Associate Professor Tom Gottlieb
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Associate Professor Tom Gottlieb

Clinical Associate Professor
Medicine (Immunology & Infectious Diseases), Concord Clinical School
Phone
9767 7533
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97677868
Associate Professor Tom Gottlieb

Dr. Gottlieb is an infectious Diseases and Microbiology Specialist. He is head of Infectious Diseases at Concord Hospital, and a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Sydney. He is a previous president of the Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA) and of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID). He is on the executive of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR). He has been chair of advisory Committees supervising training in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, and has participated in the writing groups for the Australian Infection Control Guidelines and Therapeutic Guidelines for Antibiotic. His interests include the diagnosis and management of clinical infectious diseases, hospital infection control and antimicrobial resistance.

Publications

Journals

  • Bell, J., Fajardo Lubian, A., Partridge, S., Gottlieb, T., Robson, J., Iredell, J., Daley, D., Coombs, G. (2023). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Surveillance Outcome Program (GnSOP) Bloodstream Infection Annual Report 2022. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 47. [More Information]
  • Chowdhury, P., Hastak, P., DeMaere, M., Wyrsch, E., Li, D., Elankumaran, P., Dolejska, M., Browning, G., Marenda, M., Gottlieb, T., Cheong, E., Merlino, J., et al (2023). Phylogenomic analysis of a global collection of Escherichia coli ST38: evidence of interspecies and environmental transmission? msystems, 8(5). [More Information]
  • Bell, J., Fajardo Lubian, A., Partridge, S., Gottlieb, T., Iredell, J., Daley, D., Coombs, G. (2022). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Sepsis Outcome Programme (GnSOP) Annual Report 2020. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 46. [More Information]

2023

  • Bell, J., Fajardo Lubian, A., Partridge, S., Gottlieb, T., Robson, J., Iredell, J., Daley, D., Coombs, G. (2023). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Surveillance Outcome Program (GnSOP) Bloodstream Infection Annual Report 2022. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 47. [More Information]
  • Chowdhury, P., Hastak, P., DeMaere, M., Wyrsch, E., Li, D., Elankumaran, P., Dolejska, M., Browning, G., Marenda, M., Gottlieb, T., Cheong, E., Merlino, J., et al (2023). Phylogenomic analysis of a global collection of Escherichia coli ST38: evidence of interspecies and environmental transmission? msystems, 8(5). [More Information]

2022

  • Bell, J., Fajardo Lubian, A., Partridge, S., Gottlieb, T., Iredell, J., Daley, D., Coombs, G. (2022). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Sepsis Outcome Programme (GnSOP) Annual Report 2020. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 46. [More Information]
  • Bell, J., Fajardo Lubian, A., Partridge, S., Gottlieb, T., Robson, J., Iredell, J., Daley, D., Coombs, G. (2022). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Surveillance Outcome Program (GnSOP). Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 46. [More Information]
  • Phan, T., Tran, N., Gottlieb, T., Siarakas, S., McKew, G. (2022). Evaluation of the influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) targets in the AusDiagnostics SARS-CoV-2, Influenza and RSV 8-well assay: sample pooling increases testing throughput. Pathology, 54(4), 466-471. [More Information]

2021

  • Doukas, F., Cheong, E., McKew, G., Gray, T., McLachlan, A., Gottlieb, T. (2021). Antimicrobial stewardship audit and feedback rounds: the impact of electronic systems and moving beyond the restricted antibiotic list. Internal Medicine Journal, 51(11), 1876-1883. [More Information]
  • McKew, G., Phan, T., Cai, T., Taggart, S., Cheong, E., Gottlieb, T. (2021). Efficacy of aerosolized hydrogen peroxide (Deprox) cleaning compared to physical cleaning in a Burns Unit. Infection, Disease & Health, 26(3), 161-165. [More Information]
  • Mowlaboccus, S., Daley, D., Birdsall, J., Gottlieb, T., Merlino, J., Nimmo, G., George, N., Korman, T., Streitberg, R., Robson, J., et al (2021). Molecular characterization of fosfomycin-resistant Escherichia coli urinary tract infection isolates from Australia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 27(9), 1360-1361. [More Information]

