Professor Slade Jensen

Journal Articles

• Malone, M., Nygren, E., Hamberg, T., Radzieta, M. and Jensen, S. (2024), 'In vitro and in vivo evaluation of the antimicrobial effectiveness of non-medicated hydrophobic wound dressings', International Wound Journal, vol 21, no 2 .
• Zhou, X., Kumar, P., Bhuyan, D., Jensen, S., Roberts, T. and Muench, G. (2023), 'Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease : a potential role of nose-picking in pathogen entry via the olfactory system?', Biomolecules, vol 13, no 11 .
• Flora, A., Jepsen, R., Kozera, E., Woods, J., Cains, G., Radzieta, M., Jensen, S., Malone, M. and Frew, J. (2023), '[In Press] Mast cells are upregulated in hidradenitis suppurativa tissue, associated with epithelialized tunnels and normalized by spleen tyrosine kinase antagonism', Experimental Dermatology, .
• Malone, M., Radzieta, M., Schwarzer, S., Walker, A., Bradley, J. and Jensen, S. (2023), 'In vivo observations of biofilm adhering to a dialkylcarbamoyl chloride-coated mesh dressing when applied to diabetes-related foot ulcers : a proof of concept study', International Wound Journal, vol 20, no 6 , pp 1943 - 1953.
• Malone, M., Radzieta, M., Peters, T., Dickson, H., Schwarzer, S., Jensen, S. and Lavery, L. (2022), 'Host-microbe metatranscriptome reveals differences between acute and chronic infections in diabetes-related foot ulcers', APMIS: Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, vol 130, no 12 , pp 751 - 762.
• Radzieta, M., Peters, T., Dickson, H., Cowin, A., Lavery, L., Schwarzer, S., Roberts, T., Jensen, S. and Malone, M. (2022), 'A metatranscriptomic approach to explore longitudinal tissue specimens from non-healing diabetes related foot ulcers', APMIS: Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, vol 130, no 7 , pp 383 - 396.
• Domazetovska, A., Jensen, S., Gray, M., Radzieta, M. and Maley, M. (2022), 'Culture-free phylogenetic analysis of Legionella pneumophila using targeted CRISPR/Cas9 next-generation sequencing', Microbiology Spectrum, vol 10, no 4 .
• Radzieta, M., Sadeghpour-Heravi, F., Peters, T., Hu, H., Vickery, K., Jeffries, T., Dickson, H., Schwarzer, S., Jensen, S. and Malone, M. (2021), 'A multiomics approach to identify host-microbe alterations associated with infection severity in diabetic foot infections : a pilot study', NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes, vol 7 .
• Malone, M., Radzieta, M., Schwarzer, S., Jensen, S. and Lavery, L. (2021), 'Efficacy of a topical concentrated surfactant gel on microbial communities in non-healing diabetic foot ulcers with chronic biofilm infections : a proof-of-concept study', International Wound Journal, vol 18, no 4 , pp 457 - 466.
• Schwarzer, S., Radzieta, M., Jensen, S. and Malone, M. (2021), 'Efficacy of a topical wound agent methanesulfonic acid and dimethylsulfoxide on in vitro biofilms', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, vol 22, no 17 .
• Gomez-Sanz, E., Haro-Moreno, J., Jensen, S., Roda-Carcia, J. and Lopez-Perez, M. (2021), 'The resistome and mobilome of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus sciuri C2865 unveil a transferable trimethoprim resistance gene, designated dfrE, spread unnoticed', mSystems, vol 6, no 4 .
• Schwarzer, S., James, G., Goeres, D., Bjarnsholt, T., Vickery, K., Percival, S., Stoodley, P., Schultz, G., Jensen, S. and Malone, M. (2020), 'The efficacy of topical agents used in wounds for managing chronic biofilm infections : a systematic review', Journal of Infection, vol 80, no 3 , pp 261 - 270.
• Malone, M., Radzieta, M., Jensen, S. and Mahon, C. (2020), 'Wound biofilms and their role in individuals with epidermolysis bullosa', Australasian Journal of Dermatology, vol 61, no 3 , pp 279 - 280.
