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Associate Professor Philip Britton

BMedSci MBBS(Hons) GradCertHighEd PhD, MPH&TM, FHEA FRACP

Associate Professor
Child and Adolescent Health, the Children's Hospital at Westmead

Phone

+61 2 9845 3139

philip.britton@sydney.edu.au

Websites

Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance network

Member of: Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute (Sydney ID)

Biographical details

Dr Britton is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases physician and Early Career Researcher based at the Children's Hospital at Westmead.

Research interests

Dr Britton's research focuses on severe infectious diseases in children, especially neurological infection and severe acute respiratory infections.

In his PhD he has coordinated the Australian Childhood Encephalitis study, a prospective cohort describing the causes and consequences of this severe syndrome in children.

His other research interests include: Tuberculosis, Travel associated infections an Tropical diseases, and Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Teaching and supervision

Evidence-based medicine

Foundations of Child and Adolescent Health

Professional formation in medical education

Current projects

Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) network

The Australian Childhood Encephalitis Study

Meta-GP - Delivering a clinical METAGENOMICS platform for Australia

Themes

Infection and Immunological Conditions, Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health, Lifespan

Keywords

Child health, Infection and immunity, Public health, Virology, Nervous system diseases

Approaches

Child, Epidemiology, Population Surveillance

Clinical speciality

Paediatrics

Current research students

Project title	Research student
Severe Acute Respiratory Infection SARI in Children: Towards integrated virological and syndromic surveillance.	Becci BURRELL

