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• 2016

  Antibiotic duration and timing of the switch from intravenous to oral route for bacterial infections in children: systematic review and guidelines

  McMullan, B. J., Andresen, D., Blyth, C. C., Avent, M. L., Bowen, A. C., Britton, P. N., Clark, J. E., Cooper, C. M., Curtis, N., Goeman, E., Hazelton, B., Haeusler, G. M., Khatami, A., Newcombe, J. P., Osowicki, J., Palasanthiran, P., Starr, M., Lai, T., Nourse, C., Francis, J. R. & 2 others, Isaacs, D. & Bryant, P. A., Aug 2016, In : The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 16, 8, p. e139-e152

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  • Bacterial Infections
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Guidelines
  • Child
  58 Citations (Scopus)

• A Retrospective case-series of children with bone and joint infection from northern Australia

  Brischetto, A., Leung, G., Marshall, C. S. & Bowen, A. C., 2016, In : Medicine (United States). 95, 8, p. e2885

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Osteomyelitis
  • Joints
  • Bone and Bones
  • Infection
  • Child
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Clindamycin versus trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole for skin infections

  McLeod, C. & Bowen, A., 2016, In : Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health. 52, 1, p. 97

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

• Epidemiology and Mortality of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Australian and NewZealand Children

  McMullan, B. J. J., Bowen, A. C., Blyth, C. C., Van Hal, S., Korman, T., Buttery, J., Voss, L., Roberts, S., Cooper, C., Tong, S. Y. C. Y. C. & Turnidge, J., 2016, In : JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 170, 10, p. 979-986

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  37 Citations (Scopus)

• Impetigo and scabies – Disease burden and modern treatment strategies

  Yeoh, D. K., Bowen, A. & Carapetis, J., 2016, In : Journal of Infection. 72, p. S61-S67

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Impetigo
  • Scabies
  • Microbiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Skin
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Polymerase chain reaction testing for faecal parasites: risks and alternatives

  Bowen, A. C., Sheorey, H., Bryant, P. A., Robson, J. & Burgner, D. P., 18 Apr 2016, In : The Medical journal of Australia. 204, 7, p. 262

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Protocol for the systematic review of the prevention, treatment and public health management of impetigo, scabies and fungal skin infections in resource-limited settings

  May, P., Bowen, A., Tong, S., Steer, A., Prince, S., Andrews, R., Currie, B. & Carapetis, J., 2016, In : Systematic Reviews. 5, 1, p. 1-8 162.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Impetigo
  • Scabies
  • Mycoses
  • Systematic Reviews
  • Public Health
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• The Importance of Scabies Co-Infection in the Treatment Considerations for Impetigo

  Tasani, M., Tong, S. Y. C., Andrews, R. M., Currie, B. J., Carapetis, J. & Bowen, A., 2016, In : Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 35, 4, p. 374-378

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• The inequitable burden of group a streptococcal diseases in indigenous Australians: We need to fill evidence gaps and make clinical advances to reduce these diseases of disadvantage

  May, P. J. J., Bowen, A. C. & Carapetis, J., 2016, In : Medical Journal of Australia. 205, 5, p. 201-203 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Whole genome sequencing reveals extensive community-level transmission of group A Streptococcus in remote communities

  Bowen, A. C., Harris, T., Holt, D. C., Giffard, P. M., Carapetis, J. R., Campbell, P. T., Mcvernon, J. & Tong, S. Y. C., Jul 2016, In : Epidemiology and Infection. 144, 9, p. 1991-1998 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Whole Genome Sequencing
  • Impetigo
  • Streptococcus
  • Child
  • Streptococcus pyogenes
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  237 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  A 15-Year Old Burmese Girl With Hemoptysis: A Case Report

  McLeod, C., Yeoh, D., Truarn, C., Blyth, C. C., Bowen, A. C., Snelling, T. L., Wadia, U., Hazelton, B. & Porter, M., 2017, In : Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 4, 4, 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

  Open Access

• Are scabies and impetigo “normalised”? A cross-sectional comparative study of hospitalised children in northern Australia assessing clinical recognition and treatment of skin infections

  Yeoh, D. K., Anderson, A., Cleland, G. & Bowen, A. C., 3 Jul 2017, In : PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 11, 7, e0005726.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Impetigo
  • Scabies
  • Hospitalized Child
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Skin
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• A trial of antibiotics for smaller skin abscesses

  Yeoh, D. K., Blyth, C. C. & Bowen, A. C., 28 Dec 2017, In : The New England Journal of Medicine. 377, 26, 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Effective treatment of infant botulism on day 13 after symptom onset with human botulism antitoxin

