Feature Papers 2024
Full 2024 NCIC Publication List
The Second International Consensus Guidelines on the Management of BK Polyomavirus in Kidney Transplantation
Kotton, C.N., Kamar, N., Wojciechowski, D., Eder, M., Hopfer, H., Randhawa, P., Sester, M., Comoli, P., Silva, H.T., Knoll, G., Brennan, D.C., Trofe-Clark, J., Pape, L., Axelrod, D., Kiberd, B., Wong, G., Hirsch, H.H., Caillard, S., Fernandez-Ruiz, M., Oberbauer, R., Pierrotti, L., Drachenberg, C., Heher, Y., Huang, G., Mengel, M., Buenrostro, L.M., Nankivell, B., Bertels, L., Vathsala, A., Halary, F., Heim, A., Kumar, D., Leuzinger, K., Rinaldo, C.H., Schaenman, J., Slavin, M., Tedesco-Silva, H., Schaub, S., Benotmane, I., Theodoropoulos, N., Helantera, I., Witzke, O., Chadban, S., Bagchi, S., Elfadawy, N., Dharnidharka, V.R., Hattori, M., Venkataramanan, R., Tönshoff, B., Laskin, B., Abramowicz, D., Cantarovich, M., Crespo, M., Agarwal, S.K., Mueller, N., Tian, Y.-C.
Transplantation
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004976Consensus position statement on advancing the standardised reporting of infection events in immunocompromised patients
Teh, B.W., Mikulska, M., Averbuch, D., de la Camara, R., Hirsch, H.H., Akova, M., Ostrosky-Zeichner, L., Baddley, J.W., Tan, B.H., Mularoni, A., Subramanian, A.K., La Hoz, R.M., Marinelli, T., Boan, P., Aguado, J.M., Grossi, P.A., Maertens, J., Mueller, N.J., Slavin, M.A.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00377-8Adjunctive glucocorticoid therapy for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients: A multicenter cohort, 2015-2020
Hosseini-Moghaddam, S.M., Kothari, S., Humar, A., Albasata, H., Yetmar, Z.A., Razonable, R.R., Neofytos, D., D'Asaro, M., Boggian, K., Hirzel, C., Khanna, N., Manuel, O., Mueller, N.J., Imlay, H., Kabbani, D., Tyagi, V., Smibert, O.C., Nasra, M., Fontana, L., Obeid, K.M., Apostolopoulou, A., Zhang, S.X., Permpalung, N., Alhatimi, H., Silverman, M.S., Guo, H., Rogers, B.A., MacKenzie, E., Pisano, J., Gioia, F., Rapi, L., Prasad, G.V.R., Banegas, M., Alonso, C.D., Doss, K., Rakita, R.M., Fishman, J.A.
American Journal of Transplantation
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajt.2023.11.003Scedosporiosis and lomentosporiosis: Modern perspectives on these difficult-to-treat rare mold infections
Neoh, C.F., Chen, S.C.-A., Lanternier, F., Tio, S.Y., Halliday, C.L., Kidd, S.E., Kong, D.C.M., Meyer, W., Hoenigl, M., Slavin, M.A.
Clinical Microbiology Reviews
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00004-23Rituximab for posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder – therapeutic, preemptive, or prophylactic?
Storek, J., Lindsay, J.
Bone Marrow Transplantation
DOI: 10.1038/s41409-023-02155-5Guidelines for the management of Toxoplasma gondii infection and disease in patients with haematological malignancies and after haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation: Guidelines from the 9th European Conference on Infections in Leukaemia, 2022
Aerts, R., Mehra, V., Groll, A.H., Martino, R., Lagrou, K., Robin, C., Perruccio, K., Blijlevens, N., Nucci, M., Slavin, M., Bretagne, S., Cordonnier, C.
