2013

• Kok, J., Chen, S., Dwyer, D., Iredell, J. (2013), Current status of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry in the clinical microbiology laboratory. Pathology. 45(1), 4-17. [Abstract]

2012

• Chen, S., Slavin, M., Heath, C., Playford, E., Byth, K., Marriott, D., Kidd, S., Bak, N., Currie, B., Hajkowicz, K., Korman, T., McBride, W., Meyer, W., Murray, R., Sorrell, T. (2012), Clinical manifestations of Cryptococcus gattii infection: determinants of neurological sequelae and death. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 55(6), 789-798. [Abstract]
• Dolton, M., Ray, J., Chen, S., Ng, K., Pont, L., McLachlan, A. (2012), Multicenter Study of Voriconazole Pharmacokinetics and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56(9), 4793-4799. [Abstract]
• Dolton, M., Ray, J., Chen, S., Ng, K., Pont, L., McLachlan, A. (2012), Multicenter Study of Posaconazole Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Exposure-Response and Factors Affecting Concentration. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 56(11), 5503-5510. [Abstract]
• Wehrhahn, M., Xiao, M., Kong, F., Xu, Y., Chen, S. (2012), A PCR-based Intergenic Spacer (IGS) Region-Capillary Gel Electrophoresis (CGE) Typing Method for the Identification and Subtyping of Nocardia Species. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 50(11), 3478-3484. [Abstract]
• Ong, A., Mahajan, H., Chen, S., Halliday, C., Watts, M., Brighton, R., Ralph, A. (2012), Coccidioidal septic arthritis: lessons learned from a clinical and laboratory perspective. Medical Journal of Australia. 196(11), 705-706. [Abstract]
• Sivagnanam, S., Bannan, A., Chen, S., Ralph, A. (2012), Sporotrichosis (Sporothrix schenckii infection) in the New South Wales mid-north coast, 2000-2010. Medical Journal of Australia. 196(9), 588-590. [Abstract]
• McMullan, B., Halliday, C., Sorrell, T., Judd, D., Sleiman, S., Marriott, D., Olma, T., Chen, S. (2012), Clinical utility of the cryptococcal antigen lateral flow assay in a diagnostic mycology laboratory. PLoS One. 7(11), e49541. [Abstract]
• Fen Neoh, C., Kong, D., Slavin, M., Chen, S. (2012), Pharmacological and host considerations surrounding dose selection and duration of therapy with echinocandins. Current Fungal Infection Reports. 6(2), 95-106.
• Helal, M., Kong, F., Chen, S., Zhou, F., Dwyer, D., Potter, J., Sintchenko, V. (2012), Linear normalised hash function for clustering gene sequences and identifying reference sequences from multiple sequence alignments. Microbial Informatics and Experimentation. 2(1), 2. [Abstract]

