The PRIDA online journal club focused on microbiology and infectious diseases takes place via zoom every second Friday from March to October every year.  The event calendar has the session dates. 

We discuss interesting health literature relevant to LMIC locations. Our presenters are from many different countries, and any range of medical topics are encouraged to be presented from the relevant peer reviewed literature. The course facilitators assist presenters to select a paper for review and are able to provide practical assistance prior to their session via zoom.

Access is free and there is no obligation to present or comment, however all are encouraged to participate and ask questions. The sessions are not recorded.   

If you wish to join, contact   . You will then receive communications (via a WHATSAPP group)  about the reviewed papers. 

These are commencement times by location/time zone:

7.15am: New Delhi, India
7.30am: Kathmandu, Nepal
9am: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
11am: Dili, Timor-Leste
12pm: Port Moresby, PNG
1pm: Honiara, Solomon Islands
1pm: Port Vila, Vanuatu
2pm: Suva, Fiji
3pm: West Samoa Time, WST

Papers discussed in 2024

Date Presenter Article Title Journal Publication year
08.03.24 Ben Knippenberg Single-Site Sampling versus Multisite Sampling for Blood Cultures: a Retrospective clinical Study DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01935-21 Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2022
Andi Setiwan COVID-19-Associated Candidiasis: Possible Patho-Mechanism, Predisposing Factors, and Prevention Strategies
 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-022-02824-6
Current Microbiology 2022
22.03.24 Samantha Celena Triadi A Randomized, Open Label, Non-inferiority Clinical Trial Accessing 7 versus 14 days of Antimicrobial Therapy for Severe Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacterial Infection: The OPTIMISE Trial Protocol
DOI: 10.1007/s40121-023-00897-9
Infectious Diseases and Therapy 2024
Ivan Yanong New Antibiotics for Gram-Negative pneumonia
doi: 10.1183/16000617.0119-2022
European Respiratory Review 2022
05.04.24 Floriano Pereira Seroprevalence and prevention of hepatitis B, measles and rubella among healthcare workers in Dili, Timor-Leste
DOI: 10.1016/j.lansea.2022.100133
The Lancet Regional
Health - Southeast
Asia
2023
19.04.24 Carolin Wijaya  A study on the multidisciplinary diagnostic approach of leprosy: Can we prevent the recrudescence in the post-elimination Indian scenario?
doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2480_22
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2023
Fidriati Olivia Manongga Transition to Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Hospitalized Adults With Gram-Negative Bloodstream Infections 
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.49864
JAMA Network Open 2024
03.05.24 Titiek Sulistyowati Accuracy of Tongue Swab Testing Using Xpert MTB-RIF Ultra for Tuberculosis Diagnosis
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.00421-22
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2022
Harry Poka Contact screening and management in a high transmission MDR-TB setting in Papua New Guinea: Progress, challenges and future directions
https://doi.org/10.3389/fitd.2022.1085401
Frontiers in Tropical Diseases 2023
17.05.24 Isabella Sally Matautia Inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and its determinants among outpatient children in 3 low- and middle-income countries: A multicentric community-based cohort study
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004211
PLOS Medicine 2023
31.05.24 Mere Bitu Evaluation of self-sampling-based cervical cancer screening strategy using HPV Selfy CE-IVD test coupled with home-collection kit: a clinical study in Italy
 DOI: 10.1186/s40001-023-01263-8
European Journal
of Medical Research
2023
Mir Azhar Incidence and antimicrobial sensitivity of colistin resistant Enterobacterales in the gut flora of bone marrow transplant patients in Northern Pakistan Own research work
14.06.24 Sione Fusimalohi Tuionetoa Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates from clinical specimens in four Pacific Island countries, 2017-2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100677
The Lancet Regional
Health - Western Pacific
2023
28.06.24 Ella Malatugu  Unveiling the etiology of peritonsillar abscess using next generation sequencing
DOI: 10.1186/s12941-023-00649-0
Annals of Clinical Microbiology
and Antimicrobials
2023
Neneng Dewi Kurniati Ceftolozane/Tazobactam In-Vitro Activity against Clinical Isolates from Complicated Intra-Abdominal Infection Patients in Three Indonesian Referral Hospital
 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics12010052
Antibiotics 2023
12.07.24 Patrick Jr Penitani Blood Culture Contamination Rates at Different Level Healthcare Institutions in the Western Cape, South Africa
DOI: 10.4102/sajid.v35i1.222
South African Journal of Infectious Diseases 2020
Dewi Anggraini Transmission Rates, Screening Methods and Costs of MRSA – A Systematic Literature Review Related to the Prevalence in Germany
 DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1632-8
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 2012
26.07.24 Casparia Mond Hospital-Based Prospective Study of Pertussis in Infants and Close Contacts in Tehran, Iran
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-06266-6
BMC Infectious Diseases 2021
09.08.24 Nishal Nikita Nandani Aerobic Bacteria Associated with Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Their Susceptibility Pattern
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41702-019-0039-x
Biomedical Dermatology 2019
23.08.24 Katalina Filipo Status of hospital-based blood transfusion services in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional international survey
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055017
BMJ Open 2022
Scotland Tavita Nun Yan Primary antibiotic resistance of Helicobacter pylori in the Asia-Pacific region between 1990 and 2022: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis
 DOI: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00281-9
The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2024
06.09.24 Elaine Galudine Sililo-Lokeni  Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted and genital infections to improve birth outcomes in high-burden, low-resource settings (WANTAIM): a pragmatic cluster randomised crossover trial in Papua New Guinea     
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00004-4      
The Lancet Global Health 2024
20.09.24 Fogalele Vaesavali Su'a  Molecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem resistant Acinetobacter baumannii ST2 in Oceania: a multicountry cohort study
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2023.100896
The Lancet Regional
Health - Western Pacific
2023
Fiona Seumanutafa  Three Weeks Versus Six Weeks of Antibiotic Therapy for Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis: A Prospective, Randomized, Noninferiority Pilot Trial
https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1758
Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021