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00495-4Infections in patients with lymphoma treated with bispecific antibodies: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Reynolds, G.K., Maclean, M., Cliff, E.R.S., Teh, B.W., Thursky, K.A., Slavin, M.A., Anderson, M.A., Hawkes, E.A.
Blood Advances
DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012916Performance of ICD-10-AM codes for quality improvement monitoring of hospital-acquired pneumonia in a haematology-oncology casemix in Victoria, Australia
Valentine, J.C., Gillespie, E., Verspoor, K.M., Hall, L., Worth, L.J.
Health Information Management Journal
DOI: 10.1177/18333583221131753Cytomegalovirus drives Vδ1+ γδ T cell expansion and clonality in common variable immunodeficiency
Chan, S., Morgan, B., Yong, M.K., Margetts, M., Farchione, A.J., Lucas, E.C., Godsell, J., Giang, N.A., Slade, C.A., von Borstel, A., Bryant, V.L., Howson, L.J.
Nature Communications
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48527-3Antimicrobial use and appropriateness in neutropenic fever: A study of the Hospital National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey data
Singh, N., Douglas, A.P., Slavin, M.A., Haeusler, G.M., Thursky, K.A.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkae015Oral challenge vs routine care to assess low-risk penicillin allergy in critically ill hospital patients (ORACLE): A pilot safety and feasibility randomised controlled trial
Rose, M.T., Holmes, N.E., Eastwood, G.M., Vogrin, S., James, F., De Luca, J.F., Bellomo, R., Warrillow, S.J., Phung, M., Barnes, S.L., Murfin, B., Rogers, B., Lambros, B., Collis, B., Peel, T.N., Slavin, M.A., Trubiano, J.A.
Intensive Care Medicine
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07448-xSepsis mortality among patients with haematological malignancy admitted to intensive care 2000–2022: a binational cohort study
MacPhail, A., Dendle, C., Slavin, M., Weinkove, R., Bailey, M., Pilcher, D., McQuilten, Z.
Critical Care
10.1186/s13054-024-04932-0Aligning organisational priorities and implementation science for cancer research
Best, S., Thursky, K., Buzza, M., Klaic, M., Peters, S., Guccione, L., Trainer, A., Francis, J.
BMC Health Services Research
10.1186/s12913-024-10801-xCosts associated with invasive Scedosporium and Lomentospora prolificans infections: a case-control study
Neoh, C.F., Chen, S.C.A., Kong, D.C.M., Hamilton, K., Nguyen, Q.A., Spelman, T., Tew, M., Harvey, E.L., Ho, S.A., Saunders, N.R., Tennakoon, S., Crowe, A., Marriott, D., Trubiano, J.A., Slavin, M.A.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
10.1093/jac/dkad345Guideline for the management of Clostridioides difficile infection in pediatric patients with cancer and hematopoietic cell transplantation recipients: 2024 update
Patel, P., Robinson, P.D., Fisher, B.T., Phillips, R., Morgan, J.E., Lehrnbecher, T., Kuczynski, S., Koenig, C., Haeusler, G.M., Esbenshade, A., Elgarten, C., Duong, N., Diorio, C., Castagnola, E., Beauchemin, M.P., Ammann, R.A., Dupuis, L.L., Sung, L.
eClinicalMedicine
10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102604Outcomes of Antiviral Retreatment for Immunocompromised Hosts With Prolonged Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Polymerase Chain Reaction Positivity: A Multicenter Australian Retrospective Case Series
Bond, K.A., Dendle, C., Guy, S., Slavin, M.A., Smibert, O., Ibrahim, N., Kinsella, P.M., Morrissey, C.O., Moso, M.A., Sasadeusz, J.J.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
10.1093/ofid/ofae449Editorial introductions
Slavin, M., Yong, M.K., Bassetti, M.
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
10.1097/QCO.0000000000001071Pulmonary complications post allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant in children
Walker, H., Abbotsford, J., Haeusler, G.M., Yeoh, D., Ramachandran, S., Ng, M., Holzmann, J., Shanthikumar, S., Weerdenburg, H., Hanna, D., Neeland, M.R., Cole, T.