2011

• Phipps, L., Chen, S., Kable, K., Halliday, C., Firacative, C., Meyer, W., Wong, G., Nankivell, B. (2011), Nosocomial Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia: Lessons From a Cluster in Kidney Transplant Recipients. Transplantation. 92(12), 1327-1334. [Abstract]
• Reid, A., Chen, S., Worth, L. (2011), Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in non-HIV-infected patients: new risks and diagnostic tools. Current opinion in infectious diseases. 24(6), 534-44. [Abstract]
• Chen, S., Blyth, C., Sorrell, T., Slavin, M. (2011), Pneumonia and Lung Infections due to Emerging and Unusual Fungal Pathogens. Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 32(6), 703-716. [Abstract]
• Guo, L., Xiao, M., Kong, F., Chen, S., Wang, H., Sorrell, T., Jiang, W., Dou, H., Li, R., Xu, Y. (2011), Three-locus identification, genotyping, and antifungal susceptibilities of medically important Trichosporon species from China. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(11), 3805-3811. [Abstract]
• de Hoog, G., Robert, V., Lackner, M., Vehreschild, M., Vehreschild, J., Symoens, F., Göttlich-Fligg, E., Garcia-Hermoso, D., Harun, A., Meyer, W., Chen, S., Hamprecht, A., Fischer, G., Buzina, W., Cornely, O., Guarro, J., Cano, J., Horré, R. (2011), Making moulds meet. Information retrieval as a basis for understanding Pseudallescheria and Scedosporium. Mycoses. 54, 1-4. [Abstract]
• Wang, H., Xiao, M., Kong, F., Chen, S., Dou, H., Sorrell, T., Li, R., Xu, Y. (2011), Accurate and practical identification of 20 Fusarium species by seven-locus sequence analysis and reverse line blot hybridization, and an in vitro antifungal susceptibility study. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(5), 1890-1898. [Abstract]
• Ong, A., Blyth, C., Bency, R., Vicaretti, M., Harun, A., Meyer, W., Shingde, M., Gilroy, N., Chapman, J., Chen, S. (2011), Fatal mycotic aneurysms due to scedosporium and pseudallescheria infection. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(5), 2067-2071. [Abstract]
• Harun, A., Blyth, C., Gilgado, F., Middleton, P., Chen, S., Meyer, W. (2011), Development and Validation of a Multiplex PCR for Detection of Scedosporium spp. in Respiratory Tract Specimens from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(4), 1508-1512. [Abstract]
• Outhred, A., Watts, M., Chen, S., Sorrell, T. (2011), Nocardia infections of the face and neck. Current Infectious Disease Reports. 13(2), 132-140. [Abstract]
• Blyth, C., Gomes, L., Sorrell, T., da Cruz, M., Sud, A., Chen, S. (2011), Skull-base osteomyelitis: fungal versus bacterial infection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 17(2), 306-311. [Abstract]
• Morrissey, C., Chen, S., Sorrell, T., Bradstock, K., Szer, J., Halliday, C., Gilroy, N., Schwarer, A., Slavin, M. (2011), Design issues in a randomized controlled trial of a pre-emptive versus empiric antifungal strategy for invasive aspergillosis in patients with high-risk hematologic malignancies. Leukemia & Lymphoma. 52(2), 179-193. [Abstract]
• Chavada, R., Kok, J., van Hal, S., Chen, S. (2011), Seeking Clarity within Cloudy Effluents: Differentiating Fungal from Bacterial Peritonitis in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients. PLoS One. 6(12), e28247. [Abstract]
• Chen, S., Lewis, R., Kontoyiannis, D. (2011), Direct effects of non-antifungal agents used in cancer chemotherapy and organ transplantation on the development and virulence of Candida and Aspergillus species. Virulence. 2(4), 280-95. [Abstract]
• Wang, T., Kong, F., Chen, S., Xiao, M., Sorrell, T., Wang, X., Wang, S., Sintchenko, V. (2011), Improved identification of Gordonia, Rhodococcus and Tsukamurella species by 5'-end 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Pathology. 43(1), 58-63. [Abstract]
• Pinto, A., Halliday, C., Zahra, M., van Hal, S., Olma, T., Maszewska, K., Iredell, J., Meyer, W., Chen, S. (2011), Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry identification of yeasts is contingent on robust reference spectra. PLoS One. 6(10), e25712. [Abstract]
• Kok, J., Thomas, L., Olma, T., Chen, S., Iredell, J. (2011), Identification of bacteria in blood culture broths using matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization sepsityper™ and time of flight mass spectrometry. PLoS One. 6(8), e23285. [Abstract]
• Helal, M., Kong, F., Chen, S., Bain, M., Christen, R., Sintchenko, V. (2011), Defining Reference Sequences for Nocardia Species by Similarity and Clustering Analyses of 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Data. PLoS One. 6(6), e19517. [Abstract]
• Chen, S., Slavin, M., Sorrell, T. (2011), Echinocandin antifungal drugs in fungal infections: a comparison. Drugs. 71(1), 11-41. [Abstract]

