[HTML][HTML] Infectious complications of bispecific antibody therapy in patients with multiple myeloma

BZ Sim, A Longhitano, J Er, SJ Harrison… - Blood Cancer …, 2023 - nature.com
Methods All MM patients who received BsAb therapy on a range of clinical trials between 1st
January 2018 and 30th May 2022 at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre were included in this …

Examining the characteristics of colchicine-induced myelosuppression in clinical cases: a systematic review

BL Sim, BZ Sim, M Tunbridge, DFL Liew… - The Journal of …, 2023 - jrheum.org
Objective The use of colchicine has been associated with varying degrees of myelosuppression.
Despite expanded use in cardiovascular and inflammatory conditions, there remains …

[HTML][HTML] The seasonality of infections in tropical Far North Queensland, Australia: a 21-year retrospective evaluation of the seasonal patterns of six endemic pathogens

LJ Fairhead, S Smith, BZ Sim, AGA Stewart… - PLOS global public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
An understanding of the seasonality of infections informs public health strategies and assists
clinicians in their management of patients with undifferentiated illness. The seasonality of …

[HTML][HTML] The aetiology and clinical characteristics of cryptococcal infections in Far North Queensland, tropical Australia

BZ Sim, L Conway, LK Smith, L Fairhead, YS Der… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Cryptococcal infections are an important cause of morbidity and mortality in tropical Australia.
This retrospective audit was conducted to characterise the aetiology, temporospatial …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19 infection among patients with cancer in Australia from 2020 to 2022: a national multicentre cohort study

VG Hall, BZ Sim, C Lim, C Hocking, T Teo… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background The global COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected certain populations
and its management differed between countries. This national study describes …

[HTML][HTML] Efforts to Attenuate the Spread of Infection (EASI): a prospective, observational multicentre survey of ultrasound equipment in Australian emergency …

M Keys, BZ Sim, O Thom, MJ Tunbridge… - Critical Care and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background and objectives: Ultrasound is a common and necessary part of acute care
medicine, but may present an infection risk to patients secondary to transfer of infectious agents …

Successful treatment of HIV-associated progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy with pembrolizumab

BZ Sim, LK Smith, T Yarwood, S Smith - AIDS, 2022 - journals.lww.com
1. Netravathi M, Mahadevan A, Satishchandra P, Shobha N, Mailankody P, Kandavel T, et al.
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) associated with HIV Clade C–is not …

Risk factors and outcome of concurrent and sequential multiviral cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, BK virus, adenovirus and other viral reactivations in …

BZ Sim, KY Yong, MA Slavin… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Multivirus infections occur in a significant proportion of transplant patients and is linked to
immunosuppressive burden. There is increasing evidence that this leads to worse graft and …

Infectious complications of bispecific antibody therapy in patients with multiple myeloma

BZ Sim, A Longhitano, J Er, SJ Harrison, M Slavin… - Blood, 2022 - ashpublications.org
Introduction Infection is a leading contributor to morbidity in heavily treated patients with
multiple myeloma (MM) with severe infection rates of up to 30% reported (Lim et. al. Clin …

mTOR inhibition improves the formation of functional T cell memory following COVID-19 vaccination of kidney transplant recipients

…, S Kireta, JK Johnston, CJ Drogemuller, BZ Sim… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Inadequate immune response to vaccination is a long-standing problem faced by
immunosuppressed kidney transplant recipients (KTRs), requiring novel strategies to improve …