Publications by authors named "T Sorrell"
Background: Infection by Cryptococcus gattii can lead to pulmonary or central nervous system (CNS) disease, or both. Whether site of infection and disease severity are associated with C. gattii species and lineages or with certain underlying medical conditions, or both is unclear.
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- Expanding workforce training for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment is crucial, and a 6-month team training program based on the ECHO model was implemented to help primary care teams.
- Thirteen healthcare teams participated, and a study of 52 individuals showed significant improvements in various areas, including individual and team efficacy, and the ability to treat patients effectively.
- While most scales showed large to moderate effect sizes indicating positive changes, stigma and harm reduction did not improve, highlighting the need for future research to assess teamwork effectiveness more objectively.
Medically important pathogenic fungi invade vertebrate tissue and are considered primary when part of their nature life cycle is associated with an animal host and are usually able to infect immunocompetent hosts. Opportunistic fungal pathogens complete their life cycle in environmental habitats or occur as commensals within or on the vertebrate body, but under certain conditions can thrive upon infecting humans. The extent of host damage in opportunistic infections largely depends on the portal and modality of entry as well as on the host's immune and metabolic status.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted that preparedness for and responsiveness to pandemics requires public health platforms and processes which are nimble and evidence-based and a research ecosystem which is rapidly responsive to the evolving needs of society and decision-makers. The national BEAT COVID-19 research consortium was funded in 2020 by the Snow Medical Research Foundation (Snow Medical). Its Expert Advisory Committee met with the consortium post-pandemic to summarise the research undertaken and to consider lessons learned through the research response to COVID-19 in Australia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecognizing the growing global burden of fungal infections, the World Health Organization established a process to develop a priority list of fungal pathogens (FPPL). In this systematic review, we aimed to evaluate the epidemiology and impact of infections caused by Fusarium spp., Scedosporium spp.
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