• Johani, K., Fritz, B., Bjarnsholt, T., Lipsky, B., Jensen, S., Yang, M., Dean, A., Hu, H., Vickery, K. and Malone, M. (2019), 'Understanding the microbiome of diabetic foot osteomyelitis : insights from molecular and microscopic approaches', Clinical Microbiology and Infection, vol 25, no 3 , pp 332 - 339.
• Chowdhury, D., Rahman, A., Hu, H., Jensen, S., Deva, A. and Vickery, K. (2019), 'Effect of disinfectant formulation and organic soil on the efficacy of oxidizing disinfectants against biofilms', Journal of Hospital Infection, vol 103, no 1 , pp 33 - 41.
• Baines, S., Jensen, S., Firth, N., Da Silva, A., Seemann, T., Carter, G., Williamson, D., Howden, B. and Stinear, T. (2019), 'Remodeling of pSK1 family plasmids and enhanced chlorhexidine tolerance in a dominant hospital lineage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, vol 63, no 5 .
• Malone, M., Fritz, B., Vickery, K., Schwarzer, S., Sharma, V., Biggs, N., Radzieta, M., Jeffries, T., Dickson, H., Jensen, S. and Bjarnsholt, T. (2019), 'Analysis of proximal bone margins in diabetic foot osteomyelitis by conventional culture, DNA sequencing and microscopy', APMIS: Journal of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, vol 127, no 10 , pp 660 - 670.
• Malone, M., Schwarzer, S., Radzieta, M., Jeffries, T., Walsh, A., Dickson, H., Micali, G. and Jensen, S. (2019), 'Effect on total microbial load and community composition with two vs six-week topical Cadexomer Iodine for treating chronic biofilm infections in diabetic foot ulcers', International Wound Journal, vol 16, no 6 , pp 1477 - 1486.
• Johani, K., Malone, M., Jensen, S., Dickson, H., Gosbell, I., Hu, H., Yang, Q., Schultz, G. and Vickery, K. (2018), 'Evaluation of short exposure times of antimicrobial wound solutions against microbial biofilms : from in vitro to in vivo', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol 73, no 2 , pp 494 - 502.
• Almatroudi, A., Tahir, S., Hu, H., Chowdhury, D., Gosbell, I., Jensen, S., Whiteley, G., Deva, A., Glasbey, T. and Vickery, K. (2018), 'Staphylococcus aureus dry-surface biofilms are more resistant to heat treatment than traditional hydrated biofilms', Journal of Hospital Infection, vol 98, no 2 , pp 161 - 167.
• Menon, V., Davis, R., Shackel, N., Espedido, B., Beukers, A., Jensen, S. and Hal, S. (2018), 'Failure of daptomycin ?-Lactam combination therapy to prevent resistance emergence in Enterococcus faecium', Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, vol 90 , pp 120 - 122.
• McMullan, R., Menon, V., Beukers, A., Jensen, S., Hal, S. and Davis, R. (2018), 'Cronobacter sakazakii infection from expressed breast milk, Australia', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol 24, no 2 , pp 393 - 394.
• Lee, A., White, E., Monahan, L., Jensen, S., Chan, R. and Van Hal, S. (2018), 'Defining the role of the environment in the emergence and persistence of vanA Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) in an intensive care unit : a molecular epidemiological study', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, vol 39, no 6 , pp 1 - 8.
• Singh, A., Muench, G., Reddell, P., Radzieta, M., Jensen, S., Jensen, S. and Raju, R. (2018), 'A new anti-inflammatory phenolic monosaccharide from the Australian native rainforest plant Elaeocarpus eumundi', Natural Product Communications, vol 13, no 6 , pp 731 - 733.
• Bakthavathsalam, P., Longatte, G., Jensen, S., Manefield, M. and Gooding, J. (2018), 'Locked nucleic acid molecular beacon for multiplex detection of loop mediated isothermal amplification', Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol 268 , pp 255 - 263.
