Professor David Murdoch

2024

Journal - Research Article

Maze, M. J., Williman, J., Anstey, R., Best, E., Bhally, H., Bryce, A., … Dummer, J., Epton, M., … Hancox, R. J., … Murdoch, D. R., … Raymond, N., … Walls, T., … Wright, K. (2024). Evaluation of risk prediction scores for adults hospitalised with COVID-19 in a highly vaccinated population, Aotearoa New Zealand 2022. IJID Regions. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100424

Taylor, A., Best, E. J., Walls, T., Webb, R., Bhally, H., Bryce, A., … Dummer, J., … Hancox, R. J., … Murdoch, D. R., … Williman, J., … Maze, M. J. (2024). COVID-19 related hospitalisations amongst Aotearoa, New Zealand children during the Omicron era of SARS-CoV-2. IJID Regions, 12, 100408. doi: 10.1016/j.ijregi.2024.100408

Kandasamy, R., Gurung, M., Shrestha, S., Gautam, M. C., Kelly, S., Thorson, S., … Murdoch, D. R., … Shrestha, S. (2024). Decline in pneumococcal vaccine serotype carriage, multiple-serotype carriage, and carriage density in Nepalese children after PCV10 introduction: A pre-post comparison study. Vaccine. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.05.018

Gallagher, K. E., Awori, J. O., Knoll, M. D., Rhodes, J., Higdon, M. M., Hammitt, L. L., … Murdoch, D. R., … for The PERCH Study Group. (2024). Factors predicting mortality in hospitalised HIV-negative children with lower-chest-wall indrawing pneumonia and implications for management. PLoS ONE, 19(3), e0297159. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297159

Journal - Research Other

Carter, M. J., Shrestha, S., O'Reilly, P., Gurung, P., Gurung, M., Thorson, S., … Murdoch, D. R., … on behalf of the PneumoNepal Study Group. (2024). Evaluation of acute and convalescent antibody concentration against pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides for the diagnosis of pneumococcal infection in children with community-acquired pneumonia. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 43(2), e67-e70. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004185

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Maze, M., Williman, J., Best, E., Bhally, H., Bryce, A., Chang, C., … Dummer, J., Epton, M., Good, W., … Hancox, R., … Hills, T., … Morpeth, S., Murdoch, D., … Raymond, N., … Storer, M., Walls, T., … Wong, C., & Wright, K. (2024). Evaluation of COVID-19 severity prediction scores, Aotearoa New Zealand 2022. Respirology, 29(Suppl. 1), TO118. doi: 10.1111/resp.14673

2023

Journal - Research Article

Shaw, D., Abad, R., Amin-Chowdhury, Z., Bautista, A., Bennett, D., Broughton, K., … Murdoch, D., … Brueggemann, A. B. (2023). Trends in invasive bacterial diseases during the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: Analyses of prospective surveillance data from 30 countries and territories in the IRIS Consortium. Lancet Digital Health. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/s2589-7500(23)00108-5

Chambers, S. T., Scott-Thomas, A., Storer, M., Slow, S., Williman, J., Epton, M., Murdoch, D. R., Metcalf, S., Carr, A., Isenman, H., & Maze, M. (2023). Adjunctive intravenous then oral vitamin C for moderate and severe community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized adults: Feasibility of randomized controlled trial. Scientific Reports, 13, 11879. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-37934-z

Jun, H., Scott-Thomas, A., Slow, S., Williman, J., Murdoch, D. R., & Chambers, S. T. (2023). The inhibitory effect of copper, zinc, and manganese on Legionella longbeachae and other Legionella spp. in vitro. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 76, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/lambio/ovad074

Cheung, J., Nordmeier, K., Kelland, S., Harrington, M., Williman, J., Storer, M., Beaglehole, B., Beckert, L., Chambers, S. T., Epton, M. J., Freeman, J., Murdoch, D. R., Werno, A. M., & Maze, M. J. (2023). Symptom persistence and recovery among COVID-19 survivors during a limited outbreak in Canterbury, New Zealand: A prospective cohort study. Internal Medicine Journal, 53, 37-45. doi: 10.1111/imj.15930

Other Research Output

Murdoch, D., & French, N. (2023, November). Infectious diseases and pandemic preparedness. Special Seminar, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Research Presentation].

2022

Journal - Research Article

Shrestha, S., Gurung, M., Amatya, P., Bijukchhe, S., Bose, A. S., Carter, M. J., … Murdoch, D. R., … & the PneumoNepal Study Group. (2022). Effect of the of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Nepal 4 years after introduction: An observational cohort study. Lancet Global Health, 10, e1494-e1504. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00281-9

Téllez, A., Ambrosioni, J., Hernández-Meneses, M., Llopis, J., Ripa, M., Chambers, S. T., … Raymond, N., … the International Collaboration on Endocarditis (ICE) Investigators, including Murdoch, D. R. (2022). Clinical characteristics and outcome of infective endocarditis due to Abiotrophia and Granulicatella compared to Viridans group streptococci. Journal of Infection, 85, 137-146. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.05.023

Park, D. E., Watson, N. L., Focht, C., Feikin, D., Hammitt, L., Brooks, W. A., … Murdoch, D. R., … McCollum, E. D. (2022). Digitally recorded and remotely classified lung auscultation compared with conventional stethoscope classifications among children aged 1-59 months enrolled in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) case-control study. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 9, e001144. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-001144

Kandasamy, R., Lo, S., Gurung, M., Carter, M. J., Gladstone, R., Lees, J., … Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2022). Effect of childhood vaccination and antibiotic use on pneumococcal populations and genome-wide associations with disease among children in Nepal: An observational study. Lancet Microbe, 3, e503-e511. doi: 10.1016/S2666-5247(22)00066-0

Slow, S., Anderson, T., Murdoch, D. R., Bloomfield, S., Winter, D., & Biggs, P. J. (2022). Extensive epigenetic modification with large-scale chromosomal and plasmid recombination characterise the Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1 genome. Scientific Reports, 12, 5810. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09721-9

Bryce, A., Foley, L., Phillipson, J., Slow, S., Storer, M., Williman, J., Beasley, R., Bhally, H., … Dummer, J., Epton, M., … Gracie, K., Hancox, R. J., Hills, T., Hogg, S., … Kearns, N., … Murdoch, D., Raymond, N., … Maze, M. J. (2022). Clinical features of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 from February to October 2020, during the early waves of the pandemic in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1552), 120-130. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Carter, M. J., Gurung, M., Pokhrel, B., Bijukchhe, S. M., Karmacharya, S., Khadka, B., … Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2022). Childhood invasive bacterial disease in Kathmandu Nepal (2005-2013). Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 41(3), 192-198. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000003421

Journal - Research Other

Skegg, D. C. G., Brewerton, M., Hill, P. C., Iosua, E., Murdoch, D. R., & Turner, N. (2022). Vaccine mandates in the time of Omicron. New Zealand Medical Journal, 135(1552), 11-15. Retrieved from https://journal.nzma.org.nz/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Murdoch, D. (2022, November). Preparing for the next infectious disease challenge. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting and Workshop, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2021

Journal - Research Article

Scott, P., Zhang, J., Anderson, T., Priest, P. C., Chambers, S., Smith, H., Murdoch, D. R., French, N., & Biggs, P. J. (2021). Whole-genome sequencing and ad hoc shared genome analysis of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a New Zealand primary school. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 20328. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-99080-8

Bothara, R. K., Tafuna'i, M., Wilkinson, T. J., Desrosiers, J., Jack, S., Pattemore, P. K., Walls, T., Sopoaga, F., Murdoch, D. R., & Miller, A. P. (2021). Global health classroom: Mixed methods evaluation of an interinstitutional model for reciprocal global health learning among Samoan and New Zealand medical students. Globalization & Health, 17, 99. doi: 10.1186/s12992-021-00755-8

Shrestha, S., Stockdale, L. K., Gautam, M. C., Gurung, M., Feng, S., Maskey, P., … Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2021). Impact of vaccination on Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage in healthy children less than 5 years of age in an urban population in Nepal. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 224(Suppl. 3), S267-S274. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab072

Tapia, M. D., Sylla, M., Driscoll, A. J., Touré, A., Kourouma, N., Sissoko, S., … Murdoch, D. R., … Kotloff, K. L. (2021). The etiology of childhood pneumonia in Mali: Findings from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40, S18-S28. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002767

Seidenberg, P., Mwananyanda, L., Chipeta, J., Kwenda, G., Mulindwa, J. M., Mwansa, J., … Murdoch, D. R., … Thea, D. M. (2021). The etiology of pneumonia in HIV-infected Zambian children: Findings from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40, S50-S58. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002649

Mwananyanda, L., Thea, D. M., Chipeta, J., Kwenda, G., Mulindwa, J. M., Mwenechanya, M., … Murdoch, D. R., … Seidenberg, P. (2021). The etiology of pneumonia in Zambian children: Findings from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40, S40-S49. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002652

Moore, D. P., Baillie, V. L., Mudau, A., Wadula, J., Adams, T., Mangera, S., … Murdoch, D. R., … Madhi, S. A. (2021). The etiology of pneumonia in HIV-1-infected South African children in the era of antiretroviral treatment: Findings from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40, S69-S78. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002651

Moore, D. P., Baillie, V. L., Mudau, A., Wadula, J., Adams, T., Mangera, S., … Murdoch, D. R., … Madhi, S. A. (2021). The etiology of pneumonia in HIV-uninfected South African children: Findings from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40, S59-S68. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002650

Howie, S. R. C., Ebruke, B. E., McLellan, J. L., Deloria Knoll, M., Dione, M. M., Feikin, D. R., … Murdoch, D. R., … Zaman, S. M. A. (2021). The etiology of childhood Pneumonia in The Gambia: Findings from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40, S7-S17. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002766

Deloria Knoll, M., Prosperi, C., Baggett, H. C., Brooks, W. A., Feikin, D. R., Hammitt, L. L., … Murdoch, D. R., … O'Brien, K. L. (2021). Introduction to the site-specific etiologic results from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40, S1-S6. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002778

Bunthi, C., Rhodes, J., Thamthitiwat, S., Higdon, M. M., Chuananon, S., Amorninthapichet, T., … Murdoch, D. R., … Akarasewi, P. (2021). Etiology and clinical characteristics of severe pneumonia among young children in Thailand: Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) case-control study findings, 2012-2013. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40, S91-S100. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002768

Brooks, W. A., Zaman, K., Goswami, D., Prosperi, C., Endtz, H. P., Hossain, L., … Murdoch, D. R., … Deloria Knoll, M. (2021). The etiology of childhood pneumonia in Bangladesh: Findings from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40, S79-S90. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002648

Awori, J. O., Kamau, A., Morpeth, S., Kazungu, S., Silaba, M., Sande, J., … Murdoch, D. R., … Scott, J. A. G. (2021). The etiology of pneumonia in HIV-uninfected Children in Kilifi, Kenya: Findings from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40, S29-S39. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000002653

Nguyen, T., Adnan, M., Nguyen, B. P., de Ligt, J., Geoghegan, J. L., Dean, R., … Baker, M. G., … Murdoch, D. R., … Simpson, C. R. (2021). COVID-19 vaccine strategies for Aotearoa New Zealand: A mathematical modelling study. Lancet Regional Health: Western Pacific, 15, 100256. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100256

Chambers, S. T., Withers, A., Dawson, K., Anderson, T., Williman, J., Murdoch, D., Scott-Thomas, A., & Slow, S. (2021). How safe are gloves and masks used for protection against Legionella longbeachae infection when gardening? Letters in Applied Microbiology, 73, 616-622. doi: 10.1111/lam.13546

Baillie, V. L., Moore, D. P., Muthunjwa, A., Baggett, H. C., Brooks, A., Feikin, D. R., … Murdoch, D. R., … Madhi, S. A. (2021). Epidemiology of the rhinovirus (RV) in African and Southeast Asian children: A case-control pneumonia etiology study. Viruses, 13(7), 1249. doi: 10.3390/v13071249

Mohammadi, A., Chambers, S. T., Slow, S., Anderson, T., Williman, J., Scott, P., Murdoch, D., & Scott-Thomas, A. (2021). Presence of Legionella Longbeachae in pine but not composted green waste used in manufacture of potting soils in New Zealand. Journal of Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 9(1), 1-4. doi: 10.12691/jaem-9-1-1

Brueggemann, A. B., Jansen van Rensburg, M. J., Shaw, D., Jolley, K. A., McCarthy, N. D., Maiden, M. C. J., … Murdoch, D. R., … Zhou, F. (2021). Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: A prospective analysis of surveillance data. Lancet Digital Health, 3(6), e360-e370. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(21)00077-7