2010

• Chen, S., Kontoyiannis, D. (2010), New molecular and surrogate biomarker-based tests in the diagnosis of bacterial and fungal infection in febrile neutropenic patients. Current opinion in infectious diseases. 23(6), 567-77. [Abstract]
• Chong, H., Dagg, R., Malik, R., Chen, S., Carter, D. (2010), In vitro susceptibility of the yeast pathogen Cryptococcus to fluconazole and other azoles varies with molecular genotype. Journal of clinical microbiology. 48(11), 4115-20. [Abstract]
• Harun, A., Gilgado, F., Chen, S., Meyer, W. (2010), Abundance of Pseudallescheria/Scedosporium species in the Australian urban environment suggests a possible source for scedosporiosis including the colonization of airways in cystic fibrosis. Medical Mycology. 48(O1), S70-S76. [Abstract]
• Blyth, C., Middleton, P., Harun, A., Sorrell, T., Meyer, W., Chen, S. (2010), Clinical associations and prevalence of Scedosporium spp. in Australian cystic fibrosis patients: identification of novel risk factors?. Medical Mycology. 48(1), S37-S44. [Abstract]
• Kong, F., Wang, H., Zhang, E., Sintchenko, V., Xiao, M., Sorrell, T., Chen, X., Chen, S. (2010), SecA1 Gene Sequence Polymorphisms for Species Identification of Nocardia and Recognition of Intraspecies Genetic Diversity. Journal of clinical microbiology. 48(11), 3928-34. [Abstract]
• Harun, A., Serena, C., Gilgado, F., Chen, S., Meyer, W. (2010), Scedosporium aurantiacum is as virulent as S. prolificans, and shows strain-specific virulence differences, in a mouse model. Medical Mycology. 48(O1), S45-S51. [Abstract]
• Chen, S., Playford, E., Sorrell, T. (2010), Antifungal therapy in invasive fungal infections. Current opinion in pharmacology. 10(5), 522-30. [Abstract]
• Chen, S., Biswas, C., Bartley, R., Widmer, F., Pantarat, N., Obando, D., Djordjevic, J., Ellis, D., Jolliffe, K., Sorrell, T. (2010), In vitro antifungal activities of bis(alkylpyridinium)alkane compounds against pathogenic yeasts and molds. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 54(8), 3233-40. [Abstract]
• Slavin, M., Sorrell, T., Marriott, D., Thursky, K., Nguyen, Q., Ellis, D., Morrissey, C., Chen, S. (2010), Candidaemia in adult cancer patients: risks for fluconazole-resistant isolates and death. The Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 65(5), 1042-1051. [Abstract]
• Kok, J., Chen, S., Anderson, L., Berglund, L., Sleiman, S., Moss, A., Bourke, M., Fulcher, D., Gilroy, N. (2010), Protein-losing enteropathy and hypogammaglobulinaemia as first manifestations of disseminated histoplasmosis coincident with Nocardia infection. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 59(5), 610-613. [Abstract]
• Wang, X., Xiao, M., Kong, F., Sintchenko, V., Wang, H., Wang, B., Lian, S., Sorrell, T., Chen, S. (2010), Reverse line blot hybridization and DNA sequencing studies of the 16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer regions of five emerging pathogenic Nocardia species. Journal of Medical Microbiology. 59(Pt 5), 548-555. [Abstract]
• Lau, A., Halliday, C., Chen, S., Playford, E., Stanley, K., Sorrell, T. (2010), Comparison of Whole Blood, Serum and Plasma for Early Detection of Candidemia by Multiplex-Tandem PCR. Journal of clinical microbiology. 48(3), 811-6. [Abstract]
• Xiao, M., Kong, F., Sorrell, T., Cao, Y., Lee, O., Liu, Y., Sintchenko, V., Chen, S. (2010), Identification of Pathogenic Nocardia Species by Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Targeting the 16S rDNA and 16S-23S rDNA Spacer Regions. Journal of clinical microbiology. 48(2), 503-11. [Abstract]
• Sorrell, T., Chen, S. (2010), Recent advances in management of cryptococcal meningitis: commentary. F1000 Medicine Reports. 2, 82. [Abstract]
• Sorrell, T., Djordjevic, J., Chen, S., Jolliffe, K. (2010), Fungal phospholipid metabolism for antifungal drug discovery. Microbiology Australia. 31, 93-94.
• Blyth, C., Harun, A., Middleton, P., Sleiman, S., Lee, O., Sorrell, T., Meyer, W., Chen, S. (2010), Detection of occult Scedosporium species in respiratory tract specimens from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) by use of selective media. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 48(1), 314-316. [Abstract]

