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Paul
Newton
Head of Medicine Quality Research Group
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Medicine quality
Professor Paul Newton is Head of the IDDO Medicine Quality Research Group. He was appointed Head of the WorldWide Antimalarial Research Network (WWARN) Antimalarial Quality Group in 2010. He was the founding Director of the Lao-Oxford-Mahosot-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU) in the Microbiology Laboratory of Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane, Laos, from 2000 to 2019 and now works based from Oxford. After junior doctor training in infectious disease and internal medicine in the UK, he worked in the Mahidol Oxford Research Unit in Bangkok on malaria and melioidosis for four years before moving to Laos.
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Adjunctive dexamethasone in HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis
Beardsley, J., Wolbers, M., Kibengo, F., Ggayi, A.-B., Kamali, A., Cuc, N., Binh, T., Chau, N., Farrar, J., Merson, L., Phuong, L., Thwaites, G., Van Kinh, N., Thuy, P., Chierakul, W., Siriboon, S., Thiansukhon, E., Onsanit, S., Supphamongkholchaikul, W., … Day, J. (2016). New England Journal of Medicine, 374(6), 542-554.
Land use and soil type determine the presence of the pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei in tropical rivers.
Ribolzi, O., Rochelle-Newall, E., Dittrich, S., Auda, Y., Newton, P., Rattanavong, S., Knappik, M., Soulileuth, B., Sengtaheuanghoung, O., Dance, D., & Pierret, A. (2016). Environmental Science and Pollution Research.
Blood Culture-Negative Endocarditis
Fournier, P.-E., Watt, G., Newton, P., Lamas, C., Tattevin, P., & Raoult, D. (2016). In Infective Endocarditis (pp. 245-258). Springer Nature.
Prevalence of malaria in pregnancy in southern Laos: a cross-sectional survey.
Briand, V., Le Hesran, J.-Y., Mayxay, M., Newton, P., Bertin, G., Houzé, S., Keomany, S., Inthavong, Y., Vannavong, N., Chindavongsa, K., Hongvanthong, B., & Fievet, N. (2016). Malaria Journal, 15(1).
Survival and growth of Orientia tsutsugamushi in conventional hemocultures
Dittrich, S., Card, E., Phuklia, W., Rudgard, W., Silousok, J., Phoumin, P., Bouthasavong, L., Azarian, S., Davong, V., Dance, D., Vongsouvath, M., Phetsouvanh, R., & Newton, P. (2016). Emerging Infectious Diseases, 22(8), 1460-1463.
Pharmacokinetic properties of intramuscular versus oral syrup paracetamol in Plasmodium falciparum malaria
Wattanakul, T., Teerapong, P, P., Plewes, K., Newton, P., Chierakul, W., Silamut, K., Chotivanich, K., Ruangweerayut, R., White, N., Dondorp, A., & Tarning, J. (2016). Malaria Journal, 15.
Investigation of recurrent melioidosis in Lao People's Democratic Republic by multilocus sequence typing
Rachlin, A., Dittrich, S., Phommasone, K., Douangnouvong, A., Phetsouvanh, R., Newton, P., & Dance, D. (2016). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Accuracy of commercially available c-reactive protein rapid tests in the context of undifferentiated fevers in rural Laos.
Phommasone, K., Althaus, T., Souvanthong, P., Phakhounthong, K., Soyvienvong, L., Malapheth, P., Mayxay, M., Pavlicek, R., Paris, D., Dance, D., Newton, P., & Lubell, Y. (2016). BMC Infectious Diseases, 16(1), 61.
Leeches as further potential vectors for rickettsial infections
Slesak, G., Inthalath, S., Dittrich, S., Paris, D., & Newton, P. (2015). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(48), E6593 - E6594.
How many patients with anti-JEV IgM in cerebrospinal fluid really have Japanese encephalitis?
Dubot-Pérès, A., Sengvilaipaseuth, O., Chanthongthip, A., Newton, P., & de Lamballerie, X. (2015). Lancet Infectious Diseases, 15(12), 1376-1377.
Performance of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin to distinguish viral from bacterial and malarial causes of fever in Southeast Asia
Lubell, Y., Blacksell, S., Dunachie, S., Tanganuchitcharnchai, A., Althaus, T., Watthanaworawit, W., Paris, D., Mayxay, M., Peto, T., Dondorp, A., White, N., Day, N., Nosten, F., Newton, P., & Turner, P. (2015). BMC Infectious Diseases, 15(1).
Counterfeit antiepileptic drugs threaten community services in Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria
Otte, W., van Diessen, E., van Eijsden, P., van der Maas, F., Patsalos, P., Newton, P., Alvarenga, I., Braun, K., & Sander, J. (2015). Lancet Neurology , 14(11), 1075-1076.
