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 |
