Associate Professor Adam Irwin
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow & NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow - Associate Professor Infectious Diseases
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
+61 7 334 66075
Researcher biography
Dr Adam Irwin is a Principal Research Fellow in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at The University of Queensland and Queensland Children's Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. His research focuses on the early recognition of invasive infections and sepsis, and the optimal use of antimicrobials in children. He is the medical co-chair of the Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program which was awarded a Global Sepsis Alliance award in 2020, and Queensland Health Excellence awards in 2022 for Healthcare Delivery and Consumer Engagement, and a member of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance-Kids Steering Committee. He is a recipient of a National Health and Medical Research Council Emerging Leadership Fellowship to investigate the management of multi-drug resistant gram-negative infections in children.
Adam studied at the University of Birmingham Medical School and completed training in Paediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology in London. He was awarded his PhD by the University of Liverpool Institute of Infection and Global Health in 2016. Prior to relocating to Queensland, he was secretary of the British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group.
Journal Articles
Brouwer, Stephan, Das, Swairindhree, Hayes, Andrew J., Bertolla, Olivia M., Davies, Mark R., Walker, Mark J., Whiley, David M., Irwin, Adam D. and Tickner, Jacob A. (2025). A rapid molecular detection tool for toxigenic M1UK Streptococcus pyogenes. The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 231 (2), e375-e384. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae437
Williams, Anita, Coombs, Geoffrey W., Bell, Jan M., Daley, Denise A., Mowlaboccus, Shakeel, Bryant, Penelope, Campbell, Anita, Cooley, Louise, Iredell, Jon, Irwin, Adam D., Kesson, Alison, McMullan, Brendan, Warner, Morgyn S., Williams, Phoebe and Blyth, Christopher C. (2025). Antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococci spp. isolates from bloodstream infections in Australian children, 2013 - 2021. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 14 (2) piae110. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piae110
Williams, Anita, Coombs, Geoff W, Bell, Jan, Daley, Denise A, Mowlaboccus, Shakeel, Bryant, Penelope A, Campbell, Anita Jane, Cooley, Louise, Howard-Jones, Annaleise, Iredell, Jon, Irwin, Adam D, McMullan, Brendan, Warner, Morgyn, Williams, Phoebe and Blyth, Christopher C (2025). P-812. Not Little Adults: Key Differences in Antimicrobial Resistance in Australian Bloodstream Isolates between Children and Adults, 2020-2021. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 12 (Supplement_1). doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae631.1004
Mohammed, Zabiuddin Ahad, Grant, Gary, Irwin, Adam D., Hattingh, Laetitia, Kalwaje Eshwara, Vandana, Okonkwo, Rose I. and Khan, Sohil (2025). Impact of COVID-19 on antimicrobial stewardship activities in hospitalised children: a scoping review. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16786
Gilholm, Patricia, Lister, Paula, Irwin, Adam, Harley, Amanda, Raman, Sainath, Schlapbach, Luregn J. and Gibbons, Kristen S. (2025). Comparison of Random Forest and Stepwise Regression for Variable Selection Using Low Prevalence Predictors: A case Study in Paediatric Sepsis. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s10995-025-04038-1
Williams, Anita, Coombs, Geoffrey W., Bell, Jan M., Daley, Denise A., Mowlaboccus, Shakeel, Bryant, Penelope, Campbell, Anita, Cooley, Louise, Iredell, Jon, Irwin, Adam D., Kesson, Alison, McMullan, Brendan, Warner, Morgyn S., Williams, Phoebe and Blyth, Christopher C. (2024). Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacterales, Acinetobacter spp. and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from bloodstream infections in Australian children, 2013-2021. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 13 (12), 617-625. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piae111
Gibbs, Anna A.M., Laupland, Kevin B., Edwards, Felicity, Ling, Weiping, Channon-Wells, Samuel, Harley, David, Falster, Kathleen, Paterson, David L., Harris, Patrick N.A. and Irwin, Adam D. (2024). Trends in Enterobacterales Bloodstream Infections in Children. Pediatrics, 154 (4) e2023063532. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-063532
Yang, Wenyu, Irwin, Adam, Weerdenburg, Heather, McWhinney, Brett, Cole, Theresa, Lei, Alice, Han, Bing, Zhu, Xiao and Gwee, Amanda (2024). Serum ganciclovir drug exposure in children receiving standard ganciclovir dosing. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 68 (10) e0052524. doi: 10.1128/aac.00525-24
