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Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin
 

Respiratory health

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2013

Hare KM, Marsh RL, Binks MJ, Grimwood K, Pizzutto SJ, Leach AJ, Chang AB, Smith-Vaughan HC (2013)

Quantitative PCR confirms culture as the gold standard for detection of lower airway infection by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in Australian Indigenous children with bronchiectasis.

Journal of Microbiological Methods; 92(3): 270–272

Morey MJ, Cheng AC, McCallum GB, Chang AB (2013)

Accuracy of cough reporting by carers of Indigenous children.

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 49(3): E199–E203

Pizzutto SJ, Grimwood K, Bauert P, Schutz KL, Yerkovich ST, Upham JW, Chang AB (2013)

Bronchoscopy contributes to the clinical management of Indigenous children newly diagnosed with Bronchiectasis.

Pediatric Pulmonology; 48(1): 67–73

2012

Annamalay AA, Khoo SK, Jacoby P, Bizzintino J, Zhang G, Chidlow G, Lee WM, Moore HC, Harnett GB, Smith DW, Gern JE, Le Souef PN, A Laing I, Lehmann D (2012)

Prevalence of and risk factors for human rhinovirus infection in healthy Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australian children.

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; 31(7): 673–679

Barry C, Krause VL, Cook HM, Menzies RI (2012)

Invasive pneumococcal disease in Australia 2007 and 2008.

Communicable Diseases Intelligence; 36(2): E151-E165

Fitzgerald T, Masseya PD, Islama F (2012)

Changes in invasive pneumococcal disease serotypes in a regional area of Australia following three years of 7vPCV introduction.

Western Pacific Surveillance and Response Journal; 3(2): 1-6

Hare KM, Binks MJ, Grimwood K, Chang AB, Leach AJ, Smith-Vaughan H (2012)

Culture and PCR detection of haemophilus influenzae and haemophilus haemolyticus in Australian Indigenous children with bronchiectasis.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology; Published ahead of print(http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/​JCM.00566-12):

Hare KM, Leach AJ, Morris PS, Smith-Vaughan H, Torzillo P, Bauert P, Cheng AC, McDonald MI, Brown N, Chang AB, Grimwood K (2012)

Impact of recent antibiotics on nasopharyngeal carriage and lower airway infection in Indigenous Australian children with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents; 40(4): 365–369

Hare KM, Smith-Vaughan HC, Leach AJ (2012)

The bacteriology of lower respiratory infections in Papua New Guinean and Australian Indigenous children.

Papua New Guinea Medical Journal; 53(3/4): 151-165

Leach A (2012)

Using pneumococcal vaccines (Prevenar13 & Synflorix) in combination for maximum protection from ear infections: Prev-Ix_Combo.

The Chronicle; 23(1): 24-25

McCallum GB, Morris PS, Chang AB (2012)

Antibiotics for persistent cough or wheeze following acute bronchiolitis in children.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; (6): CD009834

Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD009834

McCallum GB, Morris PS, Wilson CC, Versteegh LA, Ward LM, Chatfield MD, Chang AB (2012)

Severity scoring systems: are they internally valid, reliable and predictive of oxygen use in children with acute bronchiolitis?.

Pediatric Pulmonology; Early View(http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppul.22627):

O'Grady KA, Torzillo PJ, Ruben AR, Taylor-Thomson D, Valery PC, Chang AB (2012)

Identification of radiological alveolar pneumonia in children with high rates of hospitalized respiratory infections: comparison of WHO-defined and pediatric pulmonologist diagnosis in the clinical context.

Pediatric Pulmonology; 47(4): 386–392

Valery PC, Morris PS, Grimwood K, Torzillo PJ, Byrne CA, Masters BI, Bauert PA, McCallum GB, Mobberly C, Chang AB (2012)

Azithromycin for Indigenous children with bronchiectasis: study protocol for a multi-centre randomized controlled trial.

BMC Pediatrics; 12: 122

Retrieved 14 August 2012 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-122

2011

Chang AB, Grimwood K, White AV, Maclennan C, Sloots TP, Sive A, McCallum GB, Mackay IM, Morris PS (2011)

Randomized placebo-controlled trial on azithromycin to reduce the morbidity of bronchiolitis in Indigenous Australian infants: rationale and protocol.

Trials; 12: 94

Retrieved from http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/12/1/94

Jacoby P, Carville KS, Hall G, Riley TV, Bowman J, Leach AJ, Lehmann D (2011)

Crowding and other strong predictors of upper respiratory tract carriage of otitis media-related bacteria in Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; 30(6): 480-485

Moore H (2011)

Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children.

