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Dr Jon Iredell

Dr Jon Iredell

Bacteriology, Antibiotic Resistance, and Rapid Diagnostics

 

In 2007 Dr Jon Iredell was presented the ASM/ bioMerieux research award (identifying antibiotic resistance).

 

 

 

 

 

 


Research Interests

 

Research interests within the Bacteriology, Antibiotic Resistance, and Rapid Diagnostics group include:

  • Bacterial pathogenesis
  • Antibiotic resistance
  • Rapid diagnostics.

 

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Publications

- 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 -

 

2007

  • Sintchenko, V, Iredell, J, Gilbert, G. Pathogen profiling for disease management and surveillance. Nature reviews. Microbiology. 2007; 5:464-70 [Abstract]
  • Espedido, B, Thomas, L, Iredell, J. Metallo-beta-lactamase or extended-spectrum beta-lactamase: a wolf in sheep's clothing. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2007; 45:2034-6 [Abstract]
  • Iredell, J, Thomas, L, Power, D, Mendes, E. Tigecycline resistance in Australian antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 2007. p. 816-8. [Abstract]
  • Chatterjee, I, Iredell, J, Woods, M, Lipman, J. The implications of enterococci for the intensive care unit. Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine. 2007; 9:69-75 [Abstract]
  • Playford, E, Craig, J, Iredell, J. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care unit patients: risk factors for acquisition, infection and their consequences. The Journal of hospital infection. 2007; 65:204-11 [Abstract]

2006

  • Valenzuela, J, Thomas, L, Partridge, S, van der Reijden, T, Dijkshoorn, L, Iredell, J. Horizontal gene transfer within a polyclonal outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2006; 0:0 [Abstract]
  • Thomas, L, Gidding, H, Ginn, A, Olma, T, Iredell, J. Development of a real-time Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA (SAM-) PCR for routine blood culture. Journal of microbiological methods. 2006; 0:0 [Abstract]
  • Iredell, J, Sintchenko, V. Screening for antibiotic resistant Gram-negative bacteria. The Lancet infectious diseases. 2006. p. 316-7. [Abstract]
  • Pendle, S, Ginn, A, Iredell, J. Antimicrobial susceptibility of Bartonella henselae using Etest methodology. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy. 2006; 57:761-3 [Abstract]

2005

  • Espedido, B, Iredell, J, Thomas, L, Zelynski, A. Wide dissemination of a carbapenemase plasmid among gram-negative bacteria: implications of the variable phenotype. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2005. p. 4918-9. [Abstract]
  • Cachia, A, Eshoo, S, Kench, J, Fung, C, Jones, A, Iredell, J, Don, G. Synchronous malakoplakia and Whipple's disease. Pathology. 2005. p. 315-7. [Abstract]
  • Dillon, B, Thomas, L, Mohmand, G, Zelynski, A, Iredell, J. Multiplex PCR for screening of integrons in bacterial lysates. Journal of microbiological methods. 2005; 62:221-32 [Abstract]
  • Kyme, P, Haas, A, Schaller, M, Peschel, A, Iredell, J, Kempf, V. Unusual trafficking pattern of Bartonella henselae-containing vacuoles in macrophages and endothelial cells. Cellular Microbiology. 2005; 7:1019-1034 [Abstract]
  • Thomas, L, Espedido, B, Watson, S, Iredell, J, , A. Forewarned is forearmed: antibiotic resistance gene surveillance in critical care. The Journal of hospital infection. 2005. p. 291-3. [Abstract]
  • Iredell, J, Lipman, J. Antibiotic resistance in the intensive care unit: a primer in bacteriology. Anaesthesia and intensive care. 2005; 33:188-95 [Abstract]
  • Sintchenko, V, Iredell, J, Gilbert, G, Coiera, E. Handheld computer-based decision support reduces patient length of stay and antibiotic prescribing in critical care. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA. 2005; 12:398-402 [Abstract]

2004

  • Dillon, B, Iredell, J. DdeI RFLP for 16S rDNA typing in Bartonella henselae. Journal of medical microbiology. 2004. p. 1263-5. [Abstract]
  • Rodrick, D, Dillon, B, Dexter, M, Nicholson, I, Marcel, S, Dickeson, D, Iredell, J. Culture-negative endocarditis due to Houston Complex Bartonella henselae acquired in Noumea, New Caledonia. Journal of clinical microbiology. 2004; 42:1846-8 [Abstract]
  • Sintchenko, V, Coiera, E, Iredell, J, Gilbert, G. Comparative impact of guidelines, clinical data, and decision support on prescribing decisions: an interactive web experiment with simulated cases. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA. 2004; 11:71-7 [Abstract]

2003

  • Iredell, J, Blanckenberg, D, Arvand, M, Grauling, S, Feil, E, Birtles, R. Characterization of the natural population of bartonella henselae by multilocus sequence typing. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology. 2003; 41:5071-5079
  • Kyme, P, Dillon, B, Iredell, J. Phase variation in bartonella henselae. Microbiology-Sgm. 2003; 149:621-629

2002

  • Dillon, B, Valenzuela, J, Don, R, Blanckenberg, D, Wigney, D, Malik, R, Morris, A, Robson, J, Iredell, J. Limited Diversity among Human isolates of Bartonella henselae. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology. 2002; 40:4691-4699
  • Arora, S, Mudaliar, Y, Lee, C, Mitchell, D, Iredell, J, Lazarus, R. Non-Bronchoscopic Bronchoalveolar Lavage in the Microbiological Diagnosis of Pneumonia in Mechanically Ventilated Patients. Anaesthesia And Intensive Care. 2002; 30:11-20
  • Kyme, P, Dillon, B, Iredell, J. Phase variation in Bartonella heselae. Microbiology. 2002; 149:621-629
    Iredell, J, McHattan, J, Kyme, P, Dillon, B, Blanckenberg, D. Antigenic and Genotypic Relationships between Bartonella henselae Strains. Journal Of Clinical Microbiology. 2002; 40:4397-4398


2001

  • Sintchenko, V, Iredell, J, Gilbert, G. Antibiotic therapy of ventilator-associated pneumonia - a reappraisal of rationale in the era of bacterial resistance. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 2001; 33:287-291
  • Sintchenko, V, Iredell, J, Gilbert, G, Coiera, E. What do physicians think about evidence-based antibiotic use in critical care? A survey of Australian intensivists and infectious disease practitioners. Internal Medicine Journal. 2001; 181(6):492-498

2000

  • Dillon, B, Cagney, M, Manolios, N, Iredell, J. Failure to detect bartonella henselae infection in synovial fluid from sufferers of chronic arthritis. Rheumatology International. 2000; 19:219-222
  • Sorrell, T, Iredell, J, Mitchell, D. Higher bacterial diseases. In: Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 5th edn. : Churchill Livingstone 2000. p. 2637-2645.
  • Learmont, J, Raynes-Greenow, C, Branley, J, Frankum, B, Maddocks, S, Iredell, J. Late diagnosis of three cases of transfusion-acquired HIV-1 infection. Medical Journal of Australia. 2000; 172:349-349

 

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Contact Details

T +61 2 9845 6255

F +61 2 9891 5317

E Jon.Iredell@swahs.health.nsw.gov.au

 

 

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