NCIC Journal Club

2021 Archive


november 2021

Vaccination Against COVID-19 in Cancer (VOICE)

Dr Ben Teh

Infectious Diseases Physician, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Early Vs late stopping of antibiotics in children wth cancer and high-risk febrile neutropenia - An eMR embedded clinical trail

Dr Gabrielle Haeusler

Infectious Diseases Physician, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Royal Children's Hospital


october 2021

COVID-19 associated mucormycosis (CAM): Threat of the current pandemic

Dr Zoe Neoh

Project officer, NCIC & Peter Mac

Guidelines for the prevention and treatment of CMV - American society of transplantation and cellular therapy

Dr Michelle Yong

ID physician, NCIC & Peter Mac


september 2021

Prophylaxis of influenza associated pulmonary aspergillosis

Ms Anna Khanina

AFS project officer & PhD candidate, NCIC

Enterococccal Bacteraemia

Dr Joanne Teh

Infectious Diseases Registrar, Peter Mac


August 2021

Protocolised cessation of antimicrobial therapy in neutropenic fever regardless of fever status- a safe approach?

Dr Abby Douglas

ID physician and PhD candidate, Peter Mac & NCIC


july 2021

Safety and immunogenicity of one vs. two doses of the COVID-10 vaccine BNT162b2 for patients with cancer

Chhay Lim

Study Coordinator - Project Lead: COVID Vaccine Study, NCIC

Is broader always better? Empiric antibiotics & GVHD

Dr Daniel Yeoh

Paediatric ID Physician, Perth Children's Hospital


JUNE 2021

Oral challenge in trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole allergy

Dr Morgan Rose

ID physician and PhD candidate, Austin Health & NCIC

A topical problem: nystatin, neonates and naysayers

Dr Brendan McMullan

Paediatric ID Consultant & Microbiologist, Sydney Children's Hospital


May 2021

Evaluation of CYP2C19 Genotype-Guided Voriconazole Prophylaxis After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant

Mr Julian Lindsay

Bone Marrow Transplant Pharmacist, Research Fellow and PhD Candidate - NCIC, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Impact of Preemptive Therapy for Cytomegalovirus on Toxicities after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Clinical Practice: A Retrospective Single-Center Cohort Study

Dr SuAnn Ho

ID physician & PhD candidate, NCIC


april 2021

Posaconazole vs. voriconazole for primary treatment of invasive aspergillosis

Dr Julien Cossument, MD, PhD - NCIC Fellow

The accuracy of fully automated algorithms for suveillance of healthcare-associated UTIs in hospitalised patients

Jake Valentine, BBmiomedSc (Hons) - NCIC PhD candidate