Geoghegan, J. L., Douglas, J., Ren, X., Storey, M., Hadfield, J., Silander, O. K., … Baker, M. G., Murdoch, D. R., … de Ligt, J. (2021). Use of genomics to track Coronavirus disease outbreaks, New Zealand. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(5), 1317-1322. doi: 10.3201/eid2705.204579

Park, D. E., Higdon, M. M., Prosperi, C., Baggett, H. C., Brooks, W. A., Feikin, D. R., … Murdoch, D. R., … Deloria Knoll, M. (2021). Upper respiratory tract co-detection of human endemic coronaviruses and high-density pneumococcus associated with increased severity among HIV-uninfected children under 5 years old in the PERCH study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40(6), 503-512. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000003139

Jolliffe, D. A., Camargo, Jr, C. A., Sluyter, J. D., Aglipay, M., Aloia, J. F., Ganmaa, D., … Murdoch, D. R., … Martineau, A. R. (2021). Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis of aggregate data from randomised controlled trials. Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 9, 276-292. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00051-6

Pericàs, J. M., Llopis, J., Athan, E., Hernández-Meneses, M., Hannan, M. M., Murdoch, D. R., … on behalf of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis (ICE) Investigators. (2021). Prospective cohort study of infective endocarditis in people who inject drugs. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 77(5), 544-555. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.11.062

Ebruke, B. E., Deloria Knoll, M., Haddix, M., Zaman, S. M. A., Prosperi, C., Feikin, D. R., … Murdoch, D. R., … Howie, S. R. C. (2021). The aetiology of pneumonia from analysis of lung aspirate and pleural fluid samples: Findings from the PERCH study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 73, e3788-e3796. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1032

Journal - Research Other

Gardiner, S. J., Duffy, E. J., Chambers, S. T., Thomas, M. G., Addidle, M., Arnold, B., … Balm, M. N. D., … Berger, S., … Birch, M., Blackmore, T. K., Bloomfield, M., … Bupha-Intr, O., … Campbell, C., Chin, P. K. L., Dalton, S. C., … Douglas, N. M., … Elvy, J., Everts, R., … Hudson, B., … Isenman, H., Issa, M., Kelly, M. J., Li, C., … Maze, M., Metcalf, S. C. L., McCall, C., Murdoch, D., … Pithie, A., Raymond, N., … Ussher, J. E., … Walls, T., & Yew, H. S. (2021). Antimicrobial stewardship in human healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand: Urgent call for national leadership and co-ordinated efforts to preserve antimicrobial effectiveness. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1544), 113-128. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Gurung, M., Bijukchhe, S. M., Hariri, P., Voysey, M., Kandasamy, R., Thorson, S., … Murdoch, D. R., … Shrestha, S. (2021). Persistence of immunity following 2-dose priming with a 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine at 6 and 10 weeks or 6 and 14 weeks of age in Nepalese toddlers [Vaccine report]. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 40(10), 937-943. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000003223

Murdoch, D. R., Crengle, S., Frame, B., French, N. P., & Priest, P. C. (2021). "We have been warned": Preparing now to prevent the next pandemic. New Zealand Medical Journal, 134(1536), 8-11. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Chambers, S. T., Slow, S., Scott-Thomas, A., & Murdoch, D. R. (2021). Legionellosis caused by non-Legionella pneumophila species, with a focus on Legionella longbeachae. Microorganisms, 9, 291. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9020291

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Murdoch, D. (2021, July). COVID-19: Vaccine: Delivering New Zealand's largest ever immunization roll out. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Medico-Legal Congress: Analysing the Interface of Clinical and Legal Practice, Healthcare Policy, Regulation, and Biomedical Ethics, Wellington, New Zealand.

Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Harwood, M., Anderson, A., Murdoch, D., Sika-Paotonu, D., Heinemann, J., Dyet, K., … Wiles, S. (2021). Executive summary: Group A Streptococcus and acute rheumatic fever in Aotearoa New Zealand: A summary of current knowledge in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 1-7). Auckland, New Zealand: Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Kaitohutohu Mātanga Pūtaiao Matua ki te Pirimia. Retrieved from https://cpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.auckland.ac.nz/dist/f/688/files/2021/12/OPMCSA-rheumatic-fever-evidence-synthesis-Exec-summary-to-upload-v2.pdf

Harwood, M., Anderson, A., Murdoch, D., Sika-Paotonu, D., Heinemann, J., Dyet, K., … Wiles, S. (2021). Evidence synthesis: Group A Streptococcus and acute rheumatic fever in Aotearoa New Zealand: A summary of current knowledge in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 1-107). Auckland, New Zealand: Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Kaitohutohu Mātanga Pūtaiao Matua ki te Pirimia. Retrieved from https://cpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.auckland.ac.nz/dist/f/688/files/2021/12/OPMCSA-rheumatic-fever-to-upload-on-Nov-19-v2.pdf

Gerrard, J., Harwood, M., Anderson, A., Murdoch, D., Sika-Paotonu, D., Heinemann, J., … Wiles, S. (2021). Kotahitanga: Uniting Aotearoa against infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance: Key messages. (pp. 1-37). Auckland, New Zealand: Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Kaitohutohu Mātanga Pūtaiao Matua ki te Pirimia. Retrieved from https://cpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.auckland.ac.nz/dist/f/688/files/2020/01/Short-report-web-v4.pdf

Gerrard, J., Harwood, M., Anderson, A., Murdoch, D., Sika-Paotonu, D., Heinemann, J., … Wiles, S. (2021). Kotahitanga: Uniting Aotearoa against infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance. (pp. 1-405). Auckland, New Zealand: Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Kaitohutohu Mātanga Pūtaiao Matua ki te Pirimia. [Technical/Scientific Report].

Other Research Output

Murdoch, D. (2021, July). An astonishing year for vaccine development. Christchurch Alumni & Friends' Winter Symposium, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].

2020

Journal - Research Article

Geoghegan, J. L., Ren, X., Storey, M., Hadfield, J., Jelley, L., Jefferies, S., … Baker, M. G., Murdoch, D. R., … de Ligt, J. (2020). Genomic epidemiology reveals transmission patterns and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Aotearoa New Zealand. Nature Communications, 11(1), 6351. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20235-8

McCollum, E. D., Park, D. E., Watson, N. L., Fancourt, N. S. S., Focht, C., Baggett, H. C., … Murdoch, D. R., … Hammitt, L. L. (2020). Digital auscultation in PERCH: Associations with chest radiography and pneumonia mortality in children. Pediatric Pulmonology, 55, 3197-3208. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25046

Mohammadi, A., Chambers, S. T., Scott-Thomas, A., Lewis, J. G., Anderson, T., Podmore, R., Williman, J., Murdoch, D., & Slow, S. (2020). Enhancement of culture of Legionella longbeachae from respiratory samples using immunomagnetic separation and antimicrobial decontamination. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 58(11), e01218-20. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01218-20

Slow, S., Pearson, J. F., Florkowski, C. M., Elder, P. A., Lewis, J. G., Kennedy, M. A., & Murdoch, D. R. (2020). Effect of genetic factors on the response to vitamin D₃ supplementation in the VIDARIS randomised controlled trial. Nutrition, 75-76, 110761. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2020.110761

Carter, M. J., Gurung, P., Jones, C., Rajkarnikar, S., Kandasamy, R., Gurung, M., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the PneumoNepal Study Group. (2020). Assessment of an antibody-in-lymphocyte supernatant assay for the etiological diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in children. Frontiers in Cellular & Infection Microbiology, 9, 459. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00459

Hannaway, R. F., Wang, X., Schneider, M., Slow, S., Cowan, J., Brockway, B., Schofield, M. R., Morgan, X. C., Murdoch, D. R., & Ussher, J. E. (2020). Mucosal-associated invariant T cells and Vδ2+ γδ T cells in community acquired pneumonia: Association of abundance in sputum with clinical severity and outcome. Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 199(2), 201-215. doi: 10.1111/cei.13377

Gallagher, K. E., Deloria Knoll, M., Prosperi, C., Baggett, H. C., Brooks, W. A., Feiken, D. R., … Murdoch, D. R., … for The PERCH Study Group. (2020). The predictive performance of a pneumonia severity score in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-negative children presenting to hospital in seven low- and middle-income countries. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70, 1050-1057. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz350

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R. (2020). Assessing the impact of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70(8), 1589-1590. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz484

Weiss, P., & Murdoch, D. R. (2020). Clinical course and mortality risk of severe COVID-19. Lancet, 395, 1014-1015. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(20)30633-4

Murdoch, D., Addidle, M., Andersson, H.-S., Arnold, B., Balm, M., Benschop, J., … Birch, M., … Brunton, C., … Chambers, S., … Dalton, S., … Everts, R., … Freeman, J., French, N., … Hudson, B., … Ikram, R., Jack, S., Kelly, M., Lamont, I., Maze, M. J., … Metcalf, S., … Murton, S., … Pink, R., Pithie, A., … Priest, P., Raymond, N., … Taylor, J., … Upton, A., Ussher, J., Werno, A., & Wiles, S. (2020). Politicians: Please work together to minimise the spread of COVID-19. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1511), 7-8. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Kwambana-Adams, B. A., Mulholland, E. K., Satzke, C., and ISPPD group, including Murdoch, D. (2020). State-of-the-art in the pneumococcal field: Proceedings of the 11^th International Symposium on Pneumococci and Pneumococcal Diseases (ISPPD-11). Pneumonia, 12, 2. doi: 10.1186/s41479-019-0064-y

Murdoch, D. R., & French, N. P. (2020). COVID-19: Another infectious disease emerging at the animal-human interface. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1510), 12-15. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Harrison, S., Baker, M. G., Benschop, J., Death, R. G., French, N. P., Harmsworth, G., … Lamont, I. L., Priest, P. C., Ussher, J. E., & Murdoch, D. R. (2020). One Health Aotearoa: A transdisciplinary initiative to improve human, animal and environmental health in New Zealand. One Health Outlook, 2, 4. doi: 10.1186/s42522-020-0011-0

Havlernik, J., Dawson, K., Anderson, T. R., Murdoch, D., Chambers, S., Biggs, P., Cree, S., & Slow, S. (2020). Complete genome sequence of a Legionella longbeachae serogroup 2 isolate derived from a patient with Legionnaires’ disease. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 9(5), e01563-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01563-19

Shakeshaft, M. K., & Murdoch, D. R. (2020). Microscopic screening of sputum samples should not be used when testing for Legionella species. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 71, 1356-1357. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz1148

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

McBride, M., Williman, J., Best, E., Walls, T., Murdoch, D., Sadarangani, M., … Martin, N. G. (2020). The epidemiology of viral/aseptic meningitis in New Zealand children from 1991-2017: An observational study [Best Poster Prize in Paediatrics and Child Health (Fellow and Trainee) Finalist]. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 56(Suppl. 2), (pp. 24). doi: 10.1111/jpc.14901_18

Kandasamy, R., Gurung, M., Bibi, S., Shrestha, S., O'Connor, D., Hoggart, C., … Murdoch, D., … Shrestha, S. (2020). Genome-wide association study of respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia among Nepalese children. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). P0373. Retrieved from https://2020.espidmeeting.org

Carter, M., Shrestha, S., Gurung, P., Gurung, M., Thorson, S., Kandasamy, R., … Murdoch, D., … Kelly, D. (2020). Evaluation of serology to pneumococcal capsular antigens for the diagnosis of pneumococcal infection in children with community-acquired pneumonia in Nepal. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). P0306. Retrieved from https://2020.espidmeeting.org

Kandasamy, R., Gurung, M., Bibi, S., Shrestha, S., O'Connor, D., Hoggart, C., … Murdoch, D., … Shrestha, S. (2020). Genome-wide association study of bacterial pneumonia among Nepalese children. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). P0247. Retrieved from https://2020.espidmeeting.org

Kandasamy, R., Gurung, M., Bibi, S., Shrestha, S., O'Connor, D., Hoggart, C., … Murdoch, D., … Shrestha, S. (2020). Genome-wide association study of all-cause pneumonia among Nepalese children. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). O048. Retrieved from https://2020.espidmeeting.org

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Murdoch, D., & French, N. (2020, December). One Health Aotearoa update. Verbal presentation at the 6th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, [Online].