Clinical and Translational Immunology
10.1002/cti2.70003Chimeric antigen receptor-T-cell therapies going viral: Latent and incidental viral infections
Kampouri, E., Reynolds, G., Teh, B.W., Hill, J.A.
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
10.1097/QCO.0000000000001066Breaking Down the Barriers for Patients With Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma: Current Controversies and Challenges for Radiation Oncologists in 2024
Campbell, B.A., Prince, H.M., Thursky, K., Dabaja, B., Hoppe, R., Specht, L., Morris, S., Porceddu, S.V.
Seminars in Radiation Oncology
10.1016/j.semradonc.2024.08.005A single-center experience of COVID-19 infection in patients with primary immunodeficiency
Zhou, J.J., Jin, C., Leang, Z.X., Chatelier, J., Godsell, J., Tsang, S., Douglass, J.A., Yong, M.K., Slavin, M., Bryant, V.L., Slade, C.A., Chan, S.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global
10.1016/j.jacig.2024.100241Seropositivity against vaccine preventable infections in the early post chimeric antigen receptor T-cell period: Preservation of vaccine-associated antibodies between 0 and 6 months
Reynolds, G.K., Klimevski, E., Saunders, N.R., Teenakoon, G.S., Harrison, S.J., Dowling, M., Anderson, M.A., Thursky, K., Slavin, M.A., Teh, B.W.
British Journal of Haematology
10.1111/bjh.19807Impact of time to antibiotics on clinical outcome in paediatric febrile neutropenia: a target trial emulation of 1685 episodes
Haeusler, G.M., Dashti, S.G., James, F., Babl, F.E., Borland, M.L., Clark, J.E., Padhye, B., Tapp, H., Alvaro, F., Raj, T.S., Walwyn, T., Ziegler, D.S., Super, L., Hall, L., Yeoh, D.K., Butters, C., McMullan, B., Hanna, D.M.T., De Abreu Lourenco, R., Slavin, M.A., Phillips, B., Thursky, K.A.
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101226Antimicrobial-resistant central line-associated bloodstream infections in adult intensive care units: findings from an Australian surveillance network, 2011–2022
Lim, L.-L., Lim, K.W.E., Malloy, M.J., Bull, A., Brett, J., Worth, L.J.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
10.1017/ice.2024.132The emergence of letermovir and maribavir drug-resistant mutations: From clinical trials to real-world studies
Zhu, V.Z., Horton, M.B., Haeusler, G.M., Yong, M.K.
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
10.1097/QCO.0000000000001065Designing a Digital Health Solution: A Platform for Automated Surveillance of Fungal Infection
Khanina, A., Rozova, V., Elkins, S., Verspoor, K., Thursky, K.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
10.3233/SHTI231241Validation of a digital self-assessment to identify low-risk penicillin and sulfa antibiotic allergies in adults (SELF-FAST)
Rose, M.T., Ramesh, S., Vogrin, S., Holmes, N.E., Lambros, B., Slavin, M.A., Trubiano, J.A.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
10.1016/j.jaip.2024.07.025Hospital-acquired bloodstream infections in patients with cancer: current knowledge and future directions
MacPhail, A., Dendle, C., Slavin, M., McQuilten, Z.
Journal of Hospital Infection
10.1016/j.jhin.2024.03.002Protocol for a clinically annotated biorepository of samples from Australian immune-compromised patients to investigate the host-microbiome interaction
Smibert, O.C., Trubiano, J.A., Kwong, J.C., Markey, K.A., Slavin, M.A.
BMJ Open
10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085504Striking the right balance: Navigating antimicrobial stewardship and antibiotic prescribing after CAR-T-cell therapy
Reynolds, G., Smibert, O.C., Kampouri, E.
