Ms Michelle Bauer
Laboratory Manager
UQ Centre for Clinical Research
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Journal Articles
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
Parkes-Smith, Jill, Bauer, Michelle J., Bergh, Haakon, Eidan, Anthony, Forde, Brian M., Hilton, John, Kidd, Timothy J., Schmidt, Campbell, Stewart, Adam G. and Harris, Patrick N. A. (2022). Case report: a fatal case of Aspergillus felis infection in an immunocompetent host. Access Microbiology, 4 (11), acmi000453. doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000453
Bauer, Michelle J., Peri, Anna Maria, Lüftinger, Lukas, Beisken, Stephan, Bergh, Haakon, Forde, Brian M., Buckley, Cameron, Cuddihy, Thom, Tan, Patrice, Paterson, David L., Whiley, David M. and Harris, Patrick N. A. (2022). Optimized method for bacterial nucleic acid extraction from positive blood culture broth for whole-genome sequencing, resistance phenotype prediction, and downstream molecular applications. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 60 (11) e01012-22, 1-11. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01012-22
Isler, Burcu, Vatansever, Cansel, Özer, Berna, Çınar, Güle, Aslan, Abdullah Tarık, Stewart, Adam, Simos, Peter, Falconer, Caitlin, Bauer, Michelle J., Forde, Brian, Harris, Patrick, Şimşek, Funda, Tülek, Necla, Demirkaya, Hamiyet, Menekşe, Şirin, Akalin, Halis, Balkan, İlker İnanç, Aydın, Mehtap, Tigen, Elif Tükenmez, Demir, Safiye Koçulu, Kapmaz, Mahir, Keske, Şiran, Doğan, Özlem, Arabacı, Çiğdem, Yağcı, Serap, Hazırolan, Gülşen, Bakır, Veli Oğuzalp, Gönen, Mehmet, Saltoğlu, Neşe ... Can, Füsun (2022). Comparison of ceftazidime-avibactam susceptibility testing methods against OXA-48-like carrying Klebsiella blood stream isolates. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 104 (1) 115745, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2022.115745
Islam, Kamrul, Sime, Fekade B., Wallis, Steven C., Bauer, Michelle J., Naicker, Saiyuri, Won, Hayoung, Zowawi, Hosam M., Choudhury, Md Abu, Shirin, Tahmina, Habib, Zakir H., Harris, Patrick N. A., Flora, Meerjady S. and Roberts, Jason A. (2022). Pharmacodynamics of Piperacillin-Tazobactam/Amikacin Combination versus Meropenem against Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in a Hollow Fiber Infection Model. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 66 (9), e0016222. doi: 10.1128/aac.00162-22
Islam, Kamrul, Sime, Fekade B., Bauer, Michelle J., Forde, Brian M., Wallis, Steven C., Harris, Patrick, Naicker, Saiyuri, Shirin, Tahmina, Habib, Zakir H., Flora, Meerjady S. and Roberts, Jason A. (2022). Pharmacodynamic evaluation of piperacillin/tazobactam against extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing versus non-producing Escherichia coli in a hollow-fibre infection model. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 60 (2) 106623, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2022.106623
Peri, Anna Maria, Bauer, Michelle J., Bergh, Haakon, Butkiewicz, Dominika, Paterson, David L. and Harris, Patrick N. A. (2022). Performance of the BioFire Blood Culture Identification 2 Panel for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections. Heliyon, 8 (7) e09983, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09983
Islam, Kamrul, Sime, Fekade B., Wallis, Steven C., Bauer, Michelle J., Forde, Brian M., Harris, Patrick, Shirin, Tahmina, Habib, Zakir H., Flora, Meerjady S. and Roberts, Jason A. (2022). Pharmacodynamic evaluation of piperacillin/tazobactam versus meropenem against extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing and non-producing Escherichia coli clinical isolates in a hollow-fibre infection model. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 77 (9), 2448-2455. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkac186
Burnard, Delaney, Bauer, Michelle J., Falconer, Caitlin, Gassiep, Ian, Norton, Robert E., Paterson, David L. and Harris, Patrick NA (2022). Clinical Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from north Queensland carry diverse bimABm genes that are associated with central nervous system disease and are phylogenomically distinct from other Australian strains. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16 (6) e0009482, 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009482
Gassiep, Ian, Bauer, Michelle J., Harris, Patrick N. A. and Norton, Robert (2022). Speed and safety of mass spectrometry for identification of Burkholderia pseudomallei directly from spiked blood cultures. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 71 (4) 001521. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001521