2019

Chapter in Book - Research

Murdoch, D. R., Werno, A. M., & Jennings, L. C. (2019). Microbiological diagnosis of respiratory illness: Recent advances. In R. Wilmott, A. Bush, R. Deterding, F. Ratjen, P. Sly, H. Zar & H. Li (Eds.), Kendig's disorders of the respiratory tract in children. (9 ed.) (pp. 396-405.e3). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-44887-1.00022-5

Journal - Research Article

The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study Group, including Murdoch, D. R., & Anderson, T. P. (2019). Causes of severe pneumonia requiring hospital admission in children without HIV infection from Africa and Asia: The PERCH multi-country case-control study. Lancet, 394(10200), 757-779. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)30721-4

Oo, K. M., Myat, T. O., Htike, W. W., Biswas, A., Hannaway, R. F., Murdoch, D. R., Crump, J. A., & Ussher, J. E. (2019). Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and phylogenetic relationships of Salmonella enterica isolates from febrile patients in Yangon, Myanmar. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 113, 641-648. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/trz053

Priest, P. C., Slow, S., Chambers, S. T., Cameron, C. M., Balm, M. N., Beale, M. W., Blackmore, T. K., … Ussher, J. E., van der Linden, A. J., … Murdoch, D. R. (2019). The burden of Legionnaires' disease in New Zealand (LegiNZ): A national surveillance study. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19, 770-777. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30113-6

Oo, W. T., Myat, T. O., Htike, W. W., Ussher, J. E., Murdoch, D. R., Lwin, K. T., … Maze, M. J., … Crump, J. A. (2019). Incidence of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers among adolescents and adults in Yangon, Myanmar. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68(Suppl. 2), S124-S129. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy1109

Martineau, A. R., Jolliffe, D. A., Greenberg, L., Aloia, J. F., Bergman, P., Dubnoz-Raz, G., … Murdoch, D. R., … Hooper, R. L. (2019). Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: Individual participant data meta-analysis. Health Technology Assessment, 23(2). doi: 10.3310/hta23020

Kandasamy, R., Gurung, M., Thorson, S., Yu, L.-M., Galal, U., Voysey, M., … Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2019). Comparison of two schedules of two-dose priming with the ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Nepalese children: An open-label, randomised non-inferiority controlled trial. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 19, 156-164. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(18)30568-1

Journal - Research Other

Howie, S. R. C., & Murdoch, D. R. (2019). Global childhood pneumonia: The good news, the bad news, and the way ahead. Lancet, 7, e4-e5. doi: 10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30446-7

Murdoch, D. R. (2019). Indications for microbiological testing in pneumonia: Which patients should be tested? Clinical Infectious Diseases, 68, 2034-2035. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy829

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Murdoch, D. (2019). The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study. Proceedings of the Paediatric Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) 71st Annual Scientific Meeting. (pp. 95). Retrieved from http://www.psnz2019.co.nz

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Dawson, K., Slow, S., Murdoch, D., Anderson, T., & Chambers, S. (2019, December). Characterising the relationship between Legionella longbeachae and their amoebal hosts: Implications for Legionnaires' disease prevention. Poster session presented at the 5th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Jun, H., Mohammadi, A., Slow, S., Murdoch, D., & Chambers, S. (2019, December). The development of low-risk potting mix products to protect gardeners from Legionnaires' disease. Poster session presented at the 5th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

2018

Journal - Research Article

Slow, S., Epton, M., Storer, M., Thiessen, R., Lim, S., Wong, J., Chin, P., Tovaranonte, P., Pearson, J., Chambers, S. T., Murdoch, D. R., and VIDCAPS Group, including Jardine, D., & Pithie, A. (2018). Effect of adjunctive single high-dose vitamin D₃ on outcome of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalised adults: The VIDCAPS randomised controlled trial. Scientific Reports, 8(1), 13829. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32162-2

Morpeth, S. C., Munywoki, P., Hammitt, L. L., Bett, A., Bottomley, C., Onyango, C. O., Murdoch, D. R., … Scott, J. A. G. (2018). Impact of viral upper respiratory tract infection on the concentration of nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage among Kenyan children. Scientific Reports, 8, 11030. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29119-w

Britto, C. D., Dyson, Z. A., Duchene, S., Carter, M. J., Gurung, M., Kelly, D. F., Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2018). Laboratory and molecular surveillance of paediatric typhoidal Salmonella in Nepal: Antimicrobial resistance and implications for vaccine policy. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(4), e0006408. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006408

Coker, M. S., Forbes, L. V., Plowman-Holmes, M., Murdoch, D. R., Winterbourn, C. C., & Kettle, A. J. (2018). Interactions of staphyloxanthin and enterobactin with myeloperoxidase and reactive chlorine species. Archives of Biochemistry & Biophysics, 646, 80-89. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.03.039

Scott, P., Priest, P. C., Chambers, S. T., Heijne, J. C. M., & Murdoch, D. R. (2018). Staphylococcus aureus carriage in a New Zealand primary school: A cohort study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 37(6), e172-e175. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000001796

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R., & Howie, S. R. C. (2018). The global burden of lower respiratory infections: Making progress, but we need to do better. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18(11), 1162-1163. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30407-9

Dalton, S. T. P., Wen, S. C. H., Murdoch, D. R., Martin, J. F., Wallace, K. N., & Vivian, C. A. (2018). Searching for pediatric Legionnaire disease in a population with high adult incidence. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 37(9), 960-961. doi: 10.1097/inf.0000000000001969

Isenman, H., Anderson, T. R., Chambers, S. T., Podmore, R. G., & Murdoch, D. R. (2018). Antimicrobial susceptibilities of clinical Legionella longbeachae isolates. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 73(4), 1102-1104. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx484

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Thandar Oo, W., Ohn Myat, T., Mar Oo, K., Htike, W. W., Ussher, J. E., Murdoch, D. R., … Maze, M. J., … Crump, J. A. (2018). Incidence of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers among adolescents and adults in Yangon, Myanmar. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 11th Annual Conference. (pp. 17-18). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health/annual-conference

Mar Oo, K., Ohn Myat, T., Biswas, A., Hannaway, R. F., Htike, W. W., Murdoch, D. R., Crump, J. A., & Ussher, J. E. (2018). Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance and phylogenetic relationship of Salmonella enterica serovars typhi and paratyphi A from febrile patients in Yangon, Myanmar. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 11th Annual Conference. (pp. 17). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health/annual-conference

Sim, H., Miller, A., Bothara, R., Wilkinson, T., Murdoch, D. R., Jack, S., Sopoaga, T., Desrosiers, J., Tafuna'i, M., Walls, T., Pattemore, P. K., & Shrestha, A. (2018). Samoan, New Zealand and Nepalese medical student perspectives and ideas regarding global health within medical curricula. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 11th Annual Conference. (pp. 14). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health/annual-conference

Britto, C., Dyson, Z., Duchenne, S., Gurung, M., Kelly, D., Murdoch, D., … Pollard, A. (2018). Bayesian analysis of S. Typhi strains from Nepali children reveal changes in the pathogen population structure with implications for antimicrobial treatment regimes and vaccine policy. Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). ESP18-0610. Retrieved from https://espidmeeting.org

Bothara, R. K., Wilkinson, T., Murdoch, D. R., Jack, S., Sopoaga, F., Desrosiers, J., Tafuna'i, M., Walls, T., Pattemore, P. K., … Miller, A. (2018). Global Health Classroom: Experiences and learning outcomes of virtual collaborative learning between New Zealand and Samoan medical students. Proceedings of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) Conference. Renmark, Australia: ANZAHPE. [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Mohammadi, A., Chambers, S., Slow, S., Scott-Thomas, A., Scott, P., Anderson, T., & Murdoch, D. (2018, December). Enhancing the culturability and qPCR efficiency for Legionella longbeachae in sputum specimens using immunomagnetic separation. Poster session presented at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Chambers, S., Withers, A., Mohammadi, A., Chim, M., Slow, S., Scott-Thomas, A., Scott, P., … Anderson, T., & Murdoch, D. (2018, December). Legionella longbeachae in bark from living P. radiata trees around Christchurch. Poster session presented at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Slow, S., Anderson, T., Murdoch, D. R., Winter, D., Bloomfield, S., & Biggs, P. J. (2018, December). Characterising the (epi+)genome of Legionella longbeachae serogroup 1 clinical isolates. Verbal presentation at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Scott, P., Zhang, J., Anderson, T., Priest, P., Chambers, S., Murdoch, D., & Biggs, P. (2018, December). Whole-genome sequencing of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a New Zealand primary school. Invited presentation at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Murdoch, D. (2018, August). Grand rounds introduction. Verbal presentation at the George Abbott Symposium & Festschrift for Emeritus Professor Brian Darlow, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Ward, V., Taylor, B., Murdoch, D., Ekeroma, A., Kirifi-Alai, T. N., Maoate, K., Richards, R., Sika-Paotonu, D., Tong, D., … Wells, B. (2018, November). Strengthening partnerships for Pacific health: Where to from here? [Plenary]. Panel discussion at the Pacific International Health Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Sim, H., Miller, A., Bothara, R., Wilkinson, T., Murdoch, D. R., Jack, S., Sopoaga, F., Desrosiers, J., Tafuna'i, M., Walls, T., Pattemore, P. K., & Shrestha, A. (2018, June). Samoan, New Zealand and Nepalese medical student perspectives and ideas regarding global health within medical curricula. Verbal presentation at the Otago Medical School Medical Education Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Bothara, R. K., Wilkinson, T., Murdoch, D. R., Jack, S., Sopoaga, F., Desrosiers, J., Tafuna'i, M., Walls, T., Pattemore, P. K., … Miller, A. (2018, June). Global Health Classroom: Experiences and learning outcomes of virtual collaborative learning between New Zealand and Samoan medical students. Verbal presentation at the Otago Medical School Medical Education Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2017

Journal - Research Article

Gaddam, R. R., Chambers, S., Murdoch, D., Shaw, G., & Bhatia, M. (2017). Circulating levels of hydrogen sulfide and substance P in patients with sepsis. Journal of Infection, 75(4), 293-300. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.07.005

Shi, T., McAllister, D. A., O'Brien, K. L., Simoes, E. A. F., Madhi, S. A., Gessner, B. D., … for the RSV Global Epidemiology Network, including Murdoch, D. (2017). Global, regional, and national disease burden estimates of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children in 2015: A systematic review and modelling study. Lancet, 390, 946-958. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30938-8

Kenagy, E., Priest, P. C., Cameron, C. M., Smith, D., Scott, P., Cho, V., … Murdoch, D. R. (2017). Risk factors for Legionella longbeachae Legionnaires' disease, New Zealand. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(7), 1148-1154. doi: 10.3201/eid2307.161429

Slow, S., Anderson, T., Miller, J., Singh, S., Murdoch, D., & Biggs, P. J. (2017). Complete genome sequence of a Legionella longbeachae Serogroup 1 strain isolated from a patient with Legionnaires' disease. Genome Announcements, 5(24), e00564-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00564-17

Driscoll, A. J., Karron, R. A., Morpeth, S. C., Bhat, N., Levine, O. S., Baggett, H. C., … Murdoch, D. R. (2017). Standardization of laboratory methods for the PERCH study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S245-S252. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix081

Fancourt, N., Deloria Knoll, M., Baggett, H. C., Brooks, W. A., Feikin, D. R., Hammitt, L. L., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Chest radiograph findings in childhood pneumonia cases from the multisite PERCH study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S262-S270. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix089

Deloria Knoll, M., Fu, W., Shi, Q., Prosperi, C., Wu, Z., Hammitt, L. L., … Murdoch, D. R., … Zeger, S. L. (2017). Bayesian estimation of pneumonia etiology: Epidemiologic considerations and applications to the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S213-S227. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix144

Higdon, M. M., Le, T., O'Brien, K. L., Murdoch, D. R., Prosperi, C., Baggett, H. C., … for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Association of C-reactive protein with bacterial and respiratory syncytial virus-associated pneumonia among children aged <5 years in the PERCH study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S378-S386. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix150

Hammitt, L. L., Feikin, D. R., Scott, J. A. G., Zeger, S. L., Murdoch, D. R., O'Brien, K. L., & Deloria Knoll, M. (2017). Addressing the analytic challenges of cross-sectional pediatric pneumonia etiology data. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S197-S204. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix147

Higdon, M. M., Hammitt, L. L., Deloria Knoll, M., Baggett, H. C., Brooks, W. A., Howie, S. R. C., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Should controls with respiratory symptoms be excluded from case-control studies of pneumonia etiology? Reflections from the PERCH Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S205-S212. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix076

DeLuca, A. N., Hammitt, L. L., Kim, J., Higdon, M. M., Baggett, H. C., Brooks, W. A., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Safety of induced sputum collection in children hospitalized with severe or very severe pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S301-S308. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix078

Murdoch, D. R., Morpeth, S. C., Hammitt, L. L., Driscoll, A. J., Watson, N. L., Baggett, H. C., … for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Microscopic analysis and quality assessment of induced sputum from children with pneumonia in the PERCH Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S271-S279. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix083

Thea, D. M., Seidenberg, P., Park, D. E., Mwananyanda, L., Fu, W., Shi, Q., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Limited utility of polymerase chain reaction in induced sputum specimens for determining the causes of childhood pneumonia in resource-poor settings: Findings from the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S289-S300. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix098

Feikin, D. R., Fu, W., Park, D. E., Shi, Q., Higdon, M. M., Baggett, H. C., … Murdoch, D. R., for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Is higher viral load in the upper respiratory tract associated with severe pneumonia? Findings from the PERCH study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S337-S346. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix148