• Partridge, S., Kwong, S., Kwong, S., Firth, N. and Jensen, S. (2018), 'Mobile genetic elements associated with antimicrobial resistance', Clinical Microbiology Reviews, vol 31, no 4 .
• McCafferty, C., Abi-Hanna, D., Aghajani, M., Micali, G., Lockart, I., Vickery, K., Gosbell, I. and Jensen, S. (2018), 'The validity of adenosine triphosphate measurement in detecting endoscope contamination', Journal of Hospital Infection, vol 100, no 3 , pp 142 - 145.
• McCafferty, C., Aghajani, M., Abi-Hanna, D., Gosbell, I., Jensen, S. and Jensen, S. (2018), 'An update on gastrointestinal endoscopy-associated infections and their contributing factors', Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials, vol 17, no 1 .
• Firth, N., Jensen, S., Kwong, S., Kwong, S., Skurray, R. and Ramsay, J. (2018), 'Staphylococcal plasmids, transposable and integrative elements', Microbiology Spectrum, vol 6, no 6 .
• Malone, M., Gosbell, I., Dickson, H., Vickery, K., Espedido, B. and Jensen, S. (2017), 'Can molecular DNA-based techniques unravel the truth about diabetic foot infections?', Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, vol 33, no 1 .
• Schlebusch, S., Price, G., Gallagher, R., Horton-Szar, V., Elbourne, L., Griffin, P., Venter, D., Jensen, S. and Hal, S. (2017), 'MALDI-TOF MS meets WGS in a VRE outbreak investigation', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, vol 36, no 3 , pp 495 - 499.
• Van Hal, S., Espedido, B., Coombs, G., Howden, B., Korman, T., Nimmo, G., Gosbell, I. and Jensen, S. (2017), 'Polyclonal emergence of vanA vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Australia', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol 72, no 4 , pp 998 - 1001.
• Malone, M., Goeres, D., Gosbell, I., Vickery, K., Jensen, S. and Stoodley, P. (2017), 'Approaches to biofilm-associated infections : the need for standardized and relevant biofilm methods for clinical applications', Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy, vol 15, no 2 , pp 147 - 156.
• Malone, M., Johani, K., Jensen, S., Gosbell, I., Dickson, H., Hu, H. and Vickery, K. (2017), 'Next generation DNA sequencing of tissues from infected diabetic foot ulcers', EBioMedicine, vol 21 , pp 142 - 149.
• Johani, K., Malone, M., Jensen, S., Gosbell, I., Dickson, H., Hu, H. and Vickery, K. (2017), 'Microscopy visualisation confirms multi-species biofilms are ubiquitous in diabetic foot ulcers', International Wound Journal, vol 14, no 6 , pp 1160 - 1169.
• Malone, M., Johani, K., Jensen, S., Gosbell, I., Dickson, H., McLennan, S., Hu, H. and Vickery, K. (2017), 'Effect of cadexomer iodine on the microbial load and diversity of chronic non-healing diabetic foot ulcers complicated by biofilm in vivo', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol 72, no 7 , pp 2093 - 2101.
• Jensen, S. and Hal, S. (2017), 'Personalized medicine and infectious disease management', Trends in Microbiology, vol 25, no 11 , pp 875 - 876.
• Kwong, S., Kwong, S., Ramsay, J., Jensen, S. and Firth, N. (2017), 'Replication of staphylococcal resistance plasmids', Frontiers in Microbiology, vol 8 .
• Almatroudi, A., Gosbell, I., Hu, H., Jensen, S., Espedido, B., Tahir, S., Glasbey, T., Legge, P., Whiteley, G., Deva, A. and Vickery, K. (2016), 'Staphylococcus aureus dry-surface biofilms are not killed by sodium hypochlorite : implications for infection control', Journal of Hospital Infection, vol 93, no 3 , pp 263 - 270.
• Brzoska, A., Jensen, S., Barton, D., Davies, D., Overall, R., Skurray, R. and Firth, N. (2016), 'Dynamic filament formation by a divergent bacterial actin-like ParM protein', PLoS One, vol 11, no 6 .
