Publications by authors named "R Hardiman"
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- Autoerotic asphyxial deaths, primarily involving neck compression, are rare but notable, with a study analyzing 72 cases in Australia from 2000 to 2022 to understand their medical and legal implications.
- The demographic findings highlighted a tendency for victims to be Caucasian males under 50, while the study discovered a range of injuries, including both minor and severe, alongside consistent evidence of sexual paraphernalia and isolation in these cases.
- The researchers advocate for better categorization of autoerotic neck compression deaths to differentiate them from suicidal and homicidal cases, emphasizing the need for incorporating new variables in future investigations.
Background: International consensus definitions for invasive aspergillosis (IA) in research are rigorous, yet clinically significant cases are often excluded from clinical studies for not meeting proven/probable IA case definitions. To better understand reasons for the failure to meet criteria for proven/probable infection, we herein review 47 such cases for their clinical and microbiological characteristics and outcomes.
Methods: Data on 47 cases that did not meet consensus IA definitions but were deemed significant were derived from a retrospective, observational, multicenter survey of 382 presumed IA cases across Australasia, of which findings of 221 proven/probable infections were recently published.
Invasive aspergillosis in adult patients in Australia and New Zealand: 2017-2020.
Lancet Reg Health West Pac
November 2023
Background: New and emerging risks for invasive aspergillosis (IA) bring the need for contemporary analyses of the epidemiology and outcomes of IA, in order to improve clinical practice.
Methods: The study was a retrospective, multicenter, cohort design of proven and probable IA in adults from 10 Australasian tertiary centres (January 2017-December 2020). Descriptive analyses were used to report patients' demographics, predisposing factors, mycological characteristics, diagnosis and management.
Background: This study compared natural root caries lesions with artificial root caries lesions prepared with one of the two demineralising solutions.
Methods: Twelve natural root caries lesions on upper incisors and 24 artificial root lesions were prepared on sound root surfaces using 50 mM acetic acid, 1.5 mM CaCl , 0.
This study aimed to validate the performance of the custom formulated Sensititre YeastOne One (SYO) microdilution plate which includes isavuconazole (AUSNMRC1) to perform susceptibility testing on clinically relevant yeast and mould species across three Australian reference laboratories. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) results were compared with the IVD approved SYO YO10 microdilution plate and isavuconazole gradient strips. A total of 127 isolates were tested on both the YO10 and AUSNMRC1 plates.
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