Gassiep, Ian, Bauer, Michelle J., Page, Melissa, Harris, Patrick N. A. and Norton, Robert (2022). Comparative evaluation of Panther Fusion and real-time PCR for detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei in spiked human blood. Access Microbiology, 4 (3), 000333. doi: 10.1099/acmi.0.000333
Phan, Minh-Duy, Peters, Kate M., Alvarez Fraga, Laura, Wallis, Steven C., Hancock, Steven, Nhu, Nguyen Thi Khanh, Forde, Brian, Bauer, Michelle J., Paterson, David L., Beatson, Scott A, Lipman, Jeffrey and Schembri, Mark A. (2022). Plasmid-mediated ciprofloxacin resistance imparts a selective advantage on Escherichia coli ST131. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 66 (1) e02146-21, 1-11. doi: 10.1128/aac.02146-21
De Oliveira, David M. P., Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Steiner, Bernhard, Zhang, Bing, Zuegg, Johannes, El-deeb, Ibrahim M., Li, Gen, Keller, Nadia, Brouwer, Stephan, Harbison-Price, Nichaela, Cork, Amanda J., Bauer, Michelle J., Alquethamy, Saleh F., Beatson, Scott A., Roberts, Jason A., Paterson, David L., McEwan, Alastair G., Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Schembri, Mark A., McDevitt, Christopher A., von Itzstein, Mark and Walker, Mark J. (2022). Rescuing Tetracycline Class Antibiotics for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pulmonary Infection. mBio, 13 (1) e03517, e0351721. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03517-21
Peri, Anna Maria, Bauer, Michelle J., Bergh, Haakon, Butkiewicz, Dominika, Paterson, David L. and Harris, Patrick N.A. (2022). Performance of the BioFire Blood Culture Identification 2 Panel for the diagnosis of bloodstream infections on blood cultures from the intensive care unit and emergency department. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4003859
Hem, Sopheak, Jarocki, Veronica M., Baker, Dave J., Charles, Ian G., Drigo, Barbara, Aucote, Sarah, Donner, Erica, Burnard, Delaney, Bauer, Michelle J., Harris, Patrick N.A., Wyrsch, Ethan R. and Djordjevic, Steven P. (2022). Genomic analysis of Elizabethkingia species from aquatic environments: evidence for potential clinical transmission. Current Research in Microbial Sciences, 3 100083, 100083. doi: 10.1016/j.crmicr.2021.100083
Stewart, Adam G, Henderson, Andrew, Bauer, Michelle J, Paterson, David L and Harris, Patrick N A (2021). Activity of temocillin against third-generation cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream isolates from a clinical trial. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 4 (1) dlab192, dlab192. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlab192
Stewart, Adam G., Paterson, David L., Young, Barnaby, Lye, David C, Davis, Joshua S., Schneider, Kellie, Yilmaz, Mesut, Dinleyici, Rumeysa, Runnegar, Naomi, Henderson, Andrew, Archuleta, Sophia, Kalimuddin, Shirin, Forde, Brian M., Chatfield, Mark D., Bauer, Michelle J., Lipman, Jeffrey, Harris-Brown, Tiffany, Harris, Patrick N. A. and for the MERINO Trial Investigators and the Australasian Society for Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network (ASID-CRN) (2021). Meropenem versus piperacillin-tazobactam for definitive treatment of bloodstream infections caused by AmpC beta-lactamase producing Enterobacter spp., Citrobacter freundii, Morganella morganii, Providencia spp., or Serratia marcescens: a pilot multi-center randomized controlled trial (MERINO-2). Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 8 (8) ofab387, ofab387. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab387
Stewart, Adam G., Cottrell, Kyra, Henderson, Andrew, Vemuri, Kanthi, Bauer, Michelle J., Paterson, David L. and Harris, Patrick N. A. (2021). In vitro activity of Cefotetan against ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream isolates from the MERINO Trial. Microbiology Spectrum, 9 (1) e00226-21, 1-6. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00226-21
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
Gassiep, Ian, Bauer, Michelle J., Harris, Patrick N. A., Chatfield, Mark D. and Norton, Robert (2021). Laboratory safety: handling B. pseudomallei isolates without a biosafety cabinet. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 59 (7) e0042421, 1-6. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00424-21
Gassiep, Ian, Burnard, Delaney, Bauer, Michelle J., Norton, Robert E. and Harris, Patrick N. (2021). Diagnosis of melioidosis: the role of molecular techniques. Future Microbiology, 16 (4) fmb-2020-0202, 271-288. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2020-0202
Burnard, Delaney, Robertson, Gemma, Henderson, Andrew, Falconer, Caitlin, Bauer, Michelle J., Cottrell, Kyra, Gassiep, Ian, Norton, Robert, Paterson, David L. and Harris, Patrick N. A. (2021). Burkholderia pseudomallei clinical isolates are highly susceptible in vitro to cefiderocol, a siderophore cephalosporin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 65 (2) e00685-20. doi: 10.1128/aac.00685-20