• Hal, S., Ip, C., Ansari, M., Wilson, D., Espedido, B., Jensen, S. and Bowden, R. (2016), 'Evolutionary dynamics of Enterococcus faecium reveals complex genomic relationships between isolates with independent emergence of vancomycin resistance', Microbial Genomics, vol 2, no 1 .
• Baines, S., Holt, K., Schultz, M., Seemann, T., Howden, B., Jensen, S., Van Hal, S., Coombs, G., Firth, N., Powell, D., Stinear, T. and Howden, B. (2015), 'Convergent adaptation in the dominant global hospital clone ST239 of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus', mBio, vol 6, no 2 .
• Espedido, B., Dimitrijovski, B., Hal, S. and Jensen, S. (2015), 'The use of whole-genome sequencing for molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial surveillance : identifying the role of IncX3 plasmids and the spread of blaNDM-4-like genes in the Enterobacteriaceae', Journal of Clinical Pathology, .
• Hu, H., Johani, K., Gosbell, I., Jacombs, A., Almatroudi, A., Whiteley, G., Deva, A., Jensen, S. and Vickery, K. (2015), 'Intensive care unit environmental surfaces are contaminated by multidrug-resistant bacteria in biofilms : combined results of conventional culture, pyrosequencing, scanning electron microscopy, and confocal laser microscopy', Journal of Hospital Infection, vol 91, no 1 , pp 35 - 44.
• Almatroudi, A., Hu, H., Deva, A., Gosbell, I., Jacombs, A., Jensen, S., Whiteley, G., Glasbey, T. and Vickery, K. (2015), 'A new dry-surface biofilm model : an essential tool for efficacy testing of hospital surface decontamination procedures', Journal of Microbiological Methods, vol 117 , pp 171 - 176.
• Espedido, B., Jensen, S. and Van Hal, S. (2015), 'Ceftaroline fosamil salvage therapy : an option for reduced-vancomycin-susceptible MRSA bacteraemia', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol 70, no 3 , pp 797 - 801.
• Whiteley, G., Knight, J., Derry, C., Jensen, S., Vickery, K. and Gosbell, I. (2015), 'A pilot study into locating the bad bugs in a busy intensive care unit', American Journal of Infection Control, vol 43, no 12 , pp 1270 - 1275.
• Davis, R., Jensen, S., Hal, S., Espedido, B., Gordon, A., Farhat, R. and Chan, R. (2015), 'Whole genome sequencing in real-time investigation and management of a pseudomonas aeruginosa outbreak on a neonatal intensive care unit', Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, vol 36, no 9 , pp 1058 - 1064.
• Van Hal, S., Steen, J., Espedido, B., Grimmond, S., Cooper, M., Holden, M., Bentley, S., Gosbell, I. and Jensen, S. (2014), 'In vivo evolution of antimicrobial resistance in a series of Staphylococcus aureus patient isolates : the entire picture or a cautionary tale?', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, vol 69, no 2 , pp 363 - 367.
• Espedido, B., Steen, J., Ziochos, H., Grimmond, S., Cooper, M., Gosbell, I., Van Hal, S. and Jensen, S. (2013), 'Whole genome sequence analysis of the first Australian OXA-48-producing outbreak-associated Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates : the resistome and in vivo evolution', PLoS One, vol 8, no 3 , pp 1 - 6.
• Liu, M., Kwong, S., Kwong, S., Jensen, S., Brzoska, A. and Firth, N. (2013), 'Biology of the staphylococcal conjugative multiresistance plasmid pSK41', Plasmid, vol 70, no 1 , pp 42 - 51.
• Van Hal, S., Jensen, S., Vaska, V., Espedido, B., Paterson, D. and Gosbell, I. (2012), 'Predictors of mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia', Clinical Microbiology Reviews, vol 25, no 2 , pp 362 - 386.
• Espedido, B., Steen, J., Barbagiannakos, T., Mercer, J., Paterson, D., Grimmond, S., Cooper, M., Gosbell, I., Van Hal, S. and Jensen, S. (2012), 'Carriage of an ACME II variant may have contributed to methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 239-like strain replacement in Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia', Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, vol 56, no 6 , pp 3380 - 3383.
