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Professor Jonathan Carapetis AM

Institute Director; Head, Strep A Translation; Co-Founder of REACH

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Towards a diagnostic test for rheumatic fever

Glenn Jonathan Michael Pat Tim Tobias Pearson Carapetis AM Serralha Holt Barnett Kollmann BA (Education) PhD Candidate AM MBBS FRACP FAFPHM PhD FAHMS

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What risk does underlying trimethoprim resistance pose for the development of cotrimoxazole-resistant skin infections

Tim Barnett PhD Head of the Strep A Pathogenesis & Diagnostics team, Deputy Head of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases 6319

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Missing Piece Study protocol: Prospective surveillance to determine the epidemiology of group A streptococcal pharyngitis and impetigo in remote Western Australia

Group A β-haemolytic Streptococcus (GAS), a Gram-positive bacterium, causes skin, mucosal and systemic infections. Repeated GAS infections can lead to autoimmune diseases acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia have the highest rates of ARF and RHD in the world.

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Preventing heart failure: a position paper of the Heart Failure Association in collaboration with the European Association of Preventive Cardiology

The heart failure epidemic is growing and its prevention, in order to reduce associated hospital readmission rates and its clinical and economic burden, is a key issue in modern cardiovascular medicine. The present consensus document aims to provide practical evidence-based information to support the implementation of effective preventive measures.

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Is Streptococcus pyogenes resistant or susceptible to trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole?

Streptococcus pyogenes is commonly believed to be resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (SXT), resulting in reservations about using SXT for skin and...

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Progress towards a coordinated, national paediatric antimicrobial resistance surveillance programme

These data support that children are not just 'little adults' in the AMR era, and analyses by age group are important to detect differences in antibiotic susceptibility

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Development of an opsonophagocytic killing assay for Group A Streptococcus

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) or Streptococcus pyogenes is responsible for an estimated 500,000 deaths worldwide each year.

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Disparity in Mortality From Rheumatic Heart Disease in Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are much more likely to die from Rheumatic Heart Disease than other Australians.