2009

• Kidd, S., Ling, L., Meyer, W., Orla Morrissey, C., Chen, S., Slavin, M. (2009), Molecular epidemiology of invasive aspergillosis: lessons learned from an outbreak investigation in an Australian hematology unit. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 30(12), 1223-1226. [Abstract]
• Lau, A., Chen, S., Sleiman, S., Sorrell, T. (2009), Current status and future perspectives on molecular and serological methods in diagnostic mycology. Future Microbiology. 4(9), 1185-1222. [Abstract]
• Heath, C., Slavin, M., Sorrell, T., Handke, R., Harun, A., Phillips, M., Nguyen, Q., Delhaes, L., Ellis, D., Meyer, W., Chen, S. (2009), Population-based surveillance for scedosporiosis in Australia: epidemiology, disease manifestations and emergence of Scedosporium aurantiacum infection. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15(7), 689-693. [Abstract]
• Chen, S., Marriott, D., Playford, E., Nguyen, Q., Ellis, D., Meyer, W., Sorrell, T., Slavin, M. (2009), Candidaemia with uncommon Candida species: predisposing factors, outcome, antifungal susceptibility, and implications for management. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 15(7), 662-9. [Abstract]
• Harun, A., Perdomo, H., Gilgado, F., Chen, S., Cano, J., Guarro, J., Meyer, W. (2009), Genotyping of Scedosporium species: a review of molecular approaches. Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology. 47(0), 406-14. [Abstract]
• Blyth, C., Chen, S., Slavin, M., Serena, C., Nguyen, Q., Marriott, D., Ellis, D., Meyer, W., Sorrell, T. (2009), Not just little adults: candidemia epidemiology, molecular characterization, and antifungal susceptibility in neonatal and pediatric patients. Pediatrics. 123(5), 1360-1368. [Abstract]
• van Hal, S., Marriott, D., Chen, S., Nguyen, Q., Sorrell, T., Ellis, D., Slavin, M. (2009), Candidemia following solid organ transplantation in the era of antifungal prophylaxis: the Australian experience. Transplant Infectious Disease. 11(2), 122-127. [Abstract]
• Kong, F., Chen, S., Chen, X., Sintchenko, V., Halliday, C., Cai, L., Tong, Z., Lee, O., Sorrell, T. (2009), Assignment of Reference 5'-end 16S rDNA Sequences and Species-Specific Sequence Polymorphisms Improves Species Identification of Nocardia. The Open Microbiology Journal. 3(0), 97-105. [Abstract]
• Wang, H., Kong, F., Sorrell, T., Wang, B., McNicholas, P., Pantarat, N., Ellis, D., Xiao, M., Widmer, F., Chen, S. (2009), Rapid detection of ERG11 gene mutations in clinical Candida albicans isolates with reduced susceptibility to fluconazole by rolling circle amplification and DNA sequencing. BMC Microbiology. 9, 167. [Abstract]
• Blyth, C., Adams, D., Chen, S. (2009), Diagnostic and typing methods for investigating Legionella infection. NSW Public Health Bulletin. 20(9-10), 157-161. [Abstract]
• Marriott, D., Playford, E., Chen, S., Slavin, M., Nguyen, Q., Ellis, D., Sorrell, T. (2009), Determinants of mortality in non-neutropenic ICU patients with candidaemia. Critical care (London, England). 13(4), R115. [Abstract]

