Associate Professor Krispin Hajkowicz
ATH - Associate Professor
Frazer Institute
Book Chapters
Hajkowicz, Krispin M. and Cheng, Allen C. (2017). Quinine and quinidine. Kucers the use of antibiotics: A clinical review of antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, and antiviral drugs. (pp. 3058-3074) edited by M. Lindsay Grayson, Sara E. Cosgrove, Suzanne Crowe, William Hope, James S. McCarthy, John Mills, Johan W. Mouton and David L. Paterson. Boca Raton, FL United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781315152110
Hajkowicz, Krispin M. (2017). Mefloquine. Kucers the use of antibiotics: A clinical review of antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, and antiviral drugs. (pp. 3075-3090) Boca Raton, FL United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781315152110
Journal Articles
Hajkowicz, Krispin, Woodford, John, Subramonia Pillai, Elango, Henden, Andrea, Lowry, Kym, Petrone, Mary E., Harris, Patrick N. A. and Holmes, Edward C. (2025). Metatranscriptomic identification of Trubanaman virus sequences in patient with encephalitis, Australia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 31 (12) 2332, 1-4. doi: 10.3201/eid3112.251190
Nakagaki, Midori, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Roberts, Jason A. and Henden, Andrea S. (2025). Cause and effect? A review of the impact of antibiotics on the gut microbiome in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 23 (10), 863-876. doi: 10.1080/14787210.2025.2527970
Roberts, Darren M., Liu, Xin, Parker, Suzanne L., Burke, Andrew, Peek, Jenny, Carland, Jane E., Murnion, Bridin, Seah, Vincent, Wallis, Steven C., Sumi, Chandra D., Pandey, Saurabh, Buscher, Hergen, Byrne, Anthony, Sandaradura, Indy, Bowen, David, Holz, Simon, Stewart, Adam G., Hajkowicz, Krispin M. and Roberts, Jason A. (2025). Population pharmacokinetic modelling of remdesivir and its metabolite GS-441524 in hospitalised patients with COVID-19. Clinical Pharmacokinetics, 64 (5) e0022222, 743-756. doi: 10.1007/s40262-025-01496-2
Fahmy, Mark, Stewart, Adam, Tey, Siok-Keen and Hajkowicz, Krispin (2024). Elizabethkingia bloodstream infections in severely immunocompromised patients: persistent, relapsing and associated with high mortality. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, 6 (5) dlae161, 1-5. doi: 10.1093/jacamr/dlae161
Chai, Ming G., Tu, Quyen, Cotta, Menino O., Bauer, Michelle J., Balch, Ross, Okafor, Charles, Comans, Tracy, Kruger, Peter, Meyer, Jason, Shekar, Kiran, Brady, Kara, Fourie, Cheryl, Sharp, Natalie, Vlad, Luminita, Whiley, David, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., Mcwhinney, Brett C., Farkas, Andras, Paterson, David L., Clark, Julia E., Hajkowicz, Krispin, Raman, Sainath, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lipman, Jeffrey, Forde, Brian M., Harris, Patrick N. A., Schlapbach, Luregn J., Coin, Lachlan, Roberts, Jason A. and Irwin, Adam D. (2024). Correction: achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis. Intensive Care Medicine, 50 (5), 810-810. doi: 10.1007/s00134-024-07393-9
Sen Wang, Dao, Phu, Amy, McKee, Kristen, Strasser, Simone I, Sheils, Sinead, Weltman, Martin, Sellar, Sue, Davis, Joshua S, Young, Mel, Braund, Alicia, Farrell, Geoffrey C, Blunn, Anne, Harding, Damian, Ralton, Lucy, Muller, Kate, Davison, Scott A, Shaw, David, Wood, Marnie, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Skolen, Richard, Davies, Jane, Tate-Baker, Jaclyn, Doyle, Adam, Tuma, Rhoda, Hazeldine, Simon, Lam, Wendy, Edmiston, Natalie, Zohrab, Krista, Pratt, William ... Douglas, Mark W (2024). Hepatitis C virus antiviral drug resistance and salvage therapy outcomes across Australia. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 11 (4) ofae155, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofae155