Transplant Infectious Disease
10.1111/tid.14395Antiviral therapies for the management of persistent coronavirus disease 2019 in immunocompromised hosts: A narrative review
Kinsella, P.M., Moso, M.A., Morrissey, C.O., Dendle, C., Guy, S., Bond, K., Sasadeusz, J., Slavin, M.A.
Transplant Infectious Disease
10.1111/tid.14301Challenges and considerations for antifungal prophylaxis in children with acute myeloid leukemia
Yeoh, D.K., Haeusler, G.M., Slavin, M.A., Kotecha, R.S.
Expert Review of Hematology
10.1080/17474086.2024.2390639Initial empirical antibiotic therapy in kidney transplant recipients with pyelonephritis: A global survey of current practice and opinions across 19 countries on six continents
Coussement, J., Bansal, S.B., Scemla, A., Svensson, M.H.S., Barcan, L.A., Smibert, O.C., Clemente, W.T., Lopez-Medrano, F., Hoffman, T., Maggiore, U., Catalano, C., Hilbrands, L., Manuel, O., Du Toit, T., Shern, T.K.Y., Chowdhury, N., Viklicky, O., Oberbauer, R., Markowicz, S., Kaminski, H., Lafaurie, M., Pierrotti, L.C., Cerqueira, T.L., Yahav, D., Kamar, N., Kotton, C.N.
Transplant Infectious Disease
10.1111/tid.14362Characterization of Gram-negative Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Australian Children and Their Clinical Outcomes
Wen, S.C.H., Harris, P.N.A., Forde, B., Permana, B., Chatfield, M.D., Lau, C.L., Spurling, G., Bauer, M.J., Balch, R., Chambers, H., Schlapbach, L.J., Clark, J.E., Dougherty, S., Blyth, C.C., Britton, P.N., Clifford, V., Haeusler, G.M., McMullan, B., Wadia, U., Paterson, D.L., Irwin, A.D.
Clinical Infectious Diseases
10.1093/cid/ciae341Intravenous amoxicillin-clavulanic acid: prescribing practices in Australian hospitals
Chronas, A., Thursky, K., Mo, S., Hall, L., James, R., Ierano, C.
Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research
10.1002/jppr.1930Infective complications in cancer patients treated with subcutaneous versus intravenous trastuzumab and rituximab: An individual patient data meta-analysis
Alexander, M., Jachno, K., Phillips, K.-A., Seymour, J.F., Slavin, M.A., Cheung, A., Shen, V., Maarouf, D., Wolfe, R., Lingaratnam, S.
Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice
10.1177/10781552231180875Risk of Self-Reported Penicillin Allergy Despite Removal of Penicillin Allergy Label: Secondary Analysis of the PALACE Randomized Clinical Trial
Copaescu, A.M., Vogrin, S., Douglas, A., Turner, N.A., Phillips, E.J., Holmes, N.E., Trubiano, J.A.
JAMA Network Open
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.29621JAC Supplement: ‘Faster ID and AST Revolution: How to Improve Antibiotic Use in the Critically Ill’
Slavin, M., Johnson, A.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
10.1093/jac/dkae285Clinicopathologic conference: Bloodstream infection in an allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant: Thinking beyond the usual
Yeoh, K., Lass-Flörl, C., Lamoth, F., Slavin, M.A., Williams, E., Neofytos, D.
Transplant Infectious Disease
10.1111/tid.14273Infections during novel myeloma therapies
Liu, A.J., Slavin, M.A., Harrison, S.J., Teh, B.W.
Leukemia and Lymphoma
10.1080/10428194.2024.2428819Reassessment of the role of combination antifungal therapy in the current era
Neoh, C.F., Slavin, M.A.
Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
10.1097/QCO.0000000000001063Prospective External Validation of the Esbenshade Vanderbilt Models Accurately Predicts Bloodstream Infection Risk in Febrile Non-Neutropenic Children With Cancer
Zhao, Z., Patel, P.A., Slatnick, L., Sitthi-Amorn, A., Bielamowicz, K.J., Nunez, F.A., Walsh, A.M., Hess, J., Rossoff, J., Elgarten, C., Myers, R., Saab, R., Basbous, M., McCormick, M., Aftandilian, C., Richards, R., Nessle, C.N., Tribble, A.C., Sheth Bhutada, J.K., Coven, S.L., Runco, D., Wilkes, J., Gurunathan, A., Guinipero, T., Belsky, J.A., Lee, K., Wong, V., Malhotra, M., Armstrong, A., Jerkins, L.P., Cross, S.J., Fisher, L., Stein, M.T., Wu, N.L., Yi, T., Orgel, E., Haeusler, G.M., Wolf, J., Demedis, J.M., Miller, T.P., Esbenshade, A.J.
Journal of Clinical Oncology
10.1200/JCO.23.01814Cryptococcosis Associated With Biologic Therapy: A Narrative Review
Li, X., Paccoud, O., Chan, K.-H., Yuen, K.-Y., Manchon, R., Lanternier, F., Slavin, M.A., Van De Veerdonk, F.L., Bicanic, T., Lortholary, O.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
10.1093/ofid/ofae316Biomarkers to predict and diagnose pulmonary complications in children post hematopoietic stem cell transplant
Walker, H., Haeusler, G.M., Cole, T., Neeland, M., Hanna, D., Shanthikumar, S.
Clinical and Translational Immunology
10.1002/cti2.70002Preneutropenic Fever in Patients With Hematological Malignancies: A Novel Target for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Chiodo-Reidy, J., Slavin, M.A., Tio, S.Y., Ng, G., Bajel, A., Thursky, K.A., Douglas, A.P.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
10.1093/ofid/ofae488Durability of penicillin allergy delabeling and post-testing penicillin utilization in adults with immune compromise
Rose, M.T., Mitri, E.A., Vogrin, S., Holmes, N.E., Chua, K.Y.L., Slavin, M.A., Trubiano, J.A.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice
10.1016/j.jaip.2024.03.047Goals to score: The need for a minimum reporting dataset in studies of infection events in immunocompromised patients
Teh, B.W., Mikulska, M., Mueller, N.J., Slavin, M.A.
Transplant Infectious Disease
10.1111/tid.14154Antibacterial prophylaxis for neutropenic and high-risk hematology patients—Do the benefits outweigh the risk?
Reynolds, G., Lindsay, J.
Transplant Infectious Disease
10.1111/tid.14255Invasive fungal disease and antifungal prophylaxis in children with acute leukaemia: a multicentre retrospective Australian cohort study
Yeoh, D.K., Blyth, C.C., Clark, J.E., Abbotsford, J., Corrente, C., Cook, S., Kotecha, R.S., Wang, S.S., Spelman, T., Slavin, M.A., Thursky, K.A., Haeusler, G.M.
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific
10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101201New and emerging roles for inhalational and direct antifungal drug delivery approaches for treatment of invasive fungal infections
Neoh, C.F., Jeong, W., Kong, D.C.M., Beardsley, J., Kwok, P.C.L., Slavin, M.A., Chen, S.C.-A.
Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy
10.1080/14787210.2024.2409408Australia and New Zealand consensus position statement: use of COVID-19 therapeutics in patients with haematological malignancies
Campbell, A., Teh, B., Mulligan, S., Ross, D.M., Weinkove, R., Gilroy, N., Gangatharan, S., Prince, H.M., Szer, J., Trotman, J., Lane, S., Dickinson, M., Quach, H., Enjeti, A.K., Ku, M., Gregory, G., Hapgood, G., Ho, P.J., Cochrane, T., Cheah, C., Greenwood, M., Latimer, M., Berkahn, L., Wight, J., Armytage, T., Diamond, P., Tam, C.S., Hamad, N.
