Publications
Peer reviewed Journal articles
Foley D, Gwee A, Epalza C, et al. A Call for International Collaboration to Improve Definitions for the Surveillance of Congenital Syphilis. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2026. doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000005164.
Gunaratna GPS, Harrison ML, Dickson BFR et al. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infant Mortality in Sri Lanka: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 2026. doi:10.1111/jpc.70269.
Williams PCM, Mostaghim M, Harrison J, et al. 2025_BMJ_Epidemiology of early onset and late onset invasive infections in Australian neonates and infants. BMJ Public Health 2025;3:e002733. doi:10.1136/bmjph-2025-002733.
Nina Dwi Putri, Benjamin FR Dickson, Riyadi Adrizain, Leny Kartina, et. al – Epidemiology of sepsis in hospitalised neonates in Indonesia: high burden of multidrug-resistant infections reveals poor coverage provided by recommended antibiotic regimens: BMJ Global Health 2025;10:e016272.
Huong, Nguyen Xuan; Harrison, Michelle; Kasahara, Erena; Marais, Ben; Putri, Nina Dwi; Williams, Phoebe CM. The challenge of antimicrobial resistance in the Asia-Pacific: a pediatric perspective. Current Opinion in Pediatrics ():10.1097/MOP.0000000000001437, February 03, 2025.
Harrison M, Dickson B, Esterlita V-UM, Dwi Putri N, Adrizain R, Kartina L, et al. High rates of ‘Watch’ and ‘Reserve’ class antibiotics used to treat neonatal infections in Southeast Asia. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2025 Jan 9. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004614. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39961140.
Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance 1990–2021: a systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)01867-1/fulltext
Harrison M, Dickson B, Sharland M, Williams P. Beyond early- and late-onset neonatal sepsis definitions What are the current causes of neonatal sepsis globally? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024 Sep 12. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004485. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39264197.
Dickson BF, Putri ND, Adrizain R, Kartina L, Villaneuva Uy ME, Gunaratna G, et al. High burden of anti-microbial resistance among neonatal blood stream infections in Southeast Asia: results of the NeoSEAP study. 2023.
Moore N, Ashley E, Dickson B, Douangnouvong A, Panyaviseth P, Turner P, et al. Systematic Review of Antimicrobial Resistance Among Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2024 Aug 31;51:101177. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101177. PMID: 39282136; PMCID: PMC11402324.
Williams PCM, Jones M, Snelling TL, Duguid R, Moore N, Dickson B, et al. Coverage gaps in empiric antibiotic regimens used to treat serious bacterial infections in neonates and children in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia 2023.
Williams PCM, Howard-Jones A et al. Clinical and epidemiologic profile of invasive pneumococcal disease in Australian children following the relaxation of non-pharmaceutical interventions against SARS-CoV-2. The Paediatric Infectious Diseases Journal, 2023, doi: 10.1097/INF.00000000000003972.
Koirala A, Krishnappa B, Banh C, Brandenburg U, Williams PCM. Successful use of cefiderocol to treat a multidrug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia ventilator-associated pneumonia in an extremely preterm neonate. The Paediatric Infectious Diseases Journal, 2023, doi: 10.1097/INF.00000000000004051.
Williams PCM, Beardsley J, Isaacs D, Preisz A, Marais B. The impact of climate change and biodiversity loss on the health of children: An ethical perspective. Frontiers in Public Health; 2023, doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1048317.
Williams PCM, Ahmad SQ, Agarwal R, Bielicki J, Nambiar S, Giaquinto C, Bradley J, Noel G, Ellis S, O’Brien S, Balasegaram M, Sharland M. Antibiotics needed to treat multidrug-resistant infections in neonates. Bulletin of the World Health Organization; 2022, doi: 10.2471/BLT.22.288623
Williams PCM, Koirala A, Saravanos G et al. COVID-19 in children in NSW, Australia, during the 2021 Delta outbreak: Severity and disease spectrum. The Medical Journal of Australia (MJA); 2022. doi: 10.1101/2021.12.27.212683348.
Williams PCM, Bradley, J, Sharland M et al. Harmonising regulatory approval for antibiotics in children. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 2021. doi: 10.1016/S2353-4642(20)30365-5.
Huang Y, Howard-Jones A, Durrani S, Wang Z, Williams PCM. Monkeypox: A clinical update for paediatricians. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health; doi: 10.1111/jpc.1617
Conference presentations and abstracts
Lestari, D. C., Syariah, A. H., Tafroji, W., Iskandar, A. T. P., Rumondang, A., Irwinda, R., Zhafira, A. S., Valeria, M. S., Ridaryanti, A. P., Aniyati, I., Ramadhani, S., Anugerah, A. D., Fajarani, R., Nethalia, I., Indriani, P. A., Yustisiana, R., Mostaghim, M., Harrison, M. L., Dickson, B. F. R., Turner, P., Howard-Jones, A. R., Putri, N. D., Williams, P. C. M. High prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacterales colonisation in maternal and neonatal populations, Conference poster, World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), Bangkok 2025.