Chai, Gene G., Tu, Quyen, Cotta, Menino O., Bauer, Michelle J., Balch, Ross, Okafor, Charles, Comans, Tracy, Kruger, Peter, Meyer, Jason, Shekar, Kiran, Brady, Kara, Fourie, Cheryl, Sharp, Natalie, Vlad, Luminita, Whiley, David, Ungerer, Jacobus P. J., McWhinney, Brett C., Farkas, Andras, Paterson, David L., Clark, Julia E., Hajkowicz, Krispin, Raman, Sainath, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lipman, Jeffrey, Forde, Brian M., Harris, Patrick N. A., Schlapbach, Luregn J., Coin, Lachlan, Roberts, Jason A. and Irwin, Adam D. (2024). Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis. Intensive Care Medicine, 50 (4), 539-547. doi: 10.1007/s00134-024-07353-3
Matthews, Robyn, Russell, Emily, Wessling, Claire, Sandler, Carolina, Eastgate, Melissa, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Pavey, Toby, Clark, Bronwyn K., Scanlon, Brighid and Gavan, Nicole C. (2024). Exploring the administration of intravenous antibiotics and fluids via portable intravenous pump versus intravenous pump and pole to improve mobility in patients diagnosed with cancer (The ACTIVE Trial): A randomized controlled trial protocol. Vascular Access Journal of the Canadian Vascular Access Association, 18 (2), 44-58. doi: 10.5737/va.v18.i2.44
Bennett, Catherine M., Riley, Benjamin, Morpeth, Susan, Lee, Wen Shi, Murphy, Dean A., Hajkowicz, Krispin and Wright, Edwina J. (2023). A cross-disciplinary view of current and emerging COVID-19 developments. Public Health Research and Practice, 33 (3) e3332328, 1-5. doi: 10.17061/phrp3332328
Keighley, Caitlin, Pope, Alun L., Marriott, Debbie, Chen, Sharon C-A., Slavin, Monica A., Arthur, Ian, Baird, Rob, Bak, Narin, Blyth, Christopher, Botes, Jeannie, Chapman, Belinda, Cheong, Elaine, Cooley, Louise, Daveson, Kathryn, George, Rob, Goeman, Emma, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Halliday, Catriona, Heath, Christopher H., Hofmeyr, Ann, Kalukottege, Pankaja, Kesson, Alison, Kennedy, Karina, Kidd, Sarah, Korman, Tony M., Leung, Michael, Liu, Eunice, Macesic, Nenad, McDonald, Kyle ... Australia and New Zealand Mycoses Interest Group (2023). Time-to-positivity in bloodstream infection for Candida species as a prognostic marker for mortality. Medical Mycology, 61 (4) myad028, 1-4. doi: 10.1093/mmy/myad028
O’Hern, Jennifer A., Koenen, Adrian, Janson, Sonja, Hajkowicz, Krispin M., Robertson, Iain K., Kidd, Sarah E., Baird, Robert W., Tong, Steven YC, Davis, Joshua S., Carson, Phillip, Currie, Bart J. and Ralph, Anna P. (2023). Epidemiology, management and outcomes of Cryptococcus gattii infections: A 22-year cohort. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17 (3) e0011162, 1-20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0011162
Stewart, Adam, Schlebusch, Sanmarie, Vlack, Susan, McMahon, Jamie, Sullivan, Mitchell, Pyke, Alyssa and Hajkowicz, Krispin (2023). First case of mpox diagnosed in Queensland, Australia: clinical and molecular aspects. Medical Journal of Australia, 218 (4), 157-159. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51842
Forde, Brian M., Bergh, Haakon, Cuddihy, Thom, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Hurst, Trish, Playford, E Geoffrey, Henderson, Belinda C., Runnegar, Naomi, Clark, Julia, Jennison, Amy V., Moss, Susan, Hume, Anna, Leroux, Hugo, Beatson, Scott A., Paterson, David L. and Harris, Patrick N. A. (2022). Clinical implementation of routine whole-genome sequencing for hospital infection control of multi-drug resistant pathogens. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76 (3), e1277-e1284. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac726
