Tania C. Sorrell

Rapid detection of ERG11gene mutations in clinical Candida albicansisolates with reduced susceptibility to fluconazole by rolling circle amplification and DNA sequencing (2009)

Wang, Huiping, Kong, Fanrong, Sorrell, Tania C, Wang, Bin, McNicholas, Paul, Pantarat, Namfon, ...

Abstract Background Amino acid substitutions in the target enzyme Erg11p of azole antifungals contribute to clinically-relevant azole resistance in Candida albicans . A simple molecular method for...

Determinants of mortality in non-neutropenic ICU patients with candidaemia (2009)

Marriott, Deborah JE, Playford, E Geoffrey, Chen, Sharon, Slavin, Monica, Nguyen, Quoc, Ellis, David, ...

Abstract Introduction Candidaemia in critically-ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients is associated with high crude mortality. Determinants of mortality – particularly those amenable to potential...

Rapid etiological classification of meningitis by NMR spectroscopy based on metabolite profiles and host response (2009)

Malik, Richard, Kuhn, Till, Daniel, Heide-Marie, Somorjai, Ray L., Dolenko, Brion, ...

Bacterial meningitis is an acute disease with high mortality that is reduced by early treatment. Identification of the causative microorganism by culture is sensitive but slow. Large volumes of...

Rapid etiological classification of meningitis by NMR spectroscopy based on metabolite profiles and host response (2009)

Malik, Richard, Kühn, Till, Daniel, Heide-Marie, Somorjai, Ray L, Dolenko, Brion, ...

Bacterial meningitis is an acute disease with high mortality that is reduced by early treatment. Identification of the causative microorganism by culture is sensitive but slow. Large volumes of...

Synthesis, antifungal, haemolytic and cytotoxic activities of a series of bis(alkylpyridinium)alkanes (2009)

Obando, D., Pantarat, Namfon, Handke, Rosemary, Koda, Yasuko, Widmer, F., Djordjevic, Julianne T., ...

A series of bis(alkylpyridinium)alkanes with a twelve carbon spacer between the positive charges was synthesised and their antifungal activity has been investigated. Compounds with 2-pentyl,...

Synthesis, antifungal, haemolytic and cytotoxic activities of a series of bis(alkylpyridinium)alkanes (2009)

Obando, D., Pantarat, Namfon, Handke, Rosemary, Koda, Yasuko, Widmer, F., Djordjevic, Julianne T., ...

A series of bis(alkylpyridinium)alkanes with a twelve carbon spacer between the positive charges was synthesised and their antifungal activity has been investigated. Compounds with 2-pentyl,...

Antifungal agents for preventing fungal infections in non-neutropenic critically ill and surgical patients: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials (2006)

Playford, E. Geoffrey, Webster, Angela C., Sorrell, Tania C., Craig, Jonathan C.

Objectives: This study aims to systematically identify and summarize the effects of antifungal prophylaxis in non-neutropenic critically ill adult patients on all-cause mortality and the incidence of...

A prospective study of adverse reactions associated with vancomycin therapy (1985)

Sorrell, Tania C., Collignon, Peter J.

A prospective evaluation of the efficacy and safety of vancomycin was conducted in 54 consecutive patients over a 16-month period. Vancomycin was curative in 95% of 43 patients with proven...

Effectiveness of mezlocillin in female genital tract infections (1982)

Marshall, John R., Chow, Anthony W., Sorrell, Tania C.

One hundred and twenty-six patients with female genital tract infections were treated with intravenous mezlocillin (16 g/day) in a prospective, multicentre, clinical trial. Clindamycin (2 g/day) was...

PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the Phospholipase B (PLB1) Gene for Subtyping of Cryptococcus neoformans Isolates

Latouche, G. Nicolas, Huynh, Matthew, Sorrell, Tania C., Meyer, Wieland

Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic yeast that is currently divided into three varieties, five serotypes, and eight molecular types. The following report describes the use of PCR-restriction...