• Liew, A., Theis, T., Jensen, S., Garcia-Lara, J., Foster, S., Firth, N., Lewis, P. and Harry, E. (2011), 'A simple plasmid-based system that allows rapid generation of tightly controlled gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus', Microbiology, vol 157, no 3 , pp 666 - 676.
• Shearer, J., Wireman, J., Hostetler, J., Forberg, H., Borman, J., Gill, J., Sanchez, S., Mankin, A., LaMarre, J., Lindsay, J., Bayles, K., Nicholson, A., O'Brien, F., Jensen, S., Firth, N., Skurray, R. and Summers, A. (2011), 'Major families of multiresistant plasmids from geographically and epidemiologically diverse Staphylococci', G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, vol 1, no 7 , pp 581 - 591.
• Shearer, J., Wireman, J., Hostetler, J., Forberg, H., Borman, J., Gill, J., Sanchez, S., Mankin, A., LaMarre, J., Lindsay, J., Bayles, K., Nicholson, A., O'Brien, F., Jensen, S., Firth, N., Skurray, R. and Summers, A. (2011), 'Major families of multiresistant plasmids from geographically and epidemiologically diverse Staphylococci', G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, vol 1, no 7 , pp 581 - 591.
• Kwong, S., Kwong, S., Jensen, S. and Firth, N. (2010), 'Prevalence of Fst-like toxin-antitoxin systems', Microbiology, vol 156, no 4 , pp 975 - 977.
• Howden, B., Seeman, T., Harrison, P., Mcevoy, C., Stanton, J., Rand, C., Mason, C., Jensen, S., Firth, N., Davies, J., Johnson, P. and Stinear, T. (2010), 'Complete genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain JKD6008, a ST239 clone of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus with intermediate level vancomycin resistance', Journal of Bacteriology, vol 192, no 21 , pp 5848 - 5849.
• Jensen, S., Apisiridej, S., Kwong, S., Kwong, S., Yang, Y., Skurray, R. and Firth, N. (2010), 'Analysis of the prototypical Staphylococcus aureus multiresistance plasmid pSK1.', Plasmid, vol 64, no 3 , pp 135 - 142.
• Ni, L., Jensen, S., Tonthat, N., Berg, T., Kwong, S., Kwong, S., Guan, F., Brown, M. and Skurray, R. (2009), 'The Staphylococcus aureus pSK41 plasmid-encoded ArtA protein is a master regulator of plasmid transmission genes and contains a RHH motif used in alternate DNA-binding modes.', Nucleic Acids Research, vol 37, no 20 , pp 6970 - 6983.
• Jensen, S. and Lyon, B. (2009), 'Genetics of antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus aureus', Future Microbiology, vol 4, no 5 , pp 583 - 595.
• Jensen, S., Kwong, S., Kwong, S., Lyon, B. and Firth, N. (2008), 'Evolution of multiple drug resistance in staphylococci', Microbiology Australia, vol 29, no 3 , pp 120 - 124.
• Lebard, R., Jensen, S., Arnaiz, I., Skurray, R. and Firth, N. (2008), 'A multimer resolution system contributes to segregational stability of the prototypical staphylococcal conjugative multiresistance plasmid pSK41.', F E M S Microbiology Letters, vol 284, no 1 , pp 58 - 67.
• Schumacher, M., Glover, T., Brzoska, A., Jensen, S., Dunham, T., Skurray, R. and Firth, N. (2007), 'Segrosome structure revealed by a complex of ParR with centromere DNA.', Nature, vol 450, no 7173 , pp 1268 - 1271.
• Jensen, S., Thompson, L. and Harry, E. (2005), 'Cell Division in Bacillus subtilis: FtsZ and FtsA Association Is Z-Ring Independent, and FtsA Is Required for Efficient Midcell Z-Ring Assembly', Journal of Bacteriology, vol 187, no 18 , pp 6536 - 6544.