Publications

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Journals

Wen, S., Chambers, H., Schlapbach, L., Clark, J., Dougherty, S., Blyth, C., Britton, P., Clifford, V., Haeusler, G., McMullan, B., et al (2024). Characterization of Gram-negative Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Australian Children and Their Clinical Outcomes. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 79(3), 734-743. [More Information]
Campbell, A., Davis, J., Mahar, R., McGlothlin, A., McMullan, B., Meyer, M., Mora, J., Murthy, S., Nourse, C., Papenburg, J., Snelling, T., Britton, P., et al (2024). Whole-of-Life Inclusion in Bayesian Adaptive Platform Clinical Trials. JAMA Pediatrics. [More Information]
Campbell, A., Russell, F., Marais, B., Britton, P., Bowen, A., Blyth, C., Flanagan, K., Khatami, A., Koirala, A., Mahony, M., Williams, P., et al (2024). Widening the lens for pandemic preparedness: children must be seen and heard. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 51, 101205. [More Information]
Lau, C., Moghaddam, T., Furuya-Kanamori, L., Mills, D., Mayfield, H., Gyawali, N., Johnson, B., Lu, H., Allel, K., Britton, P., et al (2023). A decision support tool for risk–benefit analysis of Japanese encephalitis vaccine in travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30(7), taad113. [More Information]
Purcell, R., Yeoh, D., Bowen, A., Britton, P., Carr, J., Chen, M., Cheung, K., Clark, J., Irwin, A., Lai, T., Williams, P., et al (2023). A multicentre, retrospective audit of fosfomycin use for urinary tract infections in Australian children and adolescents. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 78(7), 1616-1621. [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Al Abdali, K., Britton, P. (2023). Acute bacterial lymphadenitis in children: a retrospective, cross-sectional study. European Journal of Pediatrics. [More Information]
Bao, J., Nunez Miranda, C., Elliott, E., Dinsmore, N., McRae, J., Morris, A., Blyth, C., Crawford, N., Kynaston, A., Marshall, H., Britton, P., et al (2023). Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Australian Children from 2007 to 2017. Neuroepidemiology, 57(1), 25-34. [More Information]
Teutsch, S., Berkhout, A., Raynes-Greenow, C., Zurynski, Y., Britton, P., Jones, C. (2023). Characteristics of neonatal herpes simplex central nervous system disease in Australia (1997–2020). Journal Of Clinical Virology, 165, 105526. [More Information]
Williams, P., Howard-Jones, A., Butters, C., Koirala, A., Britton, P., Duguid, R., Wijeratne, P., Johnson, N., Jayasinghe, S. (2023). Clinical and Epidemiologic Profile of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Australian Children Following the Relaxation of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Against SARS-COV-2. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 42(9), E341-E342. [More Information]
Otto, M., Britton, P., Serpa Neto, A., Erickson, S., Festa, M., Crawford, N., Burrell, A., Udy, A. (2023). COVID-19 related ICU admissions in paediatric and young adult patients in Australia: a national case series 2020–2022. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific. [More Information]
Cole, E., Boast, A., Yiu, E., Kornberg, A., Jadhav, T., Mignone, C., Abo, Y., Britton, P., Osowicki, J., MacDonald-Laurs, E. (2023). Geographic Expansion of Japanese Encephalitis Virus to Australia: Neuroinflammatory Sequelae and Consideration of Immunomodulation. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 42(5), e173-e176. [More Information]
Gandham, S., Gunasekera, H., Isaacs, D., Maycock, A., Britton, P. (2023). High Prevalence of Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress in Children of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Background. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 21(1), 71-80. [More Information]
Pillay, A., Moran, L., Jadhav, A., Sterling, K., Lai, C., Vitagliano, T., Aggarwal, A., Catchpoole, D., Wood, N., Giang Phan, T., Nanan, R., Britton, P., Brilot-Turville, F., Burrell, R., et al (2023). Infection and Vaccine Induced Spike Antibody Responses Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in COVID-19-Naïve Children and Adults. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 43(8), 1706-1723. [More Information]
Zhu, Y., Almeida, F., Baillie, J., Bowen, A., Britton, P., Brizuela, M., Buonsenso, D., Burgner, D., Chew, K., Chokephaibulkit, K., et al (2023). International Pediatric COVID-19 Severity over the Course of the Pandemic. JAMA Pediatrics, 177(10), 1073-1084. [More Information]
McGuinness, S., Muhi, S., Britton, P., Leder, K. (2023). Japanese Encephalitis: Emergence in Australia. Current Infectious Disease Reports, 25(6), 111-122. [More Information]
Cardenas-Brown, C., Lucas, R., Buttery, J., Britton, P., Wood, N., Singh-Grewal, D., Burgner, D. (2023). Live vaccines following intravenous immunoglobulin for Kawasaki disease: Are we vaccinating appropriately? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 59(11), 1217-1222. [More Information]
Vosu, J., Britton, P. (2023). Managing COVID-19 in children. Medicine Today, 24(6), 45-50.
Al Yazidi, L., Britton, P., Gilroy, N., Lai, T., Kesson, A. (2023). Post-Natal Anti-Retroviral Prophylaxis for Neonates Born to Mothers Living with Resistant HIV Infection. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(3), 405-410. [More Information]
Joshua Posen, H., Wong, W., Farrar, D., Campigotto, A., Chan, T., Barker, K., Hagmann, S., Ryan, E., LaRocque, R., Earl, A., et al (2023). Travel-associated extensively drug-resistant typhoid fever: a case series to inform management in non-endemic regions. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30(1). [More Information]
Burrell, R., Saravanos, G., Britton, P. (2023). Unintended impacts of COVID-19 on the epidemiology and burden of paediatric respiratory infections. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. [More Information]
Stelzer-Braid, S., Yeang, M., Britton, P., Kim, K., Varadhan, H., Andrews, P., Briest, R., Branley, J., Balgahom, R., Burrell, R., Kesson, A., Van Hal, S., et al (2022). Circulation of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) causing respiratory illness in New South Wales, Australia, between August 2018 and November 2019. Pathology, 54(6), 784-789. [More Information]
Campbell, A., Dotel, R., Braddick, M., Britton, P., Eisen, D., Francis, J., Lynar, S., McMullan, B., Meagher, N., Nelson, J., O'Sullivan, M., et al (2022). Clindamycin adjunctive therapy for severe Staphylococcus aureus treatment evaluation (CASSETTE) - An open-labelled pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy-AMR, 4(1). [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Burgner, D., Crawford, N., Goeman, E., Gray, P., Hsu, P., Kuek, S., McMullan, B., Tosif, S., Wurzel, D., Koirala, A., Sharma, K., Britton, P., et al (2022). COVID-19 in children. II: Pathogenesis, disease spectrum and management. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(1), 46-53. [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Bowen, A., Danchin, M., Koirala, A., Sharma, K., Yeoh, D., Burgner, D., Crawford, N., Goeman, E., Gray, P., Hsu, P., Britton, P., et al (2022). COVID-19 in children: I. Epidemiology, prevention and indirect impacts. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(1), 39-45. [More Information]
Williams, P., Koirala, A., Saravanos, G., Lopez, L., Glover, C., Sharma, K., Williams, T., Carey, E., Shaw, N., Dickens, E., Macartney, K., Wood, N., Britton, P., et al (2022). COVID-19 in New South Wales children during 2021: severity and clinical spectrum. Medical Journal of Australia, 217(6), 303-310. [More Information]
Kermond, R., Cavazzoni, E., Kilo, T., Britton, P., Durkan, A. (2022). COVID-19-associated rhabdomyolysis in a paediatric patient with sickle cell trait. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(9), 1664-1665. [More Information]
Li, C., Burrell, R., Dale, R., Kesson, A., Blyth, C., Clark, J., Crawford, N., Jones, C., Britton, P., Holmes, E. (2022). Diagnosis and analysis of unexplained cases of childhood encephalitis in Australia using metatranscriptomic sequencing. Journal of General Virology, 103(4). [More Information]
Smithers-Sheedy, H., Swinburn, K., Waight, E., King, R., Hui, L., Jones, C., Daly, K., Rawlinson, W., McIntyre, S., Webb, A., Badawi, N., Britton, P., Shand, A., et al (2022). eLearning significantly improves maternity professionals’ knowledge of the congenital cytomegalovirus prevention guidelines. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 62(3), 445-452. [More Information]
Berkhout, A., Kapoor, V., Heney, C., Jones, C., Clark, J., Britton, P., Vaska, V., Lai, M., Nourse, C. (2022). Epidemiology and long-term neurological sequelae of childhood herpes simplex CNS infection. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(8), 1372-1378. [More Information]
Al Abdali, K., Britton, P., Howard-Jones, A., Kesson, A., Marais, B. (2022). Intra-thoracic tuberculosis lymphadenitis in a child with rheumatic heart disease. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(5), 918-920. [More Information]
Rajandran, M., Sharma, H., Gupta, V., Bhurawala, H., Britton, P. (2022). Kawasaki disease without fever: A rare case in a 3-month old. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(5), 894-895. [More Information]
Rajkumar, A., Britton, P. (2022). Kerion: a great mimicker. Medical Journal of Australia, 216(11), 563-567. [More Information]
Mohan, N., Singhal, N., Stormon, M., Britton, P., Liava'a, M., Moynihan, K. (2022). Life-threatening acute liver failure and myocarditis needing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Could it be therapeutic misadventure with paracetamol? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(8), 1475-1478. [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Britton, P., Webster, R., Ayer, J., Khatami, A. (2022). Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion in association with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(5), 913-917. [More Information]
Gulholm, T., Yeang, M., Nguyen, I., Andrews, P., Balgahom, R., Beresford, R., Branley, J., Briest, R., Britton, P., Burrell, R., Kesson, A., et al (2022). Molecular typing of enteroviruses: comparing 5'UTR, VP1 and whole genome sequencing methods. Pathology, 54(6), 779-783. [More Information]
Lim, N., Festa, M., Lade, S., Britton, P. (2022). Multiple Complications of Typhoid in a Returned Child Traveler. Clinical Pediatrics, 61(11), 741-744. [More Information]
Eden, J., Sikazwe, C., Xie, R., Deng, Y., Sullivan, S., Michie, A., Levy, A., Cutmore, E., Blyth, C., Britton, P., Dwyer, D., Horsburgh, B., Tulloch, R., Holmes, E., et al (2022). Off-season RSV epidemics in Australia after easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Nature Communications, 13(2884). [More Information]
Babu, I., Howard-Jones, A., Goetti, R., Menezes, M., Arbuckle, S., Britton, P. (2022). Paediatric neurocysticercosis in high income countries: Neurocysticercosis in high income countries. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 39, 88-95. [More Information]
Gunaratna, G., Howard-Jones, A., Marais, B., Britton, P. (2022). Paradoxical lymph node reaction during treatment of scalp tuberculosis. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(4), 710-712. [More Information]
Campbell, A., Al Yazidi, L., Phuong, L., Leung, C., Best, E., Webb, R., Voss, L., Athan, E., Britton, P., Bryant, P., et al (2022). Pediatric Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Clinical Spectrum and Predictors of Poor Outcome. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74(4), 604-613. [More Information]
Gunaratna, G., Mohammad, S., Blyth, C., Clark, J., Crawford, N., Marshall, H., Dale, R., Jones, C., Britton, P. (2022). Postinfectious Acute Cerebellar Syndromes in Children: A Nationally Ascertained Case Series From Australia 2013–2018. Journal of Child Neurology, 37(7), 617-623. [More Information]
Saravanos, G., Hsu, P., Isaacs, D., Macartney, K., Wood, N., Britton, P. (2022). Respiratory Syncytial Virus-attributable Deaths in a Major Pediatric Hospital in New South Wales, Australia, 1998-2018. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 41(3), 186-191. [More Information]
Saravanos, G., Hu, N., Homaira, N., Muscatello, D., Jaffe, A., Bartlett, A., Wood, N., Rawlinson, W., Kesson, A., Lingam, R., Britton, P. (2022). RSV Epidemiology in Australia Before and During COVID-19. Pediatrics, 149(2), e2021053537. [More Information]
Donnelley, E., Teutsch, S., Zurynski, Y., Nunez Miranda, C., Khandaker, G., Lester-Smith, D., Festa, M., Booy, R., Elliott, E., Britton, P. (2022). Severe Influenza-Associated Neurological Disease in Australian Children: Seasonal Population-Based Surveillance 2008-2018. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 11(12), 533-540. [More Information]
Chee, E., Huang, K., Haggie, S., Britton, P. (2022). Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines on the management of community acquired pneumonia in children. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 42, 59-68. [More Information]
Smithers-Sheedy, H., Khandaker, G., Raynes-Greenow, C., Flack, L., Britton, P., McIntyre, S., Badawi, N., Burgner, D., Galea, C., Jones, C. (2022). The long-term burden of congenital cytomegalovirus: Hospitalisation and mortality in a population-based matched cohort study. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 37, 82-86. [More Information]
Walker, L., Thorley, B., Morris, A., Elliott, E., Saul, N., Britton, P. (2022). Using the Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System to Identify Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Australia, 2000-2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(1), 20-28. [More Information]
Campbell, A., Mowlaboccus, S., Coombs, G., Daley, D., Al Yazidi, L., Phuong, L., Leung, C., Best, E., Webb, R., Voss, L., Britton, P., et al (2022). Whole genome sequencing and molecular epidemiology of paediatric Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 29, 197-206. [More Information]
Burrell, R., Jones, C., Britton, P. (2021). Altered Behavior in Encephalitis: Insights From the Australian Childhood Encephalitis Study, 2013–2018. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9, 667719. [More Information]