Rapid Identification of Candida Species by Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and a Statistical Classification Strategy

Himmelreich, Uwe, Somorjai, Ray L., Dolenko, Brion, Lee, Ok Cha, Daniel, Heide-Marie, Murray, Ronan, ...

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra were acquired from suspensions of clinically important yeast species of the genus Candida to characterize the relationship between metabolite profiles and...

Hexadecylphosphocholine (Miltefosine) Has Broad-Spectrum Fungicidal Activity and Is Efficacious in a Mouse Model of Cryptococcosis

Widmer, Fred, Wright, Lesley C., Obando, Daniel, Handke, Rosemary, Ganendren, Ranjini, Ellis, David H., ...

The alkyl phosphocholine drug miltefosine is structurally similar to natural substrates of the fungal virulence determinant phospholipase B1 (PLB1), which is a potential drug target. We determined...

Lipid Rafts in Cryptococcus neoformans Concentrate the Virulence Determinants Phospholipase B1 and Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase

Siafakas, A. Rosemary, Wright, Lesley C., Sorrell, Tania C., Djordjevic, Julianne T.

Lipid rafts have been identified in the membranes of mammalian cells, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. Formed by a lateral association of sphingolipids...

Simultaneous Detection and Identification of Candida, Aspergillus, and Cryptococcus Species by Reverse Line Blot Hybridization

Playford, E. Geoffrey, Kong, Fanrong, Sun, Ying, Wang, Hui, Halliday, Catriona, Sorrell, Tania C.

We report on a reverse line blot (RLB) assay, utilizing fungal species-specific oligonucleotide probes to hybridize with internal transcribed spacer 2 region sequences amplified using a nested...

PCR-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the Phospholipase B (PLB1) Gene for Subtyping of Cryptococcus neoformans Isolates

Latouche, G. Nicolas, Huynh, Matthew, Sorrell, Tania C., Meyer, Wieland

Cryptococcus neoformans is a pathogenic yeast that is currently divided into three varieties, five serotypes, and eight molecular types. The following report describes the use of PCR-restriction...

Rapid Identification of Candida Species by Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and a Statistical Classification Strategy

Himmelreich, Uwe, Somorjai, Ray L., Dolenko, Brion, Lee, Ok Cha, Daniel, Heide-Marie, Murray, Ronan, ...

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra were acquired from suspensions of clinically important yeast species of the genus Candida to characterize the relationship between metabolite profiles and...

Hexadecylphosphocholine (Miltefosine) Has Broad-Spectrum Fungicidal Activity and Is Efficacious in a Mouse Model of Cryptococcosis

Widmer, Fred, Wright, Lesley C., Obando, Daniel, Handke, Rosemary, Ganendren, Ranjini, Ellis, David H., ...

The alkyl phosphocholine drug miltefosine is structurally similar to natural substrates of the fungal virulence determinant phospholipase B1 (PLB1), which is a potential drug target. We determined...

Simultaneous Detection and Identification of Candida, Aspergillus, and Cryptococcus Species by Reverse Line Blot Hybridization

Playford, E. Geoffrey, Kong, Fanrong, Sun, Ying, Wang, Hui, Halliday, Catriona, Sorrell, Tania C.

We report on a reverse line blot (RLB) assay, utilizing fungal species-specific oligonucleotide probes to hybridize with internal transcribed spacer 2 region sequences amplified using a nested...

Lipid Rafts in Cryptococcus neoformans Concentrate the Virulence Determinants Phospholipase B1 and Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase

Siafakas, A. Rosemary, Wright, Lesley C., Sorrell, Tania C., Djordjevic, Julianne T.

Lipid rafts have been identified in the membranes of mammalian cells, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. Formed by a lateral association of sphingolipids...

Antifungal Effects on Metabolite Profiles of Medically Important Yeast Species Measured by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy▿

Coen, Muireann, Bodkin, Jennifer, Power, Damla, Bubb, William A., Himmelreich, Uwe, Kuchel, Philip W., ...