Christensen, Jacob, O'Callaghan, Kevin, Sinclair, Holly, Hawke, Kate, Love, Amanda, Hajkowicz, Krispin and Stewart, Adam G. (2022). Risk factors, treatment and outcomes of subacute thyroiditis secondary to COVID ‐19: a systematic review. Internal Medicine Journal, 52 (4) imj.15432, 522-529. doi: 10.1111/imj.15432
Irwin, Adam D., Coin, Lachlan J. M., Harris, Patrick N. A., Cotta, Menino Osbert, Bauer, Michelle J., Buckley, Cameron, Balch, Ross, Kruger, Peter, Meyer, Jason, Shekar, Kiran, Brady, Kara, Fourie, Cheryl, Sharp, Natalie, Vlad, Luminita, Whiley, David, Beatson, Scott A., Forde, Brian M., Paterson, David, Clark, Julia, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Raman, Sainath, Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Lipman, Jeffrey, Schlapbach, Luregn J. and Roberts, Jason A. (2021). Optimising treatment outcomes for children and adults through rapid genome sequencing of sepsis pathogens. A study protocol for a prospective, multi-centre trial (DIRECT). Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11 667680, 1-8. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.667680
Keighley, Caitlin Livia, Pope, Alun, Marriott, Deborah J. E., Chapman, Belinda, Bak, Narin, Daveson, Kathryn, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Halliday, Catriona, Kennedy, Karina, Kidd, Sarah, Sorrell, Tania C., Underwood, Neil, van Hal, Sebastiaan, Slavin, Monica A. and Chen, Sharon C-A (2021). Risk factors for candidaemia: a prospective multi-centre case-control study. Mycoses, 64 (3), 257-263. doi: 10.1111/myc.13211
Roberts, Leah W., Forde, Brian M., Hurst, Trish, Ling, Weiping, Nimmo, Graeme R., Bergh, Haakon, George, Narelle, Hajkowicz, Krispin, McNamara, John F., Lipman, Jeffrey, Permana, Budi, Schembri, Mark A., Paterson, David, Beatson, Scott A. and Harris, Patrick N. A. (2021). Genomic surveillance, characterization and intervention of a polymicrobial multidrug-resistant outbreak in critical care. Microbial Genomics, 7 (3) 000530. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000530
Elliott, Thomas M., Harris, Patrick N., Roberts, Leah W., Doidge, Michelle, Hurst, Trish, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Forde, Brian, Paterson, David L. and Gordon, Louisa G. (2021). Cost-effectiveness analysis of whole-genome sequencing during an outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrobial Stewardship and Healthcare Epidemiology, 1 (1) e62, e62. doi: 10.1017/ash.2021.233
Elliott, Thomas M., Hare, Nicole, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Hurst, Trish, Doidge, Michelle, Harris, Patrick N. and Gordon, Louisa G. (2020). Evaluating the economic effects of genomic sequencing of pathogens to prioritise hospital patients competing for isolation beds. Australian Health Review, 45 (1), 59-65. doi: 10.1071/AH20071
Bialasiewicz, Seweryn, Duarte, Tania P. S., Nguyen, Son H., Sukumaran, Vichitra, Stewart, Alexandra, Appleton, Sally, Pitt, Miranda E., Bainomugisa, Arnold, Jennison, Amy V., Graham, Rikki, Coin, Lachlan J. M. and Hajkowicz, Krispin (2019). Rapid diagnosis of Capnocytophaga canimorsus septic shock in an immunocompetent individual using real-time Nanopore sequencing: a case report. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19 (1) 660, 1-5. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4173-2
