Leon J Worth

Summary

Affiliation: Royal Melbourne Hospital
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Impact of revising the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System definition for catheter-related bloodstream infection in ICU: reproducibility of the National Healthcare Safety Network case definition in an Australian cohort of infection control p
    Leon J Worth
    Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System VICNISS Coordinating Centre, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Am J Infect Control 37:643-8. 2009
  2. ncbi Validation of statewide surveillance system data on central line-associated bloodstream infection in intensive care units in Australia
    Emma S McBryde
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Diseases, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:1045-9. 2009
  3. ncbi Surveillance for catheter-associated bloodstream infection in hematology units: quantifying the characteristics of a practical case definition
    Leon J Worth
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:358-60. 2008
  4. ncbi Infective and thrombotic complications of central venous catheters in patients with hematological malignancy: prospective evaluation of nontunneled devices
    Leon J Worth
    Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Disease, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
    Support Care Cancer 17:811-8. 2009
  5. ncbi Bloodstream infections in haematology: risks and new challenges for prevention
    Leon J Worth
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia
    Blood Rev 23:113-22. 2009
  6. ncbi Use of FDG PET/CT for investigation of febrile neutropenia: evaluation in high-risk cancer patients
    Stephen D Guy
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Western Health, Private Bag, Footscray, Victoria, Australia 3011
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 39:1348-55. 2012
  7. ncbi Prophylactic intravenous immunoglobulin during autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma is not associated with reduced infectious complications
    Piers Blombery
    Division of Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Ann Hematol 90:1167-72. 2011
  8. ncbi Impact of vancomycin surgical antibiotic prophylaxis on the development of methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections: report from Australian Surveillance Data (VICNISS)
    Ann L Bull
    Victorian Healthcare Associated Surveillance System VICNISS Coordinating Centre, North Melbourne, Australia
    Ann Surg 256:1089-92. 2012
  9. ncbi Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: emerging disease patterns and challenges for treatment
    Iain J Abbott
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 9:471-88. 2011
  10. ncbi Catheter-related bloodstream infections in hematology: time for standardized surveillance?
    Leon J Worth
    Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Disease, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Cancer 109:1215-26. 2007

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Publications10

  1. ncbi Impact of revising the National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System definition for catheter-related bloodstream infection in ICU: reproducibility of the National Healthcare Safety Network case definition in an Australian cohort of infection control p
    Leon J Worth
    Victorian Hospital Acquired Infection Surveillance System VICNISS Coordinating Centre, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Am J Infect Control 37:643-8. 2009
    ..Effective and comparable surveillance for central venous catheter-related bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) in the intensive care unit requires a reproducible case definition that can be readily applied by infection control professionals...
  2. ncbi Validation of statewide surveillance system data on central line-associated bloodstream infection in intensive care units in Australia
    Emma S McBryde
    Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Diseases, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 30:1045-9. 2009
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  3. ncbi Surveillance for catheter-associated bloodstream infection in hematology units: quantifying the characteristics of a practical case definition
    Leon J Worth
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29:358-60. 2008
    ..0% sensitivity and 94.3% specificity. This case definition provides a practical method for effectively excluding CVC-associated bloodstream infection...
  4. ncbi Infective and thrombotic complications of central venous catheters in patients with hematological malignancy: prospective evaluation of nontunneled devices
    Leon J Worth
    Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Disease, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
    Support Care Cancer 17:811-8. 2009
    ..The objectives of this study were to determine the natural history and rate of CVC-related complications and risk factors for CR-BSI and to compare device-specific complications in a hematology population...
  5. ncbi Bloodstream infections in haematology: risks and new challenges for prevention
    Leon J Worth
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria, Australia
    Blood Rev 23:113-22. 2009
    ..To reduce the rate and impact of bloodstream infections multifaceted and customised strategies are required within individual haematology units...
  6. ncbi Use of FDG PET/CT for investigation of febrile neutropenia: evaluation in high-risk cancer patients
    Stephen D Guy
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Western Health, Private Bag, Footscray, Victoria, Australia 3011
    Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 39:1348-55. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the clinical utility of FDG PET/CT in patients with cancer and severe neutropenia and five or more days of persistent fever despite antibiotic therapy...
  7. ncbi Prophylactic intravenous immunoglobulin during autologous haemopoietic stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma is not associated with reduced infectious complications
    Piers Blombery
    Division of Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Ann Hematol 90:1167-72. 2011
    ..4 g/kg) to reduce infectious complications in a large cohort of patients with myeloma undergoing ASCT. In the absence of data supporting efficacy in this context, there appears to be no benefit in the routine use of IVIG for this purpose...
  8. ncbi Impact of vancomycin surgical antibiotic prophylaxis on the development of methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections: report from Australian Surveillance Data (VICNISS)
    Ann L Bull
    Victorian Healthcare Associated Surveillance System VICNISS Coordinating Centre, North Melbourne, Australia
    Ann Surg 256:1089-92. 2012
    ..To compare risks for developing surgical site infection (SSI) due to Staphylococcus aureus when vancomycin is used for antibiotic prophylaxis with risks when a β-lactam antibiotic is administered for prophylaxis...
  9. ncbi Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: emerging disease patterns and challenges for treatment
    Iain J Abbott
    Department of Infectious Diseases, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 9:471-88. 2011
    ..Finally, measures to prevent transmission of S. maltophilia within healthcare facilities are reported, especially in at-risk patient populations...
  10. ncbi Catheter-related bloodstream infections in hematology: time for standardized surveillance?
    Leon J Worth
    Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Infectious Disease, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Cancer 109:1215-26. 2007
    ..Only when these issues are addressed can a surveillance strategy reliably assess trends and compare data, leading to improved patient outcomes and a reduction in healthcare expenditure for patients with hematologic malignancy...