Clin Assoc Prof Tan Woon Hui Natalie

MBBS (Spore), MRCPCH (UK), FAMS

Senior Consultant

Profile

Dr Natalie Tan Woon Hui is a senior consultant with the Infectious Disease Service, Department of Paediatrics at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Singapore. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU. She is a member of KK Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC). She received the 2010 Singhealth Health Manpower Development Plan (HMDP) Award to undergo training in Infectious Diseases in Immunocompromised Children in BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. She is a Clinical Core Faculty Member of the SingHealth Residency Programme (Paediatrics). She was a national examiner for paediatrics (2012-2021). She received Singapore Health Quality Service Award (SHQSA) 2021 – COVID 19 Healthcare Hero Award. She also received the Covid-19 Resilience Medal, National Day Award 2023. Her other research interests include Influenza infections, Adenovirus infections, Enterovirus and Parechovirus infections, Dengue infections, Melioidosis and infections in immunocompromised children.

Education

MRCPCH (UK) 2005
MBBS, National University of Singapore 2000

Professional Appointments and Committee Memberships

Clinical Associate Professor, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, NTU
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS
Senior consultant, Infectious Disease Service, Department of Paediatrics, KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital 2017 - Present
Member, KK Hospital Infection Control Committee (HICC).
Clinical Core Faculty Member, SingHealth Residency Programme (Paediatrics).

Awards

KKH Service From The Heart Award, 2013
Singapore Health Quality Service Star Award, 2015
8th KKH Scientific Meeting 2015 Outstanding Poster-Clinical Research Award, 2015
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Special Recognition Award, 2019
Singapore Health Quality Service Award (SHQSA) 2021 – COVID 19 Healthcare Hero, 2021
National Awards (Covid-19): The Covid-19 Resilience Medal, 2023

Research Interests

Influenza infections
Adenovirus infections
Enterovirus and Parechovirus infections
Dengue infections
Melioidosis
Infections in immunocompromised children
Covid-19 infections