Taufiq, S., Naeem, M., Adrizain, R., Harrison, M. L., Herman, H. W., Hussain, A. S., Kartina, L., Kelleghan, R., Tindage, S. G., Shakoor, F., Williams, P. C. M. Late-onset neonatal sepsis in South and Southeast Asia: Results from the NEOSEAP prospective cohort study, Conference poster, World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), Bangkok 2025.
Harrison, M. L. Adrizain, R. Herman, H. W. Kartina, L. Kelleghan, R. Shakoor, S. Taufiq, S. Tindage, S. G. Williams, P. C. M., High Mortality Associated with a high burden of Antimicrobial Resistant Neonatal Infections in Southeast Asia, Conference poster, World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), Bangkok 2025
Harrison, M. Ozaygen, A. Cahill, P. Turner, P. Snelling, T. Williams, P. C. M. Wu, Y., The Data Dilemma: Challenges of Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance, Conference poster, World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), Bangkok 2025
Harrison, M. L., Kasahara, E., Caparas, J., Villanueva-Uy, M. E., Ozaygen, A., Cahill, P., Duarte, N. E., Hopkins, J., Roberts, T., Wu, Y., Snelling, T., Turner, P., van Doorn, H. R., Williams, P. C. M., Epidemiology of neonatal infections at Philippine General Hospital, Manila- Insights from a Clinically Oriented Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Study, Conference poster, World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), Bangkok 2025
Kelleghan, R., Luu, K. B., Le, M. H., Phan, T. H., Harrison, M., Nguyen, T.-A., Pham, D. T., Pham, A. T., Hoang, T. D. T., Williams, P., Launch of NeoCOL Study in Vietnam, Conference presentation- Sydney Vietnam Innovation Symposium, Hanoi, 2025
Harrison M., Harte M., Kelleghan R., A/Prof. Williams PCM., Neonatal Sepsis in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Prospective Surveillance: NeoSEAP-PS, Conference presentation- Sydney Vietnam Innovation Symposium, Hanoi, 2025
Harrison M., Tran H., Villanueva-Uy M.E., Le H.T., Kasahara E., A/Prof. Williams PCM., Regional Collaboration in the Practice of Immediate Kangaroo Mother Care, Conference presentation – Sydney Vietnam Innovation Symposium, Hanoi, 2025
Jayasinghe S., Howard Jones A., Duguid R., Phuong LK., Gwee A., Johnson N., Butters C., Oftadeh S., Chen S., Koirala A., Homaira N., Kandasamy R., Bartlett AW., Jaffe A., McMullan B., Palasanthiran P., Wijeratne P., Britton P., Fathima P., Snelling TN., Sintchenko V., Williams PCM., Clinical and epidemiological profile of IPD cases in Australian children in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, Conference abstract- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference (ESCMID), Portugal, 2025
Michelle Harrison & A/Prof. Phoebe CM Williams, NeoTREP Observational Study, Conference presentation – Prevent Syphilis & PENTA network, European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), Bucharest & Online, 2025
Benjamin F R Dickson, Nina Dwi Putri, Mona Mostaghim, Aqila Zhafira, Fakikha Aditami, Delly Lestari, Frizka Aprilia, Wisnu Tafroji, Fathur Luthfiano, Jackson Harrison, Clara Grazian, Michelle Harrison, Jessica Ramsay, Annaleise Howard-Jones, Paul Turner, Phoebe C M Williams, Association between multidrug-resistant gram-negative colonisation and invasive infections in neonates: results from NeoCol,
a prospective cohort study in Indonesia, Conference abstract – Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID), Canberra 2025
Dr. Phoebe Williams Keynote Presentation from European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference, Barcelona Spain, 2024
Dickson, B., Adrizain, R. Kartina, L. Dwi Putri, N. Ma Esterlita V. Kasahara, E. Harrison, M. Nguyen-Xuan, H. Le, C. Tran, H. Aho, G. Gunaratna, G. Williams, PCM. Antibiotic prescribing to treat neonatal sepsis in resource-constrained settings in Southeast Asia and the Pacific reflects a high burden of multidrug-resistant neonatal infections, Conference abstract – European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference (ESCMID), Barcelona, 2024
Dwi Putri, N., Adrizain R., Kartina L., Gunaratna G., Aho G., Harrison M., Dickson B., Williams PCM., High Prevalence of Invasive Candidiasis in Neonates in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), Conference Presentation, Copenhagen, 2023
Nguyen-Xuan, H., Harrison M., Dickson B., Williams, PCM., Antibiotic prescribing practices, Infection Prevention & control strategies and Antibiotic resistance among neonatal sepsis in Vietnam: A multicentre study, Conference abstract World Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (WSPID), 2023
Gayana Gunaratna, Benjamin Dickson, Rajeev Sathanandarajah, Ruwanthi Perera, Shirani Chandrasiri, Jannah Baker & Phoebe CM Williams, Neonatal sepsis in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka: Reflections on rising antibiotic resistance over five years, World Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases conference 2023.
ESCMID Antimicrobial prescribing Poster: References ESCMID Poster
ESCMID Data analysis Poster: References Cause for Analysis Poster