Wen, Sophie C. H., Harris, Patrick N. A., Forde, Brian, Permana, Budi, Chatfield, Mark D., Lau, Colleen L., Spurling, Geoffrey, Bauer, Michelle J., Balch, Ross, Chambers, Henry, Schlapbach, Luregn J., Clark, Julia E., Dougherty, Sonia, Blyth, Christopher C., Britton, Philip N., Clifford, Vanessa, Haeusler, Gabrielle M., McMullan, Brendan, Wadia, Ushma, Paterson, David L., Irwin, Adam D., on behalf of the PAEDS network, Carr, Jeremy, Vasilunas, Nan, Francis, Joshua R., Macartney, Kristine, Crawford, Nigel W., Wood, Nicholas, Buttery, Jim ... Glover, Catherine (2024). Characterization of gram-negative bloodstream infections in hospitalised Australian children and their clinical outcomes. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 79 (3), 734-743. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae341
Liborio, Mariana P., Harris, Patrick N. A., Ravi, Chitra and Irwin, Adam D. (2024). Getting up to speed: Rapid pathogen and antimicrobial resistance diagnostics in sepsis. Microorganisms, 12 (9) 1824, 1-29. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms12091824
Williams, Anita, Coombs, Geoffrey W, Bell, Jan, Daley, Denise A, Mowlaboccus, Shakeel, Bryant, Penelope A, Campbell, Anita J, Cooley, Louise, Iredell, Jon, Irwin, Adam D, Kesson, Alison, McMullan, Brendan, Warner, Morgyn S, Williams, Phoebe and Blyth, Christoper C (2024). Australian Group on Antimicrobial Research surveillance outcome programs - bloodstream infections and antimicrobial resistance patterns from patients less than 18 years of age, January 2020 - December 2021. Communicable diseases intelligence (2018), 48 32. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2024.48.32
Ullman, Amanda, Takashima, Mari, Gibson, Victoria, Comber, Elouise, Borello, Eloise, Bradford, Natalie, Byrnes, Joshua, Cole, Roni, Eisenstat, David, Henson, Nicole, Howard, Philippa, Irwin, Adam, Keogh, Samantha, Kleidon, Tricia, Martin, Michelle, McCleary, Karen, McLean, Jordana, Moloney, Susan, Monagle, Paul, Moore, Andrew, Newall, Fiona, Noyes, Michelle, Rowan, Gemma, St John, Amanda, Wood, Andrew, Wolf, Joshua and Ware, Robert (2024). Preventing adverse events during paediatric cancer treatment: protocol for a multi-site hybrid randomised controlled trial of catheter lock solutions (the CLOCK trial). BMJ Open, 14 (7) e085637, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085637
Schlapbach, Luregn J., Ganesamoorthy, Devika, Wilson, Clare, Raman, Sainath, George, Shane, Snelling, Peter J., Phillips, Natalie, Irwin, Adam, Sharp, Natalie, Le Marsney, Renate, Chavan, Arjun, Hempenstall, Allison, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, MacDonald, Anna D., Grimwood, Keith, Cling, Jessica C., McPherson, Stephen J., Blumenthal, Antje, Kaforou, Myrsini, Levin, Michael, Herberg, Jethro A., Gibbons, Kristen S., Coin, Lachlan J. M., EUCLIDS consortium and RAPIDS Study Group (2024). Host gene expression signatures to identify infection type and organ dysfunction in children evaluated for sepsis: a multicentre cohort study. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 8 (5), 325-338. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(24)00017-8
Khan, Nemat, Kumar, Vinod, Li, Pengcheng, RAPIDS Study Group, Raman, Sainath (RSG member), Sharp, Natalie (RSG member), Irwin, Adam (RSG member), Phillips, Natalie (RSG member), George, Shane (RSG member), Grimwood, Keith (RSG member), Snelling, Peter (RSG member), Chavan, Arjun (RSG member), Hempenstall, Allison (RSG member), Gibbons, Kristen (RSG member), Le Marsney, Renate (RSG member), Blumenthal, Antje (RSG member), Ganesamoorthy, Devika (RSG member), Coin, Lachlan (RSG member), Schlapbach, Luregn J., Boyd, Andrew W., Coulthard, Mark G. and Woodruff, Trent M. (2024). Inhibiting Eph/ephrin signaling reduces vascular leak and endothelial cell dysfunction in mice with sepsis. Science Translational Medicine, 16 (744) eadg5768, 1-15. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adg5768
Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Phan, Minh-Duy, Hancock, Steven J., Peters, Kate M., Alvarez-Fraga, Laura, Forde, Brian M., Andersen, Stacey B., Miliya, Thyl, Harris, Patrick N. A., Beatson, Scott A., Schlebusch, Sanmarie, Bergh, Haakon, Turner, Paul, Brauner, Annelie, Westerlund-Wikström, Benita, Irwin, Adam D. and Schembri, Mark A (2024). High-risk Escherichia coli clones that cause neonatal meningitis and association with recrudescent infection. eLife, 12 RP91853. doi: 10.7554/elife.91853.3
Chai, Ming G., Tu, Quyen, Cotta, Menino O., Bauer, Michelle J., Balch, Ross, Okafor, Charles, Comans, Tracy, Kruger, Peter, Meyer, Jason, Shekar, Kiran, Brady, Kara, Fourie, Cheryl, Sharp, Natalie, Vlad, Luminita, Whiley, David, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., Mcwhinney, Brett C., Farkas, Andras, Paterson, David L., Clark, Julia E., Hajkowicz, Krispin, Raman, Sainath, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lipman, Jeffrey, Forde, Brian M., Harris, Patrick N. A., Schlapbach, Luregn J., Coin, Lachlan, Roberts, Jason A. and Irwin, Adam D. (2024). Correction: Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis. Intensive Care Medicine, 50 (5), 810-810. doi: 10.1007/s00134-024-07393-9
