Miss Amy Legg
Research Officer
UQ Centre for Clinical Research

Journal Articles
Wozniak, Teresa M, Young, Alys R, Shausan, Aminath, Legg, Amy, Leung, Michael J, Coulter, Sonali A, Perera, Shalinie, Baird, Robert W and Murphy, Majella G (2025). Antimicrobial resistance in northern Australia: the HOTspots surveillance and response program annual epidemiology report 2022. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 49, 49. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2025.49.030
Legg, Amy, Devchand, Felicia, Gwee, Amanda, Sandaradura, Indy and Lai, Tony (2025). Safe and effective use of vancomycin. Australian Prescriber, 48 (2), 54-59. doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2025.013
Legg, Amy, Ferguson, John K., Munnoch, Sally-Anne and Davies, Joshua S. (2025). Not “a cute” complication: phenotypic analysis of acute kidney injury in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 31 (4), 643-646. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2024.12.034
Roberts, J. A., Heffernan, A. J., Chai, M. G., Harris, P. N. A., Legg, A., Farkas, A., Laupland, K., Dhanani, J., Fourie, C., Murray, L., Abdul-Aziz, H., Ungerer, J., McWhinney, B., Lipman, J. and Cotta, M. O. (2025). Resistance Optimised Antibiotic Dosing (The ROAD Study): Is dosing of meropenem and piperacillin-tazobactam optimised to prevent the emergence of antibiotic resistance safe and feasible in the ICU? A pilot study. CMI Communications, 2 (1) 105051, 105051. doi: 10.1016/j.cmicom.2024.105051
Ng, Irvin, James, Fiona, Copaescu, Ana, Vogrin, Sara, Mitri, Elise, Rose, Morgan, Sullivan, Richard, Lane, Michael, Legg, Amy, Godsell, Jack, Fernando, Suran, Garvey, Lene Heise, Sabato, Vito, Li, Philip, Peter, Jonathan Grant and Trubiano, Jason (2025). Prolonged versus single dose in penicillin oral challenge testing: protocols for a pilot and definitive randomised controlled trial (PROSPECTOR studies). BMJ Open, 15 (2) e094712, e094712-2. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-094712
Hannah, Rory, Mitri, Elise, Katelaris, Constance H., O'Hern, Jennifer, Avent, Minyon, Valoppi, Glenn, Rawlins, Matthew, Frith, Catherine, Mcmullan, Brendan, Kong, David, Chua, Kyra, Legg, Amy, James, Rod, Janson, Sonja, Hawkins, Carolyn, Randall, Katrina, Ierano, Courtney, Thursky, Karin and Trubiano, Jason A. (2024). Adult penicillin allergy programmes in Australian hospitals: a practical guide from the National Antibiotic Allergy Network. Internal Medicine Journal, 54 (11), 1883-1893. doi: 10.1111/imj.16543
James, Fiona, Goh, Michelle S., Vogrin, Sara, Ng, Irvin, Douglas, Abby P., Holmes, Natasha E., Chua, Kyra YL., De Luca, Joseph, Sharma, Pooja, Zubrinich, Celia, Aung, Ar K., Gin, Douglas, Lambros, Belinda, Baker, Chris, Foley, Peter, Chong, Alvin H., Thien, Francis, Fok, Jie S., Su, John, Scardamaglia, Laura, Awad, Andrew, Tong, Steven, Johnson, Douglas, Godsell, Jack, Arasu, Alexis, Barnes, Sara, Ojaimi, Samar, Mar, Adrian, Yun, James ... Trubiano, Jason A. (2024). The Australasian Registry for Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions (AUS-SCAR) – Providing a roadmap for closing the diagnostic, patient, and healthcare gaps for a group of rare drug eruptions. World Allergy Organization Journal, 17 (8) 100936, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.waojou.2024.100936
Kearney, Alison, Tiwari, Neha, Cullen, Olivia, Legg, Amy, Arbi, Ismail, Douglas, Carol, Leggett, Barbara, Fenech, Mary, Mina, Joanne, Hoey, Paris and Skoien, Richard (2023). Improving palliative and supportive care in advanced cirrhosis: the HepatoCare model of integrated collaborative care. Internal Medicine Journal, 53 (11), 1963-1971. doi: 10.1111/imj.16248