De Oliveira, David M. P., Bohlmann, Lisa, Conroy, Trent, Jen, Freda E.-C., Everest-Dass, Arun, Hansford, Karl A., Bolisetti, Raghu, El-Deeb, Ibrahim M., Forde, Brian M., Phan, Minh-Duy, Lacey, Jake A., Tan, Aimee, Rivera-Hernandez, Tania, Brouwer, Stephan, Keller, Nadia, Kidd, Timothy J., Cork, Amanda J., Bauer, Michelle J., Cook, Gregory M., Davies, Mark R., Beatson, Scott A., Paterson, David L., McEwan, Alastair G., Li, Jian, Schembri, Mark A., Blaskovich, Mark A. T., Jennings, Michael P., McDevitt, Christopher A., von Itzstein, Mark and Walker, Mark J. (2020). Repurposing a neurodegenerative disease drug to treat Gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacterial sepsis. Science Translational Medicine, 12 (570) abb3791, eabb3791. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abb3791
Henderson, A., Paterson, D. L., Chatfield, M. D., Tambyah, P. A., Lye, D. C., De, P. P., Lin, R. T. P., Chew, K. L., Yin, M., Lee, T. H., Yilmaz, M., Cakmak, R., Alenazi, T. H., Arabi, Y. M., Falcone, M., Bassetti, M., Righi, E., Rogers, B.A., Kanj, S. S., Bhally, H., Iredell, J., Mendelson, M., Boyles, T. H., Looke, D. F. M., Runnegar, N. J., Miyakis, S., Walls, G., AI Khamis, M., Zikri, A. ... For the MERINO Trial Investigators and the Australasian Society for Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network (ASID-CRN) (2020). Association between minimum inhibitory concentration, beta-lactamase genes and mortality for patients treated with piperacillin/tazobactam or meropenem from the MERINO study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73 (11), e3842-e3850. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1479
Mitchell, Marion L., Ullman, Amanda J., Takashima, Mari, Davis, Chelsea, Mihala, Gabor, Powell, Madeleine, Gibson, Victoria, Zhang, Li, Bauer, Michelle, Geoffrey Playford, E. and Rickard, Claire M. (2020). Central venous access device Securement and dressing effectiveness: the CASCADE pilot randomised controlled trial in the adult intensive care. Australian Critical Care, 33 (5), 441-451. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2019.10.002
Kleidon, Tricia M., Rickard, Claire M., Gibson, Victoria, Mihala, Gabor, Schults, Jessica A., Xu, Hui (Grace), Bauer, Michelle J., Marsh, Nicole, Larsen, Emily N., Cattanach, Paula and Ullman, Amanda J. (2020). Smile - Secure my intravenous line effectively: a pilot randomised controlled trial of peripheral intravenous catheter securement in paediatrics. Journal of Tissue Viability, 29 (2), 82-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jtv.2020.03.006
Moureau, Nancy L., Marsh, Nicole, Zhang, Li, Bauer, Michelle J., Larsen, Emily, Mihala, Gabor, Corley, Amanda, Lye, India, Cooke, Marie and Rickard, Claire M. (2019). Evaluation of Skin Colonisation And Placement of vascular access device Exit sites (ESCAPE Study). Journal of Infection Prevention, 20 (1), 51-59. doi: 10.1177/1757177418805836
Smyth, Danielle J., Shera, Josephine, Bauer, Michelle J., Cameron, Ainslie, McNeilly, Celia L., Sriprakash, Kadaba S. and McMillan, David J. (2014). Conjugative transfer of ICESde 3396 between three β-hemolytic streptococcal species. BMC Research Notes, 7 (1) 521. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-521
Bauer, Michelle J., Georgousakis, Melina M., Vu, Therese, Henningham, Anna, Hofmann, Andreas, Rettel, Mandy, Hafner, Louise M., Sriprakash, Kadaba S. and McMillan, David J. (2012). Evaluation of novel Streptococcus pyogenes vaccine candidates incorporating multiple conserved sequences from the C-repeat region of the M-protein. Vaccine, 30 (12), 2197-2205. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.115
Conference Papers
Gassiep, Ian, Bauer, Michelle J., Harris, Patrick N.A. and Norton, Robert (2022). Can mass spectrometry be used to identify burkholderia pseudomallei directly from spiked blood cultures?. Pathology Update 2022, Sydney, NSW Australia, 4-6 March 2022. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.12.274
Gassiep, Ian, Bauer, Michelle J., Harris, Patrick N. A., Chatfield, Mark D. and Norton, Robert (2021). Laboratory safety: handling B. pseudomallei isolates without a biosafety cabinet. Pathology Update 2021, Online, 2-4 July 2021. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.06.105
Mitchell, Marion, Ullman, Amanda, Takashima, Mari, Davis, Chelsea, Mihala, Gabor, Powell, Madeleine, Gibson, Victoria, Zhang, Li, Bauer, Michelle, Playford, Geoffrey and Rickard, Claire (2020). Central venous access device securement and dressing effectiveness: the cascade pilot randomised controlled trial in adult intensive care. World Congress of Intensive Care, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 14-18 October 2019. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier.