Katherine B Gibney

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal study
    Katherine B Gibney
    Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Australia
    BMC Pediatr 5:16. 2005
  2. ncbi Vitamin D deficiency is associated with tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa
    Katherine B Gibney
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Clin Infect Dis 46:443-6. 2008
  3. ncbi The profile of health problems in African immigrants attending an infectious disease unit in Melbourne, Australia
    Katherine B Gibney
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:805-11. 2009
  4. ncbi Screening practices for infectious diseases among Burmese refugees in Australia
    Nadia J Chaves
    Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
    Emerg Infect Dis 15:1769-72. 2009
  5. ncbi Cutaneous melioidosis in the tropical top end of Australia: a prospective study and review of the literature
    Katherine B Gibney
    Infectious Diseases Unit and Northern Territory Clinical School, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    Clin Infect Dis 47:603-9. 2008

Detail Information

Publications5

  1. ncbi The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal study
    Katherine B Gibney
    Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Australia
    BMC Pediatr 5:16. 2005
    ..Our aim was to describe the clinical course of AOM and the associated bacterial nasopharyngeal colonisation in a high-risk population of Australian Aboriginal children...
  2. ncbi Vitamin D deficiency is associated with tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa
    Katherine B Gibney
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Clin Infect Dis 46:443-6. 2008
    ..001). Higher vitamin D levels were associated with lower probability of any M. tuberculosis infection (P=.001) and lower probability of tuberculosis or past tuberculosis (compared with latent tuberculosis infection; P=.001)...
  3. ncbi The profile of health problems in African immigrants attending an infectious disease unit in Melbourne, Australia
    Katherine B Gibney
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
    Am J Trop Med Hyg 80:805-11. 2009
    ..Clinicians need to be aware of these conditions to meet the health needs of this group. Comprehensive health checks should be encouraged for new arrivals, particularly from high-risk areas...
  4. ncbi Screening practices for infectious diseases among Burmese refugees in Australia
    Nadia J Chaves
    Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
    Emerg Infect Dis 15:1769-72. 2009
    ..Of those tested, Helicobacter pylori infection affected 80%, latent tuberculosis 70%, vitamin D deficiency 37%, and strongyloidiasis 26%. Treating these diseases can prevent long-term illness...
  5. ncbi Cutaneous melioidosis in the tropical top end of Australia: a prospective study and review of the literature
    Katherine B Gibney
    Infectious Diseases Unit and Northern Territory Clinical School, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    Clin Infect Dis 47:603-9. 2008
    ..Burkholderia pseudomallei is endemic in northern Australia, and melioidosis is a common cause of sepsis in the region...