  Campbell, A. J., Knight, G., Walsh, P. & Bowen, A. C., 1 Apr 2017, In : Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 53, 4, p. 416-418 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Hospital admissions for skin infections among Western Australian children and adolescents from 1996 to 2012

  Abdalla, T., Hendrickx, D., Fathima, P., Walker, R., Blyth, C. C., Carapetis, J. R., Bowen, A. C. & Moore, H. C., 1 Nov 2017, In : PLoS One. 12, 11, e0188803.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Skin
  • infection
  • Infection
  • Child
  • Hospitalization
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Immuno-nephelometric determination of group streptococcal anti-streptolysin O titres (ASOT) from dried blood spots: Method for validating a new assay

  Joseph, J., Kent, N., Bowen, A., Hart, J., Sheel, M., Wardrop, R., Abbs, S., Bazely, S. & Rybak, M., 1 Sep 2017, In : Journal of Immunological Methods. 448, p. 59-65 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Dried Blood Spot Testing
  • Penicillin G Benzathine
  • streptolysin O
  • Rheumatic Fever
  • Penicillins
  171 Downloads (Pure)

• In reply

  McMullan, B. J., Bowen, A. C. & Tong, S. Y. C., 1 Mar 2017, In : JAMA Pediatrics. 171, 3, p. 301-302 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

• Pott's puffy tumour

  Brown, T. R., Campbell, A. J., Blyth, C. C. & Bowen, A. C., 1 Feb 2017, In : Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 53, 2, p. 197 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Sulfamethoxazole-Trimethoprim (Cotrimoxazole) for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Including Impetigo, Cellulitis, and Abscess

  Bowen, A. C., Carapetis, J. R., Currie, B. J., Fowler, V., Chambers, H. F. & Tong, S. Y. C., 2017, In : Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 4, 4, 7 p., 232.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  Open Access

• The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

  Palasanthiran, P. & Bowen, A. C., 6 Feb 2017, In : The Medical journal of Australia. 206, 2, p. 71-72 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

  Palasanthiran, P. & Bowen, A. C., 3 Jul 2017, In : The Medical journal of Australia. 207, 1, p. 45

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter

  Open Access
• 2019

  Adjunctive protein synthesis inhibitor antibiotics for toxin suppression in Staphylococcus aureus infections: a systematic appraisal

  Campbell, A. J., Dotel, R., Blyth, C. C., Davis, J. S., Tong, S. Y. C. & Bowen, A. C., 1 Jan 2019, In : Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 74, 1, p. 1-5 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Protein Synthesis Inhibitors
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  • Exotoxins
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Virulence
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• An urgent need for antimicrobial stewardship in Indigenous rural and remote primary health care

  Bowen, A. C., Daveson, K., Anderson, L. & Tong, S. Y. C., 3 Jun 2019, In : Medical Journal of Australia. p. 9-+

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• A population pharmacokinetic study of benzathine benzylpenicillin G administration in children and adolescents with rheumatic heart disease: new insights for improved secondary prophylaxis strategies

  Hand, R. M., Salman, S., Newall, N., Vine, J., Page-Sharp, M., Bowen, A. C., Gray, K., Baker, A., Kado, J., Joseph, J., Marsh, J., Ramsay, J., Sika-Paotonu, D., Batty, K. T., Manning, L. & Carapetis, J., 1 Jul 2019, In : Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 74, 7, p. 1984-1991 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Penicillin G Benzathine
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease
  • Penicillin G
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Child
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• A Survey of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Clinicians in Australia and New Zealand About the Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

  Tong, S. Y. C., Campbell, A., Bowen, A. C. & Davis, J. S., 30 Oct 2019, In : Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 69, 10, p. 1835-1836 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Burden of skin disease in two remote primary healthcare centres in northern and central Australia

  Thomas, L., Bowen, A. C., Ly, M., Connors, C., Andrews, R. & Tong, S. Y. C., 1 Mar 2019, In : Internal Medicine Journal. 49, 3, p. 396-399 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Skin Diseases
  • Primary Health Care
  • Skin
  • Public Health
  • Age Groups
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• CASSETTE-clindamycin adjunctive therapy for severe Staphylococcus aureus treatment evaluation: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

  Dotel, R., Tong, S. Y. C., Bowen, A., Nelson, J. N., O'sullivan, M. V. N., Campbell, A. J., McMullan, B. J., Britton, P. N., Francis, J. R., Eisen, D. P., Robinson, O., Manning, L. & Davis, J. S., 13 Jun 2019, In : Trials. 20, 1, 353.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Clindamycin
  • Exotoxins
  • Evaluation Studies
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Staphylococcal Infections
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Infectious Diseases Clinician's Variation in the Management of Pediatric Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia and Equipoise for Clinical Trials

