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Rhonda L. Stuart
Researcher at Monash University
Publications - 134
Citations - 2772
Rhonda L. Stuart is an academic researcher from Monash University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Antimicrobial stewardship. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 128 publications receiving 2346 citations. Previous affiliations of Rhonda L. Stuart include Universiti Sains Malaysia & Monash Medical Centre.
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2009 H1N1 Influenza A and Pregnancy Outcomes in Victoria, Australia
Saliya Hewagama,Susan P. Walker,Rhonda L. Stuart,Claire L. Gordon,Paul Dr Johnson,N. Deborah Friedman,Mary O'Reilly,Allen C. Cheng,Allen C. Cheng,Michelle L. Giles,Michelle L. Giles,Michelle L. Giles +11 more
TL;DR: This case series confirms a high number of complications in pregnant women due to pandemic H1N1/09, although many of these women had comorbidities, although almost 50% of the women who required hospitalization did not have an additional risk factor other than being pregnant.
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"Down the drain": carbapenem-resistant bacteria in intensive care unit patients and handwashing sinks
Despina Kotsanas,W.R.P.L.I. Wijesooriya,Tony M. Korman,Elizabeth E Gillespie,Louise Wright,Kylie Snook,Natalie Williams,Jan M. Bell,Hua Y Li,Rhonda L. Stuart +9 more
TL;DR: Clinical utility of carbapenem antibiotics is under threat because of the emergence of acquired metallo‐β‐lactamase (MBL) genes and an outbreak in an intensive care unit possibly associated with contaminated sinks is described.
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Emergence of a Ribotype 244 Strain of Clostridium difficile Associated With Severe Disease and Related to the Epidemic Ribotype 027 Strain
Sze K Lim,Rhonda L. Stuart,Kate E. Mackin,Glen P. Carter,Despina Kotsanas,Michelle J Francis,Marion Easton,Karolina Dimovski,Briony Elliott,Thomas V. Riley,Geoffrey G Hogg,Eldho Paul,Tony M. Korman,Torsten Seemann,Timothy P. Stinear,Dena Lyras,Grant A. Jenkin +16 more
TL;DR: The findings demonstrate the pathogenic potential of this RT244 C. difficile strain and emphasize the importance of ongoing surveillance for emergent strains.
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Tuberculin-Purified Protein Derivative-, MPT-64-, and ESAT-6-Stimulated Gamma Interferon Responses in Medical Students before and after Mycobacterium bovis BCG Vaccination and in Patients with Tuberculosis
Paul D R Johnson,Rhonda L. Stuart,M. L. Grayson,Dianne C Olden,A. Clancy,Pernille Ravn,Peter Andersen,Warwick J. Britton,J. S. Rothel +8 more
TL;DR: PPDQIFN was negative in 97% of a low-risk population who had not received BCG and who had negative TSTs, and ESAT-6 QIFN is likely to be more specific because it is not influenced by past BCG exposure.
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Hospitalised adult patients with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in Melbourne, Australia.
Justin T Denholm,Claire L. Gordon,Paul D R Johnson,Saliya Hewagama,Rhonda L. Stuart,Craig A Aboltins,Cameron J Jeremiah,James Knox,Garry P. Lane,Adrian R Tramontana,Monica A. Slavin,Thomas R. Schulz,Michael J Richards,Chris Birch,Allen C. Cheng,Allen C. Cheng +15 more
TL;DR: The case characteristics and outcomes of patients hospitalised with pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza infection during the first 2 months of the epidemic are described.