Publications and Research Trials

Lee TW, Khor WB, Tan NW, Cheng CL, Seow A, Foo SC. A cross-sectional survey of physical activity among middle aged women in Singapore. Singapore Med J 1999; 40:468-76.
Tan NW, Sriram B, Tan-Kendrick AP, Rajadurai VS. Neonatal hepatic abscess in preterm infants: A rare entity? Ann Acad Med Singapore 2005; 34:558-64.
Tan NW, Pan WJ, Yunos HHBM, Tan WC and Lim KBL. Post-vaccination abscesses requiring surgical drainage in a tertiary children’s hospital in Singapore. J Pediatr Infect Dis 2010; 5:139-147.
Tan NW, et al. Hib-DTaP-poliovirus vaccine. Abscess in infants: 7 case reports. Reactions 2010; 1317:27.
Tan NW, Turvey SE, Byrne AT, Ludemann JP, Kollmann TR. Staphylococcus aureus nasal septal abscess complicated by extradural abscess in an infant. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2012; 41(1):E7-E12.
Chong CY, Tan NW, Menon A, Thoon KC, Tee NW, Fu S. Risk Factors for Complicated Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Disease in Children. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2013; 42:232-6.
Thoon KC, Soh SB, Liew WK, Gunachandran A, Tan NW, Chong CY, Yung CF. Active surveillance of adverse events following childhood immunization in Singapore. Vaccine 2014; 32(39):5000-5.
Soh SB, Han PY, Tam KT, Yung CF, Liew WK, Tan NW, Chong CY, Thoon KC. Investigations into an outbreak of suppurative lymphadenitis with BCG vaccine SSI® in Singapore. Vaccine 2014; 32(44):5809-15.
Seah XF, Ong YL, Tan SW, Krishnaswamy G, Chong CY, Tan NW, Thoon KC. Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on the Use of Carbapenems in a Tertiary Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore. Pharmacotherapy 2014; 34(11):1141-50.
Rajkumar V, Chiang CS, Low JM, Cui L, Lin RT, Tee NW, Maiwald M, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Tan NW. Risk factors for severe adenovirus infection in children during an outbreak in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2015; 44(2):50-9.
Foong YW, Tan NW, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Tee NW, Koh MJ. Melioidosis in children: a retrospective study. Int J Dermatol 2015; 54(8):929-38.
Prerna A, Lim JY, Tan NW, Isa MS, Oh HM, Yassin N, Low CY, Chan DW, Chong CY, Leo YS, Chow AL, Tambyah PA, Tan K. Neurology of the H1N1 pandemic in Singapore: a nationwide case series of children and adults. J Neurovirol. 2015; 21(5): 491-9.
Ng OT, Thoon KC, Chua HY, Tan NW, Chong CY, Tee NW, Lin RT, Cui L, Venkatachalam I, Tambyah PA, Chew J, Fong RK, Oh HM, Krishnan PU, Lee VJ, Tan BH, Ng SH, Ting PJ, Maurer-Stroh S, Gunalan V, Khong WX. Severe Pediatric Adenovirus 7 Disease in Singapore Linked to Recent Outbreaks across Asia. Emerg Infect Dis. 2015; 21(7): 1192-6.
Seah VX, Ngeow AJ, Thoon KC, Tee NW, Maiwald M, Chong CY, Tan NW. Infant with invasive nontyphoidal salmonellosis and mastitis. Glob Pediatr Health 2015; 2:2333794X15591568.
Ang SH, Huang SW, Tan AL, Tee NW, Tan NW. An Alternative Diagnosis: Bartonella Neuroretinitis. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2015; 44(6): 229.
Lee EY, Oh JY, Chong CY, Choo JT, Mahadev A, Tan NW. A Case of Atypical Kawasaki Disease With Myositis. Glob Pediatr Health 2015; 2: 2333794X15599649.
Krishnan SG, Tee NW, Tan AL, Tan AM, Koh MJ, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Tan NW. A Case of Cutaneous Penicilliosis in a child with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. JMM Case Reports 2015. doi: 10.1099/jmmcr.0.000098.
Wee LY, Tanugroho RR, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Choong CT, Krishnamoorthy S, Maiwald M, Tee NW, Tan NW. A 15-year retrospective analysis of prognostic factors in childhood bacterial meningitis. Acta Paediatr. 2016; 105 (1):e22-9.
Tan NW, Lee EY, Khoo GM, Tee NW, Krishnamoorthy S, Choong CT. Cerebrospinal Fluid White Cell Count: Discriminatory or Otherwise for Enteroviral Meningitis in Infants and Young Children? J Neurovirol. 2016 22(2):213-7.
