Increasing tolerance of hospital Enterococcus faecium to handwash alcohols

…, ML Grayson, SA Ballard, AA Mahony… - Science translational …, 2018 - science.org
Alcohol-based disinfectants and particularly hand rubs are a key way to control hospital
infections worldwide. Such disinfectants restrict transmission of pathogens, such as multidrug-…

Is fosfomycin a potential treatment alternative for multidrug-resistant gram-negative prostatitis?

BJ Gardiner, AA Mahony, AG Ellis… - Clinical Infectious …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background. Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial (MDR-GNB) infections of the prostate
are an increasing problem worldwide, particularly complicating transrectal ultrasound (…

Current Epidemiology and Clinical Features of Cryptococcus Infection in Patients Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Multicenter Study in 46 Hospitals in …

…, R Haywood, AA Mahony… - Clinical Infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Patients without human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are increasingly recognized
as being at risk for cryptococcosis. Knowledge of characteristics of cryptococcosis in …

Significant reduction in vancomycin-resistant enterococcus colonization and bacteraemia after introduction of a bleach-based cleaning–disinfection programme

EA Grabsch, AA Mahony, DRM Cameron… - Journal of Hospital …, 2012 - Elsevier
Background Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE) colonization and infection have
increased at our hospital, despite adherence to standard VRE control guidelines. Aim We …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary origins of the emergent ST796 clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

…, MMC Lam, S Ballard, IR Monk, AA Mahony… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
From early 2012, a novel clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (assigned
the multi locus sequence type ST796) was simultaneously isolated from geographically …

[HTML][HTML] Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium sequence type 796 - rapid international dissemination of a new epidemic clone

AA Mahony, AH Buultjens, SA Ballard… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2018 - Springer
Background Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) is a leading cause of
hospital-acquired infections. New, presumably better-adapted strains of VRE appear unpredictably…

Outbreak of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium colonization in a neonatal service

…, K Tan, C Scott, EE Gillespie, AA Mahony… - American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To describe successful termination of an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant
Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) colonization within a neonatal service. Setting Multisite neonatal …

Outcomes of an electronic medical record (EMR)–driven intensive care unit (ICU)-antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) ward round: assessing the “five moments of …

…, KF Urbancic, S Khumra, AA Mahony… - Infection Control & …, 2019 - cambridge.org
Objective:The primary objective of this study was to examine the impact of an electronic
medical record (EMR)–driven intensive care unit (ICU) antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) service …

Beyond injecting drug use: investigation of a Victorian cluster of hepatitis C among HIV‐infected men who have sex with men

AA Mahony, EJ Donnan, RA Lester… - Medical Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To examine increased notifications of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in men who have
sex with men (MSM) infected with HIV in Victoria, and evaluate HCV transmission risk factors …

Current epidemiology and clinical features of Cryptococcus infection in patients without HIV infection: a multicentre study in 46 hospitals from Australia and New …

…, AP Gador-Whyte, R Haywood, AA Mahony… - … Diseases: an Official …, 2023 - europepmc.org
Patients without HIV infection are increasingly recognised to be at risk for cryptococcosis.
Knowledge of characteristics of cryptococcosis in these patients remains incomplete. We …