Volume 171 Issue 3

Editorials

• Vancomycin-resistant enterococci: causes and control John K Ferguson (MJA 1999; 171: 117-118)
• Who should be screened for thyroid dysfunction? Jan R Stockigt (MJA 1999; 171: 119-120)
• Management of cerebral aneurysms: current best practice Peter J Mitchell, Brian M Tress (MJA 1999; 171: 121-122)

Conference Report

• HIV vaccines - promise and directions Stephen J Kent (MJA 1999; 171: 124-125)

Research

• Vancomycin and teicoplanin use in Victorian hospitals Marion B Robertson, Jonathan GA Dartnell, Tony M Korman, on behalf of the Victorian Drug Usage Evaluation Group (MJA 1999; 171: 127-131)
• Outcome of a screening program for vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a hospital in Victoria M Lindsay Grayson, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Paul D R Johnson, Dianne Olden, Melissa Aberline, H Y Li, Geoffrey Hogg, Marguerite Abbott, Peter G Kerr (MJA 1999; 171: 133-136)
• Australian suicide trends 1964-1997: youth and beyond? Christopher H Cantor, Kerryn Neulinger, Diego De Leo (MJA 1999; 171: 137-141)

Diagnostic Dilemma

• Diaphragmatic endometriosis Michael J W Cooper, Peter Russell, P James Gallagher (MJA 1999; 171: 142-143)

Viewpoint

• Vancomycin-resistant enterococci and use of avoparcin in animal feed: is there a link? Peter J Collignon (MJA 1999; 171: 144-146)

Medicine and the Law

• Medicolegal activity in obstetrical and gynaecological ultrasound Nicole L Woodrow, Lachlan J de Crespigny, Ross H Gillies (MJA 1999; 171: 147-150)

MJA Practice Essentials - Cardiology

• The acute coronary syndromes: myocardial infarction and unstable angina Peter L Thompson, Paul Stobie (MJA 1999; 171: 153-159)

Letter

• Rethinking the early childcare agenda Linda M Slack-Smith, Anne W Read, Stephen R Zubrick (MJA 1999; 171: 166-167)
• Peter S Cook (MJA 1999; 171: 167)