Chai, Gene G., Tu, Quyen, Cotta, Menino O., Bauer, Michelle J., Balch, Ross, Okafor, Charles, Comans, Tracy, Kruger, Peter, Meyer, Jason, Shekar, Kiran, Brady, Kara, Fourie, Cheryl, Sharp, Natalie, Vlad, Luminita, Whiley, David, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., McWhinney, Brett C., Farkas, Andras, Paterson, David L., Clark, Julia E., Hajkowicz, Krispin, Raman, Sainath, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lipman, Jeffrey, Forde, Brian M., Harris, Patrick N. A., Schlapbach, Luregn J., Coin, Lachlan, Roberts, Jason A. and Irwin, Adam D. (2024). Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis. Intensive Care Medicine, 50 (4), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s00134-024-07353-3
Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Rahman, M. Arifur, Goh, Kelvin G. K., Kim, Seung Jae, Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Alvarez-Fraga, Laura, Hancock, Steven J., Ravi, Chitra, Kidd, Timothy J., Sullivan, Matthew J., Irvine, Katharine M., Beatson, Scott A., Sweet, Matthew J., Irwin, Adam D., Vukovic, Jana, Ulett, Glen C., Hasnain, Sumaira Z. and Schembri, Mark A. (2024). A convergent evolutionary pathway attenuating cellulose production drives enhanced virulence of some bacteria. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 1441, 1441. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45176-4
McWhinney, Brett, Ungerer, Jacobus, LeMarsey, Renate, Phillips, Natalie, Raman, Sainath, Gibbons, Kristen, Schlapbach, Luregn J., on behalf of Rapid Acute Paediatric Infection Diagnosis in Suspected Sepsis (RAPIDS) Study Investigators, Irwin, Adam (RAPIDS member) and Bialasiewicz, Seweryn (RAPIDS member) (2024). Serum levels of vitamin C and thiamin in children with suspected sepsis: a prospective observational cohort study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 25 (2), 171-176. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003349
Hailu, Semira, Hurst, Cameron, Cyphers, Griffin, Thottunkal, Stefan, Harley, David, Viney, Kerri, Irwin, Adam, Dean, Judith and Nourse, Clare (2024). Prevalence of extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 29 (4), 257-265. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13970
Harris, Patrick N. A., Bauer, Michelle J., Lüftinger, Lukas, Beisken, Stephan, Forde, Brian M., Balch, Ross, Cotta, Menino, Schlapbach, Luregn, Raman, Sainath, Shekar, Kiran, Kruger, Peter, Lipman, Jeff, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Coin, Lachlan, Roberts, Jason A., Paterson, David L. and Irwin, Adam D. (2024). Rapid nanopore sequencing and predictive susceptibility testing of positive blood cultures from intensive care patients with sepsis. Microbiology Spectrum, 12 (2) e0306523, 1-16. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03065-23
Schults, Jessica A., Charles, Karina R., Harnischfeger, Jane, Ware, Robert S., Royle, Ruth H., Byrnes, Joshua M., Long, Debbie A., Ullman, Amanda J., Raman, Sainath, Waak, Michaela, Lake, Anna, Cooke, Marie, Irwin, Adam, Tume, Lyvonne and Hall, Lisa (2023). Implementing paediatric appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction to reduce complications in mechanically ventilated children with respiratory infections. Australian Critical Care, 37 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.09.008
Aslan, Abdullah Tarik, Permana, Budi, Harris, Patrick N. A., Naidoo, Kuban D., Pienaar, Michael A. and Irwin, Adam D. (2023). The opportunities and challenges for artificial intelligence to improve sepsis outcomes in the paediatric intensive care unit. Current Infectious Disease Reports, 25 (11), 243-253. doi: 10.1007/s11908-023-00818-4
Saggers, Robin T., Mothibi, Lesego M., Irwin, Adam D. and Naidoo, Kuban D. (2023). Challenges Facing PICUs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries in the Treatment of Emerging Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: a Review and Perspective from a South African PICU. Current Infectious Disease Reports, 25 (11), 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s11908-023-00817-5
Hume, Jocelyn, Lowry, Kym, Whiley, David M., Irwin, Adam D., Bletchly, Cheryl and Sweeney, Emma L. (2023). Application of the ViroKey® SQ FLEX assay for detection of cytomegalovirus antiviral resistance. Journal of Clinical Virology, 167 105556, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2023.105556
Hume, Jocelyn, Sweeney, Emma L., Lowry, Kym, Fraser, Chris, Clark, Julia E., Whiley, David M. and Irwin, Adam D. (2023). Cytomegalovirus in children undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a diagnostic and therapeutic approach to antiviral resistance. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 11 1180392, 1180392. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.1180392