Khatami, A., Lin, R., Petrovic Fabijan, A., Alkalay-Oren, S., Almuzam, S., Britton, P., Brownstein, M., Dao, Q., Fackler, J., Hazan, R., Iredell, J., et al (2021). Bacterial lysis, autophagy and innate immune responses during adjunctive phage therapy in a child. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 13(9), e13936-1-e13936-9. [More Information]
Britton, P., Koirala, A., Wood, N., Macartney, K. (2021). COVID-19, children and schools: overlooked and at risk. Medical Journal of Australia, 214(4), 189-1.89E+03. [More Information]
Annand, E., High, H., Wong, F., Phommachanh, P., Chanthavisouk, C., Happold, J., Dhingra, M., Eagles, D., Britton, P., Alders, R. (2021). Detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Sekong Province Lao PDR 2018 - Potential for improved surveillance and management in endemic regions. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68(1), 168-182. [More Information]
Williams, P., Bartlett, A., Howard-Jones, A., McMullan, B., Khatami, A., Britton, P., Marais, B. (2021). Impact of climate change and biodiversity collapse on the global emergence and spread of infectious diseases. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57(11), 1811-1818. [More Information]
Kerr, J., Macartney, K., Britton, P. (2021). Influenza-associated myositis: a single-centre, 5-year retrospective study. European Journal of Pediatrics, 180(2), 577-584. [More Information]
Dale, R., Mohammad, S., Britton, P. (2021). Neuroinflammation triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection: syndromes and therapies. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 5(9), 607-609. [More Information]
Wurzel, D., McMinn, A., Hoq, M., Blyth, C., Burgner, D., Tosif, S., Buttery, J., Carr, J., Clark, J., Cheng, A., Singh-Grewal, D., Wood, N., Macartney, K., Britton, P., et al (2021). Prospective characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 infections among children presenting to tertiary paediatric hospitals across Australia in 2020: A national cohort study. BMJ Open, 11(11), e054510. [More Information]
Jaure, A., Sorrell, T., Black, A., Caillaud, C., Chrzanowski, W., Li, E., Martinez-Martin, D., McEwan, A., Wang, R., Motion, A., Casas Bedoya, A., Huang, J., Azizi, L., Eggleton, B., Andersen, T., Baillie, A., Barratt, A., Boehm, C., Britton, P., Chadban, S., Chow, C., Fleming, S., Fox, G., Gordon, L., Baillie, A., Howell, M., Hickie, I., Hunt, N., Iredell, J., Jin, C., Kairaitis, K., Kavehei, O., Kritharides, L., Leon-Saval, S., Lindley, R., Maguire, S., McCluskey, M., McKay, N., Mifsud, G., Palomba, S., Pettigrew, A., Postnova, S., Prinable, J., Rabeau, J., Rees, M., Richmond, K., Scholes-Robertson, N., Seppelt, I., Shaw, T., Sintchenko, V., Snelling, T., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Tovey, E., Tuniz, A., Varamini, P., Wang, A., Wang, K., Wise, S., Zoellner, H., et al (2021). Research priorities for COVID-19 sensor technology. Nature Biotechnology, 39(2), 144-153. [More Information]
Saravanos, G., Ramos, I., Britton, P., Wood, N. (2021). Respiratory syncytial virus subtype circulation and associated disease severity at an Australian paediatric referral hospital, 2014–2018. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57(8), 1190-1195. [More Information]
Saravanos, G., King, C., Deng, L., Dinsmore, N., Ramos, I., Takashima, M., Crawford, N., Clark, J., Dale, R., Jones, C., Wood, N., Britton, P. (2021). Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Neurologic Complications in Children: A Systematic Review and Aggregated Case Series. The Journal of Pediatrics, 239, 39-49.e9. [More Information]
Shan, J., Britton, P., King, C., Booy, R. (2021). The immunogenicity and safety of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines in development: A systematic review. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 15(4), 539-551. [More Information]
Sharma, K., Koirala, A., Nicolopoulos, K., Chiu, C., Wood, N., Britton, P. (2021). Vaccines for COVID-19: Where do we stand in 2021? Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 39, 22-31. [More Information]
Deng, L., Mazzocato, P., Saravanos, G., Leder, K., Britton, P. (2020). A high proportion of interseasonal childhood influenza cases in 2019 were travel related. Public Health Research and Practice, 30(2), e3022012. [More Information]
Britton, P., Dale, R., Blyth, C., Clark, J., Crawford, N., Marshall, H., Elliott, E., Macartney, K., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2020). Causes and Clinical Features of Childhood Encephalitis: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(12), 2517-2526. [More Information]
Thielemans, E., Oliver, J., McMinn, A., Baker, C., Britton, P., Clark, J., Marshall, H., Blyth, C., Francis, J., Buttery, J., et al (2020). Clinical Description and Outcomes of Australian Children With Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(5), 379-384. [More Information]
Britton, P., Hu, N., Saravanos, G., Shrapnel, J., Davis, J., Snelling, T., Dalby-Payne, J., Kesson, A., Wood, N., Macartney, K., McCullagh, C., et al (2020). COVID-19 public health measures and respiratory syncytial virus. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 4(11), e42-e43. [More Information]
Al Yazidi, L., Outhred, A., Britton, P., Kesson, A. (2020). Culture-proven Bloodstream Infections at a Specialist Pediatric Hospital. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(6), 500-506. [More Information]
Gunaratna, G., Dempsey, S., Ho, C., Britton, P. (2020). DIAGNOSIS OF ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS INFESTATIONS. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(12), 1994. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P., Howard-Jones, A., Kesson, A., Khatami, A., Marais, B., Nayda, C., Outhred, A. (2020). Do facemasks protect against COVID-19? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(6), 976-977. [More Information]
Britton, P., Walker, K., McMullan, B., Galea, C., Burrell, R., Morgan, B., Honan, I., Teutsch, S., Smithers-Sheedy, H., Fairbairn, N., Jones, C., et al (2020). Early Life Parechovirus Infection Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 3 Years: A Cohort Study. The Journal of Pediatrics, 219, 111-1170. [More Information]
Britton, P., Jones, C. (2020). Early life parechovirus infection: a timely review but many questions remain. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 4(8), 559-560. [More Information]
Khatami, A., Burrell, R., McMullan, B., Rawlinson, W., Givney, R., Kok, J., Alexandersen, S., Jones, C., Macartney, K., Britton, P. (2020). Epidemic and Inter-epidemic Burden of Pediatric Human Parechovirus Infection in New South Wales, Australia, 2017-2018. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(6), 507-511. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P., Preisz, A. (2020). Ethical reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic: The epidemiology of panic. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(5), 690-691. [More Information]
Vosu, J., Britton, P., Howard-Jones, A., Isaacs, D., Kesson, A., Khatami, A., Marais, B., Nayda, C., Outhred, A. (2020). Is the risk of ibuprofen or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs increased in COVID-19? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(10), 1645-1646. [More Information]
Britton, P., Nayda, C., Leung, K., Colclough, A., Shaw, N., Kesson, A. (2020). Letter to the Editor. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(10), 1658-1659. [More Information]
Khatami, A., Britton, P., Farrow, G., Phelps, M., Kakakios, A. (2020). Meningitis and the military: the remarkable story of the first use of penicillin in Australia (1943). Medical Journal of Australia, 213(11), 508-510.e1. [More Information]
Stelzer-Braid, S., Wynn, M., Chatoor, R., Scotch, M., Ramachandran, V., Teoh, H., Farrar, M., Sampaio, H., Andrews, P., Craig, M., Britton, P., et al (2020). Next generation sequencing of human enterovirus strains from an outbreak of enterovirus A71 shows applicability to outbreak investigations. Journal Of Clinical Virology, 122, 104216. [More Information]
McRae, J., Quinn, H., Saravanos, G., Carlson, S., Britton, P., Crawford, N., Wood, N., Marshall, H., Macartney, K. (2020). Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) 2017 and 2018: Prospective hospital-based surveillance for serious paediatric conditions. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 44. [More Information]
Bao, J., Thorley, B., Isaacs, D., Dinsmore, N., Elliott, E., McIntyre, P., Britton, P. (2020). Polio – The old foe and new challenges: An update for clinicians. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(10), 1527-1532. [More Information]
Al Yazidi, L., Britton, P., Kesson, A. (2020). POLYMICROBIAL BACTEREMIA SECONDARY TO FABRICATED OR INDUCED ILLNESS IN A CHILD BY A CARER. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(10), 1660-1661. [More Information]
Britton, P., Marais, B. (2020). Questions raised by COVID-19 case descriptions. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(4), 652. [More Information]
Williams, P., Howard-Jones, A., Hsu, P., Palasanthiran, P., Gray, P., McMullan, B., Britton, P., Bartlett, A. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 in children: spectrum of disease, transmission and immunopathological underpinnings. Pathology, 52(7), 801-808. [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Almuzam, S., Britton, P., Isaacs, D., Kesson, A., Khatami, A., Marais, B., Nayda, C., Outhred, A., Yuso, J. (2020). Should I be worried about carrying the virus that causes COVID-19 home on my clothes? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(6), 980. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P., Howard-Jones, A., Kesson, A., Khatami, A., Marais, B., Nayda, C., Outhred, A. (2020). To what extent do children transmit SARS-CoV-2 virus? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(6), 978-979. [More Information]
Singh-Grewal, D., Lucas, R., McCarthy, K., Cheng, A., Wood, N., Ostring, G., Britton, P., Crawford, N., Burgner, D. (2020). Update on the COVID-19-associated inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents; paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome-temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(8), 1173-1177. [More Information]
Koirala, A., Joo, Y., Khatami, A., Chiu, C., Britton, P. (2020). Vaccines for COVID-19: The current state of play. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 35, 43-49. [More Information]
Ross, K., Almuzam, S., Britton, P., Howard-Jones, A., Isaacs, D., Kesson, A., Nayda, C. (2020). What risk do aerosol-generating procedures pose to health-care workers? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(10), 1639-1640. [More Information]
Al Yazidi, L., Hameed, H., Kesson, A., Herath, A., Pandit, C., Britton, P. (2019). A 6-year-old girl with severe, focal Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(1), 107-109. [More Information]
Dotel, R., Tong, S., Bowen, A., Nelson, J., O'Sullivan, M., Campbell, A., McMullan, B., Britton, P., Francis, J., Eisen, D., et al (2019). CASSETTE-clindamycin adjunctive therapy for severe Staphylococcus aureus treatment evaluation: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 20(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Macdonald-Laurs, E., Koirala, A., Britton, P., Rawlinson, W., Hiew, C., Mcrae, J., Dale, R., Jones, C., Macartney, K., McMullan, B., et al (2019). CSF neopterin, a useful biomarker in children presenting with influenza associated encephalopathy? European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 23(1), 204-213. [More Information]
Lu, M., Saddi, V., Britton, P., Selvadurai, H., Robinson, P., Pandit, C., Marais, B., Fitzgerald, D. (2019). Disease caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in children with cystic fibrosis. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 29, 42-52. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Preisz, A., Britton, P., Kilham, H., Robinson, P., Farrow, G. (2019). Does asplenia make some immunisations obligatory? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(5), 499-501. [More Information]
Al Yazidi, L., Huynh, J., Britton, P., Morrissey, C., Lai, T., Westall, G., Selvadurai, H., Kesson, A. (2019). Endobronchial fusariosis in a child following bilateral lung transplant. Medical Mycology Case Reports, 23, 77-80. [More Information]
Cavaye, D., Roberts, D., Saravanos, G., Hsu, Z., Miyajima, R., Randall, L., Salmon, E., Tan, Y., Tucker, J., Yeoh, S., Britton, P. (2019). Evaluation of national guidelines for bronchiolitis: AGREEments and controversies. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(1), 25-31. [More Information]
Chamings, A., Druce, J., Caly, L., Yoga, Y., Britton, P., Macartney, K., Alexandersen, S. (2019). Evolutionary analysis of human parechovirus type 3 and clinical outcomes of infection during the 2017-18 Australian epidemic. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Kesson, A., Outhred, A., Britton, P. (2019). First reported case of extensively drug-resistant typhoid in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 211(6), 286-286.e1. [More Information]
Kaur, N., Britton, P., Isaacs, D., Ging, J., Campbell, D. (2019). Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to presumed congenital tuberculosis in a neonate. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(8), 988-992. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Fitzgerald, D., Pandit, C., Selvadurai, H., Robinson, P., Gunasekera, H., Britton, P. (2019). Increasing Rates of Pediatric Empyema and Disease Severity With Predominance of Serotype 3 S. pneumonia: An Australian Single-center, Retrospective Cohort 2011 to 2018. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 38(12), e320-e325. [More Information]
Oliver, J., Thielemans, E., McMinn, A., Baker, C., Britton, P., Clark, J., Marshall, H., Blyth, C., Francis, J., Buttery, J., et al (2019). Invasive group A Streptococcus disease in Australian children: 2016 to 2018- A descriptive cohort study. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Colgan, K., Anderson, J., Maycock, A., Britton, P., Mackenzie, M., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H. (2019). Latent tuberculosis may be missed by current screening practices: Analysis of interferon-gamma release assay results from a paediatric refugee clinic. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(7), 826-832. [More Information]
Khatami, A., Britton, P., Marais, B. (2019). Management of Children with Tuberculosis. Clinics in Chest Medicine, 40(4), 797-810. [More Information]
Huynh, J., Vosu, J., Marais, B., Britton, P. (2019). Multidrug-resistant tuberculous meningitis in a returned traveller. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(8), 981-984. [More Information]
Al Yazidi, L., Marais, B., Wickens, M., Palasanthiran, P., Isaacs, D., Outhred, A., McMullan, B., Britton, P. (2019). Overview of paediatric tuberculosis cases treated in the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Australia. Public Health Research and Practice, 29(2), 1-8. [More Information]
McRae, J., Quinn, H., Saravanos, G., McMinn, A., Britton, P., Wood, N., Marshall, H., Macartney, K. (2019). Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) annual report 2016: Prospective hospital-based surveillance for serious paediatric conditions. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 43, 1-15.
Chong, C., McCaskill, M., Britton, P. (2019). Pediatric travelers presenting to an Australian emergency department (2014-2015): A retrospective, cross-sectional analysis. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 31, 1-7. [More Information]
Britton, P. (2019). Variability among bronchiolitis guidelines. The Journal of Pediatrics, 218, 259-262. [More Information]
Cobbin, J., Britton, P., Burrell, R., Thosar, D., Selvakumar, K., Eden, J., Jones, C., Holmes, E. (2018). A complex mosaic of enteroviruses shapes community-acquired hand, foot and mouth disease transmission and evolution within a single hospital. Virus Evolution, 4(2), 1-11. [More Information]
Bao, J., Thorley, B., Elliott, E., McIntyre, P., Britton, P. (2018). Acute flaccid myelitis - has it gone unrecognised in Australian children? Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 43, 7. [More Information]
Britton, P., Jones, C. (2018). Central nervous system herpesvirus infections. Paediatrics and Child Health, 28(6), 270-276. [More Information]
Britton, P., Khandaker, G., Khatami, A., Teutsch, S., Francis, S., McMullan, B., Jones, C. (2018). High prevalence of developmental concern amongst infants at 12 months following hospitalised parechovirus infection. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(3), 289-295. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P., Kilham, H., Bag, S., Marks, S. (2018). How mandatory is the mandatory reporting of children at risk? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(11), 1189-1192. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P. (2018). Neonatal and infant cerebrospinal fluid parameters. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(11), 1277-1277. [More Information]
Britton, P., Jones, C., Macartney, K., Cheng, A. (2018). Parechovirus: an important emerging infection in young infants. Medical Journal of Australia, 208(8), 365-369. [More Information]
Quadir, A., Britton, P. (2018). Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as biomarkers for neonatal bacterial infection. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(6), 695-699. [More Information]
Outhred, A., Britton, P., Marais, B. (2017). Drug-Resistant tuberculosis - primary transmission and management. Journal of Infection, 74(Supplement 1), S128-S135. [More Information]
Britton, P., Dale, R., Blyth, C., Macartney, K., Crawford, N., Marshall, H., Clark, J., Elliott, E., Webster, R., Cheng, A., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2017). Influenza-associated Encephalitis/Encephalopathy Identified by the Australian Childhood Encephalitis Study 2013-2015. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 36(11), 1021-1026. [More Information]
Roediger, J., Outhred, A., Shadbolt, B., Britton, P. (2017). Paediatric staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: A single-centre retrospective cohort. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(2), 180-186. [More Information]
Britton, P., Isaacs, D. (2017). Post-discharge antibiotic treatment of complicated pneumonia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(3), 316. [More Information]
Britton, P., Bag, S., Booy, R., Sharpe, C., Owen, K., Zhao, J., Irwin, M., Jones, C. (2017). Probable epidemic Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease activity in metropolitan Sydney, 2015: combining surveillance data to cross-validate signal detection. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 41(4), E295-E307.
Britton, P., Blyth, C., Macartney, K., Dale, R., Li-Kim-Moy, J., Khandaker, G., Crawford, N., Marshall, H., Clark, J., Elliott, E., Booy, R., Jones, C., et al (2017). The Spectrum and Burden of Influenza-Associated Neurological Disease in Children: Combined Encephalitis and Influenza Sentinel Site Surveillance from Australia 2013-2015. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 65(4), 653-660. [More Information]
McMullan, B., Andresen, D., Blyth, C., Avent, M., Bowen, A., Britton, P., Clark, J., Cooper, C., Hazelton, B., Isaacs, D., et al (2016). Antibiotic duration and timing of the switch from intravenous to oral route for bacterial infections in children: systematic review and guidelines. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 16(8), e139-e152. [More Information]
Teoh, H., Mohammad, S., Britton, P., Kandula, T., Lorentzos, M., Booy, R., Jones, C., Rawlinson, W., Ramachandran, V., Rodriguez, M., Dale, R., et al (2016). Clinical Characteristics and Functional Motor Outcomes of Enterovirus 71 Neurological Disease in Children. JAMA Neurology, 73(3), 300-307. [More Information]
Britton, P., Khoury, L., Booy, R., Wood, N., Jones, C. (2016). Encephalitis in Australian children: Contemporary trends in hospitalisation. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 101(1), 51-56. [More Information]
Britton, P., Cheng, G. (2016). Enter the dragon!. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52(10), 967-967. [More Information]
Khandaker, G., Jung, J., Britton, P., King, C., Yin, K., Jones, C. (2016). Long-term outcomes of infective encephalitis in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58(11), 1108-1115. [More Information]
Britton, P., Dale, R., Nissen, M., Crawford, N., Elliott, E., Macartney, K., Khandaker, G., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2016). Parechovirus Encephalitis and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes. Pediatrics, 137(2), 1-11. [More Information]
Britton, P., Dale, R., Elliott, E., Macartney, K., Festa, M., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2016). Pilot surveillance for childhood encephalitis in Australia using the Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) network. Epidemiology and Infection, 144(10), 2117-2127. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P. (2016). Scabies control with ivermectin. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52(5), 579. [More Information]
Britton, P. (2016). Use of Procalcitonin Assays to Predict Serious Bacterial Infection in Young Febrile Infants. JAMA Pediatrics, 170(6), 622-623.
Kothur, K., Wienholt, L., Mohammad, S., Tantsis, E., Pillai, S., Britton, P., Jones, C., Angiti, R., Barnes, E., Schlub, T., Brilot-Turville, F., Dale, R., et al (2016). Utility of CSF Cytokine/Chemokines as Markers of Active Intrathecal Inflammation: Comparison of Demyelinating, Anti-NMDAR and Enteroviral Encephalitis. PloS One, 11(8), 1-19. [More Information]
Britton, P., Macartney, K., Arbuckle, S., Little, D., Kesson, A. (2015). A Rare Case of Q Fever Osteomyelitis in a Child From Regional Australia. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 4(3), 28-31. [More Information]
Britton, P., Dale, R., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2015). Acute encephalitis in children: Progress and priorities from an Australasian perspective. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(2), 147-158. [More Information]
Osowicki, J., Blyth, C., Britton, P., Clark, J., Cooper, C., Haeusler, G., McMullan, B., Bryant, P. (2015). Ahead of consensus: A paediatric antifungal prophylaxis census. Internal Medicine Journal, 45(3), 364-365. [More Information]
Osowicki, J., Gwee, A., Noronha, J., Britton, P., Isaacs, D., Lai, T., Nourse, C., Avent, M., Moriarty, P., Francis, J., et al (2015). Australia-wide point prevalence survey of antimicrobial prescribing in neonatal units: how much and how good? Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 34(8), e185-e190. [More Information]
Britton, P., Eastwood, K., Brew, B., Nagree, Y., Jones, C. (2015). Consensus guidelines for the investigation and management of encephalitis. Medical Journal of Australia, 202(11), 576-577. [More Information]
Britton, P., Eastwood, K., Paterson, B., Durrheim, D., Dale, R., Cheng, A., Kenedi, C., Brew, B., Burrow, J., Nagree, Y., Booy, R., Jones, C., et al (2015). Consensus guidelines for the investigation and management of encephalitis in adults and children in Australia and New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal, 45(5), 563-576. [More Information]
Britton, P. (2015). Does chickenpox cause childhood stroke? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(3), 350. [More Information]
Khatami, A., Outhred, A., Britton, P., Huguon, E., Lord, D., Wong, M., Charlton, A., Kesson, A., Isaacs, D. (2015). Mediastinal mass in a healthy adolescent at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia. Thorax, 70(2), 194-197. [More Information]
Ka, A., Britton, P., Troedson, C., Webster, R., Procopis, P., Ging, J., Chua, Y., Buckmaster, A., Wood, N., Jones, C., Dale, R. (2015). Mild encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion: an important differential of encephalitis. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 19(3), 377-382. [More Information]
Paxton, G., Tosif, S., Graham, H., Smith, A., Beverley, C., Standish, J., McCloskey, K., Ferguson, G., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Marais, B., Britton, P., Elliott, E., Raman, S., et al (2015). Perspective: 'The forgotten children: National inquiry into children in immigration detention (2014)'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(4), 365-368. [More Information]
Li, M., Britton, P. (2014). An expanding rash. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50(7), 572. [More Information]
Zander, A., Britton, P., Navin, T., Horsley, E., Tobin, S., McAnulty, J. (2014). An outbreak of enterovirus 71 infection in metropolitan Sydney: Enhanced surveillance and lessons learnt. Medical Journal of Australia, 201(11), 663-666. [More Information]
Osowicki, J., Gwee, A., Noronha, J., Palasanthiran, P., McMullan, B., Britton, P., Isaacs, D., Lai, T., Nourse, C., Avent, M., et al (2014). Australia-wide point prevalence survey of the use and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing for children in hospital. Medical Journal of Australia, 201(11), 657-662. [More Information]
Britton, P., Jones, C. (2014). Central nervous system herpesvirus infections. Paediatrics and Child Health, 24(6), 248-254. [More Information]
Britton, P. (2014). Eyes that see: miracles reclaimed. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50(4), 326-326. [More Information]
Britton, P., Ramanuj, P., Easton, A. (2014). Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the International Encephalitis Consortium. Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation, 13(7), 30-31.
Britton, P., Khandaker, G., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2014). The Causes and Consequences of Childhood Encephalitis in Asia. Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets, 14(2), 78-88. [More Information]
Osowicki, J., Gwee, A., Noronha, J., Palasanthiran, P., McMullan, B., Britton, P., Isaacs, D., Lai, T., Nourse, C., Avent, M., et al (2014). The impact of an infectious diseases consultation on antimicrobial prescribing. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 33(6), 669-671. [More Information]
Britton, P., Chaseling, R. (2013). Brain abscess in a recent immigrant. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(3), E176-E178. [More Information]
Britton, P., Perez-Velez, C., Marais, B. (2013). Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis in children. NSW Public Health Bulletin, 24(1), 15-21. [More Information]
Barnes, M., Britton, P., Singh-Grewal, D. (2013). Of war and sausages: a case-directed review of infant botulism. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(3), E232-E234. [More Information]
Britton, P., Andresen, D. (2013). Paediatric community-associated Staphylococcus aureus: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(9), 754-759. [More Information]
Britton, P. (2013). Pyrexia of unknown origin. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(12), 1079-1079. [More Information]
Morton, N., Britton, P., Palasanthiran, P., Bye,, A., Sugo, E., Kesson, A., Arden-Holmes, S., Snelling, T. (2013). Severe haemorrhagic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis among young children in Sydney, Australia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57(8), 1158-1161. [More Information]
Britton, P., Yeung, V., Lowbridge, C., Isaacs, D., Marais, B. (2013). Spectrum of Disease in Children Treated for Tuberculosis at a Tertiary Children's Hospital in Australia. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2(3), 224-231. [More Information]
Britton, P., Isaacs, D. (2013). What's in the Frame: The Ethics of Asylum Seeker Health Care. The American Journal of Bioethics, 13(7), 21-22. [More Information]
Britton, P., Isaacs, D. (2012). Controversies in neonatal infection. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 48(9), 721-725. [More Information]
Britton, P., Jones, C. (2012). Pertussis prophylaxis. Australian Prescriber, 35(3), 82-84. [More Information]
Britton, P., Polon, M. (2011). A case of impacted watermelon seed rectal bezoar in a 12-year-old girl. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(1-2), 68-69. [More Information]
Britton, P., Deng, L. (2011). Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of childhood Stevens Johnson syndrome. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(6), 392-395. [More Information]