Chong CY, Tan NW, Yunos H, Lim SH, Acharyya S, Thoon KC. Temporal trend in the incidence of pertussis and exposures among healthcare workers: descriptive report from a tertiary care hospital for children in Singapore. J Hosp Infect. 2015; 91(4):376-8.
Lam JC, Chai JY, Wong YL, Tan NW, Ha C, Chan MY, Tan AM. Causative Pathogens of Febrile Neutropaenia in Children Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2015; 44(11):530-4.
Ahmad Hatib NA, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Tee NW, Krishnamoorthy SS, Tan NW. Enteric Fever in a Tertiary Paediatric Hospital: A Retrospective Six-Year Review. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2016; 45(7): 297-302
Tan LO, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Tan NW. Rhabdomyolysis Caused by Rhinovirus. Glob Pediatr Health 2016; 3:2333794X16643726.
Yung CF, Chong CY, Yeo KT, Liew C, Ng LC, Tan NW, Yeo GSh, Tee NW, Lin RT, Tan TC, Rajadurai VS, Chan JK, Thoon KC. Zika Virus: An Evolving Public Health Threat. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2016; 45(4):148-51.
Tan JM, Tan NW, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Ong C. Dengue Fever Associated Liver Failure. Pediatric Infect Dis 2016; 1:31.
Vemula VN, Li L, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Tee NW, Maiwald M, Tan NW. Risk Factors and Clinical Profile of Measles Infection in Children in Singapore. Infection, Disease & Health 2016; 21: 192-6.
Li J, Chong CY, Tan NW, Yung CF, Tee NW, Thoon KC. Characteristics of Zika virus disease in children: Clinical, hematological and virological findings from an outbreak in Singapore. Clin Infect Dis 2017; 64 (10):1445-8.
Foo CC, Leow EH, Phua KB, Chong CY, Tan NW. A Case of Kawasaki Disease with Concomitant Leptospirosis. Glob Pediatr Health 2017; 4: 2333794X17721368.
Seah VXF, Ong RYL, Lim ASY, Chong CY, Tan NW, Thoon KC. Impact of a Carbapenem Antimicrobial Stewardship Program on Patient Outcomes. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2017; 61(9): e00736-17.
Seow CW, Logarajah V, Tan NW. Typhoid and Scrub Typhus Coinfection in a Returned Traveler. Glob Pediatr Health 2017; 4: 2333794X17726941.
Chong CY, Yung CF, Tan NW, Acharyya S, Thoon KC. Risk factors of ICU or high dependency requirements amongst hospitalized pediatric pertussis cases: A 10 year retrospective series, Singapore. Vaccine 2017; 35 (47): 6422-8.
Teo FMS, Nyo M, Wong AA, Tan NWH, Koh MT, Chan YF, Chong CY, Chu JJH. Cytokine and Chemokine Profiling in Patients with Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease in Singapore and Malaysia. Sci Rep. 2018; 8(1):4087.
Min N, Sakthi Vale PD, Wong AA, Tan NWH, Chong CY, Chen CJ, Wang RYL, Chu JJH. Circulating Salivary miRNA hsa-miR-221 as Clinically Validated Diagnostic Marker for Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease in Pediatric Patients. EBioMedicine 2018; 31:299-306.
Yung CF, Maiwald M, Loo LH, Soong HY, Tan CB, Lim PK, Li L, Tan NW, Chong CY, Tee N, Thoon KC, Chan YH. Elizabethkingia anophelis and Association with Tap Water and Handwashing, Singapore. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018; 24(9):1730-3. Singhealth Publish award 2019.
Loh SW, Thoon KC, Tan NWH, Li J, Chong CY. Paediatric tuberculosis in Singapore: a retrospective review. BMJ Paediatr Open 2018; 2(1): e000308.
Goh JLK, Chong CY, Lim SZR, Lim KBL, Tan NWH. A Case of Tuberculosis Spondylodiscitis With Paraspinal Abscess in a 2-Year-Old Child. Glob Pediatr Health 2018; 5: 2333794X18805614.
Kang Z, Chiang WC, Goh SH, Goh AEN, Wong PCY, Thoon KC, Tan NWH. A Case of Serious Adverse Reaction Following Rabies Vaccination. Glob Pediatr Health 2018; 5:2333794X18817143.
Ho CW, Tan NW, Thoon KC, Chong CY. A Review of Four Cases of Leptospirosis Presenting for Acute Care to a Tertiary Paediatric Hospital in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singapore 2019; 48 (3): 104-8.
