Paul Tambyah

Department of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Paul Anantharajah Tambyah is currently Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Consultant Infectious Disease Physician, National University Hospital, Singapore and Visiting Consultant, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.

He is on the editorial board of the ‘Singapore Medical Journal’ and is an ad hoc manuscript reviewer for various journals including ‘Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health’, ‘Eur J Clin Micro & ID’ and ‘BMJ’.

Memberships:
Member, American College of Physicians 1993-
Member, American Society for Microbiology 1998-
Life Member, Society of Infectious Disease (Singapore) 1993-
Member, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology in America 1996-
Member, Infectious Disease Society of America 1998-
Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene 1999-
Member, Hospital Infection Society 2002-

Professor Tambyah has won several awards the most recent of which were the National University of Singapore Special University Award for being part of SARS online module team (2004), the National University Hospital Singapore Teaching Excellence Award (2003) and the National University of Singapore Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2003).

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Infectious Diseases > Bacterial Infections (since 14 November 2005)

All recent recommendations

• 6.0
  Bacteria subsisting on antibiotics.
  Recommended by Samuel Kariuki
  Dissent by Paul Tambyah
• 6.0
  Vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the United States, 2002-2006.
  Recommended by Paul Tambyah with Dr Catherine Ong
  
• 6.0
  Comparative study of the effects of pyridoxine, rifampin, and renal function on hematological adverse events induced by linezolid.
  Recommended by Paul Tambyah with Dr Catherine Ong
  
• 3.0
  Why have meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials of the association between non-white-blood-cell-reduced allogeneic blood transfusion and postoperative infection produced discordant results?
  Recommended by Paul Tambyah
  
• 6.0
  Prospective multinational study of pertussis infection in hospitalized infants and their household contacts.
  Recommended by Paul Tambyah
  
• 3.0
  High rates of resistance to colistin and polymyxin B in subgroups of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Korea.
  Recommended by Paul Tambyah
  
• 3.2
  Asymptomatic carriers are a potential source for transmission of epidemic and nonepidemic Clostridium difficile strains among long-term care facility residents.
  Recommended by Martin Llewelyn, Paul Tambyah
  
• 3.0
  Cost and cost-effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection in Singapore.
  Recommended by Paul Tambyah
  
• 3.0
  Impact of inactive empiric antimicrobial therapy on inpatient mortality and length of stay.
  Recommended by Paul Tambyah
  
• 3.0
  Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in intensive care unit patients: risk factors for acquisition, infection and their consequences.
  Recommended by Paul Tambyah
  
• 3.0
  Door-opening motion can potentially lead to a transient breakdown in negative-pressure isolation conditions: the importance of vorticity and buoyancy airflows.
  Recommended by Paul Tambyah
  
• 3.0
  Susceptibilities of antiviral-resistant influenza viruses to novel neuraminidase inhibitors.
  Recommended by Paul Tambyah