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2024

Wen, S., Chambers, H., Schlapbach, L., Clark, J., Dougherty, S., Blyth, C., Britton, P., Clifford, V., Haeusler, G., McMullan, B., et al (2024). Characterization of Gram-negative Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Australian Children and Their Clinical Outcomes. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 79(3), 734-743. [More Information]
Campbell, A., Davis, J., Mahar, R., McGlothlin, A., McMullan, B., Meyer, M., Mora, J., Murthy, S., Nourse, C., Papenburg, J., Snelling, T., Britton, P., et al (2024). Whole-of-Life Inclusion in Bayesian Adaptive Platform Clinical Trials. JAMA Pediatrics. [More Information]
Campbell, A., Russell, F., Marais, B., Britton, P., Bowen, A., Blyth, C., Flanagan, K., Khatami, A., Koirala, A., Mahony, M., Williams, P., et al (2024). Widening the lens for pandemic preparedness: children must be seen and heard. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, 51, 101205. [More Information]

2023

Lau, C., Moghaddam, T., Furuya-Kanamori, L., Mills, D., Mayfield, H., Gyawali, N., Johnson, B., Lu, H., Allel, K., Britton, P., et al (2023). A decision support tool for risk–benefit analysis of Japanese encephalitis vaccine in travellers. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30(7), taad113. [More Information]
Purcell, R., Yeoh, D., Bowen, A., Britton, P., Carr, J., Chen, M., Cheung, K., Clark, J., Irwin, A., Lai, T., Williams, P., et al (2023). A multicentre, retrospective audit of fosfomycin use for urinary tract infections in Australian children and adolescents. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 78(7), 1616-1621. [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Al Abdali, K., Britton, P. (2023). Acute bacterial lymphadenitis in children: a retrospective, cross-sectional study. European Journal of Pediatrics. [More Information]
Bao, J., Nunez Miranda, C., Elliott, E., Dinsmore, N., McRae, J., Morris, A., Blyth, C., Crawford, N., Kynaston, A., Marshall, H., Britton, P., et al (2023). Acute Flaccid Paralysis in Australian Children from 2007 to 2017. Neuroepidemiology, 57(1), 25-34. [More Information]
Teutsch, S., Berkhout, A., Raynes-Greenow, C., Zurynski, Y., Britton, P., Jones, C. (2023). Characteristics of neonatal herpes simplex central nervous system disease in Australia (1997–2020). Journal Of Clinical Virology, 165, 105526. [More Information]
Williams, P., Howard-Jones, A., Butters, C., Koirala, A., Britton, P., Duguid, R., Wijeratne, P., Johnson, N., Jayasinghe, S. (2023). Clinical and Epidemiologic Profile of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Australian Children Following the Relaxation of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions Against SARS-COV-2. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 42(9), E341-E342. [More Information]
Otto, M., Britton, P., Serpa Neto, A., Erickson, S., Festa, M., Crawford, N., Burrell, A., Udy, A. (2023). COVID-19 related ICU admissions in paediatric and young adult patients in Australia: a national case series 2020–2022. The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific. [More Information]
Cole, E., Boast, A., Yiu, E., Kornberg, A., Jadhav, T., Mignone, C., Abo, Y., Britton, P., Osowicki, J., MacDonald-Laurs, E. (2023). Geographic Expansion of Japanese Encephalitis Virus to Australia: Neuroinflammatory Sequelae and Consideration of Immunomodulation. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 42(5), e173-e176. [More Information]
Gandham, S., Gunasekera, H., Isaacs, D., Maycock, A., Britton, P. (2023). High Prevalence of Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress in Children of Refugee and Asylum Seeker Background. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 21(1), 71-80. [More Information]
Pillay, A., Moran, L., Jadhav, A., Sterling, K., Lai, C., Vitagliano, T., Aggarwal, A., Catchpoole, D., Wood, N., Giang Phan, T., Nanan, R., Britton, P., Brilot-Turville, F., Burrell, R., et al (2023). Infection and Vaccine Induced Spike Antibody Responses Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern in COVID-19-Naïve Children and Adults. Journal of Clinical Immunology, 43(8), 1706-1723. [More Information]
Zhu, Y., Almeida, F., Baillie, J., Bowen, A., Britton, P., Brizuela, M., Buonsenso, D., Burgner, D., Chew, K., Chokephaibulkit, K., et al (2023). International Pediatric COVID-19 Severity over the Course of the Pandemic. JAMA Pediatrics, 177(10), 1073-1084. [More Information]
McGuinness, S., Muhi, S., Britton, P., Leder, K. (2023). Japanese Encephalitis: Emergence in Australia. Current Infectious Disease Reports, 25(6), 111-122. [More Information]
Cardenas-Brown, C., Lucas, R., Buttery, J., Britton, P., Wood, N., Singh-Grewal, D., Burgner, D. (2023). Live vaccines following intravenous immunoglobulin for Kawasaki disease: Are we vaccinating appropriately? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 59(11), 1217-1222. [More Information]
Vosu, J., Britton, P. (2023). Managing COVID-19 in children. Medicine Today, 24(6), 45-50.
Al Yazidi, L., Britton, P., Gilroy, N., Lai, T., Kesson, A. (2023). Post-Natal Anti-Retroviral Prophylaxis for Neonates Born to Mothers Living with Resistant HIV Infection. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(3), 405-410. [More Information]
Joshua Posen, H., Wong, W., Farrar, D., Campigotto, A., Chan, T., Barker, K., Hagmann, S., Ryan, E., LaRocque, R., Earl, A., et al (2023). Travel-associated extensively drug-resistant typhoid fever: a case series to inform management in non-endemic regions. Journal of Travel Medicine, 30(1). [More Information]
Burrell, R., Saravanos, G., Britton, P. (2023). Unintended impacts of COVID-19 on the epidemiology and burden of paediatric respiratory infections. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews. [More Information]

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2022

Stelzer-Braid, S., Yeang, M., Britton, P., Kim, K., Varadhan, H., Andrews, P., Briest, R., Branley, J., Balgahom, R., Burrell, R., Kesson, A., Van Hal, S., et al (2022). Circulation of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) causing respiratory illness in New South Wales, Australia, between August 2018 and November 2019. Pathology, 54(6), 784-789. [More Information]
Campbell, A., Dotel, R., Braddick, M., Britton, P., Eisen, D., Francis, J., Lynar, S., McMullan, B., Meagher, N., Nelson, J., O'Sullivan, M., et al (2022). Clindamycin adjunctive therapy for severe Staphylococcus aureus treatment evaluation (CASSETTE) - An open-labelled pilot randomized controlled trial. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy-AMR, 4(1). [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Burgner, D., Crawford, N., Goeman, E., Gray, P., Hsu, P., Kuek, S., McMullan, B., Tosif, S., Wurzel, D., Koirala, A., Sharma, K., Britton, P., et al (2022). COVID-19 in children. II: Pathogenesis, disease spectrum and management. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(1), 46-53. [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Bowen, A., Danchin, M., Koirala, A., Sharma, K., Yeoh, D., Burgner, D., Crawford, N., Goeman, E., Gray, P., Hsu, P., Britton, P., et al (2022). COVID-19 in children: I. Epidemiology, prevention and indirect impacts. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(1), 39-45. [More Information]
Williams, P., Koirala, A., Saravanos, G., Lopez, L., Glover, C., Sharma, K., Williams, T., Carey, E., Shaw, N., Dickens, E., Macartney, K., Wood, N., Britton, P., et al (2022). COVID-19 in New South Wales children during 2021: severity and clinical spectrum. Medical Journal of Australia, 217(6), 303-310. [More Information]
Kermond, R., Cavazzoni, E., Kilo, T., Britton, P., Durkan, A. (2022). COVID-19-associated rhabdomyolysis in a paediatric patient with sickle cell trait. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(9), 1664-1665. [More Information]
Li, C., Burrell, R., Dale, R., Kesson, A., Blyth, C., Clark, J., Crawford, N., Jones, C., Britton, P., Holmes, E. (2022). Diagnosis and analysis of unexplained cases of childhood encephalitis in Australia using metatranscriptomic sequencing. Journal of General Virology, 103(4). [More Information]
Smithers-Sheedy, H., Swinburn, K., Waight, E., King, R., Hui, L., Jones, C., Daly, K., Rawlinson, W., McIntyre, S., Webb, A., Badawi, N., Britton, P., Shand, A., et al (2022). eLearning significantly improves maternity professionals’ knowledge of the congenital cytomegalovirus prevention guidelines. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 62(3), 445-452. [More Information]
Berkhout, A., Kapoor, V., Heney, C., Jones, C., Clark, J., Britton, P., Vaska, V., Lai, M., Nourse, C. (2022). Epidemiology and long-term neurological sequelae of childhood herpes simplex CNS infection. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(8), 1372-1378. [More Information]
Al Abdali, K., Britton, P., Howard-Jones, A., Kesson, A., Marais, B. (2022). Intra-thoracic tuberculosis lymphadenitis in a child with rheumatic heart disease. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(5), 918-920. [More Information]
Rajandran, M., Sharma, H., Gupta, V., Bhurawala, H., Britton, P. (2022). Kawasaki disease without fever: A rare case in a 3-month old. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(5), 894-895. [More Information]
Rajkumar, A., Britton, P. (2022). Kerion: a great mimicker. Medical Journal of Australia, 216(11), 563-567. [More Information]
Mohan, N., Singhal, N., Stormon, M., Britton, P., Liava'a, M., Moynihan, K. (2022). Life-threatening acute liver failure and myocarditis needing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: Could it be therapeutic misadventure with paracetamol? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(8), 1475-1478. [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Britton, P., Webster, R., Ayer, J., Khatami, A. (2022). Mild encephalitis/encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion in association with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(5), 913-917. [More Information]
Gulholm, T., Yeang, M., Nguyen, I., Andrews, P., Balgahom, R., Beresford, R., Branley, J., Briest, R., Britton, P., Burrell, R., Kesson, A., et al (2022). Molecular typing of enteroviruses: comparing 5'UTR, VP1 and whole genome sequencing methods. Pathology, 54(6), 779-783. [More Information]
Lim, N., Festa, M., Lade, S., Britton, P. (2022). Multiple Complications of Typhoid in a Returned Child Traveler. Clinical Pediatrics, 61(11), 741-744. [More Information]
Eden, J., Sikazwe, C., Xie, R., Deng, Y., Sullivan, S., Michie, A., Levy, A., Cutmore, E., Blyth, C., Britton, P., Dwyer, D., Horsburgh, B., Tulloch, R., Holmes, E., et al (2022). Off-season RSV epidemics in Australia after easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Nature Communications, 13(2884). [More Information]
Babu, I., Howard-Jones, A., Goetti, R., Menezes, M., Arbuckle, S., Britton, P. (2022). Paediatric neurocysticercosis in high income countries: Neurocysticercosis in high income countries. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 39, 88-95. [More Information]
Gunaratna, G., Howard-Jones, A., Marais, B., Britton, P. (2022). Paradoxical lymph node reaction during treatment of scalp tuberculosis. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 58(4), 710-712. [More Information]
Campbell, A., Al Yazidi, L., Phuong, L., Leung, C., Best, E., Webb, R., Voss, L., Athan, E., Britton, P., Bryant, P., et al (2022). Pediatric Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Clinical Spectrum and Predictors of Poor Outcome. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74(4), 604-613. [More Information]
Gunaratna, G., Mohammad, S., Blyth, C., Clark, J., Crawford, N., Marshall, H., Dale, R., Jones, C., Britton, P. (2022). Postinfectious Acute Cerebellar Syndromes in Children: A Nationally Ascertained Case Series From Australia 2013–2018. Journal of Child Neurology, 37(7), 617-623. [More Information]
Saravanos, G., Hsu, P., Isaacs, D., Macartney, K., Wood, N., Britton, P. (2022). Respiratory Syncytial Virus-attributable Deaths in a Major Pediatric Hospital in New South Wales, Australia, 1998-2018. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 41(3), 186-191. [More Information]
Saravanos, G., Hu, N., Homaira, N., Muscatello, D., Jaffe, A., Bartlett, A., Wood, N., Rawlinson, W., Kesson, A., Lingam, R., Britton, P. (2022). RSV Epidemiology in Australia Before and During COVID-19. Pediatrics, 149(2), e2021053537. [More Information]
Donnelley, E., Teutsch, S., Zurynski, Y., Nunez Miranda, C., Khandaker, G., Lester-Smith, D., Festa, M., Booy, R., Elliott, E., Britton, P. (2022). Severe Influenza-Associated Neurological Disease in Australian Children: Seasonal Population-Based Surveillance 2008-2018. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 11(12), 533-540. [More Information]
Chee, E., Huang, K., Haggie, S., Britton, P. (2022). Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines on the management of community acquired pneumonia in children. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 42, 59-68. [More Information]
Smithers-Sheedy, H., Khandaker, G., Raynes-Greenow, C., Flack, L., Britton, P., McIntyre, S., Badawi, N., Burgner, D., Galea, C., Jones, C. (2022). The long-term burden of congenital cytomegalovirus: Hospitalisation and mortality in a population-based matched cohort study. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 37, 82-86. [More Information]
Walker, L., Thorley, B., Morris, A., Elliott, E., Saul, N., Britton, P. (2022). Using the Acute Flaccid Paralysis Surveillance System to Identify Cases of Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Australia, 2000-2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 28(1), 20-28. [More Information]
Campbell, A., Mowlaboccus, S., Coombs, G., Daley, D., Al Yazidi, L., Phuong, L., Leung, C., Best, E., Webb, R., Voss, L., Britton, P., et al (2022). Whole genome sequencing and molecular epidemiology of paediatric Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 29, 197-206. [More Information]

