Dr

Kate McCarthy

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Background

Associate Professor Kate McCarthy is an Infectious Diseases Physician and a Microbiologist. She is an Associate Professor with the University of Queensland Medical School. She is a committee member of the Australian Healthcare Infection Control Special Interest Group and is the Medical Director of Infection Control at the RBWH. A/Prof McCarthy has authored 36 publications and co-supervises two PhD students. She lectures for the University of Queensland Medical School. A/Prof McCarthy is passionate about research that impacts the longer term care of the patients she sees in clinical practice.

Availability

Dr Kate McCarthy is:
Available for supervision

Research interests

  • Antibiotics

  • Blood Stream Infection

  • Infection Control

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48 works between 2007 and 2025
All (48) Journal Article (45) Conference Publication (2) Other Outputs (1)

21 - 40 of 48 works

2021

Journal Article

The MOBILISE study: utilisation of ambulatory pumps in the inpatient setting to administer continuous antibiotic infusions—a randomised controlled trial

McCarthy, K. L., Harris-Brown, T., Smits, E. J., Legg, A., Chatfield, M. D. and Paterson, D. L. (2021). The MOBILISE study: utilisation of ambulatory pumps in the inpatient setting to administer continuous antibiotic infusions—a randomised controlled trial. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, 40 (12), 2505-2513. doi: 10.1007/s10096-021-04294-3

The MOBILISE study: utilisation of ambulatory pumps in the inpatient setting to administer continuous antibiotic infusions—a randomised controlled trial

2021

Journal Article

Listeria monocytogenes brain abscess as a late complication of allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation

Chung, Joseph, McCarthy, Kate L., Redmond, Andrew, Butler, Jason, Scott, Ashleigh P. and Stewart, Adam G. (2021). Listeria monocytogenes brain abscess as a late complication of allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation. Internal Medicine Journal, 51 (6), 1005-1006. doi: 10.1111/imj.15356

Listeria monocytogenes brain abscess as a late complication of allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantation

2021

Journal Article

Erratum to: Plasma concentrations resulting from continuous infusion of meropenem in a community-based outpatient program: A case series (vol 15, pg 2074, 2020)

Legg, Amy, Halford, Melanie and McCarthy, Kate (2021). Erratum to: Plasma concentrations resulting from continuous infusion of meropenem in a community-based outpatient program: A case series (vol 15, pg 2074, 2020). American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 79 (6), 514-514. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxab101

Erratum to: Plasma concentrations resulting from continuous infusion of meropenem in a community-based outpatient program: A case series (vol 15, pg 2074, 2020)

2021

Journal Article

Case report: Ganoderma weberianum invasive fungal disease (IFD) during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)

Scott, Ashleigh P., Choptiany, Markian, Dwyer, Jennifer and McCarthy, Kate L. (2021). Case report: Ganoderma weberianum invasive fungal disease (IFD) during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Transplant Infectious Disease, 23 (4) e13647, 1-3. doi: 10.1111/tid.13647

Case report: Ganoderma weberianum invasive fungal disease (IFD) during allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)

2020

Journal Article

Plasma concentrations resulting from continuous infusion of meropenem in a community-based outpatient program: a case series

Legg, Amy, Halford, Melanie and McCarthy, Kate (2020). Plasma concentrations resulting from continuous infusion of meropenem in a community-based outpatient program: a case series. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, 77 (24), 2074-2080. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxaa319

Plasma concentrations resulting from continuous infusion of meropenem in a community-based outpatient program: a case series

2020

Journal Article

Septic arthritis post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction due to Clostridioides difficile

Eustace, M. B., Jennison, A. V. and McCarthy, K. L. (2020). Septic arthritis post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction due to Clostridioides difficile. Anaerobe, 66 102293, 1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2020.102293

Septic arthritis post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction due to Clostridioides difficile

2020

Journal Article

Contemporaneous management of ampicillin infusions in the outpatient setting through the use of therapeutic drug monitoring

Parsonson, Fiona, Legg, Amy, Halford, Melanie and McCarthy, Kate (2020). Contemporaneous management of ampicillin infusions in the outpatient setting through the use of therapeutic drug monitoring. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 55 (6) 105975. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.105975

Contemporaneous management of ampicillin infusions in the outpatient setting through the use of therapeutic drug monitoring

2020

Journal Article

Ceftazidime, carbapenems, or piperacillin-tazobactam as single definitive therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection: a multisite retrospective study

Babich, Tanya, Naucler, Pontus, Valik, John Karlsson, Giske, Christian G., Benito, Natividad, Cardona, Ruben, Rivera, Alba, Pulcini, Celine, Abdel Fattah, Manal, Haquin, Justine, Macgowan, Alasdair, Grier, Sally, Gibbs, Julie, Chazan, Bibiana, Yanovskay, Anna, Ben Ami, Ronen, Landes, Michal, Nesher, Lior, Zaidman-Shimshovitz, Adi, McCarthy, Kate, Paterson, David L., Tacconelli, Evelina, Buhl, Michael, Mauer, Susanna, Rodriguez-Bano, Jesus, Morales, Isabel, Oliver, Antonio, Ruiz De Gopegui, Enrique, Cano, Angela ... Yahav, Dafna (2020). Ceftazidime, carbapenems, or piperacillin-tazobactam as single definitive therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection: a multisite retrospective study. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 70 (11), 2270-2280. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz668

Ceftazidime, carbapenems, or piperacillin-tazobactam as single definitive therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection: a multisite retrospective study

2020

Journal Article

Oral or intravenous antibiotics?

McCarthy, Kate and Avent, Minyon (2020). Oral or intravenous antibiotics?. Australian Prescriber, 43 (2), 45-48. doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2020.008

Oral or intravenous antibiotics?