How to optimally diagnose orientia tsutsugamushi or rickettsia typhi infections in patients with central nervous system disease?
Dittrich, S., Panyanivong, P., Thongpaseuth, S., Paris, D., Blacksell, S., Phetsouvanh, R., & Newton, P. (2015). American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Causes of Fever in Rural Southern Laos.
Mayxay, M., Sengvilaipaseuth, O., Chanthongthip, A., Dubot-Pérès, A., Rolain, J.-M., Parola, P., Craig, S., Tulsiani, S., Burns, M.-A., Khanthavong, M., Keola, S., Pongvongsa, T., Raoult, D., Dittrich, S., & Newton, P. (2015). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93(3), 517-520.
A systematic review of mortality from untreated scrub typhus (Orientia tsutsugamushi)
Taylor, A., Paris, D., & Newton, P. (2015). PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 9(8).
Blood-Brain Barrier Function and Biomarkers of Central Nervous System Injury in Rickettsial Versus Other Neurological Infections in Laos.
Dittrich, S., Sunyakumthorn, P., Rattanavong, S., Phetsouvanh, R., Panyanivong, P., Sengduangphachanh, A., Phouminh, P., Anantatat, T., Chanthongthip, A., Lee, S., Dubot-Pérès, A., Day, N., Paris, D., Newton, P., & Turner, G. (2015). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93(2), 232-237.
Erratum for Parry et al., Clinically and microbiologically derived azithromycin susceptibility breakpoints for Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi A.
Parry, C., Thieu, N., Dolecek, C., Karkey, A., Gupta, R., Turner, P., Dance, D., Maude, R., Ha, V., Tran, C., Thi, P., Be, B., Phi, L., Ngoc, R., Ghose, A., Dongol, S., Campbell, J., Thanh, D., Thanh, T., … Baker, S. (2015). Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 59(7), 4364.
Genomic analysis of diversity, population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, an urgent threat to public health.
Holt, K., Wertheim, H., Zadoks, R., Baker, S., Whitehouse, C., Dance, D., Jenney, A., Connor, T., Hsu, L., Severin, J., Brisse, S., Cao, H., Wilksch, J., Gorrie, C., Schultz, M., Edwards, D., Nguyen, K., Nguyen, T., Dao, T., … Thomson, N. (2015). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(27), E3574 - E3581.
Temperature and the field stability of a dengue rapid diagnostic test in the tropics.
Phommasone, K., Sengvilaipaseuth, O., de Lamballerie, X., Vongsouvath, M., Phonemixay, O., Blacksell, S., Newton, P., & Dubot-Pérès, A. (2015). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93(1), 33-39.
The practice and clinical implications of tablet splitting in international health
Elliott, I., Mayxay, M., Yeuichaixong, S., & al., E. (2015). Tropical Medicine and International Health, 19(7), 754-760.
Population awareness of risks related to medicinal product use in Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study for public health improvement in low and middle income countries.
Caillet, C., Sichanh, C., Syhakhang, L., Delpierre, C., Manithip, C., Mayxay, M., Lapeyre-Mestre, M., Newton, P., & Roussin, A. (2015). BMC Public Health, 15, 590.
Phylogeographical analysis of the dominant multidrug-resistant H58 clade of Salmonella Typhi identifies inter- and intracontinental transmission events.
Wong, V., Baker, S., Pickard, D., Parkhill, J., Page, A., Feasey, N., Kingsley, R., Thomson, N., Keane, J., Weill, F.-X., Edwards, D., Hawkey, J., Harris, S., Mather, A., Cain, A., Hadfield, J., Hart, P., Thieu, N., Klemm, E., … Dougan, G. (2015). Nature Genetics, 47(6), 632-639.
Responding to the pandemic of falsified medicines.
Nayyar, G., Attaran, A., Clark, J., Culzoni, M., Fernandez, F., Herrington, J., Kendall, M., Newton, P., & Breman, J. (2015). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 92(6 Suppl), 113-118.
A Repeat Random Survey of the Prevalence of Falsified and Substandard Antimalarials in the Lao PDR: A Change for the Better.
Tabernero, P., Mayxay, M., Culzoni, M., Dwivedi, P., Swamidoss, I., Allan, E., Khanthavong, M., Phonlavong, C., Vilayhong, C., Yeuchaixiong, S., Sichanh, C., Sengaloundeth, S., Kaur, H., Fernández, F., Green, M., & Newton, P. (2015). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 92(6 Suppl), 95-104.
Evaluation of molecular methods to improve the detection of Burkholderia pseudomallei in soil and water samples from Laos.
Knappik, M., Dance, D., Rattanavong, S., Pierret, A., Ribolzi, O., Davong, V., Silisouk, J., Vongsouvath, M., Newton, P., & Dittrich, S. (2015). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(11), 3722-3727.