O'Brien, K. L., Baggett, H. C., Brooks, W. A., Feikin, D. R., Hammitt, L. L., Howie, S. R. C., … Murdoch, D. R., … Zeger, S. L. (2017). Introduction to the epidemiologic considerations, analytic methods, and foundational results from the pneumonia etiology research for child health study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S179-S184. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix142

Moore, D. P., Higdon, M. M., Hammitt, L. L., Prosperi, C., DeLuca, A. N., Da Silva, P., … Murdoch, D. R., … Madhi, S. A. (2017). The incremental value of repeated induced sputum and gastric aspirate samples for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in young children with acute community-acquired pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S309-S316. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix099

Deloria Knoll, M., Morpeth, S. C., Scott, J. A. G., Watson, N. L., Park, D. E., Baggett, H. C., … Murdoch, D., … for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Evaluation of pneumococcal load in blood by polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in young children in the PERCH Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S357-S367. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix149

Feikin, D. R., Hammitt, L. L., Murdoch, D. R., O'Brien, K. L., & Scott, J. A. G. (2017). The enduring challenge of determining pneumonia etiology in children: Considerations for future research priorities. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S188-S196. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix143

Driscoll, A. J., Deloria Knoll, M., Hammitt, L. L., Baggett, H. C., Brooks, W. A., Feikin, D. R., … Murdoch, D. R., for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). The effect of antibiotic exposure and specimen volume on the detection of bacterial pathogens in children with pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S368-S377. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix101

Murdoch, D. R., Morpeth, S. C., Hammitt, L. L., Driscoll, A. J., Watson, N. L., Baggett, H. C., … for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). The diagnostic utility of induced sputum microscopy and culture in childhood pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S280-S288. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix090

Morpeth, S. C., Deloria Knoll, M., Scott, J. A. G., Park, D. E., Watson, N. L., Baggett, H. C., … Murdoch, D., for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Detection of pneumococcal DNA in blood by polymerase chain reaction for diagnosing pneumococcal pneumonia in young children from low- and middle-income countries. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S347-S356. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix145

Baggett, H. C., Watson, N. L., Deloria Knoll, M., Brooks, W. A., Feikin, D. R., Hammitt, L. L., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Density of upper respiratory colonization with Streptococcus pneumoniae and its role in the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia among children aged <5 years in the PERCH Study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S317-S327. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix100

Watson, N. L., Prosperi, C., Driscoll, A. J., Higdon, M. M., Park, D. E., Sanza, M., … Murdoch, D. R., … Deloria Knoll, M. (2017). Data management and data quality in PERCH, a large international case-control study of severe childhood pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S238-S244. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix080

Park, D. E., Baggett, H. C., Howie, S. R. C., Shi, Q., Watson, N. L., Brooks, W. A., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the PERCH Study Group. (2017). Colonization density of the upper respiratory tract as a predictor of pneumonia: Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Pneumocystis jirovecii. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 64(Suppl. 3), S328-S336. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix104

Myat, T. O., Hannaway, R. F., Zin, K. N., Htike, W. W., Win, K. K., Crump, J. A., Murdoch, D. R., & Ussher, J. E. (2017). ESBL- and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in patients with bacteremia, Yangon, Myanmar, 2014. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 23(5), 857-859. doi: 10.3201/eid2305.161100

Martineau, A. R., Jolliffe, D. A., Hooper, R. L., Greenberg, L., Aloia, J. F., Bergman, P., … Murdoch, D. R., … Camargo, Jr, C. A. (2017). Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: Systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. BMJ, 356, i6583. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i6583

Barratt, K., Anderson, T. P., Fahey, J. A., Jennings, L. C., Werno, A. M., & Murdoch, D. R. (2017). Comparison of the fast track diagnostics respiratory 21 and Seegene Allplex multiplex polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of respiratory viruses. British Journal of Biomedical Science, 74(2), 85-89. doi: 10.1080/09674845.2017.1278885

Journal - Research Other

Moore, D. P., Murdoch, D. R., O'Brien, K. L., & Madhi, S. A. (2017). Reply to Drancourt. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 65(12), 2159. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix715

Murdoch, D. (2017). Survival of Legionella in earthquake-induced soil disturbance (liquefaction). New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1457), 84-85. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Swinburn, B., Vandevijvere, S., on behalf of submitting health professors, including Hornblow, A., Taylor, B., Drummond, B., Murdoch, D., Mangin, D., Sarfati, D., Sellman, D., Sopoaga, F., Thomson, G., Abel, G., Hoek, J., Connor, J., Krebs, J., Mann, J., McCall, J., Broughton, J., Toop, L., Signal, L., Beckert, L., Farella, M., Baker, M., Keall, M., Skeaff, M., Thomson, M., Wilson, N., Chandler, N., Priest, P., Brunton, P., Crampton, P., Gendall, P., Howden-Chapman, P., Taylor, R., Edwards, R., Gauld, R., McGee, R., Mulder, R., Derrett, S., Hales, S., Pullon, S., & Blakely, T. (2017). Proposed new industry code on unhealthy food marketing to children and young people: Will it make a difference? New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1450), 94-101. Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Priest, P., Toombs-Ruane, L., Benschop, J., Burgess, S., French, N., & Murdoch, D. (2017). A one health future to meet the AMR challenge? New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 65(2), 60-61. doi: 10.1080/00480169.2016.1270651

Toombs-Ruane, L. J., Benschop, J., Burgess, S., Priest, P., Murdoch, D. R., & French, N. P. (2017). Multidrug resistant Enterobacteriaceae in New Zealand: A current perspective. New Zealand Veterinary Journal, 65(2), 62-70. doi: 10.1080/00480169.2016.1269621

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Murdoch, D. (2017). Where to from here? The role of One Health Aotearoa within an increasingly interconnected world. Proceedings of the 3rd One Health Aotearoa Symposium. Retrieved from https://onehealth.org.nz

Gurung, M., Carter, M. J., Thorson, S., Kandasamy, R., Khadka, B., Maharajan, A., … Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2017). Early impact of 10-valiant pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal pneumococcal carriage in children admitted with pneumonia at Patan Hospital, Nepal and children in the community. Proceedings of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID) 10th World Congress. Retrieved from http://www.wspid2017.kenes.com/

Cree, S., Maggo, S., Slow, S., Ton, K., de Jong, L., Anderson, T., Pearson, J., Miller, A., Walker, L., Murdoch, D., & Kennedy, M. (2017). Long read nanopore sequencing in the laboratory. Proceedings of the MapNet Conference. Retrieved from http://scienceevents.co.nz/mapnet/

Myat, T. O., Oo, K. M., Oo, W. T., Mone, H. K., Htike, W. W., Robinson, M., … Biswas, A., Hannaway, R. F., Ussher, J. E., Murdoch, D. R., & Crump, J. A. (2017). Bacterial causes of febrile illness among adult patients admitted to Yangon General Hospital, Yangon, Myanmar. Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 10th Annual Conference. (pp. 15-16). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health/annual-conference

Bothara, R. K., Murdoch, D. R., Jack, S., Sopoaga, F., Desrosiers, J., Tafuna'i, M., Walls, T., Pattemore, P. K., … Wilkinson, T., & Miller, A. (2017). Medical student experiences and outcomes from collaborative global health learning among New Zealand, Samoa and Nepal. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 10th Annual Conference. (pp. 6). Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/global-health/annual-conference

Carter, M. J., Gurung, M., Kandasamy, R., Prajapati, K., Murdoch, D. R., Adhikari, N., … Shrestha, S. (2017). Invasive pneumococcal disease at Patan Hospital, Nepal: 2005-2016. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). ESP17-0607. Retrieved from http://espid.org

Carter, M. J., Gurung, M., Kandasamy, R., Gautam, M. C., Prajapati, K., Kelly, S., … Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2017). Carriage of pneumococcal serotypes in community children and children with pneumonia in Nepal: Preliminary results before and immediately following introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV10). Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). ESP17-1316. Retrieved from http://espid.org

Carter, M. J., Rajkarnikar, S., Gurung, P., Gautam, M. C., Gurung, M., Thorson, S., … Murdoch, D. R., … Kelly, D. F. (2017). Antibodies from lymphocyte supernatant against pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides in children admitted to hospital with pneumonia in Nepal. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). ESP17-0952. Retrieved from http://espid.org

Britto, C., Dyson, Z., Gurung, M., Kelly, D., Murdoch, D., Ansari, I., … Pollard, A. (2017). Molecular bacteriological surveillance of paediatric enteric fever in Nepal between 2008 and 2015. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). ESP17-0225. Retrieved from http://espid.org

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Murdoch, D. (2017, September). Infectious diseases within an increasingly connected ecosystem. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2016

Journal - Research Article

Barger-Kamate, B., Deloria Knoll, M., Kagucia, E. W., Prosperi, C., Baggett, H. C., Brooks, W. A., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study Group. (2016). Pertussis-associated pneumonia in infants and children from low- and middle-income countries participating in the PERCH study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 63(Suppl. 4), S187-S196. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw546

Carugati, M., Petti, C. A., Arnold, C., Miro, J. M., Pericàs, J., Garcia de la Maria, C., … Murdoch, D., … Chu, V. H. (2016). Antistaphylococcal β-lactams versus vancomycin for the treatment of infective endocarditis due to methicllin-susceptible coagulase-negative staphylococci: A prospective cohort study from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis (ICE). Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 60(10), 6341-6349. doi: 10.1128/aac.01531-16

Best, E. J., Walls, T., Souter, M., Neeff, M., Anderson, T., Salkeld, L., … Murdoch, D., & Mills, N. (2016). Pneumococcal vaccine impact on otitis media microbiology: A New Zealand cohort study before and after the introduction of PHiD-CV10 vaccine. Vaccine, 34(33), 3840-3847. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.05.041

Isenman, H. L., Chambers, S. T., Pithie, A. D., MacDonald, S. L. S., Hegarty, J. M., Fenwick, J. L., Maze, M. J., Metcalf, S. C. L., & Murdoch, D. R. (2016). Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella longbeachae: Clinical features and outcomes of 107 cases from an endemic area. Respirology, 21(7), 1292-1299. doi: 10.1111/resp.12808

Murdoch, D. R. (2016). How recent advances in molecular tests could impact the diagnosis of pneumonia. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 16(5), 533-540. doi: 10.1586/14737159.2016.1156536

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Britto, C., Carter, M., Pollard, A. J., Kelly, D. F., Murdoch, D., Ansari, I., … Adhikari, N. (2016). Ten years of paediatric enteric fever at Patan Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal. Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID). ESP16-0912. Retrieved from http://espid.org/

Ussher, J., Broadbent, R., van der Linden, A., Carter, G., Baines, S., Heffernan, H., … Murdoch, D., … Williamson, D. (2016). Endemic Staphylococcus capitis subsp urealycticus in neonatal intensive care: An international problem. Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases New Zealand Branch Annual Scientific Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.asid.net.au/

Murdoch, D., on behalf of the LegiNZ Investigators. (2016). LegiNZ: The New Zealand Legionnaires' Disease Case Finding Study. Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases New Zealand Branch Annual Scientific Meeting. Retrieved from https://www.asid.net.au/

Myat, T. O., Hannaway, R., Zin, K. N., Htike, W. W., Win, K. K., Murdoch, D. R., Crump, J. A., & Ussher, J. E. (2016). High prevalence of ESBL- and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae among patients with sepsis in Yangon, Myanmar. Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 9th Annual Conference. (pp. 19). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/

Miller, A. P., Shrestha, A., Murdoch, D. R., & Desrosiers, J. (2016). A global health classroom (GHCR): Collaborative case-based small-group learning activities between medical student at PAHS Medical School, Nepal and UOC, New Zealand: A pilot study utilising information and communications technology (ICT). Proceedings of the Otago Global Health Institute (OGHI) 9th Annual Conference. (pp. 13). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Wang, X., Klenerman, P., Slow, S., Murdoch, D. R., Ussher, J. E., & Morgan, X. C. (2016, November). Understanding the potential of the commensal microbiome to modulate MAIT cells. Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB), Christchurch, New Zealand.

Other Research Output

Murdoch, D. (2016, April). One health: A global approach to tackling infectious diseases. Public Health Lecture Series, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Public Seminar].

