Overview
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
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Antibiotics
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Blood Stream Infection
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Infection Control
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Duration of treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia: a retrospective 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, Rodríguez-Baño, Jesús, de Cueto, Marina, Oliver, Antonio, de Gopegui, Enrique Ruiz, Cano, Angela, Machuca, Isabel ... Yahav, Dafna (2022). Duration of treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia: a retrospective study. Infectious Diseases and Therapy, 11 (4), 1505-1519. doi: 10.1007/s40121-022-00657-1
2022
Journal Article
Evaluating mono- and combination therapy of meropenem and amikacin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in the hollow-fiber infection model
Avent, Minyon L., McCarthy, Kate L., Sime, Fekade B., Naicker, Saiyuri, Heffernan, Aaron J., Wallis, Steven C., Paterson, David L. and Roberts, Jason A. (2022). Evaluating mono- and combination therapy of meropenem and amikacin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in the hollow-fiber infection model. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (3), e0052522. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00525-22
2021
Journal Article
Combination versus monotherapy as definitive treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia: a multicentre retrospective observational cohort 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, 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, Ruiz De Gopegui, Enrique, Cano, Angela ... Yahav, Dafna (2021). Combination versus monotherapy as definitive treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia: a multicentre retrospective observational cohort study. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 76 (8), 2172-2181. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkab134
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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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