Chong CY, Ong RY, Seah VX, Tan NW, Chan MY, Soh SY, Ong C, Lim AS, Thoon KC. Taurolidine-citrate lock solution for the prevention of central line-associated bloodstream infection in paediatric haematology-oncology and gastrointestinal failure patients with high baseline central-line associated bloodstream infection rates. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020; 56 (1):123-9.
Liew WK, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Tan NWH, Cheng DT, Chan BSW, Ng MSY, Das L, Arkachaisri T, Huang CH, Kuan JL, Chai LYA, Koh MJA. Juvenile-Onset Immunodeficiency Secondary to Anti-Interferon-Gamma Autoantibodies. J Clin Immunol. 2019; 39 (5): 512-8.
Chan JC, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Tee NWS, Maiwald M, Lam JCM, Bhattacharya R, Chandran S, Yung CF, Tan NWH. Invasive paediatric Elizabethkingia meningoseptica infections are best treated with a combination of piperacillin/tazobactam and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole or fluoroquinolone. J Med Microbiol. 2019; 68 (8): 1167-72.
Selvanathan SN, Suhumaran S, Sahu VK, Chong CY, Tan NWH, Thoon KC. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease in children. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020; 56(3):389-93.
Chong CY, Yung CF, Gan C, Thio ST, Tan NW, Tee NW, Lin C, Lin RT, Thoon KC. The burden and clinical manifestation of hospitalized influenza among different pediatric age-groups in the tropics. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2020; 14 (1):46-54.
Wong SA, Lee Meijuan D, Loh SW, Thoon KC, Tan NWH, Chong CY. Pediatric Abdominal Tuberculosis in Singapore: A 10-Year Retrospective Series. Glob Pediatr Health. 2020; 7:2333794X20903952.
Kam KQ, Yung CF, Cui L, Lin Tzer Pin R, Mak TM, Maiwald M, Li J, Chong CY, Nadua K, Tan NWH, Thoon KC.A Well Infant with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) with High Viral Load. Clin Infect Dis. 2020; 71(15):847-9.
Siew JX, Seah XFV, Chew YR, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Yung CF, Maiwald M, Len Y, Li J, Kam KQ, Nadua K, Tanugroho R, Tan NWH. Epidemiology of Adenovirus Infections and Outcomes of Cidofovir Treatment in Severely Ill Children. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2020; 39(10):907-13.
Kam KQ, Yung CF, Maiwald M, Chong CY, Soong HY, Loo LH, Tan NWH, Li J, Nadua KD, Thoon KC. Clinical Utility of Buccal Swabs for Sars-Cov-2 Detection in Covid-19-Infected Children. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2020;9(3):370-2.
Ong RYL, Chan SB, Chew SJ, Liew WK, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Yung CF, Sng LH, Tan AM, Bhattacharyya R, Jamuar SS, Lim JY, Li J, Nadua KD, Kam KQ, Tan NW. Disseminated Bacillus-Calmette-Guérin infections and primary immunodeficiency disorders in Singapore: A single center 15-year retrospective review. Int J Infect Dis. 2020; 97: 117-25.
Yung CF, Kam KQ, Nadua KD, Chong CY, Tan NWH, Li J, Lee KP, Chan YH, Thoon KC, Ng KC. Novel Coronavirus 2019 Transmission Risk in Educational Settings. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Mar 15;72(6):1055-1058.
Mahtani S, Tan JMC, Low SYY, Nolan CP, Ong RYL, Lam JCM, Yeo TH, Sng LH, Chang KTE, Chong CY, Tan NWH. Rare case of Pott’s disease caused by Bacillus-Calmette Guérin vaccine. J Paediatr Child Health. 2020; 56(10):1655-6.
Yung CF, Kam KQ, Chong CY, Nadua KD, Li J, Tan NWH, Ganapathy S, Lee KP, Ng KC, Chan YH, Thoon KC. Household Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 from Adults to Children. J Pediatr. 2020; 225:249-51.
Chong CY, Kam KQ, Li J, Maiwald M, Loo LH, Nadua KD, Tan NWH, Yung CF, Thoon KC. Saliva is not a useful diagnostic specimen in children with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Clin Infect Dis. 2021; 73 (9): e3144-5.
Lee EY, Tan JHY, Choong CT, Tee NWS, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Maiwald M, Tan MSS, Tan NW. Hearing and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Young Infants with Parechovirus-A and Enterovirus Meningitis: Cohort Study in Singapore Children and Literature Review. J Pediatr Neurol 2021; 19:402–8.
