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Katherine Plewes
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Research
Latest papers
Use of procalcitonin point-of-care testing to guide de-escalation of antibiotic therapy in adults with suspected bacterial sepsis in a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh: a randomised controlled open-label trial.
EClinicalMedicine · 2026
Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Paracetamol in Malaysian Patients With Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria.
CPT: pharmacometrics & systems pharmacology · 2026
Acute Kidney Injury in Severe Malaria: A Serious Complication Driven by Hemolysis.
Seminars in nephrology · 2025
Latest funding
- $19,560
Canadian Echinococcosis Symposium: Building a Canadian echinococcosis registry
CIHR · 2022 · Nominated PI
- $971,551
Evaluating the renoprotective effect of acetaminophen in pediatric severe falciparum malaria: A randomized controlled trial.
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
17 publications.
Use of procalcitonin point-of-care testing to guide de-escalation of antibiotic therapy in adults with suspected bacterial sepsis in a tertiary hospital in Bangladesh: a randomised controlled open-label trial.
Hasan Chowdhury FU, Md Erfan Uddin RA, Ali M, Dutta PK, Das D, Hanif AH, Di Gregorio S, Kar M, Jahangir FB, Khan SI, Chowdhury K, Mohasin M, Sayeed AA, Or Roshid MH, Chy NU, Hossain MA, Sattar MA, Schilstra M, de Jong E, Schultsz C, Nijsten M, Uddin MJ, Ghose A, Plewes K, Pisani L, Guerin P, Mukaka M, Dondorp AM
Population Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Paracetamol in Malaysian Patients With Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria.
Wattanakul T, Cooper DJ, Plewes K, Grigg MJ, Rajahram GS, William T, Dondorp AM, Edstein MD, Birrell GW, Anstey NM, Hoglund RM, Barber BE, Tarning J
Acute Kidney Injury in Severe Malaria: A Serious Complication Driven by Hemolysis.
Kazinga C, Bednarski O, Aujo JC, Lima-Cooper G, Oriba DL, Plewes K, Conroy AL, Namazzi R
The Accuracy of the Passive Leg Raising Test Using the Perfusion Index to Identify Preload Responsiveness-A Single Center Study in a Resource-Limited Setting.
Casazzo M, Pisani L, Md Erfan Uddin RA, Sattar A, Mirzada R, Zahed ASM, Sarkar S, Barua A, Paul S, Faiz MA, Sayeed AA, Leopold SJ, Lee SJ, Mukaka M, Hassan Chowdhury MA, Srinamon K, Schilstra M, Dutta AK, Grasso S, Schultz MJ, Ghose A, Dondorp A, Plewes K
Healthcare seeking during travel: an analysis by the GeoSentinel surveillance network of travel medicine providers.
Piyaphanee W, Stoney RJ, Asgeirsson H, Appiah GD, Díaz-Menéndez M, Barnett ED, Gautret P, Libman M, Schlagenhauf P, Leder K, Plewes K, Grobusch MP, Huits R, Mavunda K, Hamer DH, Chen LH
Cost, health impacts and cost effectiveness of iceless refrigeration in India's last-mile vaccine cold chain delivery.
Plewes K, Khonputsa P, Day NPJ, Lubell Y
The Effect of Regularly Dosed Acetaminophen vs No Acetaminophen on Renal Function in Plasmodium knowlesi Malaria (PACKNOW): A Randomized, Controlled Trial.
Cooper DJ, Grigg MJ, Plewes K, Rajahram GS, Piera KA, William T, Menon J, Koleth G, Edstein MD, Birrell GW, Wattanakul T, Tarning J, Patel A, Wen Yeo T, Dondorp AM, Anstey NM, Barber BE
An Evaluation of Commonly Used Surrogate Baseline Creatinine Values to Classify AKI During Acute Infection.
Cooper DJ, Plewes K, Grigg MJ, Patel A, Rajahram GS, William T, Hiemstra TF, Wang Z, Barber BE, Anstey NM
Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of International Travelers with Enteric Fever and Antibiotic Resistance Profiles of Their Isolates: a GeoSentinel Analysis.
Hagmann SHF, Angelo KM, Huits R, Plewes K, Eperon G, Grobusch MP, McCarthy A, Libman M, Caumes E, Leung DT, Asgeirsson H, Jensenius M, Schwartz E, Sánchez-Montalvá A, Kelly P, Pandey P, Leder K, Bourque DL, Yoshimura Y, Mockenhaupt FP, van Genderen PJJ, Odolini S, Schlagenhauf P, Connor BA, Hamer DH
Malaria: What's New in the Management of Malaria?
Plewes K, Leopold SJ, Kingston HWF, Dondorp AM
Canadian Echinococcosis Symposium: Building a Canadian echinococcosis registry
Principal investigators: Plewes, Katherine A; Barkati, Sapha
Keywords: Alveolar Echinococcosis; Clinical Management; Cystic Echinococcosis; Epidemiology; Indigenous Health; Migrant Health; National Registry; One Health; Public Health
Evaluating the renoprotective effect of acetaminophen in pediatric severe falciparum malaria: A randomized controlled trial.
Principal investigators: Plewes, Katherine A; Dondorp, Arjen M
Keywords: Acetaminophen (Paracetamol); Acute Kidney Injury (Aki); Cell-Free Hemoglobin; F2-Isoprostanes; Intravascular Hemolysis; Lipid Peroxidation; Oxidative Stress; Renoprotective Therapy; Severe Pediatric Malaria
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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