2015

Journal - Research Article

Thorburn, F., Bennett, S., Modha, S., Murdoch, D., Gunson, R., & Murcia, P. R. (2015). The use of next generation sequencing in the diagnosis and typing of respiratory infections. Journal of Clinical Virology, 69, 96-100. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2015.06.082

Prasad, N., Murdoch, D. R., Reyburn, H., & Crump, J. A. (2015). Etiology of severe febrile illness in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review. PLoS ONE, 10(6), e0127962. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127962

Arnold, C. J., Johnson, M., Bayer, A. S., Bradley, S., Giannitsioti, E., Miró, J. M., … for the ICE Investigators, including Chambers, S., Raymond, N., & Murdoch, D. R. (2015). Candida infective endocarditis: An observational cohort study with a focus on therapy. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 59(4), 2365-2373. doi: 10.1128/AAC.04867-14

Prasad, N., Sharples, K. J., Murdoch, D. R., & Crump, J. A. (2015). Community prevalence of fever and relationship with malaria among infants and children in low-resource areas. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 93(1), 178-180. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0646

Hamaluba, M., Kandasamy, R., Upreti, S. R., Subedi, G. R., Shrestha, S., Bhattarai, S., … Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2015). Comparison of two-dose priming plus 9-month booster with a standard three-dose priming schedule for a ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Nepalese infants: A randomised, controlled, open-label, non-inferiority trial. Lancet Infectious Diseases, 15(4), 405-414. doi: 10.1016/s1473-3099(15)70007-1

Kandasamy, R., Gurung, M., Thapa, A., Ndimah, S., Adhikari, N., Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2015). Multi-serotype pneumococcal nasopharyngeal carriage prevalence in vaccine naïve Nepalese children, assessed using molecular serotyping. PLoS ONE, 10(2), e0114286. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114286

Mills, N., Best, E. J., Murdoch, D., Souter, M., Neeff, M., Anderson, T. P., … Walls, T. (2015). What is behind the ear drum? The microbiology of otitis media and the nasopharyngeal flora in children in the era of pneumococcal vaccination. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 51(3), 300-306. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12710

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R. (2015). Revisiting the cause of focal neurological deficits and profound dyspnea at high altitude: The potential role of patent foramen ovale. High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 16(4), 350-351. doi: 10.1089/ham.2015.0064

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Nejat, M., & Murdoch, D. (2015). Do not lose sight of syphilis. Pathology, 47(Suppl. 1), (pp. S47). doi: 10.1097/01.PAT.0000461442.43111.d7

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Hannaway, R., Murdoch, D., & Ussher, J. (2015, August-September). Role of innate-like lymphocytes in pneumonia pathogenesis. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ussher, J., Hannaway, R., Lange, J., O'Brien, R., Griffin, F., Murdoch, D., & Klenerman, P. (2015, August-September). MAIT cells: Key cellular effectors in antibacterial immunity? Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Murdoch, D. R. (2015, August-September). Determining the microbial aetiology of pneumonia: Will the real pathology please stand up? Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Slow, S., Florkowski, C. M., Chambers, S. T., Priest, P. C., Stewart, A. W., Jennings, L. C., … Murdoch, D. R. (2014). Effect of monthly vitamin D₃ supplementation in healthy adults on adverse effects of earthquakes: Randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 349, g7260. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7260

Morpeth, S. C., Huggett, J. F., Murdoch, D. R., & Scott, J. A. G. (2014). Making standards for quantitative real-time pneumococcal PCR. Biomolecular Detection & Quantification, 2, 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bdq.2014.11.003

Driscoll, A. J., Karron, R. A., Bhat, N., Thumar, B., Kodani, M., Fields, B. S., … Murdoch, D. R. (2014). Evaluation of fast-track diagnostics and TaqMan array card real-time PCR assays for the detection of respiratory pathogens. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 107, 222-226. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.10.009

Myat, T. O., Prasad, N., Thinn, K. K., Win, K. K., Htike, W. W., Zin, K. N., Murdoch, D. R., & Crump, J. A. (2014). Bloodstream infections at a tertiary referral hospital in Yangon, Myanmar. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 108(11), 692-698. doi: 10.1093/trstmh/tru151

Binfield, A., Aird, C., Murdoch, D. R., Elder, P., & Walls, T. (2014). Are vitamin D levels affected by acute bacterial infections in children? Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 50(8), 643-646. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12620

Scragg, R., Slow, S., Stewart, A. W., Jennings, L. C., Chambers, S. T., Priest, P. C., Florkowski, C. M., … Murdoch, D. R. (2014). Long-term high-dose vitamin D₃ supplementation and blood pressure in healthy adults: A randomized controlled trial. Hypertension, 64, 725-730. doi: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.114.03466

Yew, H. S., Chambers, S. T., Roberts, S. A., Holland, D. J., Julian, K. A., Raymond, N. J., … Murdoch, D. R. (2014). Association between HACEK bacteraemia and endocarditis. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 63(Part 6), 892-895. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.070060-0

Hanieh, S., Hamaluba, M., Kelly, D. F., Metz, J. A., Wyres, K. L., Fisher, R., … Werno, A. M., … Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2014). Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage prevalence in Nepal: Evaluation of a method for delayed transport of samples from remote regions and implications for vaccine implementation. PLoS ONE, 9(6), e98739. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098739

Walls, G., McBride, S., Raymond, N., Read, K., Coomarasamy, C., Morris, A. J., Chambers, S., … Murdoch, D. R. (2014). Infective endocarditis in New Zealand: Data from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study. New Zealand Medical Journal, 127(1391). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Slow, S., Priest, P. C., Chambers, S. T., Stewart, A. W., Jennings, L. C., Florkowski, C. M., … Murdoch, D. R. (2014). Effect of vitamin D3 supplementation on Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in healthy adults. Clinical Microbiology & Infection, 20(5), 453-458. doi: 10.1111/1469-0691.12350

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R., Podmore, R. G., Anderson, T. P., Barratt, K., Maze, M. J., French, K. E., … Chambers, S. T., & Werno, A. M. (2014). Reply to Boethel et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 59(10), 1506. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu608

Maze, M. J., Slow, S., Cumins, A.-M., Boon, K., Goulter, P., Podmore, R. G., … Pithie, A. D., Epton, M. J., Werno, A. M., Chambers, S. T., & Murdoch, D. R. (2014). Enhanced detection of Legionnaires' disease by PCR testing of induced sputum and throat swabs. European Respiratory Journal, 43(2), 644-646. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00191913

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Murdoch, D. R. (2014). The journey to routine pneumococcal vaccination in Nepal. Proceedings of the 7th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. (pp. 7). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/index.html

Murdoch, D. (2014). New diagnostics for childhood pneumonia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 21(Suppl. 1), (pp. 24-25). doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.461

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Murdoch, D. (2014, September). Pneumonia aetiology: Why is it so difficult to distinguish pathogens from innocent bystanders? Verbal presentation at the Infectious Disease Research Mini-Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

2013

Chapter in Book - Other

Murdoch, D. (2013). Pathology. In P. Joyce, G. Nicholls, K. Thomas & T. Wilkinson (Eds.), The Christchurch experience: 40 years of research and teaching. (pp. 45-49). Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Otago.

Journal - Research Article

Paterson, D. L., on behalf of the Steering Group of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Network, including Murdoch, D. R., & Walls, T. M. (2013). Determining research priorities for clinician-initiated trials in infectious diseases. Medical Journal of Australia, 198, 270-272. doi: 10.5694/mja12.11703

Said, M. A., Johnson, H. L., Nonyane, B. A. S., Deloria-Knoll, M., O'Brien, K. L., for the AGEDD Adult Pneumococcal Burden Study Team, including Murdoch, D. R. (2013). Estimating the burden of pneumococcal pneumonia among adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic techniques. PLoS ONE, 8(4), e60273. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060273

Feikin, D. R., Kagucia, E. W., Loo, J. D., Link-Gelles, R., Puhan, M. A., Cherian, T., … the Serotype Replacement Study Group, including Murdoch, D. R. (2013). Serotype-specific changes in invasive pneumococcal disease after pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction: A pooled analysis of multiple surveillance sites. PLoS Medicine, 10(9), e1001517. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001517

Pulickal, A. S., Callaghan, M. J., Kelly, D. F., Maskey, M., Mahat, S., Hamaluba, M., … Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2013). Prevalence and genetic analysis of phenotypically Vi- negative Salmonella Typhi isolates in children from Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 59(4), 317-320. doi: 10.1093/tropej/fmt024

Murdoch, D. R., Podmore, R. G., Anderson, T. P., Barratt, K., Maze, M. J., French, K. E., … Chambers, S. T., & Werno, A. M. (2013). Impact of routine systematic polymerase chain reaction testing on case finding for Legionnaires' disease: A pre-post comparison study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57(9), 1275-1281. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit504

Schluter, P. J., Spittlehouse, J. K., Cameron, V. A., Chambers, S., Gearry, R., Jamieson, H. A., Kennedy, M., Lacey, C. J., Murdoch, D. R., Pearson, J., Porter, R. J., Richards, M., Skidmore, P. M. L., Troughton, R., Vierck, E., & Joyce, P. R. (2013). Canterbury Health, Ageing and Life Course (CHALICE) study: Rationale, design and methodology. New Zealand Medical Journal, 126(1375). Retrieved from http://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Chambers, S. T., Murdoch, D., Morris, A., Holland, D., Pappas, P., Almela, M., … Raymond, N., … and the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS) Investigators. (2013). HACEK infective endocarditis: Characteristics and outcomes from a large, multi-national cohort. PLoS ONE, 8(5), e63181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063181

Chang, C. L., Mills, G. D., Karalus, N. C., Jennings, L. C., Laing, R., Murdoch, D. R., Chambers, S. T., … Hancox, R. J. (2013). Biomarkers of cardiac dysfunction and mortality from community-acquired pneumonia in adults. PLoS ONE, 8(5), e62612. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062612

McAuliffe, G. N., Anderson, T. P., Stevens, M., Adams, J., Coleman, R., Mahagamasekera, P., … Jennings, L. C., & Murdoch, D. R. (2013). Systematic application of multiplex PCR enhances the detection of bacteria, parasites, and viruses in stool samples. Journal of Infection, 67(2), 122-129. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2013.04.009

Anderson, T. P., Werno, A. M., Barratt, K., Mahagamasekera, P., Murdoch, D. R., & Jennings, L. C. (2013). Comparison of four multiplex PCR assays for the detection of viral pathogens in respiratory specimens. Journal of Virological Methods, 191(2), 118-121. doi: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.04.005

Scott-Thomas, A., Syhre, M., Epton, M., Murdoch, D. R., & Chambers, S. T. (2013). Assessment of potential causes of falsely positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis breath test. Tuberculosis, 93(3), 312-317. doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.01.005

Chirouze, C., Athan, E., Alla, F., Chu, V. H., Corey, G. R., Selton-Suty, C., … on behalf of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Study Group, including Chambers, S., & Murdoch, D. R. (2013). Enterococcal endocarditis in the beginning of the 21^st century: Analysis from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study. Clinical Microbiology & Infection, 19(12), 1140-1147. doi: 10.1111/1469-0691.12166

Journal - Research Other

Clinghan, R., Anderson, T. P., Everett, V., & Murdoch, D. R. (2013). Viability of Mycobacterium tuberculosis after processing with commercial nucleic acid extraction kits. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51(6), 2010. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00923-13

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Murdoch, D. (2013). Expanding our knowledge about paediatric pneumonia. Proceedings of the George Abbott Symposium. Retrieved from http://www.otago.ac.nz/george-abbott

Prasad, N., Murdoch, D. R., & Crump, J. A. (2013). A systematic review of the aetiology of sever febrile illness in low and middle-income countries. Proceedings of the 6th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. (pp. 14). Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/index.html

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Murdoch, D. (2013, August). Molecular testing for respiratory pathogens: Benefits and pitfalls. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2012

Journal - Research Article

Pradhan, R., Shrestha, U., Gautam, S. C., Thorson, S., Shrestha, K., Yadav, B. K., … Murdoch, D. R. (2012). Bloodstream infection among children presenting to a general hospital outpatient clinic in urban Nepal. PLoS ONE, 7(10), e47531. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047531

Murdoch, D. R., Slow, S., Chambers, S. T., Jennings, L. C., Stewart, A. W., Priest, P. C., Florkowski, C. M., … Scragg, R. (2012). Effect of vitamin D₃ supplementation on upper respiratory tract infections in healthy adults: The vidaris randomized controlled trial. JAMA, 308(13), 1333-1339. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.12505

Yew, H. S., & Murdoch, D. R. (2012). Global trends in infective endocarditis epidemiology. Current Infectious Disease Reports, 14(4), 367-372. doi: 10.1007/s11908-012-0265-5

Werno, A. M., Christner, M., Anderson, T. P., & Murdoch, D. R. (2012). Differentiation of Streptococcus pneumoniae from nonpneumococcal Streptococci of the Streptococcus mitis group by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization - time of flight mass spectrometry. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50(9), 2863-2867. doi: 10.1128/jcm.00508-12

Werno, A. M., Anderson, T. P., & Murdoch, D. R. (2012). Association between pneumococcal load and disease severity in adults with pneumonia. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 61(8), 1129-1135. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.044107-0