2008

• Lau, A., Sorrell, T., Chen, S., Stanley, K., Iredell, J., Halliday, C. (2008), Multiplex-Tandem PCR: A Novel Platform for the Rapid Detection and Identification of Fungal Pathogens from Blood Culture Specimens. Journal of clinical microbiology. 46(9), 3021-7. [Abstract]
• Zhou, X., Kong, F., Sorrell, T., Wang, H., Duan, Y., Chen, S. (2008), Practical method for detection and identification of Candida, Aspergillus and Scedosporium using rolling circle amplification (RCA). Journal of clinical microbiology. 46(7), 2423-7. [Abstract]
• Playford, E., Marriott, D., Nguyen, Q., Chen, S., Ellis, D., Slavin, M., Sorrell, T. (2008), Candidemia in nonneutropenic critically Ill patients: Risk factors for non-albicans Candida spp. Critical care medicine. 36(7), 2034-9. [Abstract]
• Morrissey, C., Bardy, P., Slavin, M., Ananda-Rajah, M., Chen, S., Kirsa, S., Ritchie, D., Upton, A. (2008), Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to persistent or recurrent fevers of unknown origin in adult stem cell transplantation and haematological malignancy. Internal Medicine Journal. 38(6b), 477-495. [Abstract]
• Troke, P., Aguirrebengoa, K., Arteaga, C., Ellis, D., Heath, C., Lutsar, I., Rovira, M., Nguyen, Q., Slavin, M., Chen, S. (2008), Treatment of scedosporiosis with voriconazole: clinical experience with 107 patients. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 52(5), 1743-1750. [Abstract]
• Kong, F., Tong, Z., Chen, X., Sorrell, T., Wang, B., Wu, Q., Ellis, D., Chen, S. (2008), Rapid identification and differentiation of Trichophyton species, based on sequence polymorphisms of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions, by rolling-circle amplification. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46(4), 1192-1199. [Abstract]
• Chen, S., Tong, Z., Lee, O., Halliday, C., Playford, E., Widmer, F., Kong, F., Wu, C., Sorrell, T. (2008), Clinician response to Candida organisms in the urine of patients attending hospital. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology. 27(0), 201-8. [Abstract]
• Delhaes, L., Harun, A., Chen, S., Nguyen, Q., Slavin, M., Heath, C., Maszewska, K., Halliday, C., Robert, V., Sorrell, T., Auscedo Study Group, T., Meyer, W. (2008), Molecular typing of Australian Scedosporium isolates showing genetic variability and numerous S. aurantiacum. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 14(2), 282-290. [Abstract]

2007

• Chen, S., Sorrell, T. (2007), Antifungal agents. The Medical journal of Australia. 187(7), 404-409. [Abstract]
• Zeng, X., Kong, F., Halliday, C., Chen, S., Lau, A., Playford, G., Sorrell, T. (2007), Reverse line blot (RLB) hybridization assay for the identification of medically important fungi from culture and clinical specimens. Journal of clinical microbiology. 45(9), 2872-80. [Abstract]
• Kok, J., Gilroy, N., Halliday, C., Lee, O., Novakovic, D., Kevin, P., Chen, S. (2007), Early use of posaconazole in the successful treatment of rhino-orbital mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus oryzae. The Journal of infection. 55(3), e33-6. [Abstract]
• Tong, Z., Widmer, F., Sorrell, T., Guse, Z., Jolliffe, K., Halliday, C., Lee, O., Kong, F., Wright, L., Chen, S. (2007), In vitro activities of miltefosine and two novel antifungal biscationic salts against a panel of 77 dermatophytes. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy. 51(6), 2219-2222. [Abstract]
• Wu, Q., Chen, S., Santangelo, R., Martin, P., Malik, R., Sorrell, T. (2007), Cryptococcal phospholipase B antigen is not detected in serum of patients infected with Cryptococcus neoformans using a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. FEMS yeast research. 7(3), 465-470. [Abstract]
• Baral, R., Catt, M., Soon, L., Martin, P., Bosward, K., Chen, S., Malik, R. (2007), Successful treatment of a localised CDC Group EF-4a infection in a cat. Journal of feline medicine and surgery. 9(1), 67-71. [Abstract]
• Lau, A., Chen, S., Sorrell, T., Carter, D., Malik, R., Martin, P., Halliday, C. (2007), Development and clinical application of a panfungal PCR assay to detect and identify fungal DNA in tissue specimens. Journal of clinical microbiology. 45, 380-5. [Abstract]