Keighley, C., Chen, S. C-A., Marriott, D., Pope, A., Chapman, B., Kennedy, K., Bak, N., Underwood, N., Wilson, H. L., McDonald, K., Darvall, J., Halliday, C., Kidd, S., Nguyen, Q., Hajkowicz, K., Sorrell, T. C., Van Hal, S. and Slavin, M. A. (2019). Candidaemia and a risk predictive model for overall mortality: a prospective multicentre study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 19 (1) 445, 445. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4065-5
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
Stewart, Adam, Wright, Hugh and Hajkowicz, Krispin (2019). The rise and rise of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. Microbiology Australia, 40 (2), 62-65. doi: 10.1071/MA19018
Coghill, Sarah, McNamara, John, Woods, Marion and Hajkowicz, Krispin (2018). Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of Hepatitis delta (D) virus infection in Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 74, 123-127. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.07.005
Stewart, Adam and Hajkowicz, Krispin (2018). Heterogeneity in skin manifestations of spotted fever group rickettsial infection in Australia. The Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 59 (4), 349-351. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12828
Stewart, Adam, Armstrong, Mark, Graves, Stephen and Hajkowicz, Krispin (2017). Rickettsia Australis and Queensland tick typhus: a rickettsial spotted fever group infection in Australia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 97 (1), 24-29. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0915
Stewart, Adam, Armstrong, Mark, Graves, Stephen and Hajkowicz, Krispin (2017). Clinical manifestations and outcomes of Rickettsia australis infection: a 15-year retrospective study of hospitalized patients. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2 (2) 19, 19. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed2020019
Stewart, Adam, Armstrong, Mark, Graves, Stephen and Hajkowicz, Krispin (2017). Epidemiology and characteristics of Rickettsia australis (Queensland tick typhus) infection in hospitalized patients in North Brisbane, Australia. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2 (2) 10, 10. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed2020010
Coulter, Sonali, Roberts, Jason A., Hajkowicz, Krispin and Halton, Kate (2017). The use of bloodstream infection mortality to measure the impact of antimicrobial stewardship interventions: assessing the evidence. Infectious Disease Reports, 9 (1), 8-12. doi: 10.4081/idr.2017.6849
Chapman, Belinda, Slavin, Monica, Marriott, Debbie, Halliday, Catriona, Kidd, Sarah, Arthur, Ian, Bak, Narin, Heath, Christopher H., Kennedy, Karina, Morrissey, C. Orla, Sorrell, Tania C., van Hal, Sebastian, Keighley, Caitlin, Goeman, Emma, Underwood, Neil, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Hofmeyr, Ann, Leung, Michael, Macesic, Nenad, Botes, Jeannie, Blyth, Christopher, Cooley, Louise, George, C. Robert, Kalukottege, Pankaja, Kesson, Alison, McMullan, Brendan, Baird, Robert, Robson, Jennifer, Korman, Tony M. ... Chen, Sharon (2017). Erratum: Changing epidemiology of candidaemia in Australia [J Antimicrob Chemother, 72, (2017) (1103-1108)] DOI:10.1093/jac/dkw422. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72 (4), 1270-1270. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkx047
Chapman, Belinda, Slavin, Monica, Marriott, Debbie, Halliday, Catriona, Kidd, Sarah, Arthur, Ian, Bak, Narin, Heath, Christopher H., Kennedy, Karina, Morrissey, C. Orla, Sorrell, Tania C., van Hal, Sebastian, Keighley, Caitlin, Goeman, Emma, Underwood, Neil, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Hofmeyr, Ann, Leung, Michael, Macesic, Nenad, Botes, Jeannie, Blyth, Christopher, Cooley, Louise, George, C. Robert, Kalukottege, Pankaja, Kesson, Alison, McMullan, Brendan, Baird, Robert, Robson, Jennifer, Korman, Tony M. ... Boan, P. (2017). Changing epidemiology of candidaemia in Australia. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 72 (4), 1103-1108. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw422