Internal Medicine Journal
10.1111/imj.16303Breaking the mould: challenging the status quo of clinical trial response definitions for invasive fungal diseases—a debate
Maertens, J., Slavin, M., Hoenigl, M., Thompson III, G.R., Richardson, M., Lass-Flörl, C.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
10.1093/jac/dkae158Identifying Gaps in the International Consensus Case Definitions for Invasive Aspergillosis: A Review of Clinical Cases Not Meeting These Definitions
Tio, S.Y., Chen, S.C.A., Heath, C.H., Pradhan, A., Morris, A.J., Korman, T.M., Morrissey, C.O., Halliday, C.L., Kidd, S., Spelman, T., Brell, N., McMullan, B., Clark, J.E., Mitsakos, K., Hardiman, R.P., Williams, P.C.M., Campbell, A.J., Beardsley, J., Van Hal, S., Yong, M.K., Worth, L.J., Slavin, M.A.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
10.1093/ofid/ofae594Extended duration of letermovir prophylaxis: how long is long enough?
Douglas, A.P., Slavin, M.A.
The Lancet Haematology
10.1016/S2352-3026(23)00368-XPosaconazole in paediatric malignancy and haematopoietic stem cell transplant: dosing to achieve therapeutic concentration
Weerdenburg, H., Walker, H., Curtis, N., Duffull, S., Haeusler, G., Cole, T., Gwee, A.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
10.1093/jac/dkae099Non-viral pathogens of infectious diarrhoea post-allogeneic stem cell transplantation are associated with graft-versus-host disease
Rees, M.J., Rivalland, A., Tan, S., Xie, M., Yong, M.K., Ritchie, D.
Annals of Hematology
10.1007/s00277-023-05526-6Invasive fungal disease in children with solid tumors: An Australian multicenter 10-year review
Jain, N., Ryan, A.L., Haeusler, G.M., McMullan, B.J., Moore, A.S., Bartlett, A.W., Blyth, C.C., Kotecha, R.S., Yeoh, D.K., Clark, J.E.
Pediatric Blood and Cancer
10.1002/pbc.31031The Australasian Registry for Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions (AUS-SCAR) – Providing a roadmap for closing the diagnostic, patient, and healthcare gaps for a group of rare drug eruptions
James, F., Goh, M.S., Vogrin, S., Ng, I., Douglas, A.P., Holmes, N.E., Chua, K.Y., De Luca, J., Sharma, P., Zubrinich, C., Aung, A.K., Gin, D., Lambros, B., Baker, C., Foley, P., Chong, A.H., Thien, F., Fok, J.S., Su, J., Scardamaglia, L., Awad, A., Tong, S., Johnson, D., Godsell, J., Arasu, A., Barnes, S., Ojaimi, S., Mar, A., Yun, J., Ange, N., Tong, W.W.Y., Carr, A., Loprete, J., Katelaris, C.H., Slape, D., Keat, K., West, T.A., Lee, M., Smith, W., Hissaria, P., Sidhu, S., Janson, S., Venkatesan, S., Davies, J., Lane, M.J., Redmond, A.M., Robertson, I., Legg, A., Fernando, S., Boyle, T., Li, J., Phillips, E.J., Cleland, H., Kern, J.S., Trubiano, J.A.
World Allergy Organization Journal
10.1016/j.waojou.2024.100936Invasive fungal disease in the immunocompromised host: changing epidemiology, new antifungal therapies, and management challenges
Giannella, M., Lanternier, F., Dellière, S., Groll, A.H., Mueller, N.J., Alastruey-Izquierdo, A., Slavin, M.A.
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
10.1016/j.cmi.2024.08.006Neutropenic Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit: Differences in Clinical Profile and Outcomes According to the Cause of Neutropenia
MacPhail, A., Dendle, C., Slavin, M., Weinkove, R., Bailey, M., Pilcher, D., McQuilten, Z.
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
10.1093/ofid/ofae289