Australasian Epidemiologist; 18(1): 15-20

Moore HC, Lehmann D, de Klerk N, Jacoby P, Richmond PC (2011)

Reduction in disparity for pneumonia hospitalisations between Australian indigenous and non-Indigenous children.

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health; 66(6): 489-494

Moore HC (2011)

Epidemiological perspectives of acute lower respiratory infections in young Western Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.

Doctor of Philosophy thesis, University of Western Australia: Perth

Yip TW (2011)

Pertussis outbreak in Central Australia 2010.

Northern Territory Disease Control Bulletin; 18(3): 1-7

2010

Chang AB, Taylor B, Masters IB, Laifoo Y, Brown AD (2010)

Indigenous healthcare worker involvement for Indigenous adults and children with asthma (review).

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews; 2010(5): 1-25

Eley R, Gorman D (2010)

Didgeridoo playing and singing to support asthma management in Aboriginal Australians.

The Journal of Rural Health; 26(1): 100-104

Hare KM, Grimwood K, Leach AJ, Smith-Vaughan H, Torzillo PJ, Morris PS, Chang AB (2010)

Respiratory bacterial pathogens in the nasopharynx and lower airways of Australian Indigenous children with bronchiectasis.

The Journal of Pediatrics; 157(6): 1001-1005

Johnston V, Walker N, Thomas DP, Glover M, Chang AB, Bullen C, Morris P, Brown N, Vander Hoorn S, Borland R, Segan C, Trenholme A, Mason T, Fenton D, Ellis K (2010)

The study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of a family-centred tobacco control program about environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) to reduce respiratory illness in Indigenous infants.

BMC Public Health; (10): 114

Retrieved 7 March 2010 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-114

Mackenzie GA, Leach AJ, Carapetis JR, Fisher J, Morris PS (2010)

Epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carriage of respiratory bacterial pathogens in children and adults: cross-sectional surveys in a population with high rates of pneumococcal disease.

BMC Infectious Diseases; 10: 304

Retrieved 23 October 2010 from http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-10-304

Moore HC, de Klerk N, Richmond P, Lehmann D (2010)

A retrospective population-based cohort study identifying target areas for prevention of acute lower respiratory infections in children.

BMC Public Health; 10: 757

Retrieved 7 December 2010 from http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1471-2458-10-757.pdf

Moore HC, Jacoby P, Taylor A, Harnett G, Bowman J, Riley TV, Reuter K, Smith DW, Lehmann D (2010)

The interaction between respiratory viruses and pathogenic bacteria in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; 29(6): 540-545

O'Grady K-AF, Chang AB (2010)

Lower respiratory infections in Australian Indigenous children.

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 46(9): 461-465

O'Grady KA, Lee KJ, Carlin JB, Torzillo PJ, Chang AB, Mulholland EK, Lambert SB, Andrews RM (2010)

Increased risk of hospitalization for acute lower respiratory tract infection among Australian Indigenous infants 5-23 months of age following pneumococcal vaccination: a cohort study.

Clinical Infectious Diseases; 50(7): 970-978

O’Grady K-AF, Taylor-Thomson DM, Chang AB, Torzillo PJ, Morris PS, Mackenzie GA, Wheaton GR, Bauert PA, De Campo MP, De Campo JF, Ruben AR (2010)

Rates of radiologically confirmed pneumonia as defined by the World Health Organization in Northern Territory Indigenous children.

Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 592-595

O’Grady K-AF, Torzillo PJ, Chang AB (2010)

Hospitalisation of Indigenous children in the Northern Territory for lower respiratory illness in the first year of life.

Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 586-590

Valery PC, Masters IB, Taylor B, Laifoo Y, O’Rourke PK, Chang AB (2010)

An education intervention for childhood asthma by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers: a randomised controlled trial.

Medical Journal of Australia; 192(10): 574-579

2009

Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring (2009)

Asthma in Australian children: findings from Growing up in Australia, the longitudinal study of Australian children.

Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Bailey EJ, Maclennan C, Morris PS, Kruske SG, Brown N, Chang AB (2009)

Risks of severity and readmission of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children hospitalised for bronchiolitis.

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 45(10): 593–597

2008

Telethon Institute for Child Health Research (2008)

Pools are cool!.

Under the Microscope; 2008(2): 6

2007

Leach AJ, Morris PS (2007)

The burden and outcome of respiratory tract infection in Australian and Aboriginal children.

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal; 26(10 (supplement)): S1-S3

Moore H, Burgner D, Carville K, Jacoby P, Richmond P, Lehmann D (2007)

Diverging trends for lower respiratory infections in non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal children.

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; 43(6): 451-457

 
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