Werno, A. M., Lewis, J. G., George, P. M., & Murdoch, D. R. (2012). Immune reactivity of four monoclonal and two polyclonal antibodies raised against recombinant pneumococcal surface adhesin A. Hybridoma, 31(3), 168-175. doi: 10.1089/hyb.2011.0111

Metz, J. A., Hanieh, S., Pradhan, R., Joshi, A., Shakya, D., Shrestha, L., … Murdoch, D. R., & Pollard, A. J. (2012). Evaluation of Haemophilus influenzae Type b vaccine for routine immunization in Nepali infants. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 31(4), E66-E72. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31824a9c37

Bhat, N., O'Brien, K. L., Karron, R. A., Driscoll, A. J., Murdoch, D. R., and the Pneumonia Methods Working Group. (2012). Use and evaluation of molecular diagnostics for pneumonia etiology studies. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S153-S158. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1060

Turner, G. D. H., Bunthi, C., Wonodi, C. B., Morpeth, S. C., Molyneux, C. S., Zaki, S. R., … Murdoch, D. R., & Scott, J. A. G. (2012). The role of postmortem studies in pneumonia etiology research. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S165-S171. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1062

Levine, O. S., O'Brien, K. L., Deloria-Knoll, M., Murdoch, D. R., Feikin, D. R., DeLuca, A. N., … Scott, J. A. (2012). The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health project: A 21st century childhood pneumonia etiology study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S93-S101. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1052

Scott, J. A. G., Wonodi, C., Moïsi, J. C., Deloria-Knoll, M., DeLuca, A. N., Karron, R. A., … Murdoch, D. R., … and the Pneumonia Methods Working Group. (2012). The definition of pneumonia, the assessment of severity, and clinical standardization in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S109-S116. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1065

Hammitt, L. L., Murdoch, D. R., Scott, J. A. G., Driscoll, A., Karron, R. A., Levine, O. S., … and the Pneumonia Methods Working Group. (2012). Specimen collection for the diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S132-S139. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1068

Grant, L. R., Hammitt, L. L., Murdoch, D. R., O'Brien, K. L., & Scott, J. A. (2012). Procedures for collection of induced sputum specimens from children. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S140-S145. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1069

Mermond, S., Zurawski, V., D'Ortenzio, E., Driscoll, A. J., DeLuca, A. N., Deloria-Knoll, M., … Murdoch, D. R., … Levine, O. S. (2012). Lower respiratory infections among hospitalized children in New Caledonia: A pilot study for the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health project. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S180-S189. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1070

Murdoch, D. R., O'Brien, K. L., Driscoll, A. J., Karron, R. A., Bhat, N., the Pneumonia Methods Working Group, and the PERCH Core Team. (2012). Laboratory methods for determining pneumonia etiology in children. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S146-S152. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1073

Wonodi, C. B., Deloria-Knoll, M., Feikin, D. R., DeLuca, A. N., Driscoll, A. J., Moïsi, J. C., … Murdoch, D. R., … and the Pneumonia Methods Working Group, and PERCH Site Investigators. (2012). Evaluation of risk factors for severe pneumonia in children: The Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S124-S131. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1067

Driscoll, A. J., Bhat, N., Karron, R. A., O'Brien, K. L., & Murdoch, D. R. (2012). Disk diffusion bioassays for the detection of antibiotic activity in body fluids: Applications for the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health project. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S159-S164. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1061

DeLuca, A. N., Regenberg, A., Sugarman, J., Murdoch, D. R., & Levine, O. (2012). Bioethical considerations in developing a biorepository for the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health project. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S172-S179. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1063

Hammitt, L. L., Kazungu, S., Morpeth, S. C., Gibson, D. G., Mvera, B., Brent, A. J., … Murdoch, D. R., … Scott, J. A. G. (2012). A preliminary study of pneumonia etiology among hospitalized children in Kenya. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S190-S199. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1071

Mangin, D., Murdoch, D., Wells, J. E., Coughlan, E., Bagshaw, S., Corwin, P., Chambers, S., & Toop, L. (2012). Chlamydia trachomatis testing sensitivity in midstream compared with first-void urine specimens. Annals of Family Medicine, 10(1), 50-53. doi: 10.1370/afm.1323

Journal - Research Other

Levine, O. S., Bhat, N., Crawley, J., Deloria-Knoll, M., DeLuca, A. N., Driscoll, A. J., … Murdoch, D. R., … Scott, J. A. G. (2012). Introduction. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 54(Suppl. 2), S87-S88. doi: 10.1093/cid/cir1050

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Murdoch, D. (2012). The global burden of childhood pneumonia and prospects for prevention. New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science, 66(3), (pp. 92). [Abstract]

Murdoch, D. R. (2012). Update on the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Project. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/programme.html

Scott-Thomas, A., Syhre, M., Epton, M., Murdoch, D. R., & Chambers, S. T. (2012). Assessment of potential causes of falsely positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis breath test. Proceedings of the 5th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference. Retrieved from http://dnmeds.otago.ac.nz/departments/psm/research/international_hlth/conference/programme.html

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Luby, S., Hill, P., Murdoch, D., & Crump, J. (2012, November). International funding. Panel discussion at the 5th Annual Otago International Health Research Network (OIHRN) Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2011

Journal - Research Article

Kiefer, T., Park, L., Tribouilloy, C., Cortes, C., Casillo, R., Chu, V., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the ICE-PCS Investigators. (2011). Association between valvular surgery and mortality among patients with infective endocarditis complicated by heart failure. JAMA, 306(20), 2239-2247. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.1701

Nienaber, J. C., Kuinkel, B. K. S., Clarke-Pearson, M., Lamlertthon, S., Park, L., Rude, T. H., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Microbiology Investigators. (2011). Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis isolates are associated with clonal complex 30 genotype and a distinct repertoire of enterotoxins and adhesins. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 204(5), 704-713. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jir389

Malbruny, B., Werno, A. M., Murdoch, D. R., Leclercq, R., & Cattoir, V. (2011). Cross-resistance to lincosamides, streptogramins A, and pleuromutilins due to the lsa(C) gene in Streptococcus agalactiae UCN70. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 55(4), 1470-1474. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01068-10

Williams, E. J., Lewis, J., John, T., Hoe, J. C., Yu, L., Dongol, S., … Werno, A. M., Murdoch, D. R., … Pollard, A. J. (2011). Haemophilus influenzae type b carriage and novel bacterial population structure among children in urban Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49(4), 1323-1330. doi: 10.1128/jcm.02200-10

Ruuskanen, O., Lahti, E., Jennings, L. C., & Murdoch, D. R. (2011). Viral pneumonia. Lancet, 377, 1264-1275. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61459-6

Kelly, D. F., Thorson, S., Maskey, M., Mahat, S., Shrestha, U., Hamaluba, M., … Werno, A. M., … Murdoch, D. R., & Pollard, A. J. (2011). The burden of vaccine-preventable invasive bacterial infections and pneumonia in children admitted to hospital in urban Nepal. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 15(1), e17-e23. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2010.05.021

Journal - Research Other

Walls, T., Best, E., Murdoch, D., & Mills, N. (2011). Vaccination to prevent otitis media in New Zealand [Editorial]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1340). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1340/4807/content.pdf

2010

Journal - Research Article

Murdoch, D. R., Jennings, L. C., Bhat, N., & Anderson, T. P. (2010). Emerging advances in rapid diagnostics of respiratory infections. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 24(3), 791-807. doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2010.04.006

Holt, K. E., Baker, S., Dongol, S., Basnyat, B., Adhikari, N., Thorson, S., … Murdoch, D. R., … Dougan, G. (2010). High-throughput bacterial SNP typing identifies distinct clusters of Salmonella Typhi causing typhoid in Nepalese children. BMC Infectious Diseases, 10, 144. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-144

Huggan, P. J., Wells, J. E., Browne, M., Richardson, A., Murdoch, D. R., & Chambers, S. T. (2010). Population-based epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in Canterbury, New Zealand. Internal Medicine Journal, 40(2), 117-125. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.01910.x

Amodeo, M. R., Murdoch, D. R., & Pithie, A. D. (2010). Legionnaires' disease caused by Legionella longbeachae and Legionella pneumophila: Comparison of clinical features, host-related risk factors and outcomes. Clinical Microbiology & Infection, 16(9), 1405-1407. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.03125.x

Journal - Research Other

Wong, J. S. J., Seaward, L. M., Ho, C. P., Anderson, T. P., Lau, E. O. C., Amodeo, M. R., Metcalf, S. C. L., Pithie, A. D., & Murdoch, D. R. (2010). Corynebacterium accolens associated pelvic osteomyelitis [Case report]. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48(2), 654-655. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00818-09

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Gibson, R., Greenwood, B., Hill, P., Murdoch, D., & Roberton, D. M. (2010, November). Applying to international funders [Panel discussion]. Panel discussion at the 3rd Otago International Health Research Network [OIHRN] Annual Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Murdoch, D. (2010, November). PERCH - Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health. Verbal presentation at the 3rd Otago International Health Research Network [OIHRN] Annual Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2009

Journal - Research Article

Amodeo, M. R., Clulow, T., Lainchbury, J., Murdoch, D. R., Gallagher, K., Dyer, A., Metcalf, S. C. L., Pithie, A. D., & Chambers, S. T. (2009). Outpatient intravenous treatment for infective endocarditis: Safety, effectiveness and one-year outcomes. Journal of Infection, 59(6), 387-393. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2009.09.009

Bae, I.-G., Federspiel, J. J., Miró, J. M., Woods, C. W., Park, L., Rybak, M. J., … Murdoch, D. R., … for the International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Microbiology Investigators. (2009). Heterogeneous vancomycin-intermediate susceptibility phenotype in bloodstream methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from an international cohort of patients with infective endocarditis: Prevalence, genotype, and clinical significance. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 200(9), 1355-1366. doi: 10.1086/606027

Murdoch, D. R., Corey, G. R., Hoen, B., Miró, J. M., Fowler, Jr, V. G., Bayer, A. S., … Chambers, S. T., … Raymond, N. J., … for the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS) Investigators. (2009). Clinical presentation, etiology, and outcome of infective endocarditis in the 21st century: The International Collaboration on Endocarditis-Prospective Cohort Study. Archives of Internal Medicine, 169(5), 463-473.

Williams, E. J., Thorson, S., Maskey, M., Mahat, S., Hamaluba, M., Dongol, S., Werno, A. M., … Murdoch, D. R. (2009). Hospital-based surveillance of invasive pneumococcal disease among young children in urban Nepal. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 48(Suppl. 2), S114-S122. doi: 10.1086/596488

Wong, J. S. J., Anderson, T. P., Chambers, S. T., On, S. L. W., & Murdoch, D. R. (2009). Campylobacter fetus-associated epidural abscess and bacteremia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47(3), 857-858. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00725-08

Murdoch, D. R., & Jennings, L. C. (2009). Association of respiratory virus activity and environmental factors with the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease. Journal of Infection, 58(1), 37-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.10.011

Chambers, S. T., Syhre, M., Murdoch, D. R., McCartin, F. J., & Epton, M. J. (2009). Detection of 2-Pentylfuran in the breath of patients with Aspergillus fumigatus. Medical Mycology, 47(5), 468-476. doi: 10.1080/13693780802475212

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R., O'Brien, K., Scott, J. A. G., Karron, R. A., Bhat, N., Driscoll, A. J., … Levine, O. S. (2009). Breathing new life into pneumonia diagnostics. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47(11), 3405-3408. doi: 10.1128/jcm.01685-09

Murdoch, D. R., & Chambers, S. T. (2009). Atypical pneumonia: Time to breathe new life into a useful term? Lancet Infectious Diseases, 9(8), 512-519. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70148-3

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Murdoch, D. R., & Levine, O. S. (2009). Time to focus on the prevention of childhood pneumonia [Editorial]. Internal Medicine Journal, 39(11), 711-712. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02054.x

Wilson, N., Baker, M., Jennings, L., Murdoch, D., Krause, K., Edwards, R., … Douwes, J., … Rice, G. (2009). A design fault in New Zealand's health research funding system exposed by pandemic influenza [Letter]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1304). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1304/3839/content.pdf

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Murdoch, D. R. (2009). Microbiological patterns in sepsis: What happened in the last 20 years? International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 34(Suppl. 4), (pp. S5-S8). doi: 10.1016/S0924-8579(09)70557-6

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Murdoch, D. (2009, September). Putting pneumonia on the map. Verbal presentation at the Third Annual Division of Health Sciences Research Forum, Wellington, New Zealand.

