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M Whitby

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1 Out of hours workload of a suburban general practice: deprivation or expectation. BMJ 1990 3.19
2 Nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: is it any worse than nosocomial methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000 1.48
3 Tick-borne diseases in Australia. Aust Fam Physician 1996 1.45
4 Trends in mortality rates for infectious and parasitic diseases in Australia: 1907-1997. Intern Med J 2003 1.43
5 Hospital adverse events and control charts: the need for a new paradigm. J Hosp Infect 2009 1.40
6 Endemic nosocomial gram-negative bacteraemias resulting from contamination of intravenous heparin infusions. J Hosp Infect 1999 1.39
7 GPs' differing responses to out-of-hours calls. Practitioner 1989 1.37
8 Assessment of rapid methods of pneumococcal antigen detection in routine sputum bacteriology. J Clin Pathol 1985 1.29
9 Experimental human Plasmodium falciparum infections: longitudinal analysis of lymphocyte responses with particular reference to gamma delta T cells. Scand J Immunol 1996 1.19
10 The application of statistical process control charts to the detection and monitoring of hospital-acquired infections. J Qual Clin Pract 2001 1.18
11 Esomeprazole induces upper gastrointestinal tract transmucosal permeability increase. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2008 1.10
12 An investigation of contact transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Hosp Infect 2004 1.10
13 Chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium vivax. Lancet 1989 1.02
14 Who bears the cost of healthcare-acquired surgical site infection? J Hosp Infect 2008 0.94
15 Simultaneous onset of thyrotoxicosis and temporal arteritis. Med J Aust 1982 0.91
16 Toxic shock syndrome and endocarditis. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1983 0.91
17 Improved hospital-level risk adjustment for surveillance of healthcare-associated bloodstream infections: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Infect Dis 2009 0.88
18 Application of ALARP to extremity doses for hospital workers. J Radiol Prot 2003 0.87
19 Human ectopic fascioliasis in Australia: first case reports. Med J Aust 1992 0.87
20 A comparison of competing methods for the detection of surgical-site infections in patients undergoing total arthroplasty of the knee, partial and total arthroplasty of hip and femoral or similar vascular bypass. J Hosp Infect 2004 0.87
21 Putting back the bugs: bacterial treatment relieves chronic diarrhoea. Med J Aust 1994 0.86
22 Infective endocarditis in adults in Glasgow, 1976-81. Int J Cardiol 1985 0.85
23 Streptococcal infection in a regional burns centre and a plastic surgery unit. J Hosp Infect 1984 0.85
24 Risk stratification for surgical site infections in Australia: evaluation of the US National Nosocomial Infection Surveillance risk index. J Hosp Infect 2007 0.84
25 Mycobacterium marinum infection: epidemiology and presentation in Queensland 1971-1990. Med J Aust 1992 0.84
26 Does antibiotic prophylaxis at the time of catheter insertion reduce the incidence of catheter-related sepsis in intravenous nutrition? J Hosp Infect 1985 0.83
27 Nocardia cyriacigeorgica abscess of the conus medullaris in an immunocompetent host. J Clin Neurosci 2010 0.82
28 Bacterial meningitis. Rational selection and use of antibacterial drugs. Drugs 1986 0.82
29 Histoplasmosis in Australia: a report of a case with a review of the literature. Aust Dent J 2004 0.81
30 Organisation of hospital infection control in Mongolia. J Hosp Infect 2010 0.81
31 Sporadic human anthrax in urban Brisbane. Commun Dis Intell 1998 0.80
32 Prevalence of hospital-acquired infections and antibiotic use in two tertiary Mongolian hospitals. J Hosp Infect 2010 0.80
33 Clinical evaluation of treatment with ciprofloxacin. Eur J Clin Microbiol 1986 0.80
34 An unusual case of chronic cough. Aust N Z J Med 1991 0.80
35 Atypical mycobacterium keratitis. Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1992 0.79
36 Hand hygiene: the behaviour is the solution. J Hosp Infect 2007 0.79
37 Methodological difficulties in hand hygiene research. J Hosp Infect 2007 0.79
38 Spinal sensory radiculopathy due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection. Postgrad Med J 1991 0.78
39 Infection control systems in transition: the challenges for post-Soviet Bloc countries. J Hosp Infect 2012 0.77
40 Hypercalcaemia and elevated 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) levels associated with disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection in AIDS. J Infect 2001 0.77
41 Standardising surveillance of nosocomial infections: the HISS program. Hospital Infection Standardised Surveillance. J Qual Clin Pract 2000 0.77
42 Spontaneous Clostridium perfringens lung abscess unresponsive to penicillin. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993 0.77
43 Gamma delta T cells: their immunobiology and role in malaria infections. Int J Parasitol 1997 0.76
44 Mortality rates associated with methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infections. Clin Infect Dis 2003 0.76
45 Intralenticular infections. Ophthalmology 1991 0.76
46 Mycobacterium marinum keratitis: pigmentation a clue to diagnosis. Eye (Lond) 1999 0.75
47 Fluconazole for cryptococcal cellulitis. Clin Infect Dis 1993 0.75
48 Evaluation of a novel fluorescence polarization immunoassay for teicoplanin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1993 0.75
49 Action thresholds. Br J Gen Pract 1990 0.75
50 Testing for immunity after hepatitis B vaccination. Med J Aust 1991 0.75
51 Toxic shock syndrome. J R Coll Physicians Lond 1985 0.75
52 Post-discharge surgical site surveillance - where to from here? J Hosp Infect 2013 0.75
53 Three cases of dengue 1 virus infection from islands in the Gulf of Thailand. Commun Dis Intell 1998 0.75
54 Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in adults. Aust N Z J Med 1982 0.75
55 NON-OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC HYDROCELE OF THE TUNICA VAGINALIS. Br Med J 1932 0.75
56 Effect of OKT3 in steroid-resistant renal transplant rejection. Transplantation 1995 0.75
57 Vasectomy: a long-term study of its effects on testicular endocrine function in man. Andrologia 1976 0.75
58 Streptococci in burns and plastic surgery units. J Hosp Infect 1985 0.75
59 Pharmacokinetics of single dose intravenous vancomycin in CAPD peritonitis. J Antimicrob Chemother 1987 0.75
60 Intestinal parasites of the tropics. Aust Fam Physician 1987 0.75
61 Severe botulism after eating home-preserved asparagus. Med J Aust 1992 0.75
62 Teicoplanin in patients who are allergic to vancomycin. Med J Aust 1989 0.75
63 Foscarnet infusion at home. Lancet 1989 0.75
64 Phialophora corneal ulcer. Aust N Z J Ophthalmol 1995 0.75
65 Do staffing and workload levels influence the risk of new acquisitions of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a well-resourced intensive care unit? J Hosp Infect 2011 0.75
66 Survival from pentamidine induced pancreatitis and diabetes mellitus. Aust N Z J Med 1991 0.75
67 Life threatening infections. Aust Fam Physician 1991 0.75
68 Funnel plots and risk-adjusted count data adverse events. A limitation of indirect standardisation. J Hosp Infect 2011 0.75