2020

  • Bell, J., Gottlieb, T., Daley, D., Coombs, G. (2020). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Sepsis Outcome Programme (GNSOP) Annual Report 2018. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 44. [More Information]
  • Bell, J., Fajardo Lubian, A., Partridge, S., Gottlieb, T., Iredell, J., Daley, D., Coombs, G. (2020). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Sepsis Outcome Programme (GNSOP) Annual Report 2019. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 44. [More Information]
  • Hastak, P., Fourment, M., Darling, A., Gottlieb, T., Cheong, E., Merlino, J., Myers, G., Djordjevic, S., Chowdhury, P. (2020). Escherichia coli ST8196 is a novel, locally evolved, and extensively drug resistant pathogenic lineage within the ST131 clonal complex. Emerging Microbes and Infections, 9(1), 1-35. [More Information]

2019

  • Bell, J., Gottlieb, T., Daley, D., Coombs, G. (2019). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Sepsis Outcome Programme (GNSOP) Annual Report 2017. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 43, 1-9. [More Information]
  • Luo, Y., Cheong, E., Bian, Q., Collins, D., Ye, J., Shin, J., Yam, W., Takata, T., Song, X., Wang, X., Gottlieb, T., et al (2019). Different molecular characteristics and antimicrobial resistance profiles of Clostridium difficile in the Asia-Pacific region. Emerging Microbes and Infections, 8(1), 1553-1562. [More Information]
  • Saeed, K., Esposito, S., Ascione, T., Bassetti, M., Bonnet, E., Carnelutti, A., Chan, M., Lye, D., Cortes, N., Dryden, M., Gottlieb, T., et al (2019). Hot Topics on Vertebral Osteomyelitis from the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 54(2), 125-133. [More Information]

2018

  • Kenters, N., Gottlieb, T., Hopman, J., Mehtar, S., Schweizer, M., Tartari, E., Huijskens, E., Voss, A. (2018). An international survey of cleaning and disinfection practices in the healthcare environment. Journal of Hospital Infection, 100(2), 236-241. [More Information]
  • Bell, J., Gottlieb, T., Daley, D., Coombs, G. (2018). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Sepsis Outcome Programme (GNSOP) Annual Report 2016. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 42, 1-9.
  • Bell, J., Gottlieb, T., Daley, D., Coombs, G. (2018). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Australian Gram-negative Sepsis Outcome Programme(GNSOP) Annual Report 2015. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 42, 1-9.

2017

  • Fernando, S., Gottlieb, T. (2017). Aggregatibacter Aphrophilus Sacroiliitis Following Gastroscopy in a Young Sportsman. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, 27(1), e3-e5. [More Information]
  • Gudiol, C., Royo-Cebrecos, C., Tebe, C., Abdala, E., Akova, M., Alvarez, R., Maestro-de la Calle, G., Cano, A., Cervera, C., Gottlieb, T., et al (2017). Clinical efficacy of ß-lactam/ß-lactamase inhibitor combinations for the treatment of bloodstream infection due to extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in haematological patients with neutropaenia: a study protocol for a retrospective observational study (BICAR). BMJ Open, 7(1), 1-6. [More Information]
  • Gudiol, C., Royo-Cebrecos, C., Abdala, E., Akova, M., Alvarez, R., Maestro-de la Calle, G., Cano, A., Cervera, C., Clemente, W., Gottlieb, T., et al (2017). Efficacy of (beta)-lactam/(beta)-lactamase inhibitor combinations for the treatment of bloodstream infection due to extended-spectrum-(beta)-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in hematological patients with neutropenia. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 61(8), 1-8. [More Information]

2016

  • Bell, J., Turnidge, J., Coombs, G., Daley, D., Gottlieb, T., Robson, J., George, N. (2016). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Australian Enterobacteriaceae Sepsis Outcome Programme annual report, 2014. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 40(2), e229-e235.
  • Abraham, S., O'Dea, M., Trott, D., Abraham, R., Hughes, D., Pang, S., McKew, G., Cheong, E., Merlino, J., Saputra, S., Malik, R., Gottlieb, T. (2016). Isolation and plasmid characterization of carbapenemase (IMP-4) producing Salmonella enterica Typhimurium from cats. Scientific Reports, 6, 1-7. [More Information]
  • Issler-Fisher, A., Fakin, R., Fisher, O., McKew, G., Gazzola, R., Rauch, A., Gottlieb, T., Haertsch, P., Guggenheim, M., Giovanoli, P., Maitz, P. (2016). Microbiological findings in burn patients treated in a general versus a designated intensive care unit: Effect on length of stay. Burns, 42(8), 1805-1818. [More Information]

