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Nigel Curtis

@nigeltwitt

Professor of Paediatric Infectious Diseases; physician and researcher. Head of Infectious Diseases, Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. Views my own.

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linkhttps://www.mcri.edu.au/researcher-details/nigel-curtis calendar_today03-10-2009 03:32:50

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Nigel Curtis
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1 week ago

Inappropriate prescribing contributes to high antibiotic exposure in young children in Australia:
bit.ly/3U3X2vA

'At least two-thirds of children were prescribed antibiotics in the first 2y of life, and more than a quarter of these exposures may have been unnecessary.'

Inappropriate prescribing contributes to high antibiotic exposure in young children in Australia: bit.ly/3U3X2vA 'At least two-thirds of children were prescribed antibiotics in the first 2y of life, and more than a quarter of these exposures may have been unnecessary.'
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1 week ago

While the collaboration may appear somewhat ‘quackers’ .... 🤣

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2 weeks ago

Composition of gut microbiome can be different between neonates born by cesarean section and those born vaginally.

Read more to find out which microbes and how they differ between BCG-vaccinated vs BCG-naive newborns.
Petra Zimmermann Nigel Curtis et al.

journals.lww.com/pidj/abstract/…

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1 month ago

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1 month ago

Linked comment: Revaccination with BCG: does it work?

thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

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1 month ago

New research: Effect of BCG vaccination against Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in adult Brazilian health-care workers: a nested clinical trial

thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

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1 month ago

Does BCG revaccination protect against TB infection? We nested a trial assessing QuantiFERON conversion (and sustained QFT conversion) among Brazilian healthcare workers in the BRACE RCT and did not find evidence of protection. 1/6 thelancet.com/journals/lanin…

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Dani Blázquez Gamero
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2 months ago

Dear Nigel Curtis , we miss you in ptbnet meeting in Barcelona
However , your soul is allways with us
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Dear @nigeltwitt , we miss you in @ptbnetgroup meeting in Barcelona However , your soul is allways with us 👇
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2 months ago

BCG and OPV vaccines shortly after birth reduced mortality by 59% (8–82%) in a cluster-randomised trial in Guinea-Bissau.
WHO African Region @WHO
UNICEF


You can find the paper here: gh.bmj.com/cgi/content/fu…

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3 months ago

Using BCG vaccination to protect against COVID-19: when reality fails to meet expectation dlvr.it/T1ZdfG

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Michael Marks
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3 months ago

No impact azithromycin on mortality when given to children <6mths via routine care Burkina Faso NEJM shorturl.at/owCY8 Contrast w MORDOR study - but that was community Rx. Always presumed some herd mechanism contributes to effect in MORDOR so not totally surprised

No impact azithromycin on mortality when given to children <6mths via routine care Burkina Faso @NEJM shorturl.at/owCY8 Contrast w MORDOR study - but that was community Rx. Always presumed some herd mechanism contributes to effect in MORDOR so not totally surprised
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