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Welcome
The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID) Inc. is an independent organisation,
founded in Melbourne in 1976 by an eminent group of physicians, pathologists and
scientists.
The aims of the society are to:
1. Advance postgraduate education in
infectious diseases in Australasia and internationally;
2. Promote research in all
aspects of infectious diseases; and
3. Advocate for sound and evidence-based
public health policy in matters related to infectious diseases.
Membership
encompasses Infectious Diseases Physicians, Clinical Microbiologists, Scientists,
Infection Control Practitioners, Public Health Physicians, Sexual Health Physicians,
Veterinarians and others eminent in the field of infectious diseases. ASID has
constituted several Special Interest Groups which bring together members with
interests in Paediatric infections, Hospital Infection Control, Mycology and Viral
Hepatitis. It has also recently established a clinical trials network and a guidelines
subcommittee.
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Journal Club
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Impact of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease in infants younger than 90 days in England and Wales
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Ladhani et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Mar;56(5):633-40
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Indirect protection of adults from rotavirus by pediatric rotavirus vaccination
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Anderson et al, Clin Infect Dis. 2013 Mar;56(6):755-60
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Waning protection of acellular pertussis vaccine.
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Klein NP, Bartlett, J, Rowhani-Rahbar, A, Fireman B, Baxter R. Waning Protection after Fifth Dose of Acellular Pertussis Vaccine in Children. N Engl J Med. 2012; 367: 1012-9. PMID: 22970945
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Antibiotic exposure and IBD development among children: a population-based cohort study
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Kronman MP, Zaoutis TE, Haynes K, Feng R, Coffin SE. Pediatrics 2012;130:2011-3886
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Early primary cytomegalovirus infection in pregnancy: maternal hyperimmunoglobulin therapy improves outcomes among infants at 1 year of age.
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Visentin S et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 55(4):497-503, 2012 Aug.
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Household versus Individual Approaches to Eradication of Community-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus in Children: A randomised trial
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Fritz SA, Hogan PG, Hayek G, Eisenstein KA, Rodrigues M, Epplin EK, Garbutt J, Fraser VJ.
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2012;54(6):743–51; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cir919
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Rapid molecular diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in children using nasopharyngeal specimens.
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Zar HJ et al, Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jul 2. [Epub ahead of print], PMID: 22752518
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Long-term Effects of Clearing Helicobacter pylori on growth in School-age children
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Robertino M. Mera, Luis E. Bravo, Karen J. Goodman, Maria C. Yepez, Pelayo Correa. Paediatr Infect Dis J 2012;31:263-266
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Efficacy of immunoglobulin plus prednisolone for prevention of coronary artery abnormalities in severe Kawasaki disease (RAISE study): a randomised, open-label, blinded-endpoints trial.
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Kobayashi T, Saji T, Otani T, Takeuchi K, Nakamura T, Arakawa H, Kato T, Hara T, Hamaoka K, Ogawa S, Miura M, Nomura Y, Fuse S, Ichida F, Seki M, Fukazawa R, Ogawa C, Furuno K, Tokunaga H, Takatsuki S, Hara S, Morikawa A; RAISE study group investigators. Lancet. 2012 Apr 28;379(9826):1613-20. Epub 2012 Mar 8.
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Is malodorous urine associated with urinary tract infection in children?
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Association of malodorous urine with urinary tract infection in children aged 1 to 36 months. Gauthier M, Gouin, Phan V, Gravel J. Pediatrics 2012 May;129(5):885-90. [Epub 2012 Apr 2].
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Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Children under 2 years of age
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Hoberman et al, NEJM 2011:364(2):105-15
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A Placebo-Controlled Trial of Antimicrobial Treatment for Acute Otitis Media
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Tahtinen et al NEJM 2011;364:116-26
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