
Infectious Diseases at Austin Health
@id_austin
Department of ID @Austin_Health (Melb, AUS) - Driving #AMR, #AMS, #genomics, #antibioticallergy, #buruliulcer, #staph, #VRE, #handhygeine & #infectioncontrol
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http://www.austin.org.au/infectious_diseases 06-10-2018 00:25:06
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Bread and butter for ID physicians but still so much to learn about management of Staph aureus bacteraemia - another wonderful presentation by Helen Boucher at #ASID21 including future directions eg. ARLG studies such as DOTS... and ongoing controversies with vancomycin!



The Infectious Diseases at Austin Health crew are putting on the sneakers for #runmelbourne21 🏃 as team #cytokinestorm. We are raising 💰 for #infectiousdiseases and #COVID19 research! Support the team or individual punters via the link below! Austin Health Run Melbourne Caar runmelbourne21.grassrootz.com/austin-health-…

NACE Drug Allergy Stream Co-chair A/Prof Jason Trubiano 🆔 is leading the Challenging Allergy: Drug Hypersensitivity Symposium, which kicks off in Melbourne today. Learn more 💊💉🩺bit.ly/3pWt8xF #DHS2023 Austin Health Centre for Antibiotic Allergy & Research Doherty Institute


Such a big milestone considering the challenges of doing research in elective surgical patients around the time of COVID! Very proud of the team for helping us get here and looking forward to sharing our results soon 🎉 Centre for Antibiotic Allergy & Research Infectious Diseases at Austin Health

Our wonderful pharmacist and PhD candidate Elise Mitri, spreading the word about antibiotic allergy and the need and methods to delabel those no longer allergic. Centre for Antibiotic Allergy & Research #Allergy

PALACE Trial- A lot of 🩸, 😓 and 😭 from the Infectious Diseases at Austin Health Centre for Antibiotic Allergy & Research team led by Ana Copaescu and all our amazing collaborators NCIC Peter Mac Cancer Centre Duke Antimicrobial Stewardship McGill_DOM The Royal Melbourne Hospital Austin Health. Hopefully more evidence that DOC for #penicillinallergy is safe & standard of care.


A world-first trial has discovered millions of Australians who thought they were allergic to a life-saving antibiotic may not be. Researchers found 95 per cent of patients avoiding penicillin have grown out of it. youtu.be/5HT24bprjtY Rochelle Brown #7NEWS


Excellent work by our ID physician, AMS and TID extraordinaire, Gemma K Reynolds et al. Exciting therapies on haematology front pose new and unique challenges for us in ID- knowledge is power! #TID

Our very own Gemma K Reynolds on a hot streak! A great review of vaccination post HCT or CAR T cell therapy. Keep up the great work! #TransplantID

Talk about global impact! Prof Lindsay Grayson representing AustinID World Health Organization (WHO) as a Senior Medical Advisor in Global Strategy on Infection Prevention and Control. Our registrar Dr Thorburn was in tow to listen, learn and document proceedings. Great work team!


Super proud of the team led by Kyra Chua @Jamie_L_Waldron Centre for Antibiotic Allergy & Research Infectious Diseases at Austin Health for this pilot work bringing #penicillinallergy #oralchallenge #DOC to #generalpractice RACGP. 👏 ➡️ jaci-inpractice.org/article/S2213-…

A day of practical talks and interactive sessions on pathways to prevent and manage infection in cancer/transplant- featuring AustinID speakers- Dr Olivia Smibert Abby Douglas Elise Mitri Dr Morgan Rose, plus health services and implementation experts and more!

Dr Morgan Rose #AAAAI24 Digital self assessment for #penicillinallergy. A novel pathway to direct patients to DOC clinics and care 👍 Centre for Antibiotic Allergy & Research UniMelb MDHS NCIC Infectious Diseases at Austin Health

Great having all our amazing 🇦🇺 Centre for Antibiotic Allergy & Research young investigators, ex Infectious Diseases at Austin Health fellows and a 🇿🇦friend at #AAAAI24 presenting novel #drugallergy #penicillinallergy & #antibioticallergy trial and cohort data results! Check out their abstracts in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 👇 jacionline.org/programs_abstr…


Such a fantastic international research network fostered by Jason Trubiano 🆔 and the allergy and immunology team at Austin!