2008

Journal - Research Article

Simmon, K. E., Hall, L., Woods, C. W., Marco, F., Miro, J. M., Cabell, C., … Murdoch, D. R., … and the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Microbiology (ICE-Micro) Investigators. (2008). Phylogenetic analysis of viridans group streptococci causing endocarditis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 46(9), 3087-3090. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00920-08

Petti, C. A., Simmon, K. E., Miro, J. M., Hoen, B., Marco, F., Chu, V. H., … Murdoch, D. R., … and the International Collaboration on Endocarditis—Microbiology Investigators. (2008). Genotypic diversity of coagulase-negative staphylococci causing endocarditis: A global perspective. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 46(5), 1780-1784. doi: 10.1128/JCM.02405-07

Jennings, L. C., Anderson, T. P., Beynon, K. A., Chua, A., Laing, R. T. R., Werno, A. M., … Chambers, S. T., & Murdoch, D. R. (2008). Incidence and characteristics of viral community-acquired pneumonia in adults. Thorax, 63(1), 42-48. doi: 10.1136/thx.2006.075077

Huggan, P. J., Murdoch, D. R., Gallagher, K., & Chambers, S. T. (2008). Concomitant Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria is associated with poor clinical outcome in adults with S. aureus bacteraemia. Journal of Hospital Infection, 69(4), 345-349. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.04.027

Huggan, P. J., & Murdoch, D. R. (2008). Fusobacterial infections: Clinical spectrum and incidence of invasive disease. Journal of Infection, 57(4), 283-289. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.07.016

Caram, L. B., Linefsky, J. P., Read, K. M., Murdoch, D. R., Lalani, T., Woods, C. W., … International Collaboration on Endocarditis Investigator Group. (2008). Leptotrichia endocarditis: Report of two cases from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis (ICE) database and review of previous cases. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 27(2), 139-143. doi: 10.1007/s10096-007-0406-1

Durante-Mangoni, E., Bradley, S., Selton-Suty, C., Tripodi, M.-F., Barsic, B., Bouza, E., … Murdoch, D., … for the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study Group. (2008). Current features of infective endocarditis in elderly patients: Results of the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study. Archives of Internal Medicine, 168(19), 2095-2103.

Werno, A. M., & Murdoch, D. R. (2008). Laboratory diagnosis of invasive pneumococcal disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 46(6), 926-932. doi: 10.1086/528798

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R. (2008). Raising the profile of pneumococcal disease [Editorial]. Internal Medicine Journal, 38(6 A), 381-383.

Zimmerman, M. D., Murdoch, D. R., Rozmajzl, P. J., Basnyat, B., Woods, C. W., Richards, A. L., … Reller, L. B. (2008). Murine Typhus and febrile illness, Nepal [Dispatch]. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 14(10), 1656-1659. doi: 10.3201/eid1410.080236

Keith, E. R., & Murdoch, D. R. (2008). Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae isolated from sputum [Letter]. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 52(8), 2998. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01526-07

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Murdoch, D. (2008). The Third Regional Pneumococcal Symposium [Conference report]. IDrugs, 11(4), 242-244.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Murdoch, D. R., & et al (2008, November). Invasive bacterial infections among children in Nepal. Verbal presentation at the Otago International Health Research Network Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2007

Authored Book - Research

Pollard, A. J., & Murdoch, D. R. (2007). Bergmedizin: Höhenbedingte erkrankungen und gesundheitsgefahren bei bergsteigern (3rd ed.). Bern, Switzerland: Hans Huber, 240p.

Journal - Research Article

Somerville, R. L., Grant, C. C., Grimwood, K., Murdoch, D., Graham, D., Jackson, P., Meates-Dennis, M., … Purvis, D. (2007). Infants hospitalised with pertussis: Estimating the true disease burden. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 43, 617-622.

Lalani, T., Person, A. K., Hedayati, S. S., Moore, L., Murdoch, D. R., Hoen, B., … the International Collaboratio on Endocarditis Merged Database Study Group. (2007). Propionibacterium endocarditis: A case series from the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Merged Database and prospective cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 39, 840-848.

Morpeth, S., Murdoch, D., Cabell, C. H., Karchmer, A. W., Pappas, P., Levine, D., … and the International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study (ICE-PCS) Investigators. (2007). Non-HACEK gram-negative bacillus endocarditis. Annals of Internal Medicine, 147(12), 829-835.

Evans, G. E., Anderson, T. P., Seaward, L. M., & Murdoch, D. R. (2007). Evaluation of the Mycoplasma Duo kit for the detection of Mycoplasma hominis and Ureaplasma urealyticum from urogenital and placental specimens. British Journal of Biomedical Science, 64(2), 66-69.

Smit, M., Beynon, K. A., Murdoch, D. R., & Jennings, L. C. (2007). Comparison of the NOW Influenza A & B, NOW Flu A, NOW Flu B, and Directigen Flu A+B assays, and immunofluorescence with viral culture for the detection of influenza A and B viruses. Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease, 57, 67-70.

Journal - Research Other

Hammer, D. A., Dongol, S., Anderson, T. P., Wong, J. S. J., Werno, A. M., & Murdoch, D. R. (2007). High prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Nepal [Letter to the editor]. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 30, 471-472.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Huggan, P. J., & Murdoch, D. R. (2007). Vancomycin therapy for severe Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea [Correspondence]. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 45, 1647-1648. doi: 10.1086/523719

2006

Journal - Research Article

Evans, G. E., Beynon, K. A., Chua, A., Anderson, T. P., Werno, A. M., Jennings, L. C., … Murdoch, D. R. (2006). Comparison of real-time PCR with culture and EIA for the diagnosis of mucocutaneous infections with herpes simplex virus. New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science, 60(3), 92-96.

Woods, C. W., Murdoch, D. R., Zimmerman, M. D., Glover, W. A., Basnyat, B., Wolf, L., … Reller, L. B. (2006). Emergence of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A as a major cause of enteric fever in Kathmandu, Nepal. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 100, 1063-1067.

Allardyce, R. A., Hill, A. L., & Murdoch, D. R. (2006). The rapid evaluation of bacterial growth and antibiotic susceptibility in blood cultures by selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry. Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease, 55, 255-261.

Prohmmo, A., Cook, L. A., & Murdoch, D. R. (2006). Childhood diarrhoea in a district in Northeast Thailand: Incidence and treatment choices. Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, 18(2), 26-32.

Keith, E. R., Podmore, R. G., Anderson, T. P., & Murdoch, D. R. (2006). Characteristics of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae isolated from purulent sputum samples. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44(3), 923-927.

Chambers, S., Laing, R., Murdoch, D., Frampton, C., Jennings, L., Karalus, N., … Town, I. (2006). Māori have a much higher incidence of community-acquired pneumonia and pneumococcal pneumonia than non-Māori: Findings from two New Zealand hospitals. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1234). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1234/1978/content.pdf

Allardyce, R. A., Langford, V. S., Hill, A. L., & Murdoch, D. R. (2006). Detection of volatile metabolites produced by bacterial growth in blood culture media by selected ion flow tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS). Journal of Microbiological Methods, 65, 361-365. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.09.003

Scotter, J. M., Allardyce, R. A., Langford, V. S., Hill, A., & Murdoch, D. R. (2006). The rapid evaluation of bacterial growth in blood cultures by selected ion flow tube-mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) and comparison with the BacT/ALERT automated blood culture system. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 65, 628-631. doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.10.008

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R. (2006). Altitude sickness. American Family Physician, 73(5), 879-880.

2005

Chapter in Book - Research

Murdoch, D. R. (2005). Streptococcus pneumoniae. In J. Fuchs & M. Podda (Eds.), Encyclopedia of diagnostic genomics and proteomics. (pp. 1236-1240). New York: Marcel Dekker.

Journal - Research Article

Werno, A. M., Anderson, T. P., Chambers, S. T., Laird, H. M., & Murdoch, D. R. (2005). Recurrent breast abscess caused by Gordonia bronchialis in an immunocompetent patient. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43(6), 3009-3010.

Murdoch, D. R. (2005). Impact of rapid microbiological testing on the management of lower respiratory tract infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 41, 1445-1447.

Cheah, F.-C., Anderson, T. P., Darlow, B. A., & Murdoch, D. R. (2005). Comparison of the mycoplasma duo test with PCR for detection of Ureaplasma species in endotracheal aspirates from premature infants. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43(1), 509-510.

Graham, A. K., & Murdoch, D. R. (2005). Association between cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis and enteroviral meningitis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43(3), 1491.

Vann, R. D., Pollock, N. W., Pieper, C. F., Murdoch, D. R., Muza, S. R., Natoli, M. J., & Wang, L. Y. (2005). Statistical models of acute mountain sickness. High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 6(1), 32-42.

Beynon, K. A., Young, S. A., Laing, R. T. R., Harrison, T. G., Anderson, T. P., & Murdoch, D. R. (2005). Bordetella pertussis in adult pneumonia patients. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11(4), 639-641.

Cheng, A. C., Murdoch, D. R., Harrell, L. J., & Reller, L. B. (2005). Clinical profile and strain relatedness of recurrent enterococcal bacteremia. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 37, 642-646.

Scotter, J. M., Campbell, P., Anderson, T. P., Murdoch, D. R., Chambers, S. T., & Patton, W. N. (2005). Comparison of PCR-ELISA and galactomannan detection for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. Pathology, 37(3), 246-253.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Basnyat, B., Maskey, A. P., Zimmerman, M. D., & Murdoch, D. R. (2005). Enteric (typhoid) fever in travelers. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 41, 1467-1472.

2004

Edited Book - Other

Begg, E., Barclay, M., Vella-Brincat, J., Gardiner, S. J., Doogue, M., McDermott, L., … Chambers, S., & Murdoch, D. (Eds.). (2004). Preferred Medicines List (8th ed.). Christchurch: The Caxton Press, 172p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Murdoch, D. (2004). Altitude sickness. In Clinical Evidence 11. (pp. 1767-1773). BMJ Publishing Group. Retrieved from http://www.clinicalevidence.com/ceweb/conditions/index.jsp

Journal - Research Article

Jennings, L. C., Anderson, T. P., Werno, A. M., Beynon, K. A., & Murdoch, D. R. (2004). Viral etiology of acute respiratory tract infections in children presenting to hospital. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 23(11), 1003-1007.

Murdoch, D. R. (2004). Prevention and treatment of high-altitude illness in travelers. Current Infectious Disease Reports, 6, 43-49. Current Science.

Murdoch, D. R. (2004). Molecular genetic methods in the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections. APMIS, 112, 713-727.

Murdoch, D. R., & Greenlees, R. L. (2004). Rapid identification of Staphylococcus aureus from BacT/ALERT blood culture bottles by direct Gram stain characteristics [Short report]. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 57, 199-201. doi: 10.1136/jcp.2003.10538

Everts, R. J., Chambers, S. T., Murdoch, D. R., Rothwell, A. G., & McKie, J. (2004). Successful antimicrobial therapy and implant retention for streptococcal infection of prosthetic joints. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 74, 210-214.

Anderson, D. J., Murdoch, D. R., Sexton, D. J., Reller, L. B., Stout, J. E., Cabell, C. H., & Corey, G. R. (2004). Risk factors for infective endocarditis in patients with enterococcal bacteremia: A case-control study. Infection, 32(2), 72-77.

Murdoch, D. R., Woods, C. W., Zimmerman, M. D., Dull, P. M., Belbase, R. H., Keenan, A. J., … Reller, L. B. (2004). The etiology of febrile illness in adults presenting to Patan hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 70(6), 670-675.

Wang, H., & Murdoch, D. R. (2004). Detection of Campylobacter species in faecal samples by direct Gram stain microscopy. Pathology, 36(4), 343-344.

Malbruny, B., Werno, A. M., Anderson, T. P., Murdoch, D. R., & Leclercq, R. (2004). A new phenotype of resistance to lincosamide and streptogranin A-type antibiotics in Streptococcus agalactiae in New Zealand. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 54(6), 1040-1044.

Werno, A. M., Anderson, T. P., Jennings, L. C., Jackson, P. M., & Murdoch, D. R. (2004). Human metapneumovirus in children with bronchiolitis or pneumonia in New Zealand. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 40, 549-551.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Werno, A. M., Laird, H. M., Seaward, L. M., Short, P. F., & Murdoch, D. R. (2004). Breast abscess caused by Propionibacterium avidum. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, 26(9), 70-71. Elsevier.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Richards, D. A., Toop, L. J., Epton, M., Town, I., Wynn-Thomas, S., McGeoch, G., … Murdoch, D., Than, M., & Bone, J. (2004). From whence it came: Community vs hospital care of community acquired pneumonia. Primary Care Respiratory Journal, 13(2), ABS058, (pp. 114). doi: 10.1016/j.pcrj.2004.02.001

2003

Authored Book - Other

Pollard, A. J., & Murdoch, D. R. (2003). The high altitude medicine handbook (3rd ed.). Oxon, UK: Radcliffe Medical Press, 193p.