2015

  • Lau, A., Kabir, M., Chen, S., Playford, E., Marriott, D., Jones, M., Lipman, J., McBryde, E., Gottlieb, T., Cheung, W., Seppelt, I., Iredell, J., Sorrell, T. (2015). Candida colonization as a risk marker for invasive candidiasis in mixed medical-surgical intensive care units: development and evaluation of a simple, standard protocol. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53(4), 1324-1330. [More Information]
  • Crawford, S., Chen, S., Halliday, C., Rangan, G., Gottlieb, T., Reid, A. (2015). Microsphaeropsis arundinis skin and soft tissue infection in renal transplant recipients: three case reports and a review of the literature. Transplant Infectious Disease, 17(6), 915-920. [More Information]
  • Reppas, G., Gottlieb, T., Krockenberger, M., Halliday, C., Malik, R. (2015). Microsphaeropsis arundinis: an emerging cause of phaeohphomycosis in cats and people. Microbiology Australia, 5, 74-78. [More Information]

2014

  • Jarvis, T., Chan, L., Gottlieb, T. (2014). Assessment and management of lower urinary tract infection in adults. Australian Prescriber, 37(1), 7-9. [More Information]
  • Blyth, C., Gilroy, N., Guy, S., Chambers, S., Cheong, E., Gottlieb, T., McGuinness, S., Thursky, K. (2014). Consensus guidelines for the treatment of invasive mould infections in haematological malignancy and haemopoietic stem cell transplantation, 2014. Internal Medicine Journal, 44(12), 1333-1349. [More Information]
  • Coombs, G., Pearson, J., Daley, D., Le, T., Robinson, O., Gottlieb, T., Howden, B., Johnson, P., Bennett, C., Stinear, T., et al (2014). Molecular Epidemiology of Enterococcal Bacteremia in Australia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52(3), 897-905. [More Information]

2013

  • Gray, T., Kwan, Y., Phan, T., Robertson, G., Cheong, E., Gottlieb, T. (2013). Dientamoeba fragilis: A Family Cluster of Disease Associated With Marked Peripheral Eosinophilia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57(6), 845-848. [More Information]
  • Looke, D., Gottlieb, T., Jones, C., Paterson, D. (2013). Gram-negative resistance: can we combat the coming of a new "Red Plague"? Medical Journal of Australia, 198(5), 243-244. [More Information]
  • Ginn, A., Zong, Z., Wiklendt, A., Thomas, L., Merlino, J., Gottlieb, T., van Hal, S., Harkness, J., Macleod, C., Bell, S., Partridge, S., Iredell, J., et al (2013). Limited diversity in the gene pool allows prediction of third-generation cephalosporin and aminoglycoside resistance in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 42(1), 19-26. [More Information]

2012

  • Cheng, A., Turnidge, J., Collignon, P., Looke, D., Barton, M., Gottlieb, T. (2012). Control of Fluoroquinolone Resistance through Successful Regulation, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 18(9), 1453-1460. [More Information]
  • Gottlieb, T., Fernando, S., Molland, J. (2012). Failure of oral antibiotic therapy, including azithromycin, in the treatment of a recurrent breast abscess caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A. Pathogens and Global Health, 106(6), 366-369. [More Information]
  • Gottlieb, T., Currie, B., Looke, D. (2012). Infectious diseases in Australia - the next decade. Medical Journal of Australia, 196(5), 292-293. [More Information]

2011

  • Gottlieb, T., Nimmo, G. (2011). Antibiotic resistance is an emerging threat to public health: An urgent call to action at the antimicrobial resistance summit 2011. Medical Journal of Australia, 194(6), 281-283. [More Information]
  • Ferguson, J., Cheng, A., Gilbert, G., Gottlieb, T., Korman, T., McGregor, A., Richards, M., Roberts, S., Robson, J., van Gessel, H., et al (2011). Clostridium difficile laboratory testing in Australia and New Zealand: national survey results and Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases recommendations for best practice. Pathology, 43(5), 482-487. [More Information]
  • Pinto, A., Phan, T., Sala, G., Cheong, E., Siarakas, S., Gottlieb, T. (2011). Reusable venesection tourniquets: a potential source of hospital transmission of multiresistant organisms. Medical Journal of Australia, 195(5), 276-279. [More Information]