de Kretser, Dana, Mora, Jocelyn, Bloomfield, Max, Campbell, Anita, Cheng, Matthew P., Guy, Stephen, Hensgens, Marjolein, Kalimuddin, Shirin, Lee, Todd C., Legg, Amy, Mahar, Robert K., Marks, Michael, Marsh, Julie, Mcglothin, Anna, Morpeth, Susan C., Sud, Archana, Ten Oever, Jaap, Yahav, Dafna, Bonten, Marc, Bowen, Asha C., Daneman, Nick, van Hal, Sebastiaan J., Heriot, George S., Lewis, Roger J., Lye, David C., Mcquilten, Zoe, Paterson, David L., Owen Robinson, J., Roberts, Jason A. ... Goodman, Anna L. (2023). Early oral antibiotic switch in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: The Staphylococcus aureus Network Adaptive Platform (SNAP) Trial Early Oral Switch Protocol. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 79 (4), 871-887. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad666
Legg, Amy, Roberts, Jason A., Roberts, Matthew A., Cass, Alan, Davies, Jane, Tong, Steven Y. C. and Davis, Joshua S. (2023). Avoiding misclassification of acute kidney injury: timing is everything. Nephrology, 29 (2), 100-104. doi: 10.1111/nep.14246
Legg, Amy, Davis, Joshua S. and Roberts, Jason A. (2023). Optimal drug therapy for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in adults. Current Opinion in Critical Care, 29 (5), 446-456. doi: 10.1097/mcc.0000000000001072
Legg, Amy, Roberts, Matthew A., Davies, Jane, Cass, Alan, Meagher, Niamh, Sud, Archana, Daitch, Vered, Dishon-Benattar, Yael, Yahav, Dafna, Paul, Mical, Xinxin, Chen, He Ping, Yeo, Lye, David, Lee, Russel, Robinson, J Owen, Foo, Hong, Tramontana, Adrian R., Bak, Narin, Grenfell, Adelaide, Rogers, Benjamin, Li, Ying, Joshi, Neela, O’Sullivan, Matthew, McKew, Genevieve, Ghosh, Niladri, Schneider, Kellie, Holmes, Natasha E., Dotel, Ravindra, Chia, Timothy ... Combination Antibiotics for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CAMERA2) Study Group (2023). Longer term mortality and kidney outcomes of participants in the Combination Antibiotics for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CAMERA2) trial: a post-hoc analysis. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 10 (7) ofad337, 1. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofad337
Legg, Amy, Carmichael, Sinead, Chai, Ming G., Roberts, Jason A. and Cotta, Menino O. (2023). Beta-lactam dose optimisation in the intensive care unit: targets, therapeutic drug monitoring and toxicity. Antibiotics, 12 (5) 870, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12050870
White, Elizabeth, Legg, Amy, Bogart, Alexandra, Graham, Nicolette, Jebreen, Faten and Clark, Julia E. (2023). Sotrovimab use in young pediatric patients at high-risk of progression to severe COVID-19 disease. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 12 (4), 242-245. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piad020
Legg, Amy, Meagher, Niamh, Johnson, Sandra A., Roberts, Matthew A., Cass, Alan, Scheetz, Marc H., Davies, Jane, Roberts, Jason A., Davis, Joshua S. and Tong, Steven Y. C. (2022). Correction to: Risk Factors for Nephrotoxicity in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia: A Post Hoc Analysis of the CAMERA2 Trial. Clinical Drug Investigation, 43 (1), 35-35. doi: 10.1007/s40261-022-01224-9
Legg, Amy, Meagher, Niamh, Johnson, Sandra A., Roberts, Matthew A., Cass, Alan, Scheetz, Marc H., Davies, Jane, Roberts, Jason A., Davis, Joshua S. and Tong, Steven Y. C. (2022). Risk factors for nephrotoxicity in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a post hoc analysis of the CAMERA2 trial. Clinical Drug Investigation, 43 (1), 23-33. doi: 10.1007/s40261-022-01204-z
