Oral combination therapy with a nucleoside polymerase inhibitor (RG7128) and danoprevir for chronic hepatitis C genotype 1 infection (INFORM-1): a randomised …

EJ Gane, SK Roberts, CAM Stedman, PW Angus… - The Lancet, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Present interferon-based standard of care treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus
(HCV) infection is limited by both efficacy and tolerability. We assessed the safety …

Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of an Acquired Subgroup B3 Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene, blaAIM-1, and Its Unique Genetic Context in Pseudomonas …

D Yong, MA Toleman, J Bell, B Ritchie… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Three clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates (WCH2677, WCH2813, and WCH2837)
isolated from the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, produced a metallo …

Describing the impact of maternal hyperimmune globulin and valacyclovir on the outcomes of cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy: a systematic review

A Fitzpatrick, C Cooper, N Vasilunas… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading infectious cause of congenital neurological
disabilities. Valacyclovir and CMV hyperimmune globulin (HIG) may reduce vertical …

[HTML][HTML] Root cause analysis to identify medication and non-medication strategies to prevent infection-related hospitalizations from Australian residential aged care …

JK Sluggett, S Lalic, SM Hosking, B Ritchie… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Infections are leading causes of hospitalizations from residential aged care services
(RACS), which provide supported accommodation for people with care needs that can no …

Effect of IL28B genotype on early viral kinetics during interferon-free treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis C

TW Chu, R Kulkarni, EJ Gane, SK Roberts, C Stedman… - Gastroenterology, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Although interleukin 28B (interferon, lambda 3)(IL28B) genotype
affects the response of patients with chronic hepatitis C to peginterferon and ribavirin, little is …

Efficacy of Lactobacillus GG in aboriginal children with acute diarrhoeal disease: a randomised clinical trial

BK Ritchie, DR Brewster, CD Tran… - Journal of pediatric …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The effectiveness of probiotic therapy for acute rotavirus infectious diarrhoea in an
indigenous setting with bacterial/parasitic diarrhoea is unclear. In the present study, we …

Seasonal variation in the nutritional status of children aged 6 to 60 months in a resettlement village in West Timor

J Miller, B Ritchie, C Tran, S Beggs… - Asia Pacific journal …, 2013 - search.informit.org
Childhood malnutrition remains a public health issue in Indonesia with a national
prevalence of wasting of 13% and stunting of 36%. In rural areas nutritional status depends …

13C-Sucrose Breath Test: Novel Use of a Noninvasive Biomarker of Environmental Gut Health

BK Ritchie, DR Brewster, GP Davidson, CD Tran… - …, 2009 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Environmental enteropathy syndrome may compromise growth and predispose
to infectious diseases in children in the developing world, including Australian Aboriginal …

Soluble transferrin receptor in Aboriginal children with a high prevalence of iron deficiency and infection

B Ritchie, Y McNeil, DR Brewster - Tropical Medicine & …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Aboriginal children in tropical Australia have a high prevalence of both iron
deficiency and acute infections, making it difficult to differentiate their relative contributions to …

Diagnostic test accuracy of serum measurement of procalcitonin and C-reactive protein for bone and joint infection in children and adolescents: a systematic review …

B Ritchie, K Porritt, T Marin, N Williams - JBI Evidence Synthesis, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The objective of this review is to synthesize the best available evidence for the
diagnostic test accuracy of procalcitonin (PCT) compared to C-reactive protein (CRP) in …