Purcell, Rachael, Yeoh, Daniel, Bowen, Asha, Britton, Philip N., Carr, Jeremy P., Chen, Ming, Cheung, Kaman, Clark, Julia, Irwin, Adam, Lai, Tony, Lorenzen, Ulrik, Steer, Andrew, Wen, Sophie, Williams, Phoebe, Yap, Natalie, Cooper, Celia and Gwee, Amanda (2023). A multicentre, retrospective audit of fosfomycin use for urinary tract infections in Australian children and adolescents. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 78 (7), 1-6. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkad131
Ertl, Nicole G., Irwin, Adam D., Macdonald, Joanne, Bauer, Michelle J., Wang, Claire Y. T., Harris, Patrick N. A., Heney, Claire, Zowawi, Hosam M. and Whiley, David M. (2023). Rapid molecular detection of CMY-2, and CTX-M group 1 and 9 variants via recombinase polymerase amplification. JAC - Antimicrobial Resistance, 5 (2) dlad023, dlad023. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlad023
Davies, Mark R., Keller, Nadia, Brouwer, Stephan, Jespersen, Magnus G., Cork, Amanda J., Hayes, Andrew J., Pitt, Miranda E., De Oliveira, David M. P., Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Bertolla, Olivia M., Mediati, Daniel G., Curren, Bodie F., Taiaroa, George, Lacey, Jake A., Smith, Helen V., Fang, Ning-Xia, Coin, Lachlan J. M., Stevens, Kerrie, Tong, Steven Y. C., Sanderson-Smith, Martina, Tree, Jai J., Irwin, Adam D., Grimwood, Keith, Howden, Benjamin P., Jennison, Amy V. and Walker, Mark J. (2023). Detection of Streptococcus pyogenes M1UK in Australia and characterization of the mutation driving enhanced expression of superantigen SpeA. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 1051, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36717-4
Schults, Jessica, Edwards, Felicity, Charles, Karina, Irwin, Adam D., Rickard, Claire M., Harris, Patrick N. A., Paterson, David L. and Laupland, Kevin (2023). Evolving insights into the epidemiology of Moraxella species bloodstream infection from two decades of surveillance in Queensland, Australia. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 42 (2), 209-216. doi: 10.1007/s10096-022-04540-2
Gilholm, Patricia, Gibbons, Kristen, Lister, Paula, Harley, Amanda, Irwin, Adam, Raman, Sainath, Rice, Michael, Schlapbach, Luregn J. and Queensland Statewide Sepsis Collaborative (2023). Validation of a paediatric sepsis screening tool to identify children with sepsis in the emergency department: a statewide prospective cohort study in Queensland, Australia. BMJ Open, 13 (1) e061431, 1-25. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061431
Jayawardena-Thabrew, Harshani, Warris, Adilia, PASOAP Group
, Irwin, Adam and Ferreras-Antolin, Laura (2023). Nystatin is commonly prescribed as prophylaxis in children beyond the neonatal age. Medical Mycology, 61 (1) myac097. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myac097
Sharman, Leah S., Avent, Minyon L., Lyall, Vivian, Fejzic, Jasmina, Clark, Julia E., Irwin, Adam, Graham, Nicolette and van Driel, Mieke L. (2022). Improving paediatric antimicrobial stewardship in remote and regional Queensland hospitals: development and qualitative evaluation of a tailored intervention for intravenous-to-oral antibiotic switching. BMJ Open, 12 (12) e064888, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064888
Ayfan, Abdulrahman K. S., Macdonald, Joanne, Irwin, Adam D., Zowawi, Hosam M., Forde, Brian M., Paterson, David L., Lahra, Monica M. and Whiley, David M. (2022). Proof-of-concept, rapid, instrument-free molecular detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and ciprofloxacin susceptibility. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 77 (11), 2933-2936. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkac242
Blythe, Robin, Lister, Paula, Seaton, Robert, Harley, Amanda, Schlapbach, Luregn J., McPhail, Steven, Venkatesh, Bala, Irwin, Adam, Raman, Sainath, Schlapbach, Luregn, Harley, Amanda, Irwin, Adam, Graham, Nicolette, Thomson, Fiona, Owen, Kieran, Garrish, Kirsten, Sampson, Emma, Long, Debbie, George, Shane, Grimwood, Keith, Bell, Christa, Semple, Bethany, Adams, Claire, Brown, Josea, Maloney, Louise, Lister, Paula, Schofield, Scott, Thomas, Clare, Dejong, Liam ... the Queensland State-wide Sepsis Collaborative (2022). Patient and economic impact of implementing a paediatric sepsis pathway in emergency departments in Queensland, Australia. Scientific Reports, 12 (1) 10113, 10113. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14226-6
Avent, M.L., Lee, X.J., Irwin, A.D., Graham, N., Brain, D., Fejzic, J., van Driel, M. and Clark, J.E. (2022). An innovative Antimicrobial Stewardship Program for children in remote and regional areas in Queensland, Australia: optimizing antibiotic use through timely intravenous-to-oral conversion. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 28, 53-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jgar.2021.11.014