2010

  • Gosbell, I., Gottlieb, T., Kesson, A., Post, J., Dwyer, D. (2010). Immunisation and multi-dose vials. Vaccine, 28(40), 6556-6561. [More Information]
  • Dolton, M., Xu, H., Cheong, E., Maitz, P., Kennedy, P., Gottlieb, T., Buono, E., McLachlan, A. (2010). Vancomycin pharmacokinetics in patients with severe burn injuries. Burns, 36(4), 469-476. [More Information]

2009

  • Bannan, A., Bruno, E., McLaws, M., Gottlieb, T. (2009). A survey of medical staff attitudes to an antibiotic approval and stewardship programme. Internal Medicine Journal, 39, 662-668. [More Information]
  • Stokes, H., Cheong, E., Gottlieb, T. (2009). First clinical case of a locally acquired carbapenem-resistant VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(5), 289. [More Information]
  • Chowdhury, P., Merlino, J., Labbate, M., Cheong, E., Gottlieb, T., Stokes, H. (2009). Tn6060, a transposon from a genomic island in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate that includes two class 1 integrons. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53(12), 5294-5296. [More Information]

2008

  • Weatherall, C., Paoloni, R., Gottlieb, T. (2008). Point-of-care urinary pneumococcal antigen test in the emergency department for community acquired pneumonia. Emergency Medicine Journal, 25(3), 144-148. [More Information]
  • Merani, R., Orekondy, S., Gottlieb, T., Janarthanan, P., Karim, R., Booth, F. (2008). Postoperative Mycobacterium abscessus nodular conjunctivitis. Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 36(4), 371-373. [More Information]
  • Gottlieb, T., Collignon, P., Robson, J., Pearson, J., Bell, J., Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, N. (2008). Prevalence of antimicrobial resistances in Streptococcus pneumoniae in Australia, 2005: report from the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 32(2), 242-249. [More Information]

2007

  • Turnidge, J., Nimmo, G., Pearson, J., Gottlieb, T., Collignon, P. (2007). Epidemiology and outcomes for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Australian hospitals, 2005-06: report from the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. Communicable Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 31(4), 398-403. [More Information]
  • Foo, H., Gottlieb, T. (2007). Lack of Cross-Hepatotoxicity between Voriconazole and Posaconazole. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 45(6), 803-805. [More Information]
  • Keed, A., Yan, M., Gottlieb, T., Spies, J., Halmagyi, G. (2007). Tuberculous cranial pachymeningitis. Neurology, 68(4), 298-300. [More Information]

2006

  • Smith, R., Lee, A., Gottlieb, T., Eckstein, R., Meng, L. (2006). Another case of histoplasmosis in a non-endemic area. Pathology, 38(4), 378-380. [More Information]

2005

  • Collignon, P., Nimmo, G., Gottlieb, T., Gosbell, I. (2005). Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11(4), 554-561. [More Information]

2003

  • Watson, J., Givney, R., Pegler, M., Rose, B., Merlino, J., Vickery, A., Gottlieb, T., Bradbury, R., Harbour, C. (2003). Comparative analysis of multidrug-resistant, non-multidrug-resistant, and archaic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Central Sydney, Australia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(2), 867-872. [More Information]
  • Tambosis, E., Atkins, B., Capizzi, T., Gottlieb, T. (2003). Rapid and cost-effective identification of candida species using multipoint inoculation of CHROMagar candida media, cycloheximide sensitivity and carbohydrate assimilation tests. Pathology, 35(2), 151-156. [More Information]

2002

  • Merlino, J., Watson, J., Rose, B., Pegler, M., Gottlieb, T., Bradbury, R., Harbour, C. (2002). Detection and expression of methicillin/oxacillin resistance in multi-drug resistant and non resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Central Sydney Australia. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 49(5), 793-801. [More Information]
  • Merlino, J., Watson, J., Funnell, G., Gottlieb, T., Bradbury, R., Harbour, C. (2002). New screening medium for the detection and identification of methicillin/oxacillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) for nosocomial surveillance. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 21(5), 414-416. [More Information]

2001

  • Douglas, M., Mulholland, K., Denyer, V., Gottlieb, T. (2001). Multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak in a burns unit - an infection control study. Burns, 27(2), 131-135.