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2021

Burrell, R., Jones, C., Britton, P. (2021). Altered Behavior in Encephalitis: Insights From the Australian Childhood Encephalitis Study, 2013–2018. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9, 667719. [More Information]
Khatami, A., Lin, R., Petrovic Fabijan, A., Alkalay-Oren, S., Almuzam, S., Britton, P., Brownstein, M., Dao, Q., Fackler, J., Hazan, R., Iredell, J., et al (2021). Bacterial lysis, autophagy and innate immune responses during adjunctive phage therapy in a child. EMBO Molecular Medicine, 13(9), e13936-1-e13936-9. [More Information]
Britton, P., Koirala, A., Wood, N., Macartney, K. (2021). COVID-19, children and schools: overlooked and at risk. Medical Journal of Australia, 214(4), 189-1.89E+03. [More Information]
Annand, E., High, H., Wong, F., Phommachanh, P., Chanthavisouk, C., Happold, J., Dhingra, M., Eagles, D., Britton, P., Alders, R. (2021). Detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Sekong Province Lao PDR 2018 - Potential for improved surveillance and management in endemic regions. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 68(1), 168-182. [More Information]
Williams, P., Bartlett, A., Howard-Jones, A., McMullan, B., Khatami, A., Britton, P., Marais, B. (2021). Impact of climate change and biodiversity collapse on the global emergence and spread of infectious diseases. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57(11), 1811-1818. [More Information]
Kerr, J., Macartney, K., Britton, P. (2021). Influenza-associated myositis: a single-centre, 5-year retrospective study. European Journal of Pediatrics, 180(2), 577-584. [More Information]
Dale, R., Mohammad, S., Britton, P. (2021). Neuroinflammation triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection: syndromes and therapies. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 5(9), 607-609. [More Information]
Wurzel, D., McMinn, A., Hoq, M., Blyth, C., Burgner, D., Tosif, S., Buttery, J., Carr, J., Clark, J., Cheng, A., Singh-Grewal, D., Wood, N., Macartney, K., Britton, P., et al (2021). Prospective characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 infections among children presenting to tertiary paediatric hospitals across Australia in 2020: A national cohort study. BMJ Open, 11(11), e054510. [More Information]
Jaure, A., Sorrell, T., Black, A., Caillaud, C., Chrzanowski, W., Li, E., Martinez-Martin, D., McEwan, A., Wang, R., Motion, A., Casas Bedoya, A., Huang, J., Azizi, L., Eggleton, B., Andersen, T., Baillie, A., Barratt, A., Boehm, C., Britton, P., Chadban, S., Chow, C., Fleming, S., Fox, G., Gordon, L., Baillie, A., Howell, M., Hickie, I., Hunt, N., Iredell, J., Jin, C., Kairaitis, K., Kavehei, O., Kritharides, L., Leon-Saval, S., Lindley, R., Maguire, S., McCluskey, M., McKay, N., Mifsud, G., Palomba, S., Pettigrew, A., Postnova, S., Prinable, J., Rabeau, J., Rees, M., Richmond, K., Scholes-Robertson, N., Seppelt, I., Shaw, T., Sintchenko, V., Snelling, T., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Tovey, E., Tuniz, A., Varamini, P., Wang, A., Wang, K., Wise, S., Zoellner, H., et al (2021). Research priorities for COVID-19 sensor technology. Nature Biotechnology, 39(2), 144-153. [More Information]
Saravanos, G., Ramos, I., Britton, P., Wood, N. (2021). Respiratory syncytial virus subtype circulation and associated disease severity at an Australian paediatric referral hospital, 2014–2018. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57(8), 1190-1195. [More Information]
Saravanos, G., King, C., Deng, L., Dinsmore, N., Ramos, I., Takashima, M., Crawford, N., Clark, J., Dale, R., Jones, C., Wood, N., Britton, P. (2021). Respiratory Syncytial Virus–Associated Neurologic Complications in Children: A Systematic Review and Aggregated Case Series. The Journal of Pediatrics, 239, 39-49.e9. [More Information]
Shan, J., Britton, P., King, C., Booy, R. (2021). The immunogenicity and safety of respiratory syncytial virus vaccines in development: A systematic review. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 15(4), 539-551. [More Information]
Sharma, K., Koirala, A., Nicolopoulos, K., Chiu, C., Wood, N., Britton, P. (2021). Vaccines for COVID-19: Where do we stand in 2021? Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 39, 22-31. [More Information]

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2020

Deng, L., Mazzocato, P., Saravanos, G., Leder, K., Britton, P. (2020). A high proportion of interseasonal childhood influenza cases in 2019 were travel related. Public Health Research and Practice, 30(2), e3022012. [More Information]
Britton, P., Dale, R., Blyth, C., Clark, J., Crawford, N., Marshall, H., Elliott, E., Macartney, K., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2020). Causes and Clinical Features of Childhood Encephalitis: A Multicenter, Prospective Cohort Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(12), 2517-2526. [More Information]
Thielemans, E., Oliver, J., McMinn, A., Baker, C., Britton, P., Clark, J., Marshall, H., Blyth, C., Francis, J., Buttery, J., et al (2020). Clinical Description and Outcomes of Australian Children With Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(5), 379-384. [More Information]
Britton, P., Hu, N., Saravanos, G., Shrapnel, J., Davis, J., Snelling, T., Dalby-Payne, J., Kesson, A., Wood, N., Macartney, K., McCullagh, C., et al (2020). COVID-19 public health measures and respiratory syncytial virus. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 4(11), e42-e43. [More Information]
Al Yazidi, L., Outhred, A., Britton, P., Kesson, A. (2020). Culture-proven Bloodstream Infections at a Specialist Pediatric Hospital. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(6), 500-506. [More Information]
Gunaratna, G., Dempsey, S., Ho, C., Britton, P. (2020). DIAGNOSIS OF ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS INFESTATIONS. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(12), 1994. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P., Howard-Jones, A., Kesson, A., Khatami, A., Marais, B., Nayda, C., Outhred, A. (2020). Do facemasks protect against COVID-19? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(6), 976-977. [More Information]
Britton, P., Walker, K., McMullan, B., Galea, C., Burrell, R., Morgan, B., Honan, I., Teutsch, S., Smithers-Sheedy, H., Fairbairn, N., Jones, C., et al (2020). Early Life Parechovirus Infection Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 3 Years: A Cohort Study. The Journal of Pediatrics, 219, 111-1170. [More Information]
Britton, P., Jones, C. (2020). Early life parechovirus infection: a timely review but many questions remain. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 4(8), 559-560. [More Information]
Khatami, A., Burrell, R., McMullan, B., Rawlinson, W., Givney, R., Kok, J., Alexandersen, S., Jones, C., Macartney, K., Britton, P. (2020). Epidemic and Inter-epidemic Burden of Pediatric Human Parechovirus Infection in New South Wales, Australia, 2017-2018. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39(6), 507-511. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P., Preisz, A. (2020). Ethical reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic: The epidemiology of panic. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(5), 690-691. [More Information]
Vosu, J., Britton, P., Howard-Jones, A., Isaacs, D., Kesson, A., Khatami, A., Marais, B., Nayda, C., Outhred, A. (2020). Is the risk of ibuprofen or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs increased in COVID-19? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(10), 1645-1646. [More Information]
Britton, P., Nayda, C., Leung, K., Colclough, A., Shaw, N., Kesson, A. (2020). Letter to the Editor. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(10), 1658-1659. [More Information]
Khatami, A., Britton, P., Farrow, G., Phelps, M., Kakakios, A. (2020). Meningitis and the military: the remarkable story of the first use of penicillin in Australia (1943). Medical Journal of Australia, 213(11), 508-510.e1. [More Information]
Stelzer-Braid, S., Wynn, M., Chatoor, R., Scotch, M., Ramachandran, V., Teoh, H., Farrar, M., Sampaio, H., Andrews, P., Craig, M., Britton, P., et al (2020). Next generation sequencing of human enterovirus strains from an outbreak of enterovirus A71 shows applicability to outbreak investigations. Journal Of Clinical Virology, 122, 104216. [More Information]
McRae, J., Quinn, H., Saravanos, G., Carlson, S., Britton, P., Crawford, N., Wood, N., Marshall, H., Macartney, K. (2020). Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) 2017 and 2018: Prospective hospital-based surveillance for serious paediatric conditions. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 44. [More Information]
Bao, J., Thorley, B., Isaacs, D., Dinsmore, N., Elliott, E., McIntyre, P., Britton, P. (2020). Polio – The old foe and new challenges: An update for clinicians. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(10), 1527-1532. [More Information]
Al Yazidi, L., Britton, P., Kesson, A. (2020). POLYMICROBIAL BACTEREMIA SECONDARY TO FABRICATED OR INDUCED ILLNESS IN A CHILD BY A CARER. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(10), 1660-1661. [More Information]
Britton, P., Marais, B. (2020). Questions raised by COVID-19 case descriptions. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(4), 652. [More Information]
Williams, P., Howard-Jones, A., Hsu, P., Palasanthiran, P., Gray, P., McMullan, B., Britton, P., Bartlett, A. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 in children: spectrum of disease, transmission and immunopathological underpinnings. Pathology, 52(7), 801-808. [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Almuzam, S., Britton, P., Isaacs, D., Kesson, A., Khatami, A., Marais, B., Nayda, C., Outhred, A., Yuso, J. (2020). Should I be worried about carrying the virus that causes COVID-19 home on my clothes? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(6), 980. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P., Howard-Jones, A., Kesson, A., Khatami, A., Marais, B., Nayda, C., Outhred, A. (2020). To what extent do children transmit SARS-CoV-2 virus? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(6), 978-979. [More Information]
Singh-Grewal, D., Lucas, R., McCarthy, K., Cheng, A., Wood, N., Ostring, G., Britton, P., Crawford, N., Burgner, D. (2020). Update on the COVID-19-associated inflammatory syndrome in children and adolescents; paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome-temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(8), 1173-1177. [More Information]
Koirala, A., Joo, Y., Khatami, A., Chiu, C., Britton, P. (2020). Vaccines for COVID-19: The current state of play. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 35, 43-49. [More Information]
Ross, K., Almuzam, S., Britton, P., Howard-Jones, A., Isaacs, D., Kesson, A., Nayda, C. (2020). What risk do aerosol-generating procedures pose to health-care workers? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 56(10), 1639-1640. [More Information]