Journal - Research Article

Sibler, E., Sonnenberg, P., Collier, D. J., Pollard, A. J., Murdoch, D. R., & Goadsby, P. J. (2003). Clinical features of headache at altitude: A prospective study. Neurology, 60, 1167-1171.

Anderson, T. P., Werno, A. M., Beynon, K. A., & Murdoch, D. R. (2003). Failure to genotype herpes simplex virus by real-time PCR assay and melting curve analysis due to sequence variation within probe binding sites. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(5), 2135-2137.

Murdoch, D. R., & Reller, L. B. (2003). Immunochromatographic test for rapid detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasopharynx. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(5), 2271.

Murdoch, D. R., Mirrett, S., Harrell, L. J., Donabedian, S. M., Zervos, M. J., & Reller, L. B. (2003). Comparison of microscan broth microdilution, synergy quad plate agar dilution, and disk diffusion screening methods for detection of high-level aminoglycoside resistance in Enterococcus species. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(6), 2703-2705.

Murdoch, D. R., Laing, R. T. R., & Cook, J. M. (2003). The NOW S. pneumoniae urinary antigen test positivity rate 6 weeks after pneumonia onset and among patients with COPD [Letter to the editor]. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 37, 153-154.

Anderson, T. P., Beynon, K. A., & Murdoch, D. R. (2003). Comparison of real-time PCR and conventional hemi-nested PCR for the detection of Bordetella pertussis in nasopharyngeal samples. Clinical Microbiology & Infection, 9, 746-749.

Werno, A. M., Anderson, T. P., & Murdoch, D. R. (2003). Antimicrobial susceptibilities of group B Streptococci in New Zealand [Letter to the editor]. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 47(8), 2710-2711.

Evans, G. E., Murdoch, D. R., Anderson, T. P., Potter, H. C., George, P. M., & Chambers, S. (2003). Contamination of Qiagen DNA extraction kits with Legionella DNA [Letter to the editor]. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(7), 3452-3453. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.7.3452-3453.2003

Murdoch, D. R. (2003). Diagnosis of Legionella infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 36, 64-69.

Murdoch, D. R. (2003). Nucleic acid amplification tests for the diagnosis of pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 36, 1162-1170.

Basnyat, B., & Murdoch, D. R. (2003). High-altitude illness. Lancet, 361, 1967-1974.

Murdoch, D. R., Anderson, T. P., Beynon, K. A., Chua, A., Fleming, A. M., La, R. T., Town, G. I., … Chambers, S., & Jennings, L. C. (2003). Evaluation of a PCR assay for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae in respiratory and nonrespiratory samples from adults with community-acquired pneumonia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 41(1), 63-66.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Murdoch, D. R. (2003). Treating legionnaires' disease. Internal Medicine Journal, 33, 479-481.

Murdoch, D. R. (2003). Reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy [Letter to the editor]. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, 14, 211-212.

Murdoch, D. R. (2003). Hematospermia due to schistosome infection in travelers [Correspondence]. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 36, 1086.

Murdoch, D. R. (2003). [Review of the book Manual of clinical microbiology, vols 1 & 2]. JAMA, 290(20), 2742.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Vann, R., Pollock, N., Pieper, C., Murdoch, D. R., Muza, S., Natoli, M., & Wang, L. (2003). Epidemiological models of acute mountain sickness (AMS). High Altitude Medicine and Biology. 3, (pp. 451). [Abstract]

Woods, C. W., Murdoch, D. R., Procop, G. W., Zimmerman, M. D., Doyle, L. J., Dull, P. M., & Reller, L. B. (2003). Detection of Salmonella enterica serotype typhi and S. enterica serotype paratyphi in blood from febrile patients with real-time PCR. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 69(Suppl.), (pp. 379). [Abstract]

Woods, C. W., Murdoch, D. R., Zimmerman, M. D., Glover, W. A., Wolf, L., Belbase, R. H., & Reller, L. B. (2003). Genetic diversity of Salmonella enterica serotype typhi and Salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi from Nepal. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 69(Suppl.), (pp. 379-380). [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Scotter, J. M., Patton, W. N., Campbell, P., Anderson, T. P., Murdoch, D. R., Jennings, L. C., Chambers, S., Ganly, P. S., & Spearing, R. L. (2003, October). Comparison of PCR v galactomannan for the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis. Poster session presented at the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting 2003, Christchurch.

Beynon, K. A., Anderson, T. P., Laing, R. T. R., Harrison, T. G., Young, S. A., & Murdoch, D. R. (2003, September). Evidence of Bordetella pertussis infection in adults admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia during a pertussis outbreak. Poster session presented at the International Society of Chemotherapy Community Acquired Pneumonia Conference, Ontario, Canada.

Murdoch, D. R., Woods, C. W., Zimmerman, M. D., Dull, P. M., Belbase, R. H., Keenan, A. J., … Reller, L. B. (2003, May). What causes fever in Nepal? Poster session presented at the 8th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine, New York.

2002

Journal - Research Article

Murdoch, D. R., Mirrett, S., Harrell, L. J., Monahan, J. S., & Reller, L. B. (2002). Sequential emergence of antibiotic resistance in enterococcal bloodstream isolates over 25 years. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 46, 3676-3678.

Werno, A. M., Klena, J. D., Shaw, G. M., & Murdoch, D. R. (2002). Fatal case of Campylobacter lari prosthetic joint infection and bacteremia in an immunocompetent patient. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 40(3), 1053-1055.

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R. (2002). [Review of the book The plague race: A tale of fear, science and heroism]. BMJ, 325, 909.1. doi: 10.1136/bmj.325.7369.909

2001

Authored Book - Other

Pollard, A. J., & Murdoch, D. R. (2001). Travel Medicine. Oxford: Health Press, 152p.

Journal - Research Article

Crump, J. A., Murdoch, D. R., & Baker, M. G. (2001). Emerging infectious diseases in an island ecosystem: the New Zealand perspective. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 7, 767-772.

Murdoch, D. R., Roberts, S. A., Fowler, Jr, V. G., Shah, M. A., Taylor, S. L., Morris, A. J., & Corey, G. R. (2001). Infection of orthopedic prostheses after Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 32, 647-649.

Miller, D. L., Brazer, S., Murdoch, D. R., Reller, L. B., & Corey, G. R. (2001). Significance of Clostridium tertium bacteremia in neutropenic and nonneutropenic patients: review of 32 cases. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 32, 975-978.

Murdoch, D. R., & Reller, L. B. (2001). Antimicrobial susceptibilities of group B streptococci isolated from patients with invasive disease: 10-year perspective. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 45, 3623-3624.

Price, R. D., & Murdoch, D. R. (2001). Perniosis of the thigh: report of five cases, including four following river crossings. High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2, 535-538.

Hill, P. C., Birch, M., Chambers, S., Drinkovic, D., Ellis-Pegler, R. B., Everts, R., Murdoch, D. R., … Morris, A. J. (2001). Prospective study of 424 cases of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: Determination of factors affecting incidence and mortality. Internal Medicine Journal, 31(2), 97-103.

Laing, R., Slater, W., Coles, C., Chambers, S., Frampton, C. M., Jackson, R., Jennings, L. C., … Murdoch, D. R., & Town, G. I. (2001). Community-acquired pneumonia in Christchurch and Waikato 1999-2000: Microbiology and epidemiology. New Zealand Medical Journal, 114, 488-492.

Murdoch, D. R., Laing, R. T. R., Mills, G. D., Karalus, N. C., Town, G. I., Mirrett, S., & Reller, L. B. (2001). Evaluation of a rapid immunochromatographic test for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen in urine samples from adults with community acquired pneumonia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 39(10), 3495-3498.

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R. (2001). [Review of the book Critical Care Focus: (5) Antibiotic resistance and infection control]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 114. [Book Review].

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Murdoch, D. R. (2001). The evidence for rickettsial disease arising in New Zealand - emergence of a new area of endemicity? New Zealand Medical Journal, 114, 370-371.

Pollard, A. J., Niermeyer, S., Barry, P., Bartsch, P., Berghold, F., Bishop, R. A., … Murdoch, D. R., … Zubieta-Calleja, Jr, G. R. (2001). Children at high altitude: An international consensus statement by an ad hoc committee of the International Society for Mountain Medicine, March 12, 2001. High Altitude Medicine & Biology, 2(3), 389-403. doi: 10.1089/15270290152608561

2000

Journal - Research Article

Murdoch, D. R. (2000). High-altitude illness. Ophthalmology, 107, 1212.

Crump, J. A., Murdoch, D. R., Chambers, S. T., Aickin, D. R., & Hunter, L. A. (2000). Female genital schistosomiasis. Journal of Travel Medicine, 7(1), 30-32.

Murdoch, D. R., & Chambers, S. (2000). Detection of Legionella DNA in peripheral leukocytes, serum, and urine from a patient with pneumonia caused by Legionella dumoffii. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 30(2), 382-383.

Everts, R. J., Murdoch, D. R., Chambers, S. T., Town, G. I., Withington, S. G., Martin, I. R., Epton, M. J., Frampton, C. M., … Schousboe, M. (2000). Nosocomial pneumonia in adult general medical and surgical patients at Christchurch Hospital. New Zealand Medical Journal, 113, 221-224.

1999

Journal - Research Article

Murdoch, D. R., Harding, E. G., & Dunn, J. T. (1999). Persistance of iodine deficiency 25 years after initial correction efforts in the Khumbu region of Nepal. New Zealand Medical Journal, 112, 266-268.

Chambers, S., Town, G. I., Neill, A., Frampton, C. M., & Murdoch, D. R. (1999). Legionella, chlamydia pneumoniae and mycoplasma infection in patients admitted to Christchurch Hospital with pneumonia. New Zealand Medical Journal, 112(1090), 222-224.

Murdoch, D. R., Light, G. J., Jennings, L. C., & Chambers, S. (1999). Sequence-based classification scheme for the genus legionella targeting the 5S rRNA gene. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 37(1), 281.

Murdoch, D. R., Jennings, L. C., Light, G. J., & Chambers, S. (1999). Detection of Legionella DNA in guinea pig peripheral leukocytes, urine and plasma by the polymerase chain reaction. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 18(6), 445-447.

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R. (1999). [Review of the book High Life: A History of High Altitude Physiology and Medicine]. British Medical Journal, 318. [Book Review].

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Murdoch, D. R. (1999). How fast is too fast? Attempts to define a recommended ascent rate to prevent acute mountain sickness. Newsletter of the International Society for Mountain Medicine, 9(1), 3-6.

Crump, J. A., Chambers, S., Acland, R. H., McKinney, M. R., Murdoch, D. R., & MacFarlane, M. R. (1999). Successful management of pain syndrome due to Angiostrongylus cantonensis by implantable spinal cord stimulator. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 29(4), 565.

1998

Authored Book - Other

Pollard, A. J., & Murdoch, D. R. (1998). The High Altitude Medicine Handbook (2 ed.). Abingdon: Radcliffe Medical Press, 165p.

Chapter in Book - Research

Pollard, A. J., Litch, J. A., & Murdoch, D. R. (1998). Children at altitude. In H. Ohno, T. Kobayashi, S. Masuyama & M. Nakashima (Eds.), Progress in mountain medicine and high mountain physiology. (pp. 422-424). Japanese Society of Mountain Medicine.

Journal - Research Article

Murdoch, D. R., & Curry, C. (1998). Acute mountain sickness in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 111, 168-169.

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Pollard, A. J., Murdoch, D. R., & Bartsch, P. (1998). Children in the mountains. British Medical Journal, 316, 874-875.

1997

Journal - Research Other

Murdoch, D. R. (1997). [Review of the book High altitude medicine]. Newsletter of the International Society for Mountain Medicine, 7. [Book Review].

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Murdoch, D. R., Seaward, L. M., & MacFarlane, M. R. (1997). Human wound infection with Streptococcus uberis. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter, 19(22), 174-175.

Murdoch, D. R., & Pollard, A. J. (1997). Acute Mountain Sickness. Journal of Travel Medicine, 4, 90-93.

Chambers, S., & Murdoch, D. R. (1997). Which tests are useful in the diagnosis of pneumonia? Patient Management, 26(4), 15-17.

1996

Journal - Research Article

McKenna, G., Lyttle, H., Withington, S., Stoker, M., Morton, A., Paltridge, G., Murdoch, D., & Chambers, S. (1996). Schistosomiasis at Christchurch Hospital 1989-94. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Medicine, 26, 226-227.

Murdoch, D. R., Everts, R., Chambers, S., & Cowan, I. A. (1996). Vertebral osteomyelitis due to Staphylococcus lugdunensis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 34, 993-994.

Murdoch, D. R., Walford, E. J., Jennings, L. C., Light, G. J., Schousboe, M., Chereshsky, A. Y., Chambers, S., & Town, G. I. (1996). Use of polymerase chain reaction to detect legionella DNA in urine and serum samples from patients with pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 23, 475-480.