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Utility of auscultatory screening for detecting rheumatic heart disease in high-risk children in Australia's Northern TerritorySensitivity and positive predictive value of cardiac auscultation compared with echocardiography is poor, regardless of the expertise of the auscultator.
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Genetic and epigenetic susceptibility to early life infectionTo date there have been relatively few studies on genetic determinants of susceptibility to neonatal infection and many of these have methodological...
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A phase 2 open-label safety and immunogenicity study of a meningococcal B bivalent rLP2086 vaccine in healthy adultsNo currently licensed and available vaccine has been shown to provide broad protection against endemic MnB disease.
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Use of data linkage to investigate the aetiology of acute lower respiratory infection hospitalisations in childrenThe aim was to document the aetiology of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) hospitalisations in Western Australian children
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Structural and IgE binding analyses of recombinant Der p 2 expressed from the hosts Escherichia coli and Pichia pastorisThe house dust mite allergen Der p 2 is one of the most important indoor allergens associated with allergic disease.
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Method of bacterial killing differentially affects the human innate immune response to Staphylococcus epidermidisIn vitro investigations of human innate immune responses to extracellular bacteria commonly utilise killed preparations in preference to live organisms
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The interaction between respiratory viruses and pathogenic bacteriaData on asymptomatic identification rates of respiratory viruses are limited, particularly in Indigenous populations, who suffer a high burden of OM.
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The changing epidemiology of invasive pneumococcal diseaseWe investigated trends in invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Western Australia (WA).
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TLR2 mediates recognition of live staphylococus epidermidisStaphylococcus epidermidis is a nosocomial pathogen that causes catheter-associated bacteremia in the immunocompromised, including those at the extremes of age
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Antifungal therapy in infants and children with proven, probable or suspected invasive fungal infectionsThis review aims to systematically identify and summarise the effects of different antifungal therapies in children with proven, probable or suspected...