James, Fiona, Goh, Michelle S. Y., Mouhtouris, Effie, Vogrin, Sara, Chua, Kyra Y. L., Holmes, Natasha E., Awad, Andrew, Copaescu, Ana-Maria, De Luca, Joseph F., Zubrinich, Celia, Gin, Douglas, Cleland, Heather, Douglas, Abby, Kern, Johannes S., Katelaris, Constance H., Thien, Francis, Barnes, Sara, Yun, James, Tong, Winnie, Smith, William B., Carr, Andrew, Anderson, Tara, Legg, Amy, Bourke, Jack, MacKay, Laura K., Aung, Ar Kar, Phillips, Elizabeth J. and Trubiano, Jason (2022). Study protocol: Australasian Registry of Severe Cutaneous Adverse Reactions (AUS-SCAR). BMJ Open, 12 (8) e055906, 1-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055906
Coombes, Ian D., Legg, Amy, Patterson, Tina, Kelly, Tanya, Henderson, Andrew and Roberts, Jason A. (2022). Oral antivirals for mild–moderate COVID-19: a panacea or a logistical and clinical conundrum?. Australian Prescriber, 45 (2), 67-68. doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2022.021
McCarthy, K. L., Harris-Brown, T., Smits, E. J., Legg, A., Chatfield, M. D. and Paterson, D. L. (2021). The MOBILISE study: utilisation of ambulatory pumps in the inpatient setting to administer continuous antibiotic infusions—a randomised controlled trial. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 40 (12), 2505-2513. doi: 10.1007/s10096-021-04294-3
Legg, Amy, Halford, Melanie and McCarthy, Kate (2020). Plasma concentrations resulting from continuous infusion of meropenem in a community-based outpatient program: a case series. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 77 (24), 2074-2080. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxaa319
Parsonson, Fiona, Legg, Amy, Halford, Melanie and McCarthy, Kate (2020). Contemporaneous management of ampicillin infusions in the outpatient setting through the use of therapeutic drug monitoring. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 55 (6) 105975. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105975
Hung, Te Yu, Janson, Sonja, Smith, Pam, Legg, Amy and Baird, Robert W. (2019). Declining soil transmitted helminth detections in an Australian tropical region. Pathology, 51 (7), 737-741. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2019.09.002
O’Callaghan, Kevin, Tapp, S., Hajkowicz, K., Legg, A. and McCarthy, K. L. (2019). Outcomes of patients with a history of injecting drug use and receipt of outpatient antimicrobial therapy. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 38 (3), 575-580. doi: 10.1007/s10096-018-03461-3
Stewart, A., Roberts, J. A., Wallis, S. C., Allworth, A. M., Legg, A. and McCarthy, K. L. (2018). Evidence of clinical response and stability of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam used to treat a carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa lung abscess on an outpatient antimicrobial program. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 51 (6), 941-942. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.02.008
Barras, Michael and Legg, Amy (2017). Drug dosing in obese adults. Australian Prescriber, 40 (5), 189-193. doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2017.053
Conference Paper
Thwaites, Phoebe A., Braund, Alicia, Legg, Amy, Beckman, Karen, Mina, Joanne C., McIntyre, Deborah, Cullen, Olivia, Fenech, Mary, Redden, Mark, van Rensburg, Anzel Jansen, Zhou, Xinyi Tom, Hallam, Andrew, Rahman, Tony, Wood, Marnie, Leggett, Barbara and Skoien, Richard (2017). Optimising the impact of direct-acting antiviral treatment in Hepatitis C: lessons from a universal access, real-world cohort. 68th Annual Meeting of the American-Association-for-the-Study-of-Liver-Diseases (AASLD) / Liver Meeting, Washington, DC USA, 20-24 October 2017. Philadelphia, PA USA: Wolters Kluwer Health.