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2019

Al Yazidi, L., Hameed, H., Kesson, A., Herath, A., Pandit, C., Britton, P. (2019). A 6-year-old girl with severe, focal Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(1), 107-109. [More Information]
Dotel, R., Tong, S., Bowen, A., Nelson, J., O'Sullivan, M., Campbell, A., McMullan, B., Britton, P., Francis, J., Eisen, D., et al (2019). CASSETTE-clindamycin adjunctive therapy for severe Staphylococcus aureus treatment evaluation: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 20(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Macdonald-Laurs, E., Koirala, A., Britton, P., Rawlinson, W., Hiew, C., Mcrae, J., Dale, R., Jones, C., Macartney, K., McMullan, B., et al (2019). CSF neopterin, a useful biomarker in children presenting with influenza associated encephalopathy? European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 23(1), 204-213. [More Information]
Lu, M., Saddi, V., Britton, P., Selvadurai, H., Robinson, P., Pandit, C., Marais, B., Fitzgerald, D. (2019). Disease caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in children with cystic fibrosis. Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 29, 42-52. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Preisz, A., Britton, P., Kilham, H., Robinson, P., Farrow, G. (2019). Does asplenia make some immunisations obligatory? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(5), 499-501. [More Information]
Al Yazidi, L., Huynh, J., Britton, P., Morrissey, C., Lai, T., Westall, G., Selvadurai, H., Kesson, A. (2019). Endobronchial fusariosis in a child following bilateral lung transplant. Medical Mycology Case Reports, 23, 77-80. [More Information]
Cavaye, D., Roberts, D., Saravanos, G., Hsu, Z., Miyajima, R., Randall, L., Salmon, E., Tan, Y., Tucker, J., Yeoh, S., Britton, P. (2019). Evaluation of national guidelines for bronchiolitis: AGREEments and controversies. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(1), 25-31. [More Information]
Chamings, A., Druce, J., Caly, L., Yoga, Y., Britton, P., Macartney, K., Alexandersen, S. (2019). Evolutionary analysis of human parechovirus type 3 and clinical outcomes of infection during the 2017-18 Australian epidemic. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-9. [More Information]
Howard-Jones, A., Kesson, A., Outhred, A., Britton, P. (2019). First reported case of extensively drug-resistant typhoid in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 211(6), 286-286.e1. [More Information]
Kaur, N., Britton, P., Isaacs, D., Ging, J., Campbell, D. (2019). Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to presumed congenital tuberculosis in a neonate. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(8), 988-992. [More Information]
Haggie, S., Fitzgerald, D., Pandit, C., Selvadurai, H., Robinson, P., Gunasekera, H., Britton, P. (2019). Increasing Rates of Pediatric Empyema and Disease Severity With Predominance of Serotype 3 S. pneumonia: An Australian Single-center, Retrospective Cohort 2011 to 2018. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 38(12), e320-e325. [More Information]
Oliver, J., Thielemans, E., McMinn, A., Baker, C., Britton, P., Clark, J., Marshall, H., Blyth, C., Francis, J., Buttery, J., et al (2019). Invasive group A Streptococcus disease in Australian children: 2016 to 2018- A descriptive cohort study. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Colgan, K., Anderson, J., Maycock, A., Britton, P., Mackenzie, M., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H. (2019). Latent tuberculosis may be missed by current screening practices: Analysis of interferon-gamma release assay results from a paediatric refugee clinic. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(7), 826-832. [More Information]
Khatami, A., Britton, P., Marais, B. (2019). Management of Children with Tuberculosis. Clinics in Chest Medicine, 40(4), 797-810. [More Information]
Huynh, J., Vosu, J., Marais, B., Britton, P. (2019). Multidrug-resistant tuberculous meningitis in a returned traveller. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 55(8), 981-984. [More Information]
Al Yazidi, L., Marais, B., Wickens, M., Palasanthiran, P., Isaacs, D., Outhred, A., McMullan, B., Britton, P. (2019). Overview of paediatric tuberculosis cases treated in the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Australia. Public Health Research and Practice, 29(2), 1-8. [More Information]
McRae, J., Quinn, H., Saravanos, G., McMinn, A., Britton, P., Wood, N., Marshall, H., Macartney, K. (2019). Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) annual report 2016: Prospective hospital-based surveillance for serious paediatric conditions. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 43, 1-15.
Chong, C., McCaskill, M., Britton, P. (2019). Pediatric travelers presenting to an Australian emergency department (2014-2015): A retrospective, cross-sectional analysis. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 31, 1-7. [More Information]
Britton, P. (2019). Variability among bronchiolitis guidelines. The Journal of Pediatrics, 218, 259-262. [More Information]

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2018

Cobbin, J., Britton, P., Burrell, R., Thosar, D., Selvakumar, K., Eden, J., Jones, C., Holmes, E. (2018). A complex mosaic of enteroviruses shapes community-acquired hand, foot and mouth disease transmission and evolution within a single hospital. Virus Evolution, 4(2), 1-11. [More Information]
Bao, J., Thorley, B., Elliott, E., McIntyre, P., Britton, P. (2018). Acute flaccid myelitis - has it gone unrecognised in Australian children? Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 43, 7. [More Information]
Britton, P., Jones, C. (2018). Central nervous system herpesvirus infections. Paediatrics and Child Health, 28(6), 270-276. [More Information]
Britton, P., Khandaker, G., Khatami, A., Teutsch, S., Francis, S., McMullan, B., Jones, C. (2018). High prevalence of developmental concern amongst infants at 12 months following hospitalised parechovirus infection. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(3), 289-295. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P., Kilham, H., Bag, S., Marks, S. (2018). How mandatory is the mandatory reporting of children at risk? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(11), 1189-1192. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P. (2018). Neonatal and infant cerebrospinal fluid parameters. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(11), 1277-1277. [More Information]
Britton, P., Jones, C., Macartney, K., Cheng, A. (2018). Parechovirus: an important emerging infection in young infants. Medical Journal of Australia, 208(8), 365-369. [More Information]
Quadir, A., Britton, P. (2018). Procalcitonin and C-reactive protein as biomarkers for neonatal bacterial infection. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 54(6), 695-699. [More Information]

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2017

Outhred, A., Britton, P., Marais, B. (2017). Drug-Resistant tuberculosis - primary transmission and management. Journal of Infection, 74(Supplement 1), S128-S135. [More Information]
Britton, P., Dale, R., Blyth, C., Macartney, K., Crawford, N., Marshall, H., Clark, J., Elliott, E., Webster, R., Cheng, A., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2017). Influenza-associated Encephalitis/Encephalopathy Identified by the Australian Childhood Encephalitis Study 2013-2015. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 36(11), 1021-1026. [More Information]
Roediger, J., Outhred, A., Shadbolt, B., Britton, P. (2017). Paediatric staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: A single-centre retrospective cohort. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(2), 180-186. [More Information]
Britton, P., Isaacs, D. (2017). Post-discharge antibiotic treatment of complicated pneumonia. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 53(3), 316. [More Information]
Britton, P., Bag, S., Booy, R., Sharpe, C., Owen, K., Zhao, J., Irwin, M., Jones, C. (2017). Probable epidemic Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease activity in metropolitan Sydney, 2015: combining surveillance data to cross-validate signal detection. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 41(4), E295-E307.
Britton, P., Blyth, C., Macartney, K., Dale, R., Li-Kim-Moy, J., Khandaker, G., Crawford, N., Marshall, H., Clark, J., Elliott, E., Booy, R., Jones, C., et al (2017). The Spectrum and Burden of Influenza-Associated Neurological Disease in Children: Combined Encephalitis and Influenza Sentinel Site Surveillance from Australia 2013-2015. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 65(4), 653-660. [More Information]