McIntyre, Colette, August, Deanne, Cobbald, Linda, Lack, Gill, Takashima, Mari, Foxcroft, Katie, Marsh, Nicole, Smith, Patricia, New, Karen, Koorts, Pieter, Irwin, Adam and Ullman, Amanda (2022). Neonatal vascular access practice and complications : An observational study of 1,375 catheter days. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 37 (4), 332-339. doi: 10.1097/jpn.0000000000000589
Parker, Suzanne L., Irwin, Adam D., Hosking, Francine, August, Deanne, Schoenmaker, Brittany, Pandey, Saurabh, Wallis, Steven C., Lipman, Jeffrey, Roberts, Jason A. and Davies, Mark W. (2022). Innovation in microsampling for therapeutic drug monitoring of gentamicin in neonates: a proof-of-concept study. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 59 (2) 106513, 1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2021.106513
Hill, Nicholas, Irwin, Adam, Graham, Nicolette, Leung, Clare, Francis, Joshua R., Wall, Nerilee and Nourse, Clare (2021). Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a nonendemic country: a case series of children in Australia. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 41 (4), e177-e181. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000003445
Schults, Jessica, Charles, Karina, Long, Debbie, Brown, Georgia, Copnell, Beverley, Dargaville, Peter, Davies, Kylie, Erikson, Simon, Forrest, Kate, Harnischfeger, Jane, Irwin, Adam, Kendrik, Tina, Lake, Anna, Ntoumenopoulos, George, Waak, Michaela, Woodard, Mark, Tume, Lyvonne, Cooke, Marie, Mitchell, Marion, Hall, Lisa and Ullman, Amanda (2021). The Paediatric AirWay Suction (PAWS) appropriateness guide for endotracheal suction interventions. Australian Critical Care, 35 (6), 651-660. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.10.005
Raman, Sainath, English, Alana, O'Keefe, Meagan, Harley, Amanda, Steele, Mary, Minogue, Jess, Weller, Kate, Long, Debbie, Irwin, Adam and Lister, Paula (2021). Designing support structures post sepsis in children: perspectives of the Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9 759234, 759234. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.759234
Ferreras-Antolín, Laura, Irwin, Adam, Atra, Ayad, Chapelle, Faye, Drysdale, Simon B., Emonts, Marieke, McMaster, Paddy, Paulus, Stephane, Patel, Sanjay, Rompola, Menie, Vergnano, Stefania, Whittaker, Elizabeth and Warris, Adilia (2021). Pediatric antifungal prescribing patterns identify significant opportunities to rationalize antifungal use in children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 41 (3), e69-e74. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000003402
Venkatesh, Balasubramanian, Schlapbach, Luregn, Mason, Donna, Wilks, Kathryn, Seaton, Robert, Lister, Paula, Irwin, Adam, Lane, Paul, Redpath, Lyndell, Gibbons, Kristen, Ergetu, Endrias and Rice, Michael (2021). Impact of 1-hour and 3-hour sepsis time bundles on patient outcomes and antimicrobial use: a before and after cohort study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 18 100305, 100305. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100305
Harley, Amanda, Lister, Paula, Gilholm, Patricia, Rice, Michael, Venkatesh, Bala, Johnston, Amy N.B., Massey, Debbie, Irwin, Adam, Gibbons, Kristen and Schlapbach, Luregn J. (2021). Queensland Pediatric Sepsis Breakthrough Collaborative: Multicenter Observational Study to Evaluate the Implementation of a Pediatric Sepsis Pathway Within the Emergency Department. Critical Care Explorations, 3 (11) e0573, 1-14. doi: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000573
Dinsmore, Nicole, McRae, Jocelynne E., Quinn, Helen E., Glover, Catherine, Dougherty, Sonia, McMinn, Allissa, Crawford, Nigel, Marshall, Helen, Carlson, Samantha J, Blyth, Christopher, Lucas, Ryan, Irwin, Adam, Macartney, Kristine, Britton, Philip N, Wood, Nicholas and The Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance network (2021). Paediatric Active Enhanced Disease Surveillance (PAEDS) 2019: Prospective hospital-based surveillance for serious paediatric conditions. Communicable Diseases Intelligence, 45, 1-24. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2021.45.53
Wen, Sophie C. H., Ezure, Yukiko, Rolley, Lauren, Spurling, Geoff, Lau, Colleen L., Riaz, Saba, Paterson, David L. and Irwin, Adam D. (2021). Gram-negative neonatal sepsis in low- and lower-middle-income countries and WHO empirical antibiotic recommendations: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Medicine, 18 (9) e1003787, 1-20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003787
Murigneux, Valentine, Roberts, Leah W., Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Irwin, Adam D., Harris, Patrick N. A., Paterson, David L., Schembri, Mark A., Whiley, David M. and Beatson, Scott A. (2021). MicroPIPE: validating an end-to-end workflow for high-quality complete bacterial genome construction. BMC Genomics, 22 (1) 474, 474. doi: 10.1186/s12864-021-07767-z
