Dr Rachel Greer
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Rachel Greer
MBChB DTM&H MRCGP
Research Physician
MORU
Rachel Greer is a GP currently based in Oxford after spending 5 years in Chiangrai, Thailand with Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit.
Interests include community medicine, rationalizing the use of antibiotics and using research to help vulnerable groups.
She is working towards a PhD with The Open University.
Ongoing studies include:
- REACH (Resilience, Empowerment & Advocacy in Women’s and Children’s Health Research)
Recent publications
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Point-of-care C-reactive protein testing and antibiotic prescribing.
Althaus T. et al, (2021), The Lancet. Global health, 9
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Implementation of C-reactive protein point of care testing to improve antibiotic targeting in respiratory illness in Vietnamese primary care (ICAT): a study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.
Thi Thuy Do N. et al, (2020), BMJ open, 10
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Causes of fever in primary care in Southeast Asia and the performance of C-reactive protein in discriminating bacterial from viral pathogens
Althaus T. et al, (2020), International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 96, 334 - 342
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcome of Children Hospitalized With Scrub Typhus in an Area of Endemicity
Wangrangsimakul T. et al, (2020), Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 9, 202 - 209
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Prevalence of Group A Streptococcus in Primary Care Patients and the Utility of C-Reactive Protein and Clinical Scores for Its Identification in Thailand
Greer R. et al, (2020), The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 102, 377 - 383