scholarly journals Alison Vickery and the typing of staphylococci in Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Richard Benn
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Virulent Strain ◽  
Phage Type ◽  
Bacteriophage Typing ◽  
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital ◽  
Alfred Hospital ◽  
The 1950S

Alison Vickery, who died in December 2016, played an important role in the bacteriophage typing of Staphylococcus aureus in this country. The technique was introduced by Phyllis Rountree in the 1950s at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, where it was initially used to identify a particularly virulent strain of S. aureus (phage type 80/81) in the neonatal nursery.

scholarly journals A resistant culture - ?superbugs? in Australian hospitals

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
G L Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Soft Tissue ◽  
Antimicrobial Resistance ◽  
Phage Type ◽  
Aureus Strain ◽  
Wound Infections ◽  
Soft Tissue Infections ◽  
Surgical Wound ◽  
Alfred Hospital ◽  
General Community

Antimicrobial resistance is not new in Australian hospitals. In 1946, shortly after penicillin became available for treatment of civilians, a penicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain caused ~50% of staphylococcal surgical wound infections at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH), in Sydney. During the 1950s, another virulent penicillin resistant S. aureus strain (phage type 80/81) emerged in neonatal units in Sydney and spread to other hospitals in Australia and overseas, to the families of affected infants and to the general community, causing serious soft tissue infections, osteomyelitis, pneumonia and septicaemia.

Research outcomes following uterus transplantation at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Georgevsky ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
Kate Wyburn ◽  
Selvan Pather ◽  
Trevor TejadaBerges ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Uterus Transplantation ◽  
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital ◽  
Research Outcomes ◽  
Alfred Hospital
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