Publications for Alison Kesson
Publications for Alison Kesson
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2016
Pillai, S., Tantsis, E., Prelog, K., Ramanathan, S.,
Webster, R., Ouvrier, R., Kesson, A.,
Brilot-Turville, F., Dale, R. (2015). Confirmed
enterovirus encephalitis with associated
steroid-responsive acute disseminated
encephalomyelitis: An overlapping infection and
inflammation syndrome. European Journal of
Paediatric Neurology, 19(2), 266-270. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpn.2014.12.0
15">[More Information]</a>
Al-Yazidi, L., Marais, B., Hsu, P., Soundappan,
S., Kesson, A., Isaacs, D. (2016). A 5-year-old
Girl with Chest Wall Mass. The Pediatric
Infectious Disease Journal, 35(5), 592-598. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000
001086">[More Information]</a>
Hale, S., Quinn, H., Kesson, A., Wood, N.,
McIntyre, P. (2016). Changing Patterns of
Pertussis in a Children's Hospital in the
Polymerase Chain Reaction Diagnostic Era. The
Journal of Pediatrics, 170, 161-165.e1. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.11.0
29">[More Information]</a>
Peterson, J., Kesson, A., King, N. (2016). Using
a Collateral Damage Model to Explain Survival
Data in West Nile Virus Infections. Advances in
Microbiology, 6, 251-262.
Li-Kim-Moy, J., DASTOURI, F., Rashid, H.,
Khandaker, G., Kesson, A., McCaskill, M.,
Wood, N., Jones, C., Zurynski, Y., Macartney,
K., Elliott, E., Booy, R. (2016). Utility of early
influenza diagnosis through point-of-care testing
in children presenting to an emergency
department. Journal of Paediatrics and Child
Health, 52(4), 422-429. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.13092">[Mo
re Information]</a>
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. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piu095">[
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Peterson, J., Kesson, A., King, N. (2015). A
Simulation for Flavivirus Infection Decoy
Responses. Advances in Microbiology, 5(2),
123-142. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/aim.2015.52013"
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Raynes-Greenow, C., Polis, S., Elliott, E.,
Hardikar, W., Kesson, A., Kaldor, J., Jones, C.
(2015). Childhood hepatitis C virus infection: An
Australian national surveillance study of incident
cases over five years. Journal of Paediatrics and
Child Health, 51(11), 1115-1120. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12904">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Chua, K., Halliday, C., Meyer, W., Kesson, A.,
Chen, S., Grote, D. (2015). Colonisation with
Pneumocystis jirovecii in Australian infants.
Pathology, 47(5), 489-490. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.000000000
Levy, A., Roberts, J., Lang, J., Tempone, S.,
Kesson, A., Dofai, A., Daley, A., Thorley, B.,
Speers, D. (2015). Enterovirus D68 disease and
molecular epidemiology in Australia. Journal Of
Clinical Virology, 69, 117-121. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2015.06.07
9">[More Information]</a>
Pillai, S., Hacohen, Y., Tantsis, E., Prelog, K.,
Merheb, V., Kesson, A., Barnes, E., Gill, D.,
Webster, R., Menezes, M., Brilot-Turville, F.,
Dale, R., et al (2015). Infectious and
Autoantibody-Associated Encephalitis: Clinical
Features and Long-term Outcome. Pediatrics,
135(4), e974-e984. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-2702"
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Thompson, K., Marais, B., Kesson, A., Isaacs, D.
(2015). Malaria in Sydney, Australia: Lessons
learned from case management. Journal of
Paediatrics and Child Health, 51(9), 920-923. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12870">[Mo
re Information]</a>
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. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-2
05764">[More Information]</a>
Khatami, A., McMullan, B., Webber, M.,
Stewart, P., Francis, S., Timmers, K., Rodas, E.,
Druce, J., Mehta, B., Sloggett, N., Kesson, A., et
al (2015). Sepsis-like disease in infants due to
Human Parechovirus-3 during an Outbreak in
Australia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 60(2),
228-236. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciu784">[Mo
re Information]</a>
2013
Khandaker, G., Heron, L., Rashid, H.,
Li-Kim-Moy, J., Lester-Smith, D., Kesson, A.,
McCaskill, M., Jones, C., Zurynski, Y., Elliott,
E., Dwyer, D., Booy, R. (2013). Comparing the
use of, and considering the need for, lumbar
puncture in children with influenza or other
respiratory virus infections. Influenza and Other
Publications for Alison Kesson
Respiratory Viruses, 7(6), 932-937. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irv.12039">[Mor
e Information]</a>
Kesson, A., Choo, C., Troedson, C., Thorley, B.,
Roberts, J. (2013). Echovirus 19 associated with
a case of acute flaccid paralysis. Journal of
Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(3), E239-E242.
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href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12043">[Mo
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Isaacs, D., Kesson, A., Lester-Smith, D.,
Chaitow, J. (2013). Recurrent fevers. Journal of
Paediatrics and Child Health, 49(3), E243-E245.
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href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.12042">[Mo
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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. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/cit444">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Blyth, C., Webb, S., Kok, J., Dwyer, D., van Hal,
S., Foo, H., Ginn, A., Kesson, A., Seppelt, I.,
Iredell, J. (2013). The impact of bacterial and
viral co-infection in severe influenza. Influenza
and Other Respiratory Viruses, 7(2), 168-176. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-2659.201
2.00360.x">[More Information]</a>
2012
Hazelton, B., Kesson, A., Prelog, K., Carmo, K.,
Dexter, M. (2012). Epidural abscess in a neonate.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 48(3),
E132-E135. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.201
1.02078.x">[More Information]</a>
Wang, B., Taylor, J., Ratnamohan, M., McPhie,
K., Kesson, A., Dixit, R., Booy, R., Hurt, A.,
Saksena, N., Dwyer, D. (2012). Frequency of
oseltamivir resistance in Sydney, during the
Newcastle outbreak of community transmitted
oseltamivir-resistant influenza A(H1N1)pdm09
virus, Australia, June to August 2011.
Eurosurveillance, 17(27), 1-6. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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2011
Khandaker, G., Zurynski, Y., Lester-Smith, D.,
Kesson, A., Heron, L., Dwyer, D., Elliott, E.,
Booy, R. (2011). Clinical features, oseltamivir
treatment and outcome in infants aged <12
months with laboratory-confirmed influenza A in
2009. Antiviral Therapy, 16(7), 1005-1010. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3851/IMP1848">[Mor
e Information]</a>
Paget, S., Andresen, D., Kesson, A., Egan, J.
(2011). Comparison of human metapneumovirus
and respiratory syncytial virus in children
admitted to a paediatric intensive care unit.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(10),
737-741. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.201
1.02043.x">[More Information]</a>
Macartney, K., Porwal, M., Dalton, D., Cripps,
T., Maldigri, T., Isaacs, D., Kesson, A. (2011).
Decline in rotavirus hospitalisations following
introduction of Australia's national rotavirus
immunisation programme. Journal of
Paediatrics and Child Health, 47(5), 266-270. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.201
0.01953.x">[More Information]</a>
Cao, Y., Kong, F., Zhou, F., Xiao, M., Wang, Q.,
Duan, Y., Kesson, A., McPhie, K., Gilbert, G.,
Dwyer, D. (2011). Genotyping of human
adenoviruses using a PCR-based reverse line blot
hybridisation assay. Pathology, 43(5), 488-494.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PAT.0b013e328
348">[More Information]</a>
2010
Wang, B., Dwyer, D., Blyth, C., Soedjono, M.,
Shi, H., Kesson, A., Ratnamohan, M., McPhie,
K., Cunningham, A., Saksena, N. (2010).
Detection of the rapid emergence of the H275Y
mutation associated with oseltamivir resistance
in severe pandemic influenza virus A/H1N1 09
infections. Antiviral Research, 87(1), 16-21. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.antiviral.2010.0
4.002">[More Information]</a>
Andresen, D., Kesson, A. (2010). High
sensitivity of a rapid immunochromatographic
test for detection of influenza A virus 2009
H1N1 in nasopharyngeal aspirates from young
children. Journal of Clinical Microbiology,
48(7), 2658-9. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00229-10"
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Gosbell, I., Gottlieb, T., Kesson, A., Post, J.,
Dwyer, D. (2010). Immunisation and multi-dose
vials. Vaccine, 28(40), 6556-6561. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.0
7.052">[More Information]</a>
Kesson, A., Benwell, N., Elliott, E. (2010).
Norovirus diarrhoeal disease in infants and
children. Medical Journal of Australia, 192(2),
108-109. <a
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Webster, R., Hazelton, B., Suleiman, J.,
Publications for Alison Kesson
Macartney, K., Kesson, A., Dale, R. (2010).
Severe encephalopathy with swine origin
influenza A H1N1 infection in childhood: case
reports. Neurology, 74(13), 1077-1078. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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2009
Zurynski, Y., Lester-Smith, D., Festa, M.,
Kesson, A., Booy, R., Elliott, E. (2008).
Enhanced surveillance for serious complications
of influenza in children: role of the Australian
Paediatric Surveillance Unit. Communicable
Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 32(1),
71-76. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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King, N., Davison, A., Getts, D., Lu, D., Getts,
M., Yeung, A., Peterson, J., Kesson, A. (2009).
Enhanced antigen processing or immune
evasion? West Nile virus and the induction of
immune recognition molecules. In Diamond,
Michael S. (Eds.), West Nile Encephalitis Virus
Infection: Viral Pathogenesis and the Host
Immune Response, (pp. 309-339). New York:
Springer.
Yam, A., Andresen, D., Kesson, A., Isaacs, D.
(2009). Incidence of sterile cerebrospinal fluid
pleocytosis in infants with urinary tract infection.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(6),
364-367. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.200
9.01502.x">[More Information]</a>
Harkness, B., Andresen, D., Kesson, A., Isaacs,
D. (2009). Infections following lawnmower and
farm machinery-related injuries in children.
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(9),
525-528. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.200
9.01552.x">[More Information]</a>
Kesson, A., Bellemore, M., O'Mara, T., Ellis, D.,
Sorrell, T. (2009). Scedosporium prolificans
osteomyelitis in an immunocompetent child
treated with a novel agent,
hexadecylphospocholine (miltefosine), in
combination with terbinafine and voriconazole: a
case report. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 48(9),
1257. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract
&list_uids=19320594">[More Information]</a>
Lester-Smith, D., Zurynski, Y., Booy, R., Festa,
M., Kesson, A., Elliott, E. (2009). The burden of
childhood influenza in a tertiary paediatric
setting. Communicable Diseases Intelligence
Quarterly Report, 33(2), 209-215. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract
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Iskander, M., Kesson, A., Dwyer, D., Rost, L.,
Pym, M., Wang, H., McCaskill, M., Booy, R.
(2009). The burden of influenza in children
under 5 years admitted to the Children's Hospital
at Westmead in the winter of 2006. Journal of
Paediatrics and Child Health, 45(12), 698-703.
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2008
Kesson, A., Andresen, D., Holt, L., Fernando, R.
(2008). Antimicrobial Stewardship: It's Role in a
Tertiary Paediatric Hospital. The Bulletin of the
Sri Lankan College of Microbiologists, 6, 49-54.
Othman, N., Isaacs, D., Daley, A., Kesson, A.
(2008). Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection in a
clinical setting. Pediatrics International, 50(5),
662-666. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-200X.200
8.02644.x">[More Information]</a>
Kesson, A. (2008). Principles of antimicrobial
therapy. In Neil McIntosh, Peter Helms,
Rosalind Smyth, Stuart Logan (Eds.), Forfar and
Arneil's Textbook of Pediatrics, (pp. 1206-1210).
United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone.
Ward, K., McIntyre, P., Kirkwood, C., Roche, P.,
Ferson, M., Van Buynder, P., Roberts-Witteveen,
A., Kesson, A., Krause, V. (2008). Rotavirus
surveillance in Australia. Communicable
Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 32(1),
82-87. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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Inglis, E., Kesson, A., Newell, A., Macartney,
K., MacIntyre, C. (2008). The burden of
rotavirus gastroenteritis in children presenting to
a paediatric hospital. Epidemiology and
Infection, 137(7), 943-949. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S095026880800
1520">[More Information]</a>
Dalton, D., Cripps, T., Wood, N., Kesson, A.,
Isaacs, D. (2008). Tuberculosis in children: a
tertiary centre perspective. Medical Journal of
Australia, 188(3), 190-191. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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2007
Kesson, A., Kakakios, A. (2007).
Immunocompromised children: conditions and
infectious agents. Paediatric Respiratory
Reviews, 8, 231-239. <a
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Snelling, T., Cripps, T., Dalton, D., Kesson, A.,
Isaacs, D. (2007). Nosocomial rotavirus infection
in an Australian children's hospital. Journal of
Paediatrics and Child Health, 43(4), 318. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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Kesson, A. (2007). Respiratory virus infections.
Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 8, 240-248. <a
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2006
King, N., Getts, D., Getts, M., Rana, S.,
Shrestha, B., Kesson, A. (2006).
Immunopathology of flavivirus infections.
Immunology and Cell Biology, 85(1), 33-42. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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Bateman, C., Kesson, A., Shaw, P. (2006).
Pancreatitis and adenoviral infection in children
after blood and marrow transplantation. Bone
Marrow Transplantation, 38(12), 807-811. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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2005
Trivedi, A., Elliott, E., Kesson, A. (2005).
Brucellosis: a rare cause of fever. Journal of
Paediatrics and Child Health, 41(11), 604-6. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.200
5.00730.x">[More Information]</a>
Kesson, A. (2005). Clinical implications of
mother-to-child transmission of HCV. Acta
Paediatrica: Nurturing the Child, 94(4),
394-396. <a
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Othman, N., Isaacs, D., Kesson, A. (2005).
Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in
Australian children. Journal of Paediatrics and
Child Health, 41(12), 671-676.
Alam, N., Armstrong, P., Nguyen, O., Kesson,
A., Cripps, T., Corbett, S. (2005). Salmonella
typhimurium phage type 170 in a tertiary
paediatric hospital with person-to-person
transmission implicated. Communicable
Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 29,
374-378.
Alam, N., Armstrong, P., Nguyen, O., Kesson,
A., Cripps, T., Corbett, S. (2005). Salmonella
Typhimurium phage type 170 in a tertiary
paediatric hospital with person-toperson
transmission implicated. Communicable
Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 29(4),
374-378. <a
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2004
Bloomfield, P., Dalton, D., Karleka, A., Kesson,
A., Duncan, G., Isaacs, D. (2004). Bacteraemia
And Antibiotic Use In Respiratory Syncytial
Virus Infections. Archives of Disease in
Childhood, 89(4), 363-367.
Scott, G., Isaacs, M., Zeng, F., Kesson, A.,
Rawlinson, W. (2004). Cytomegalovirus
Antiviral Resistance Associated Withtreatment
Induced Ul97 (Protein Kinase) And Ul54 (Dna
Polymerase) Mutations. Journal of Medical
Virology, 74(1), 85-93. <a
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ore Information]</a>
Milne, B., Williams, S., May, M., Kesson, A.,
Gillis, J., Burgess, M. (2004). Influenza A
Associated Morbidity And Mortality In A
Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. Communicable
Diseases Intelligence Quarterly Report, 28,
504-9.
Cheng, Y., King, N., Kesson, A. (2004). Major
Histocompatibility Complex Class I (Mhc-I)
Induction By West Nile Virus: Involvement Of 2
Signaling Pathways In Mhc-I Up-Regulation.
The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 189,
658-668.
Cheng, Y., King, N., Kesson, A. (2004). The
Role Of Tumor Necrosis Factor In Modulating
Responses Of Murine Embryo Fibroblasts By
Flavivirus, West Nile. Virology, 329(2), 361-370.
2003
King, N., Shrestha, B., Kesson, A. (2003).
Immune modulation by flaviviruses. In Karl
Maramorosch,F.A.Murphy,A.J.Shatkin,T.J.Cha
mbers + T.P.Monath (Eds.), The Flaviviruses:
Pathogenesis and Immunity, Volume 60
(Advances in Virus Research), (pp. 121-155).
New York: Academic Press.
King, N., Kesson, A. (2003). Interaction of
flaviviruses with cells of the vertebrate host and
decoy of the immune response. Immunology and
Cell Biology, 81(3), 207-216.
2002
Kesson, A. (2002). Diagnosis and management
of paediatric hepatitis C virus infection. Journal
of Paediatrics and Child Health, 38(3), 213-218.
Kesson, A., Cheng, Y., King, N. (2002).
Regulation of Immune Recognition Molecules
Publications for Alison Kesson
by Flavivirus, West Nile. Viral Immunology,
15(2), 273-283.
Kesson, A., Clezy, K. (2002). The HIV-infected
woman. In S Crowe, J Hoy J Mills (Eds.),
Management of the HIV-infected patient, (pp.
129-142). The Livery House, 7-9 Pratt Street,
London NW1 0AE UK: BMJ Publishing Group.
2001
Kesson, A., King, N. (2001). Transcriptional
Regulaion of Major Histocompatibility Complex
Class I by Flavivirus West Nile is dependent on
NF-kB Activation. The Journal of Infectious
Diseases, 184, 947-954.