  Campbell, A. J., Tong, S. Y. C., Davis, J. S., Munro, A. P. S., Blyth, C. C. & Bowen, A. C., 18 Jun 2019, In : Frontiers in Pediatrics. 7, 4 p., 249.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Lessons learned from a hospital-wide review of blood stream infections for paediatric central line-associated blood stream infection prevention

  Campbell, A. J., Blyth, C. C., Hewison, C. J., Chen, Y. P., Gough, L., Goff, Z. & Bowen, A. C., Jun 2019, In : Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 55, 6, p. 690-694 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Hospitals
  • Microbiology
  • Bacteremia
  • Infection
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Mumps outbreaks in ethnic subpopulations: what can we learn?

  Westphal, D. W. & Bowen, A. C., Jan 2019, In : The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 19, 2, p. 119-120

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Perinatal risk factors associated with skin infection hospitalisation in Western Australian Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal children

  Barnes, R., Bowen, A. C., Walker, R., Tong, S. Y. C., McVernon, J., Campbell, P. T., Fathima, P., de Klerk, N. H., Wu, Y., Blyth, C. C., Carapetis, J. R. & Moore, H. C., 1 Sep 2019, In : Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 33, 5, p. 374-383 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File

  • Hospitalization
  • Skin
  • Infection
  • Child
  • Mothers
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  217 Downloads (Pure)

• Potential for molecular testing for group a streptococcus to improve diagnosis and management in a high-risk population: A prospective study

  Ralph, A. P., Holt, D. C., Islam, S., Osowicki, J., Carroll, D. E., Tong, S. Y. C. & Bowen, A. C., 1 Apr 2019, In : Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 6, 4, ofz097.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Streptococcus
  • Prospective Studies
  • Rheumatic Fever
  • Pharynx
  • Population
  9 Citations (Scopus)

• Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention during pregnancy and lactation: forget not the women and children

  Horgan, L., Blyth, C. C., Bowen, A. C., Nolan, D. A. & McLean-Tooke, A. P., Apr 2019, In : Medical Journal of Australia. 210, 6, p. 281-284 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Purulent and crusted scalp lesions in an infant

  MacKay, C. I., Anderson, A., O'Brien, M., Bell, L., Bowen, A. C. & Campbell, A. J., 1 Jun 2019, In : Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 55, 6, p. 724-724 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

• Skin infections in Australian Aboriginal children: a narrative review

  Davidson, L., Knight, J. & Bowen, A. C., 20 Oct 2019, In : Medical Journal of Australia.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  Open Access

  • Impetigo
  • Scabies
  • Skin
  • Cellulitis
  • Infection
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Spontaneous mediastinal abscess of curious causation

  Stratton, H., Anderson, A. J., O'Brien, M. P., Powers, N., Ravikumara, M., Bowen, A. C. & Hazelton, B., Jul 2019, In : Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 55, 7, p. 873-875 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial

• Spotting sporotrichosis skin infection: The first Australian paediatric case series

  Schauer, A., Campbell, A. J., Arthur, I., Blyth, C. C. & Bowen, A. C., 15 Oct 2019, In : Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Sporotrichosis
  • Metrorrhagia
  • Pediatrics
  • Itraconazole
  • Skin

• SToP (See, Treat, Prevent) skin sores and scabies trial: Study protocol for a cluster randomised, stepped-wedge trial for skin disease control in remote Western Australia

  Mullane, M. J., Barnett, T. C., Cannon, J. W., Carapetis, J. R., Christophers, R., Coffin, J., Jones, M. A., Marsh, J. A., Mc Loughlin, F., O'Donnell, V., Pavlos, R., Smith, B., Steer, A. C., Tong, S. Y. C., Walker, R. & Bowen, A. C., 1 Sep 2019, In : BMJ Open. 9, 9, e030635.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Scabies
  • Western Australia
  • Skin Diseases
  • Impetigo
  • Skin
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Talking skin: Attitudes and practices around skin infections, treatment options, and their clinical management in a remote region in Western Australia

  Amgarth-Duff, I., Hendrickx, D., Bowen, A., Carapetis, J., Chibawe, R., Samson, M. & Walker, R., 21 Sep 2019, In : Rural and Remote Health. 19, 3, 5227.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • clinical management
  • Western Australia
  • Healthcare
  • service provider
  • Skin
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2020

