Sushena Krishnaswamy

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Sushena Krishnaswamy
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MBBS (Hons) (Monash) FRACP Dip Trop Med Hyg (Gorgas, Peru)

Infectious Diseases Physician
Professional Roles

2012-2015 Infectious Diseases Physician, Alice Springs Hospital
2012-2015 Preceptor, School of Medicine, Flinders University
Publications

Strategies to implement maternal vaccination: A comparison between standing orders for midwife delivery, a hospital based maternal immunisation service and primary care.
Krishnaswamy S, Wallace EM, Buttery J, Giles ML.
Vaccine. 2018 Mar 20;36(13):1796-1800. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.12.080. Epub 2018 Feb 2.
PMID: 29395531

Understanding the barriers to uptake of antenatal vaccination by women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: A cross-sectional study.
Krishnaswamy S, Cheng AC, Wallace EM, Buttery J, Giles ML.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2018 Mar 1:1-8. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2018.1445455. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 29494274

Uptake of maternal vaccinations by Indigenous women in Central Australia.
Krishnaswamy S, Thalpawila S, Halliday M, Wallace EM, Buttery J, Giles M.
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2018 Jan 31. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12772. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 29384237

The rise of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: now the dominant cause of skin and soft tissue infection in Central Australia.
Macmorran E, Harch S, Athan E, Lane S, Tong S, Crawford L, Krishnaswamy S, Hewagama S.
Epidemiol Infect. 2017 Oct;145(13):2817-2826. doi: 10.1017/S0950268817001716. Epub 2017 Aug 14.

Protecting newborns from pertussis: The role of partner vaccination in the era of maternal immunization.
Krishnaswamy S, Wallace EM, Cheng AC, Buttery J.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2017 Jul 25;216:159-163. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.07.031. [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 28772257

Pregnant women’s attitudes toward antenatal pertussis vaccination.
Naidu MA, Krishnaswamy S, Wallace EM, Giles ML.
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2017 Apr;57(2):235. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12615. No abstract available.
PMID: 28401561

Total and unbound ceftriaxone pharmacokinetics in critically ill Australian Indigenous patients with severe sepsis.
Tsai D, Stewart P, Goud R, Gourley S, Hewagama S, Krishnaswamy S, Wallis SC, Lipman J, Roberts JA.
Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2016 Dec;48(6):748-752. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.09.021.
PMID: 27838278

Optimising meropenem dosing in critically ill Australian Indigenous patients with severe sepsis.
Tsai D, Stewart P, Goud R, Gourley S, Hewagama S, Krishnaswamy S, Wallis SC, Lipman J, Roberts JA.
Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2016 Nov;48(5):542-546. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.08.015.
PMID: 27771187

Pharmacokinetics of Piperacillin in Critically Ill Australian Indigenous Patients with Severe Sepsis.
Tsai D, Stewart P, Goud R, Gourley S, Hewagama S, Krishnaswamy S, Wallis SC, Lipman J, Roberts JA.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 Nov 21;60(12):7402-7406.
PMID: 27736759

Antenatal pertussis vaccination: Are we implementing best evidence into practice?
Krishnaswamy S, Wallace E, Buttery J, Giles M.
Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2016 Dec;56(6):552-555. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12554. Review.
PMID: 27704540

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 exposures following blood-borne virus incidents in central Australia, 2002-2012.
Hewagama S, Krishnaswamy S, King L, Davis J, Baird R.
Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 1;59(1):85-7. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu227. Epub 2014 Apr 11.
PMID: 24729501

Early experience with antimicrobial stewardship ward rounds at a tertiary referral hospital.
Cairns KA, Jenney AW, Krishnaswamy S, Dooley MJ, Morrissey O, Lewin SR, Cheng AC.
Med J Aust. 2012 Jan 16;196(1):34-5. No abstract available.
PMID: 22256927