Irwin, Adam D., Coin, Lachlan J. M., Harris, Patrick N. A., Cotta, Menino Osbert, Bauer, Michelle J., Buckley, Cameron, Balch, Ross, Kruger, Peter, Meyer, Jason, Shekar, Kiran, Brady, Kara, Fourie, Cheryl, Sharp, Natalie, Vlad, Luminita, Whiley, David, Beatson, Scott A., Forde, Brian M., Paterson, David, Clark, Julia, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Raman, Sainath, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lipman, Jeffrey, Schlapbach, Luregn J. and Roberts, Jason A. (2021). Optimising treatment outcomes for children and adults through rapid genome sequencing of sepsis pathogens. A study protocol for a prospective, multi-centre trial (DIRECT). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11 667680, 1-8. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.667680
Peri, Anna Maria, Stewart, Adam, Hume, Anna, Irwin, Adam and Harris, Patrick N A (2021). New microbiological techniques for the diagnosis of bacterial infections and sepsis in ICU including point of care. Current Infectious Disease Reports, 23 (8) 12, 12. doi: 10.1007/s11908-021-00755-0
Pérez-López, Andrés, Irwin, Adam, Rodrigo, Carlos and Prat-Aymerich, Cristina (2021). Role of C reactive protein and procalcitonin in the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection in children in the outpatient setting. BMJ, 373 (11) n1409, n1409. doi: 10.1136/bmj.n1409
Channon-Wells, S., Kwok, M., Booth, J., Bamford, A., Konstanty, P., Hatcher, J., Dixon, G., Diggle, P. J., Standing, J. F. and Irwin, A. D. (2021). The use of continuous electronic prescribing data to infer trends in antimicrobial consumption and estimate the impact of stewardship interventions in hospitalized children. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 76 (9), 2464-2471. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab187
Schults, Jessica A., Cooke, Marie, Long, Debbie, Schibler, Andreas, Ware, Robert S., Charles, Karina, Irwin, Adam and Mitchell, Marion L. (2021). Normal saline and lung recruitment with paediatric endotracheal suction (NARES): a pilot, factorial, randomised controlled trial. Australian Critical Care, 34 (6), 530-538. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.01.006
Ayfan, Abdulrahman K. S., Macdonald, Joanne, Harris, Patrick N. A., Heney, Claire, Paterson, David L., Trembizki, Ella, Wang, Claire Y. T., Whiley, David M., Zowawi, Hosam M. and Irwin, Adam D. (2021). Rapid detection of NDM and VIM carbapenemase encoding genes by recombinase polymerase amplification and lateral flow–based detection. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 40 (11), 2447-2453. doi: 10.1007/s10096-021-04267-6
Wen, Sophie C.H., Ezure, Yukiko, Rolley, Lauren, Spurling, Geoff, Lau, Colleen L., Paterson, David L. and Irwin, Adam D. (2021). Gram-Negative Neonatal Sepsis in Low- and Middle- Income Countries: How Appropriate are the WHO Recommended Empirical Sepsis Antibiotic Regimens? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3777180
Sidjabat, Hanna E., Alsaggaf, Alaa Mohammed Ali, Gopalakrishna, Akshatha, Nadar, Evelyn, Irwin, Adam and Koorts, Pieter (2020). The relevance of probiotics in Caesarean-born neonates. Microbiology Australia, 41 (2), 75-81. doi: 10.1071/ma20020
Warris, Adilia, Pana, Zoi-Dorothea, Oletto, Andrea, Lundin, Rebecca, Castagnola, Elio, Lehrnbecher, Thomas, Groll, Andreas H., Roilides, Emmanuel, Andersen, Cecilie T., Arendrup, Maiken C., Arsenijevic, Valentina Arsic, Bianchini, Sonia, von Both, Ulrich, Chmelnik, Martin, Controzzi, Tiziana, Emonts, Marieke, Esposito, Susanna, Ferreras-Antolin, Laura, Henriet, Stefanie, Iosifidis, Elias, Irwin, Adam, Kopsidas, John, Lagrou, Katrien, Lyall, Hermione, Casteleiro, Angela Manzanares, Mesini, Alessio, Olbrich, Peter, Paulus, Stephane, Lausch, Karen Rokkedal ... EUROCANDY Study Group (2019). Etiology and Outcome of Candidemia in Neonates and Children in Europe: An 11-year Multinational Retrospective Study. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 39 (2), 1-120. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002530
Ferreras-Antolín, Laura, Irwin, Adam, Atra, Ayad, Dermirjian, Alicia, Drysdale, Simon B, Emonts, Marieke, McMaster, Paddy, Paulus, Stephane, Patel, Sanjay, Kinsey, Sally, Vergnano, Stefania, Whittaker, Elisabeth and Warris, Adilia (2019). Neonatal Antifungal Consumption Is Dominated by Prophylactic Use; Outcomes From The Pediatric Antifungal Stewardship: Optimizing Antifungal Prescription Study. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 38 (12), 1-1223. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002463
Lynn, Richard M, Reading, Richard, BPSU Ascertainment Group and Irwin, Adam (2019). Case ascertainment in active paediatric surveillance systems: a report from the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit Ascertainment Group. Archives of disease in childhood, 105 (1), 62-68. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317401
Hsia, Yingfen, Lee, Brian R., Versporten, Ann, Yang, Yonghong, Bielicki, Julia, Jackson, Charlotte, Newland, Jason, Goossens, Herman, Magrini, Nicola, Sharland, Mike, Teston, L., Cheung, K., Koning, S., Grimwood, K., Cross, J., da Silva, A., Benadof, D., Zhang, W. S., Zhao, W., Liu, G., Shen, K. L., Yao, K. H., Zheng, Y. J., Deng, J. K., Zhang, J. S., Wang, Y., Jiang, X. Y., Tian, D. Y., Jing, C. M. ... Gawrys, G. (2019). Use of the WHO Access, Watch, and Reserve classification to define patterns of hospital antibiotic use (AWaRe): an analysis of paediatric survey data from 56 countries. The Lancet Global Health, 7 (7), E861-E871. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30071-3
Kloprogge, Frank, Hill, Louise, Booth, John, Klein, Nigel, Irwin, Adam, Dixon, Garth and Standing, Joseph F (2019). Revising paediatric vancomycin dosing accounting for nephrotoxicity in a pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 63 (5) e00067-19. doi: 10.1128/aac.00067-19
Walker, Mark J., Brouwer, Stephan, Forde, Brian M., Worthing, Kate A., McIntyre, Liam, Sundac, Lana, Maloney, Sam, Roberts, Leah W., Barnett, Timothy C., Richter, Johanna, Cork, Amanda J., Irwin, Adam D., You, Yuanhai, Zhang, Jianzhong, Dougan, Gordon, Yuen, K. Y., Nizet, Victor, Beatson, Scott A., Grimwood, Keith and Davies, Mark R. (2019). Detection of epidemic scarlet fever group A Streptococcus in Australia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69 (7), 1232-1234. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz099
Johnson, S. M., Standing, J. F., Klein, N., Irwin, A. D., Shingadia, D., Lonsdale, D. O., Gilmour, K. C., Flynn, J., Manns, C., Clapson, M. and Bamford, A. (2019). A case for reduced frequency of CD4 count monitoring for children on combination antiretroviral therapy with consistently undetectable HIV viral load. HIV Medicine, 20 (4), e8-e9. doi: 10.1111/hiv.12706
Boonsathorn, Sophida, Cheng, Iek, Kloprogge, Frank, Alonso, Carlos, Lee, Charmion, Doncheva, Bilyana, Booth, John, Chiesa, Robert, Irwin, Adam and Standing, Joseph F. (2019). Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Dose Recommendations for Posaconazole in Infants and Children (vol 58, pg 53, 2019). Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 58 (1), 141-141. doi: 10.1007/s40262-018-0722-x
Boonsathorn, Sophida, Cheng, Iek, Kloprogge, Frank, Alonso, Carlos, Lee, Charmion, Doncheva, Bilyana, Booth, John, Chiesa, Robert, Irwin, Adam and Standing, Joseph F. (2018). Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Dose Recommendations for Posaconazole in Infants and Children. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 58 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1007/s40262-018-0658-1
Wilson, Isabel Emily, Shingadia, Delane, Yeung, Shunmay, Riordan, Andrew and Irwin, Adam David (2018). Question 2: are three malaria tests necessary in children returning from the tropics with fever?. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 103 (1), 109-112. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-313843
Irwin, Adam D, Grant, Alison, Williams, Rhian, Kolamunnage-Dona, Ruwanthi, Drew, Richard J, Paulus, Stephane, Jeffers, Graham, Williams, Kim, Breen, Rachel, Preston, Jennifer, Appelbe, Duncan, Chesters, Christine, Newland, Paul, Marzouk, Omnia, McNamara, Paul S, Diggle, Peter J and Carrol, Enitan D (2017). Predicting risk of serious bacterial infections in febrile children in the emergency department. Pediatrics, 140 (2) e20162853, e20162853. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-2853
Braccio, Serena, Irwin, Adam, Riordan, Andrew, Shingadia, Delane, Kelly, Deirdre A., Bansal, Sanjay, Ramsay, Mary and Ladhani, Shamez N. (2017). Acute infectious hepatitis in hospitalised children: a British Paediatric Surveillance Unit study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102 (7), 624-628. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311916
Bustinduy, Amaya L., Chis Ster, Irina, Shaw, Rebecca, Irwin, Adam, Thiagarajan, Jaiganesh, Beynon, Rhys, Ladhani, Shamez, Sharland, Mike and CABIN network (2017). Predictors of fever-related admissions to a paediatric assessment unit, ward and reattendances in a South London emergency department: the CABIN 2 study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102 (1), 22-28. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310494
Irwin, A. D., Wickenden, J., Le Doare, K., Ladhani, S. and Sharland, M. (2016). Supporting decisions to increase the safe discharge of children with febrile illness from the emergency department: a systematic review and meta-analysis. e ADC, 101 (3), 259-66. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-309056
Wells, Rosy, Le Doare, Kirsty, Sharland, Mike, Heath, Paul, Ladhani, Shamez N, CABIN Network and Irwin, Adam (2015). Targeted empiric antibiotic therapy for children with non-oncological comorbidities and community-onset invasive bacterial infections. The Journal of Infection, 71 (3), 294-301. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2015.05.002