Li J, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Maiwald M, Kam KQ, Nadua KD, Tan NW, Yung CF.Comparative analysis of symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in children. Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2020; 49 (8): 530-7.
Lim KYY, Chua MC, Tan NWH, Chandran S. Reactivation of BCG inoculation site in a child with febrile exanthema of 3 days duration: an early indicator of incomplete Kawasaki disease. BMJ Case Rep. 2020; 13(12):e239648.
Kam KQ, Thoon KC, Maiwald M, Chong CY, Soong HY, Loo LH, Tan NWH, Li J, Nadua KD, Yung CF. SARS-CoV-2 Viral RNA Load Dynamics in the Nasopharynx of Infected Children. Epidemiol Infect. 2021 Jan 11; 149: e18.
Odattil G, Chua C, Tan NWH, Merchant K, Chua MC, Chandran S. Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies pasteurianus Causing Early Onset Neonatal Sepsis Complicated by Solitary Liver Abscess in a Preterm Infant. Access Microbiology 2021; doi:10.1099/acmi.0.000200.
Choong CT, Lee EY, Tan HKK, Lazaroo D, Tan NWH. Good hearing outcome in children recovering from non-polio enteroviral meningitis. J Paediatr Child Health. 2021 Apr 23. doi: 10.1111/jpc.15505. Epub ahead of print.
Tan LO, Wong MHL, Lim SY, Thoon KC, Chong CY, Yung CF and Tan NWH. A Single Centre Retrospective Study of Children with Dengue in Singapore. J Paediatr Neonatal Med 2021; 3(2): 137.
Yeo JG, Leong JY, Tay SH, Nadua KD, Anderson DE, Lim AJM, Ng XW, Poh SL, Guo D, Yaung KN, Kumar P, Wasser M, Hazirah SN, Sutamam N, Chua CJH, Qui M, Foo R, Gamage AM, Yeo KT, Ramakrishna L, Arkachaisri T, Young BE, Lye DC, Wang LF, Chong CY, Tan NWH, Li J, Kam KQ, Ginhoux F, Thoon KC, Chan JKY, Yung CF, Albani S. A Virus-Specific Immune Rheostat in the Immunome of Patients Recovering From Mild COVID-19. Front Immunol. 2021; 12:674279.
Poh CWM, Seah XFV, Chong CY, Ganesan I, Maiwald M, Nadua K, Kam KQ, Tan NWH. Salmonella Renal Abscess in an Immunocompetent Child: Case Report and Literature Review. Glob Pediatr Health. 2021; 8:2333794X211022263.
Chong CY, Tan NWH, Yung CF, Nadua K, Kam KQ, Li J, Thoon KC. Pediatric Kawasaki Disease Trends Prior to and During COVID-19 Outbreak in Singapore. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2021 Aug 12: piab047. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab047. Epub ahead of print.
Vig PS, Wong JJM, Chong CY, Nguyen TAP, Maiwald M, Tan NWH. Poor Hygiene as a Risk Factor in the Development of Brain Abscess in Adolescents. J Paediatr Child Health. 2021 Oct 23. Doi: 10.1111/jpc.15798. Epub ahead of print.
Kam KQ, Thoon KC, Tee WSN, Ang MLT, Tan NWH, Yeo KT, Li J, Chong CY. Serotype distribution and incidence of invasive early onset and late onset group B streptococcal disease amongst infants in Singapore. BMC Infect Dis. 2021;21(1):1221.
Foong B, Wong KPL, Jeyanthi CJ, Li J, Lim KBL, Tan NWH. Osteomyelitis in Immunocompromised children and neonates, a case series. BMC Pediatr. 2021;21(1):568.
Mahtani S, et al. BCG-vaccine. Reactions Weekly 2021; 1839:62. doi: 10.1007/s40278-021-89900-x.
Tan JHY, Choong CT, Tee NWS, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Maiwald M, Lee EYX, Tan MSS, Tan NWH. Clinical profile of children with parechovirus meningitis in Singapore. J Neurovirol. 2022; 28 (1): 46-51.
Wong JJM, Gan CS, Kaushal SH, Chuah SL, Sultana R, Tan NWH, Eg KP, Thoon KC, Lee JH, Yung CF. Pediatric COVID-19 Risk Factors in Southeast Asia-Singapore and Malaysia: A Test-Negative Case-Control Study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2022; 106 (4): 1113-20.
Yung CF, Saffari SE, Mah SYY, Tan NWH, Chia WN, Thoon KC, Wang LF. Analysis of Neutralizing Antibody Levels in Children and Adolescents Up to 16 Months After SARS-CoV-2 Infection. JAMA Pediatr. 2022; 176 (11): 1142-3.
Nadua KD, Chong CY, Kam KQ, Mok YH, Choo JTL, Lam JCM, Li J, Tan NWH, Yung CF, Chan SWB, Teh KL, Das L, Arkachaisri T, Thoon KC. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children in Singapore. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2022; 51(11): 669-76.