  Active Case Finding for Rheumatic Fever in an Endemic Country

  Okello, E., Ndagire, E., Atala, J., Bowen, A. C., DiFazio, M. P., Harik, N. S., Longenecker, C. T., Lwabi, P., Murali, M., Norton, S. A., Omara, I. O., Oyella, L. M., Parks, T., Pulle, J., Rwebembera, J., Sarnacki, R. J., Spurney, C. F., Stein, E., Tochen, L., Watkins, D. & 4 others, Zimmerman, M., Carapetis, J. R., Sable, C. & Beaton, A., 4 Aug 2020, In : Journal of the American Heart Association. 9, 15, e016053.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Rheumatic Fever
  • Rheumatic Heart Disease
  • Malaria
  • Teacher Training
  • Chorea

• A model of population dynamics with complex household structure and mobility: Implications for transmission and control of communicable diseases

  Chisholm, R. H., Crammond, B., Wu, Y., Bowen, A. C., Campbell, P. T., Tong, S. Y. C., McVernon, J. & Geard, N., 3 Nov 2020, In : PEERJ. 8, e10203.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Population dynamics
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Infectious Disease Transmission
  • Population Dynamics
  • infectious diseases

• Antimicrobial stewardship in remote primary healthcare across Northern Australia

  Cuningham, W., Anderson, L., Bowen, A. C., Buising, K., Connors, C., Daveson, K., Martin, J., McNamara, S., Patel, B., James, R., Shanks, J., Wright, K., Yarwood, T., Tong, S. Y. C. & McVernon, J., Jul 2020, In : PEERJ. 8, e9409.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Antimicrobial Stewardship
  • health services
  • Primary Health Care
  • anti-infective agents
  • General Practice
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Barriers and enablers of health service utilisation for childhood skin infections in remote aboriginal communities of Western Australia

  Hendrickx, D., Amgarth-Duff, I., Bowen, A. C., Carapetis, J. R., Chibawe, R., Samson, M. & Walker, R., 1 Feb 2020, In : International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 3, 808.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Western Australia
  • Facilities and Services Utilization
  • Health Services
  • Skin
  • Health
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Clinical care of pregnant and postpartum women with COVID-19: Living recommendations from the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

  the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce & McDonnell, N., Dec 2020, In : Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 60, 6, p. 840-851 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Postpartum Period
  • Pregnant Women
  • Hydroxychloroquine
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Umbilical Cord
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Clinical Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Neonates, Children, and Adolescents

  McMullan, B. J., Campbell, A. J., Blyth, C. C., McNeil, J. C., Montgomery, C. P., Tong, S. Y. C. & Bowen, A. C., Sep 2020, In : Pediatrics. 146, 3, 15 p., e20200134.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

  • Bacteremia
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Newborn Infant
  • Community Health Services
  • Child
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Complicated skin and soft tissue infections in remote indigenous communities

  Thomas, L., Bowen, A. C. & Tong, S. Y. C., 1 Jun 2020, In : Internal Medicine Journal. 50, 6, p. 752-754 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Soft Tissue Infections
  • Skin
  • Infection
  • Rheumatic Fever
  • Cellulitis

• COVID-19 and paediatric health services: A survey of paediatric physicians in Australia and New Zealand

  Foley, D., Kirk, M., Jepp, C., Brophy-Williams, S., Tong, S. Y. C., Davis, J. S., Blyth, C., O'Brien, M. P., Bowen, A. C. & Yeoh, D. K., 1 Aug 2020, In : Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 56, 8, p. 1219-1224 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • New Zealand
  • Health Services
  • Pediatrics
  • Physicians
  • Pandemics
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Cross-sectional study of population-specific streptococcal antibody titres in Uganda

  Okello, E., Murali, M., Rwebembera, J., Atala, J., Bowen, A. C., Harik, N., Kaudha, G., Kitooleko, S., Longenecker, C., Ndagire, E., Omara, I. O., Oyella, L. M., Parks, T., Pulle, J., Sable, C., Sarnacki, R., Stein, E., Zimmerman, M., de Klerk, N., Carapetis, J. & 1 others, Beaton, A., Sep 2020, In : Archives of Disease in Childhood. 105, 9, p. 825-829 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Antistreptolysin
  • Uganda
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Antibodies
  • Reference Values
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Ending rheumatic heart disease in Australia: the evidence for a new approach

  the END RHD CRE Investigators Collaborators, Nov 2020, In : Medical Journal of Australia. 213, S10

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Rheumatic Heart Disease
  • Rheumatic Fever
  • Disease Eradication
  • Economics
  • Crowding
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Performance and Practicality of a Rapid Molecular Test for the Diagnosis of Strep A Pharyngitis in a Remote Australian Setting

  Pickering, J. L., Barth, D. D. & Bowen, A. C., 1 Dec 2020, In : The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene. 103, 6, p. 2530-2532 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Point-of-Care Testing
  • Pharyngitis
  • Child