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Infectious Diseases research

The Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and Monash University incorporates a large clinical service and research program.

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About our research

The Department of Infectious Diseases integrates clinical services with biomedical research and teaching. Our expertise spans from general infectious diseases to HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, and tuberculosis.

Our focus

We have active research studies in:

HIV
Viral hepatitis
Infections in the immunosuppressed (malignancy, intensive care and post-splenectomy patients)
Influenza
Drug resistant organisms
Antibiotic use
Infection prevention and hospital epidemiology

Find out more about our research themes on Monash CCS.

Our partners

Monash University

Publications

Oral ciprofloxacin activity against ceftriaxone-resistant Escherichia coli in an in vitro bladder infection model

Abbott, Iain Joseph; van Gorp, Elke; Cottingham, Hugh Michael Peterson; Macesic, Nenad; Wallis, Steven C; Roberts, Jason A.; Meletiadis, Joseph; Peleg, Anton Yariv

(2023), Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 78(2), 397-410

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkac402

Nanopore-only assemblies for genomic surveillance of the global priority drug-resistant pathogen, Klebsiella pneumoniae

Foster-Nyarko, Ebenezer; Cottingham, Hugh Michael Peterson; Wick, Ryan Robert; Judd, Louise Monique; Lam, Margaret; Wyres, Kelly Leanne; Stanton, Thomas D.; Tsang, Kara K.; David, Sophia; Aanensen, David M.; Brisse, Sylvain; Holt, Kathryn Elizabeth

(2023), Microbial Genomics, 9(2), 936

DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000936

Immune profiling of SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy reveals NK cell and ?? T cell perturbations

Habel, Jennifer R.; Chua, Brendon Y.; Kedzierski, Lukasz; Selva, Kevin J.; Damelang, Timon; Haycroft, Ebene R.; Nguyen, Thi H. O.; Koay, Hui-Fern; Nicholson, Suellen; McQuilten, Hayley A.; Jia, Xiaoxiao; Allen, Lilith F.; Hensen, Luca; Zhang, Wuji; Sandt, Carolien E. van de; Neil, Jessica A.; Pragastis, Katherine; Lau, Jillian S. Y.; Jumarang, Jaycee; Allen, E. Kaitlynn; Amanant, Fatima; Krammer, Florian; Wragg, Kathleen M.; Juno, Jennifer A.; Wheatley, Adam K.; Tan, Hyon-Xhi; Pell, Gabrielle; Walker, Susan; Audsley, Jennifer; Reynaldi, Arnold; Thevarajan, Irani; Denholm, Justin T.; Subbarao, Kanta; Davenport, Miles P.; Hogarth, P. Mark; Godfrey, Dale I.; Cheng, Allen C.; Tong, Steven Y. C.; Bond, Katherine; Williamson, Deborah A.; McMahon, James H.; Thomas, Paul G.; Pannaraj, Pia S.; James, Fiona; Holmes, Natasha E.; Smibert, Olivia C.; Trubiano, Jason A.; Gordon, Claire L.; Chung, Amy W.; Whitehead, Clare L.; Kent, Stephen J.; Lappas, Martha; Rowntree, Louise C.; Kedzierska, Katherine

(2023), JCI INSIGHT, 8(6),

DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.167157

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