The clinical course of acute otitis media in high-risk Australian Aboriginal children: a longitudinal studyKatherine 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...
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants from sub-Saharan AfricaKatherine 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)...
The profile of health problems in African immigrants attending an infectious disease unit in Melbourne, AustraliaKatherine 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...
Screening practices for infectious diseases among Burmese refugees in AustraliaNadia 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...
Cutaneous melioidosis in the tropical top end of Australia: a prospective study and review of the literatureKatherine 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...