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2016

McMullan, B., Andresen, D., Blyth, C., Avent, M., Bowen, A., Britton, P., Clark, J., Cooper, C., Hazelton, B., Isaacs, D., et al (2016). Antibiotic duration and timing of the switch from intravenous to oral route for bacterial infections in children: systematic review and guidelines. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 16(8), e139-e152. [More Information]
Teoh, H., Mohammad, S., Britton, P., Kandula, T., Lorentzos, M., Booy, R., Jones, C., Rawlinson, W., Ramachandran, V., Rodriguez, M., Dale, R., et al (2016). Clinical Characteristics and Functional Motor Outcomes of Enterovirus 71 Neurological Disease in Children. JAMA Neurology, 73(3), 300-307. [More Information]
Britton, P., Khoury, L., Booy, R., Wood, N., Jones, C. (2016). Encephalitis in Australian children: Contemporary trends in hospitalisation. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 101(1), 51-56. [More Information]
Britton, P., Cheng, G. (2016). Enter the dragon!. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52(10), 967-967. [More Information]
Khandaker, G., Jung, J., Britton, P., King, C., Yin, K., Jones, C. (2016). Long-term outcomes of infective encephalitis in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 58(11), 1108-1115. [More Information]
Britton, P., Dale, R., Nissen, M., Crawford, N., Elliott, E., Macartney, K., Khandaker, G., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2016). Parechovirus Encephalitis and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes. Pediatrics, 137(2), 1-11. [More Information]
Britton, P., Dale, R., Elliott, E., Macartney, K., Festa, M., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2016). Pilot surveillance for childhood encephalitis in Australia using the Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) network. Epidemiology and Infection, 144(10), 2117-2127. [More Information]
Isaacs, D., Britton, P. (2016). Scabies control with ivermectin. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52(5), 579. [More Information]
Britton, P. (2016). Use of Procalcitonin Assays to Predict Serious Bacterial Infection in Young Febrile Infants. JAMA Pediatrics, 170(6), 622-623.
Kothur, K., Wienholt, L., Mohammad, S., Tantsis, E., Pillai, S., Britton, P., Jones, C., Angiti, R., Barnes, E., Schlub, T., Brilot-Turville, F., Dale, R., et al (2016). Utility of CSF Cytokine/Chemokines as Markers of Active Intrathecal Inflammation: Comparison of Demyelinating, Anti-NMDAR and Enteroviral Encephalitis. PloS One, 11(8), 1-19. [More Information]

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2015

Britton, P., Macartney, K., Arbuckle, S., Little, D., Kesson, A. (2015). A Rare Case of Q Fever Osteomyelitis in a Child From Regional Australia. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 4(3), 28-31. [More Information]
Britton, P., Dale, R., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2015). Acute encephalitis in children: Progress and priorities from an Australasian perspective. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(2), 147-158. [More Information]
Osowicki, J., Blyth, C., Britton, P., Clark, J., Cooper, C., Haeusler, G., McMullan, B., Bryant, P. (2015). Ahead of consensus: A paediatric antifungal prophylaxis census. Internal Medicine Journal, 45(3), 364-365. [More Information]
Osowicki, J., Gwee, A., Noronha, J., Britton, P., Isaacs, D., Lai, T., Nourse, C., Avent, M., Moriarty, P., Francis, J., et al (2015). Australia-wide point prevalence survey of antimicrobial prescribing in neonatal units: how much and how good? Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 34(8), e185-e190. [More Information]
Britton, P., Eastwood, K., Brew, B., Nagree, Y., Jones, C. (2015). Consensus guidelines for the investigation and management of encephalitis. Medical Journal of Australia, 202(11), 576-577. [More Information]
Britton, P., Eastwood, K., Paterson, B., Durrheim, D., Dale, R., Cheng, A., Kenedi, C., Brew, B., Burrow, J., Nagree, Y., Booy, R., Jones, C., et al (2015). Consensus guidelines for the investigation and management of encephalitis in adults and children in Australia and New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal, 45(5), 563-576. [More Information]
Britton, P. (2015). Does chickenpox cause childhood stroke? Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(3), 350. [More Information]
Khatami, A., Outhred, A., Britton, P., Huguon, E., Lord, D., Wong, M., Charlton, A., Kesson, A., Isaacs, D. (2015). Mediastinal mass in a healthy adolescent at The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Australia. Thorax, 70(2), 194-197. [More Information]
Ka, A., Britton, P., Troedson, C., Webster, R., Procopis, P., Ging, J., Chua, Y., Buckmaster, A., Wood, N., Jones, C., Dale, R. (2015). Mild encephalopathy with reversible splenial lesion: an important differential of encephalitis. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 19(3), 377-382. [More Information]
Paxton, G., Tosif, S., Graham, H., Smith, A., Beverley, C., Standish, J., McCloskey, K., Ferguson, G., Isaacs, D., Gunasekera, H., Marais, B., Britton, P., Elliott, E., Raman, S., et al (2015). Perspective: 'The forgotten children: National inquiry into children in immigration detention (2014)'. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(4), 365-368. [More Information]

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2014

Li, M., Britton, P. (2014). An expanding rash. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50(7), 572. [More Information]
Zander, A., Britton, P., Navin, T., Horsley, E., Tobin, S., McAnulty, J. (2014). An outbreak of enterovirus 71 infection in metropolitan Sydney: Enhanced surveillance and lessons learnt. Medical Journal of Australia, 201(11), 663-666. [More Information]
Osowicki, J., Gwee, A., Noronha, J., Palasanthiran, P., McMullan, B., Britton, P., Isaacs, D., Lai, T., Nourse, C., Avent, M., et al (2014). Australia-wide point prevalence survey of the use and appropriateness of antimicrobial prescribing for children in hospital. Medical Journal of Australia, 201(11), 657-662. [More Information]
Britton, P., Jones, C. (2014). Central nervous system herpesvirus infections. Paediatrics and Child Health, 24(6), 248-254. [More Information]
Britton, P. (2014). Eyes that see: miracles reclaimed. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 50(4), 326-326. [More Information]
Britton, P., Ramanuj, P., Easton, A. (2014). Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the International Encephalitis Consortium. Advances in Clinical Neuroscience & Rehabilitation, 13(7), 30-31.
Britton, P., Khandaker, G., Booy, R., Jones, C. (2014). The Causes and Consequences of Childhood Encephalitis in Asia. Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets, 14(2), 78-88. [More Information]
Osowicki, J., Gwee, A., Noronha, J., Palasanthiran, P., McMullan, B., Britton, P., Isaacs, D., Lai, T., Nourse, C., Avent, M., et al (2014). The impact of an infectious diseases consultation on antimicrobial prescribing. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 33(6), 669-671. [More Information]

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2013

Britton, P., Chaseling, R. (2013). Brain abscess in a recent immigrant. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(3), E176-E178. [More Information]
Britton, P., Perez-Velez, C., Marais, B. (2013). Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis in children. NSW Public Health Bulletin, 24(1), 15-21. [More Information]
Barnes, M., Britton, P., Singh-Grewal, D. (2013). Of war and sausages: a case-directed review of infant botulism. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(3), E232-E234. [More Information]
Britton, P., Andresen, D. (2013). Paediatric community-associated Staphylococcus aureus: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(9), 754-759. [More Information]
Britton, P. (2013). Pyrexia of unknown origin. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(12), 1079-1079. [More Information]
Morton, N., Britton, P., Palasanthiran, P., Bye,, A., Sugo, E., Kesson, A., Arden-Holmes, S., Snelling, T. (2013). Severe haemorrhagic meningoencephalitis due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis among young children in Sydney, Australia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57(8), 1158-1161. [More Information]
Britton, P., Yeung, V., Lowbridge, C., Isaacs, D., Marais, B. (2013). Spectrum of Disease in Children Treated for Tuberculosis at a Tertiary Children's Hospital in Australia. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2(3), 224-231. [More Information]
Britton, P., Isaacs, D. (2013). What's in the Frame: The Ethics of Asylum Seeker Health Care. The American Journal of Bioethics, 13(7), 21-22. [More Information]

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2012

Britton, P., Isaacs, D. (2012). Controversies in neonatal infection. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 48(9), 721-725. [More Information]
Britton, P., Jones, C. (2012). Pertussis prophylaxis. Australian Prescriber, 35(3), 82-84. [More Information]

2011

Britton, P., Polon, M. (2011). A case of impacted watermelon seed rectal bezoar in a 12-year-old girl. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(1-2), 68-69. [More Information]
Britton, P., Deng, L. (2011). Intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of childhood Stevens Johnson syndrome. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(6), 392-395. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2023

Optimising the treatment of antibiotic resistant urinary tract infections in children: The FOSUTI Trial, Williams P, Britton P, Bakar K, Snelling T, Totterdell J, Howell M, McKinn S, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/2021 Clinical Trials Activity

2022

Japanese Encephalitis in northern New South Wales: an exploratory research to understand the perceptions and map practices of service providers, program managers and stakeholders in the region, Rahman K, Britton P, Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases (Sydney ID)/Sydney ID Seed Grants

2021

Meta-GP: Delivering a Clinical Metagenomics Platform for Australia, Dwyer D, Holmes E, Williamson D, Britton P, Sintchenko V, Eden J, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/MRFF - Genomic Health Futures Mission (GHFM) - Project Grant

2020

BEAT COVID, Sorrell T, Ward R, Snelling T, Snelling T, Nicholson A, Grieve S, Macartney K, O'Sullivan M, Thevarajan I, Bull R, Britton P, Cunningham A, Eden J, Smith D, Imrie A, Tang B, Brilot-Turville F, Snow Medical Research Foundation Ltd/Pandemic Response Capacity Building

2018

Neuroimmunology and neuroInflammation: from Biomarker and Pathogenesis to patient diagnosis and improvement of clinical outcome, Brilot-Turville F, Dale R, Brown D, Kiernan M, Marais B, Barnett M, Britton P, Guastella A, Halliday G, Harris A, Hickie I, Lewis S, Nassar N, Ramanathan S, Vucic S, Wood N, DVC Research/Sydney Research Excellence Initiative 2020 (SREI)

2017

Emerging infectious neurological diseases in Australia; from enhanced recognition to improved response, Britton P, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Early Career Fellowships

2013

Discovering the Infectious Causes of unknown Encephalitis cases using genomic approaches: the DICE study, Jones C, Britton P, Booy R, Rebecca L Cooper Medical Research Foundation/Equipment Grant

In the media

https://theconversation.com/no-we-shouldnt-worry-too-much-about-getting-covid-from-young-kids-172232

https://theconversation.com/it-might-be-uncomfortable-to-talk-about-but-obesity-puts-children-at-risk-of-severe-covid-171116

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