Drug-induced inhibition of fungal growth is used in the diagnostic laboratory to predict therapeutic efficacy but is relatively slow, and determination of endpoints can be problematic. Nuclear...

Cryptococcal Lipid Metabolism: Phospholipase B1 Is Implicated in Transcellular Metabolism of Macrophage-Derived Lipids▿

Wright, Lesley C., Santangelo, Rosemary M., Ganendren, Ranjini, Payne, Jackie, Djordjevic, Julianne T., Sorrell, Tania C.

Cryptococci survive and replicate within macrophages and can use exogenous arachidonic acid for the production of eicosanoids. Phospholipase B1 (PLB1) has a putative, but uninvestigated, role in...

In Vitro Activities of Miltefosine and Two Novel Antifungal Biscationic Salts against a Panel of 77 Dermatophytes▿

Tong, Zhongsheng, Widmer, Fred, Sorrell, Tania C., Guse, Zofia, Jolliffe, Katrina A., Halliday, Catriona, ...

The susceptibilities of 77 dermatophytes to miltefosine (MI), 1,12-bis(4-pentylpyridinium)dodecane (PYR), 1,12-bis(tributylammonium)dodecane (AM), itraconazole (ITC), terbinafine (TRB), and...

Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Assay for Identification of Medically Important Fungi from Culture and Clinical Specimens▿

Zeng, Xianyu, Kong, Fanrong, Halliday, Catriona, Chen, Sharon, Lau, Anna, Playford, Geoffrey, ...

We evaluated a combined panfungal PCR-reverse line blot (RLB) hybridization assay based on internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) and ITS2 region polymorphisms to identify 159 Candida, Cryptococcus...

Practical Method for Detection and Identification of Candida, Aspergillus, and Scedosporium spp. by Use of Rolling-Circle Amplification▿

Zhou, Xiaoyong, Kong, Fanrong, Sorrell, Tania C., Wang, Hui, Duan, Yiqun, Chen, Sharon C. A.

A sensitive rolling-circle amplification (RCA)-based method utilizing species-specific padlock probes targeted to the internal transcribed spacer 2 region of the fungal ribosomal DNA gene complex was...

Molecular Typing of Australian Scedosporium Isolates Showing Genetic Variability and Numerous S. aurantiacum

Delhaes, Laurence, Harun, Azian, Chen, Sharon C.A., Nguyen, Quoc, Slavin, Monica, Heath, Christopher H., ...

Molecular typing showed genetic diversity, dismissed 2 suspected outbreaks of scedosporiosis, and identified multiple strains of the newly described species S. aurantiacum.

Multiplex Tandem PCR: a Novel Platform for Rapid Detection and Identification of Fungal Pathogens from Blood Culture Specimens▿

Lau, Anna, Sorrell, Tania C., Chen, Sharon, Stanley, Keith, Iredell, Jonathan, Halliday, Catriona

We describe the first development and evaluation of a rapid multiplex tandem PCR (MT-PCR) assay for the detection and identification of fungi directly from blood culture specimens that have been...

Colony Multiplex-Tandem PCR for Rapid, Accurate Identification of Fungal Cultures▿

Lau, Anna, Sorrell, Tania C., Lee, OkCha, Stanley, Keith, Halliday, Catriona

We developed a multiplex tandem PCR (MT-PCR) assay for the rapid identification of 16 fungi directly from culture. MT-PCR results were concordant with phenotypic identification for all cultures...

Assignment of Reference 5’-end 16S rDNA Sequences and Species-Specific Sequence Polymorphisms Improves Species Identification of Nocardia

Kong, Fanrong, Chen, Sharon C.A, Chen, Xiaoyou, Sintchenko, Vitali, Halliday, Catriona, Cai, Lin, ...

16S rDNA sequence analysis is the most accurate method for definitive species identification of nocardiae. However, conflicting results can be found due to sequence errors in gene databases. This...