2020

Journal Article

Risk factors for mortality among patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia: a retrospective multicentre study

Babich, Tanya, Naucler, Pontus, Valik, John Karlsson, Giske, Christian G., Benito, Natividad, Cardona, Ruben, Rivera, Alba, Pulcini, Celine, Fattah, Manal Abdel, Haquin, Justine, MacGowan, Alasdair, Grier, Sally, Chazan, Bibiana, Yanovskay, Anna, Ami, Ronen Ben, Landes, Michal, Nesher, Lior, Zaidman-Shimshovitz, Adi, McCarthy, Kate, Paterson, David L., Tacconelli, Evelina, Buhl, Michael, Mauer, Susanna, Rodriguez-Bano, Jesus, Morales, Isabel, Oliver, Antonio, de Gopegui, Enrique Ruiz, Cano, Angela, Machuca, Isabel ... Yahav, Dafna (2020). Risk factors for mortality among patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia: a retrospective multicentre study. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 55 (2) 105847, 105847. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2019.11.004

Risk factors for mortality among patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia: a retrospective multicentre study

2019

Journal Article

Outcomes of patients with a history of injecting drug use and receipt of outpatient antimicrobial therapy

O’Callaghan, Kevin, Tapp, S., Hajkowicz, K., Legg, A. and McCarthy, K. L. (2019). Outcomes of patients with a history of injecting drug use and receipt of outpatient antimicrobial therapy. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 38 (3), 575-580. doi: 10.1007/s10096-018-03461-3

Outcomes of patients with a history of injecting drug use and receipt of outpatient antimicrobial therapy

2018

Other Outputs

Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood stream infections: clinical and molecular epidemiology, virulence and outcome

McCarthy, Kate (2018). Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood stream infections: clinical and molecular epidemiology, virulence and outcome. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.862

Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood stream infections: clinical and molecular epidemiology, virulence and outcome

2018

Journal Article

Activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam against a collection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from bloodstream infections in Australia

Henderson, A., Tan, E., McCarthy, K. L. and Paterson, D. L. (2018). Activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam against a collection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from bloodstream infections in Australia. Pathology, 50 (7), 748-752. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2018.08.009

Activity of ceftolozane/tazobactam against a collection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from bloodstream infections in Australia

2018

Journal Article

P. aeruginosa blood stream infection isolates: a "full house" of virulence genes in isolates associated with rapid patient death and patient survival

McCarthy, K. L., Wailan, A. M., Jennison, A. V., Kidd, T. J. and Paterson, D. L. (2018). P. aeruginosa blood stream infection isolates: a "full house" of virulence genes in isolates associated with rapid patient death and patient survival. Microbial Pathogenesis, 119, 81-85. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.03.062

P. aeruginosa blood stream infection isolates: a "full house" of virulence genes in isolates associated with rapid patient death and patient survival

2018

Journal Article

A contemporary 16-year review of Coxiella burnetii infective endocarditis in a tertiary cardiac center in Queensland, Australia

Armstrong, Mark R., McCarthy, Kate L. and Horvath, Robert L. (2018). A contemporary 16-year review of Coxiella burnetii infective endocarditis in a tertiary cardiac center in Queensland, Australia. Infectious Diseases, 50 (7), 1-8. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2018.1445279

A contemporary 16-year review of Coxiella burnetii infective endocarditis in a tertiary cardiac center in Queensland, Australia

2018

Journal Article

Evidence of clinical response and stability of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam used to treat a carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa lung abscess on an outpatient antimicrobial program

Stewart, A., Roberts, J. A., Wallis, S. C., Allworth, A. M., Legg, A. and McCarthy, K. L. (2018). Evidence of clinical response and stability of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam used to treat a carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa lung abscess on an outpatient antimicrobial program. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 51 (6), 941-942. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.02.008

Evidence of clinical response and stability of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam used to treat a carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa lung abscess on an outpatient antimicrobial program

2017

Journal Article

Combination antibiotic therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in febrile neutropenic patients? The question still remains

McCarthy, Kate L., Cherian, Jacob D., Avent, Minyon L. and Paterson, David L. (2017). Combination antibiotic therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in febrile neutropenic patients? The question still remains. Infectious Diseases, 50 (5), 403-406. doi: 10.1080/23744235.2017.1411605

Combination antibiotic therapy for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in febrile neutropenic patients? The question still remains

2017

Journal Article

Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood stream infection isolates from patients with recurrent blood stream infection: is it the same genotype?

McCarthy, K. L., Kidd, T. J. and Paterson, D. L. (2017). Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood stream infection isolates from patients with recurrent blood stream infection: is it the same genotype?. Epidemiology and Infection, 145 (14), 3040-3046. doi: 10.1017/S0950268817001832

Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood stream infection isolates from patients with recurrent blood stream infection: is it the same genotype?

2017

Journal Article

Draft genome sequences of two Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection isolates associated with rapid patient death

McCarthy, K. L., Jennison, A. V., Wailan, A. M. and Paterson, D. L. (2017). Draft genome sequences of two Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection isolates associated with rapid patient death. Genome Announcements, 5 (33) e00597. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00597-17

Draft genome sequences of two Pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection isolates associated with rapid patient death

2017

Journal Article

Draft genome sequence of an IMP-7-producing pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection isolate from Australia

McCarthy, K. L., Jennison, A., Wailan, A. M. and Paterson, D. L. (2017). Draft genome sequence of an IMP-7-producing pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection isolate from Australia. Genome Announcements, 5 (27) e00596-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00596-17

Draft genome sequence of an IMP-7-producing pseudomonas aeruginosa bloodstream infection isolate from Australia

Availability

Dr Kate McCarthy is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigating the gram-negative bacterial and host factors that drive sepsis outcomes

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Timothy Wells

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