Hajkowicz, Krispin, Taylor, Carmel, Rafiei, Nastaran and Redmond, Andrew (2016). First report of Zika virus infection in a returned traveller from the Solomon Islands. Medical Journal of Australia, 204 (5), 186-186. doi: 10.5694/MJA15.01275
Stewart, Adam, Graves, Bianca, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Ta, Kim and Paterson, David L. (2015). The use of therapeutic drug monitoring to optimize treatment of carbapenem-resistant enterobacter osteomyelitis. Microbial Drug Resistance, 21 (6), 631-635. doi: 10.1089/mdr.2015.0006
Chen, Sharon C. -A., Korman, Tony M., Slavin, Monica A., Marriott, Deborah, Byth, Karen, Bak, Narin, Currie, Bart J., Hajkowicz, Krispin, Heath, Christopher H., Kidd, Sarah, McBride, William J. H., Meyer, Wieland, Murray, Ronan, Playford, E. Geoffrey and Sorrell, Tania C. (2013). Antifungal therapy and management of complications of cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus gattii. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 57 (4), 543-551. doi: 10.1093/cid/cit341
McFarlane, Mark and Hajkowicz, Krispin (2013). Controlling clostridium difficile. Australian Prescriber, 36 (4), 121-124. doi: 10.18773/austprescr.2013.046
Davies, Jane, Littlejohn, Margaret, Locarnini, Stephen A., Whiting, Sarah, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Cowie, Benjamin C., Bowden, David S., Tong, Steven Y. C. and Davis, Joshua S. (2013). The molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B in the Indigenous people of northern Australia. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 28 (7), 1234-1241. doi: 10.1111/jgh.12177
Hunter, M., Clezy, K., Hajkowicz, K. M., Hoy, J. F., Hume, S., O'Sullivan, M. V. N., Runnegar, N., Sasadeusz, J. and Post, J. J. (2013). Late diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection in patients with viral hepatitis. Internal Medicine Journal, 43 (6), 732-734. doi: 10.1111/imj.12160
Roberts, Matthew J., Parambi, Anisha, Barrett, Lucinda, Hadway, Paul, Gardiner, Robert A. (Frank), Hajkowicz, Krispin M. and Yaxley, John (2013). Multifocal abscesses due to multiresistant Escherichia coli after trans rectal ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy. Medical Journal of Australia, 198 (5), 282-284. doi: 10.5694/mja12.11719
Chen, Sharon C-A., Slavin, Monica A., Heath, Christopher H., Playford, E. Geoffrey, Byth, Karen, Marriott, Deborah, Kidd, Sarah E., Bak, Narin, Currie, Bart, Hajkowicz, Krispin, Korman, Tony M., McBride, William J. H., Meyer, Wieland, Murray, Ronan and Sorrell, Tania C. (2012). Clinical manifestations of cryptococcus gattii infection: determinants of neurological sequelae and death. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 55 (6), 789-798. doi: 10.1093/cid/cis529
Conference Paper
Parameswaran, U., Yeo, T., Anstey, N., Davis, J., Price, R., Huffam, S., Hajkowicz, K., McDonald, M., Tong, S., Spencer, E., Barber, B., Gray, E., Mcgloughlin, S., Whiting, S., Cheng, A., Markey, P., Krause, V., White, H., Davies, J., Freeman, K., Baird, R., Stephens, D., Goldrick, P., Ward, L., Mayo, M., Kaestli, M., Richardson, L., Woolveridge, E. and Currie, B. (2011). Prospective Study of Melioidosis At Royal Darwin Hospital During the 2009-2010 Wet Season; Comparisons with the Preceding 20 Years. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress 2011, 22-25 May 2011, Darwin, NT, Australia.