Irwin, Adam D., Drew, Richard J., Marshall, Philippa, Nguyen, Kha, Hoyle, Emily, Macfarlane, Kate A., Wong, Hoying F., Mekonnen, Ellen, Hicks, Matthew, Steele, Tom, Gerrard, Christine, Hardiman, Fiona, McNamara, Paul S., Diggle, Peter J. and Carrol, Enitan D. (2015). Etiology of childhood bacteremia and timely antibiotics administration in the emergency department. Pediatrics, 135 (4), 635-642. doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-2061
Le Doare, Kirsty, Barker, Charlotte I. S., Irwin, Adam and Sharland, Mike (2015). Improving antibiotic prescribing for children in the resource-poor setting. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 79 (3), 446-455. doi: 10.1111/bcp.12320
Sabhaney, Vikram, Enarson, Paul, Irwin, Adam D., Carrol, Enitan D., Schuetz, Philipp, Briel, Matthias, Bucher, Heiner C. and Mueller, Beat (2013). Commentaries on ‘Procalcitonin to initiate or discontinue antibiotics in acute respiratory tract infections’ with a response from the review authors. Evidence-Based Child Health, 8 (4), 1372-1375. doi: 10.1002/ebch.1928
Irwin, Adam and Sharland, Mike (2013). Measuring antibiotic prescribing in hospitalised children in resource-poor countries: a systematic review. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 49 (3), 185-192. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02126.x
Irwin, Adam D., Marriage, Fiona, Mankhambo, Limangeni A., Jeffers, Graham, Kolamunnage-Dona, Ruwanthi, Guiver, Malcolm, Denis, Brigitte, Molyneux, Elizabeth M., Molyneux, Malcolm E., Day, Philip J. and Carrol, Enitan D. (2012). Novel biomarker combination improves the diagnosis of serious bacterial infections in Malawian children. BMC Medical Genomics, 5 (1) 13. doi: 10.1186/1755-8794-5-13
Irwin, Adam D. and Carrol, Enitan D. (2011). Procalcitonin. Archives of Disease in Childhood-Education and Practice Edition, 96 (6), 228-233. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-300178
Little, Jane, Irwin, Adam, Marshall, Tim, Rayner, Hugh and Smith, Stephen (2001). Predicting a patient's choice of dialysis modality: experience in a United Kingdom renal department. American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 37 (5), 981-986. doi: 10.1016/S0272-6386(05)80014-9
Conference Papers
Patel, Hrishikesh, Qiu, Ruihong, Irwin, Adam, Sadiq, Shazia and Wang, Sen (2024). EMIT - Event-Based Masked Auto Encoding for Irregular Time Series. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/icdm59182.2024.00044
Moore, C., English, A., Harley, A., Irwin, A., O’Keefe, M., Raman, S. and Lister, Paula (2024). Development Of A ‘Train The Trainer’ Paediatric Sepsis Education Package To Support Local Educators. 12th World Congress on Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care, Cancun, Mexico, 1-5 June 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1097/01.pcc.0001085136.74096.8a
Gilholm, P., Irwin, A., Lister, P., Harley, A., Raman, S., Schlapbach, L. J. and Gibbons, K. (2022). Identifying clinical symptom profiles for sepsis in children screened for sepsis on admission to the emergency department. 11th Congress of the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive & Critical Care Societies, Online, 12-16 July 2022. Philadelphia, PA United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. doi: 10.1097/01.pcc.0000899876.46317.ec
Schults, Jessica, Charles, Karina, Long, Debbie, Erikson, Simon, Irwin, Adam, Waak, Michaela, Hall, Lisa and Ullman, Amanda (2021). Recommendations for endotracheal suction interventions in children with highly infectious respiratory disease: results from a RAND/UCLA binational appropriateness panel. 9th International Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) online conference, Online, 7-10 November 2021. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2021.09.031
Ayfan, A., Ertl, N., Whiley, D., Paterson, D., Heney, C., Harris, P., Macdonald, J., Irwin, A. and Zowawi, H. (2020). Rapid and sensitive molecular detection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR); towards point-of-care testing in low resource settings. GCCMID 2019, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 6-9 November 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.01.059
August, Deanne, Ullman, Amanda, New, Karen, McIntyre, Colette, Smith, Patricia, Koorts, Pieter, Irwin, Adam, Cobbald, Linda, Lack, Gill, Takashima, Mari, Foxcroft, Katie and Marsh, Nicole (2019). Neonatal observational vascular access (NOVA): an Australian audit. 3rd Congress of Joint European Neonatal Societies (jENS), Masstricht, Netherlands, 17-21 September 2019. New York, United States: Nature Publishing Group.
Kwok, M., Booth, J., Konstanty, P., Standing, J.F. and Irwin, A.D. (2017). A2.1 A comparison of metrics to evaluate trends in antimicrobial consumption in a tertiary children’s hospital. Great Ormond Street Hospital Conference, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 21–22 June, 2017. London, United Kingdom: BMJ Publishing Group. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2017-084620.21