Chong CY, Tan NW, Yung CF, Li J, Kam KQ, Nadua K, Maiwald M, Sultana R, Thoon KC. Effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination in Singapore: A test-negative case-control study. Vaccine. 2022; 40 (46): 6570-4.
Kam KQ, Maiwald M, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Nadua KD, Loo LH, Yelen, Tan NWH, Li J, Yung CF. SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Tests and Universal Screening for COVID-19 Omicron Variant among Hospitalised Children. Am J Infect Control. 2023; 51 (3): 255-60.
Ong RYL, Seah VXF, Chong CY, Thoon KC, Tan NWH, Li J, Nadua KD, Soh SY, Seng MS, Pham TNA, Yung CF, Kam KQ. A cohort study of COVID-19 infection in pediatric oncology patients plus the utility and safety of remdesivir treatment. Acta Oncol. 2023; 62 (1): 53-7.
Chew SJ, Low KB, Chong CY, Maiwald M, Thoon KC, Ong RY, Yung CF, Li J, Nadua KD, Kam KQ, Tan HK, Lian DW, Tan LY, Tan NW. Paediatric actinomycosis: A 16-year, single-institution retrospective review of cases. J Paediatr Child Health. 2023; 59(6): 833-9.
Tan YW, Teo FMS, Ler SG, Alli-Shaik A, Nyo M, Chong CY, Tan NWH, Wang RYL, Gunaratne J, Chu JJH. Potential relevance of salivary legumain for the clinical diagnostic of hand, foot, and mouth disease. J Med Virol. 2023; 95(11): e29243.
Seah VXF, Ong RYL, Kam KQ, Thoon KC, Tan NWH, Li J, Nadua KD, Chong CY, Yung CF. Remdesivir therapy for severe pediatric COVID-19 in Singapore: A single-center retrospective observational cohort study. Health Sci Rep. 2023; 6(12): e1698.
Chowdhury SR, Nadua KD, Li J, Kam KQ, Thoon KC, Tan NWH, Yung CF, Chong CY. Predictors of complicated influenza infection in children presenting in a tertiary hospital in a tropical country: A case-control study. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2024 Jun 28;53(6):390-5. doi: 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2023231.
Xin Yang Tan, Natalie Woon-Hui Tan, Rina Yue Ling Ong, Michaela Su-Fern Seng, Kenneth Pak Leung Wong. Candida tropicalis Arthritis of the knee in a Child on chemotherapy treated with intra-articular amphotericin B. Journal of Orthopaedic Reports 2024. doi: 10.1016/j.jorep.2024.100361.
Kong CKY, Tan NWH, Nadua KD, Kam KQ, Li J, Thoon KC, Yung CF, Maiwald M, Chong CY. Time to positivity of blood cultures in paediatric patients. J Paediatr Child Health. 2025; 61(1): 39-46. doi: 10.1111/jpc.16707. PMID: 39440692.
Lim HY, Viegelmann G, Lee EY, et al. Fever of Unknown Origin in Children: A 14-Year, Single Institution Retrospective Review. Sage Open Pediatrics 2025;12. doi:10.1177/30502225251321030.
Li J, Yung CF, Kam KQ, Nadua K, Tan NWH, Thoon KC, Maiwald M, Chong CY. Invasive Pneumococcal Disease and Impact of 7- and 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines in Singapore Children Over 24 Years. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025; 12(3): ofaf093. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf093. PMID: 40046886.
Sarah Yao, Karen Nadua, Chia Yin Chong, Koh Cheng Thoon, Chee Fu Yung, Natalie Woon Hui Tan, Kai-Qian Kam, Peter Wong, Juliet Tan, Shanti Shetty, Christopher Seow, Jiahui Li. Post-exposure prophylaxis and follow-up in children and young persons presenting with sexual assault. Accepted for publication in Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore on 28/5/25.

Research Trials

National Antimicrobial Taskforce, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Antimicrobial Stewardship Grant, MOH, 2011-2017
Molecular integrated clinical epidemiology paediatric dengue prospective study (MICE-PD) (SingHealth Foundation Research Grant 2015), 2016-2018
Virological, molecular epidemiological surveillance and biomarker discovery of human enteroviruses in children with hand, foot and mouth disease in Singapore (NMRC Grant) 2013-2017
Clinical epidemiology of the emerging 2019-novel coronavirus epidemic, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grant, 2020-Ongoing
Novel Pathogens and Related Viral Infections in Children, SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medicine COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grant, 2020-Ongoing