recommendations
Sara F E Bell, Emma L Sweeney, Fabian Y S Kong, David M Whiley, Catriona S Bradshaw, Jacob A Tickner
The Medical Journal of Australia | 2024 Apr 15;220(7):356-360. | DOI: 10.5694/mja2.52255
STI pathogens in the oropharynx: update on screening and treatment
Eric P F Chow, Christopher K Fairley, Fabian Y S Kong
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases | 2024 Feb 1;37(1):35-45 | DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0000000000000997
Concurrent parC and gyrA fluoroquinolone resistance mutations and associated strains in Mycoplasma genitalium in Queensland, Australia
Nicole G Ertl, Taylah K Anderson, Carolyn J Pardo, Toby I Maidment, Gerald L Murray, Catriona S Bradshaw, David M Whiley, Emma L Sweeney
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 2023 Dec 15:dkad373 | DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkad373
Sex, drugs and superbugs: The rise of drug resistant STIs
Alex Broom, Michelle Peterie, Damien Ridge, Lise Lafferty, Katherine Kenny, Jennifer Broom, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Carla Treloar, Tanya Applegate
SSM – Qualitative Research in Health | 2023 December;4:100310 | DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100310
Evaluating preanalytical sample storage parameters for nucleic acid-based detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Janath A Fernando, Marcelina Krysiak, Jacqueline Prestedge, Francesca Azzato, Deborah A Williamson, Shivani Pasricha
Sexually Transmitted Infections | 2023 Nov 24:sextrans-2023-055859 | DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2023-055859
Efficacy of Sitafloxacin for Mycoplasma genitalium in an Era of Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance
Ranjit S Samra, Erica L Plummer, Lenka A Vodstrcil, Ivette Aguirre, Emily J Clarke, Christopher K Fairley, Eric P F Chow, Catriona S Bradshaw
Open Forum Infectious Diseases | 2023 Nov 22;10(12):ofad590 | DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad590
Economies of resistance
Michelle Peterie, Alex Broom, Katherine Kenny, Jennifer Broom, David Regan, Lise Lafferty, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Carla Treloar
Critical Public Health | Published online: 24 Oct 2023 | DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2023.2271140
Selection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae ceftriaxone resistance using doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis
David M Whiley, Jacob A Tickner, Ratan L Kundu, Tiffany R Hogan, Sebastiaan J van Hal, Monica M Lahra
The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 2023 Aug;23(8):e268-e269 | DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00359-6
Neisseria gonorrhoeae ciprofloxacin susceptibility testing and gyrA targets
Jacob A Tickner, Ella Trembizki, David M Whiley
The Lancet Microbe | 2023 Aug;4(8):e574 | DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00149-0
Important considerations regarding the widespread use of doxycycline chemoprophylaxis against sexually transmitted infections
Fabian Y S Kong, Chris Kenyon, Magnus Unemo
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 2023 Jul 5;78(7):1561-1568 | DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkad129
Antimicrobial susceptibility assays for Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a proof-of-principle population-based retrospective analysis
Sara F E Bell, Robert S Ware, David A Lewis, Monica M Lahra, David M Whiley
The Lancet Microbe | 2023 Jul;4(7):e544-e551 | DOI: 10.1016/S2666-5247(23)00071-X
gyrA Mutations in Mycoplasma Genitalium and Their Contribution to Moxifloxacin Failure: Time for the Next Generation of Resistance-guided Therapy
Gerald L Murray, Erica L Plummer, Kaveesha Bodiyabadu, Lenka A Vodstrcil, Jose L Huaman, Jennifer A Danielewski, Teck Phui Chua, Dorothy A Machalek, Suzanne Garland, Michelle Doyle, Emma L Sweeney, David M Whiley, Catriona S Bradshaw
Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2023 Jun 16;76(12):2187-2195 | DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad057
Quantitation of Mycoplasma genitalium using droplet digital PCR
Cheng Rui Peh, Jennifer Danielewski, Teck Phui Chua, Kaveesha Bodiyabadu, Dorothy A Machalek, Suzanne M Garland, Catriona S Bradshaw, Gerald L Murray
Letters in Applied Microbiology | 2023 Jun 1;76(6):ovad064 | DOI: 10.1093/lambio/ovad064
The Urethral Microbiota of Men with and without Idiopathic Urethritis
Erica L Plummer, Larissa K Ratten, Lenka A Vodstrcil, Gerald L Murray, Jennifer A Danielewski, Christopher K Fairley, Suzanne M Garland, Eric P F Chow, Catriona S Bradshaw
mBio | 2022 Oct 26;13(5):e0221322 | DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02213-22
Vulnerability and antimicrobial resistance
Alex Broom, Michelle Peterie, Katherine Kenny, Jennifer Broom, Angela Kelly-Hanku, Lise Lafferty, Carla Treloar, Tanya Applegate
Critical Public Health | 2022 Sep 22; 33(3):308-317 | DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2022.2123733
Combination therapy for Mycoplasma genitalium, and new insights into the utility of parC mutant detection to improve cure
Lenka A Vodstrcil, Erica L Plummer, Michelle Doyle, Gerald L Murray, Kaveesha Bodiyabadu, Jorgen S Jensen, David Whiley, Emma Sweeney, Deborah A Williamson, Eric P F Chow, Christopher K Fairley, Catriona S Bradshaw
Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2022 Sep 14;75(5):813-823 | DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab1058
Individualised treatment of Mycoplasma genitalium infection – it is time to incorporate quinolone resistance testing into clinical care
Emma L Sweeney, Catriona S Bradshaw, Gerald L Murray, David M Whiley
The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 2022 Sep;22(9):e267-e270 | DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00629-0
Mycoplasma genitalium: enhanced management using expanded individualised treatment strategies, Sex
Emma L Sweeney, David M Whiley, Gerald L Murray, Catriona S Bradshaw
Sexual Health | 2022 Aug;19(4):248-254 | DOI: 10.1071/SH22012
Novel probe-based melting curve assays for the characterisation of fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycoplasma genitalium
Jacob A Tickner, Catriona S Bradshaw, Gerald L Murray, David M Whiley, Emma L Sweeney
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy | 2022 May 29;77(6):1592-1599 | DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkac097
parC variants in Mycoplasma genitalium: trends over time and association with moxifloxacin failure
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Gerald L Murray, Kaveesha Bodiyabadu, Lenka A Vodstrcil, Dorothy A Machalek, Jennifer Danielewski, Erica L Plummer, Suzanne M Garland, David M Whiley, Emma L Sweeney, Catriona S Bradshaw
Antimicrobial Agents in Chemotherapy | 2022 May 17;66(5):e0027822 | DOI: 10.1128/aac.00278-22
Impact of 16S rRNA Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms on Mycoplasma genitalium Organism Load with Doxycycline Treatment
Teck-Phui Chua, Jennifer Danielewski, Kaveesha Bodiyabadu, Catriona S Bradshaw, Dorothy A Machalek, Suzanne M Garland, Erica L Plummer, Lenka A Vodstrcil, Gerald L Murray
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 2022 May 17;66(5):e0024322 | DOI: 10.1128/aac.00243-22