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Lessons from practice

Fever and rash from Timor: where have you been and when?

Andrew Burke, Stephen R Graves and Nicholas M Anstey

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 338 Free

Snapshot

Roller coasters and cervical artery dissection

Monica S Badve and Sandeep Bhuta

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 339 Free

Lessons from practice

Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess complicated by endogenous endophthalmitis: the importance of early diagnosis and intervention

Phoebe P Moore, Gerard F McGowan, Sukhpal S Sandhu and Penelope J Allen

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (7): 300-301 Free

Notable case

Catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy resulting from life-threatening funnel-web spider envenoming

Geoffrey K Isbister, Kate V Sellors, Ursula Beckmann, Angela L Chiew, Michael A Downes and Ingrid Berling

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (7): 302-304 Free

Lessons from practice

Beware of blotting paper hallucinogens: severe toxicity with NBOMes

Geoffrey K Isbister, Alphonse Poklis, Justin L Poklis and Jeffrey Grice

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (6): 266-267 Free

Crush injury by an elephant: life-saving prehospital care resulting in a good recovery

Alice M Young, Anthony P Joseph and Alicia Jackson

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (6): 264-265 Free

Lessons from practice

Photobacterium damselae and Vibrio harveyi hand infection from marine exposure

Ayesha Akram, Robert P Stevens and Pamela Konecny

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 224-225 Free

Lessons from practice

Steroid-induced cardiomyopathy

Hui-Chen Han, Omar Farouque and David L Hare

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 226-227 Free

Fascioliasis in Australian travellers to Bali

Mel Figtree, Miles H Beaman, Rogan Lee, Michelle Porter, Eric Torey, Thomas J Hugh and Bernard J Hudson

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (4): 186-188 Free

Lessons from practice

Splenic abscess complicating gastroenteritis due to Salmonella Virchow in an immunocompetent host

Jonathan R Sillar, Aiveen M Bannan and Leigh Dahlenburg

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 148-149 Free

Lessons from practice

Splenic infarction after reversal of warfarin using Prothrombinex-VF in a patient with a mechanical aortic valve

Varun Sharma, Talbir Singh, Suranga Weerasooriya and Dharmesh Anand

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 150-151 Free

Snapshot

Spinal gout mimicking osteomyelitis

Minnie Au and John Wood

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (2): 113 Free

Lessons from practice

Febuxostat-associated rhabdomyolysis in chronic renal failure

Debasish Ghosh, Philippa M McGann, Timothy J Furlong and Richard O Day

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (2): 107-108 Free

First report of Lyme neuroborreliosis in a returned Australian traveller

Shradha Subedi, David J Dickeson and James M Branley

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 39-40 Free

Lessons from practice

Tinea hidden by a vemurafenib-induced phototoxic reaction in a patient with metastatic melanoma taking dexamethasone

Rachael Anforth, Giuliana Carlos, Noemi Eiris, Arthur Clements and Pablo Fernandez-Peñas

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 41-42 Free

Lessons from practice

Alcohol-based hand sanitiser: a potentially fatal toy

Michael J Barrett and Franz E Babl

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 43-44 Free

Lessons from practice

Penetrating neck injury in an isolated medical setting

Graham M Slaney, Anthony Guiney, Yvonne Hezel and Philip Weinstein

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 45-46 Free

Snapshot

Bilateral upper lobe opacification

Talal Hilal

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (11): 586 Free

Lessons from practice

Successful treatment of ACE inhibitor-induced angioedema with icatibant, a bradykinin B2 receptor antagonist

Phillippa A Pucar, Michael O’Sullivan, Adrian Goudie, Timothy Marr and Anna Brusch

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (11): 596-597 Free

Lessons from practice

A bolt out of the blue: the night of the blue pills

David S McCutcheon, Francois J Oosthuizen, Kerry A Hoggett and Daniel M Fatovich

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (10): 543 Free

Lessons from practice

Warfarin-induced skin necrosis following recommencement of warfarin after perioperative Prothrombinex-VF

Ryan M O’Dempsey, Andrew MTL Choong, Amit Patel, Jason Miller, Philip J Walker and Allan Kruger

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (9): 499-500 Free

Snapshot

Eagle Syndrome as a potential cause of Tapia Syndrome

Shereen Paramalingam and Yi J Kuok

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (9): 491 Free

Snapshot

The trumpet's blown pupil

Chris Plummer and Adam Dangoor

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (9): 497 Free

Severe carbon monoxide poisoning from waterpipe smoking: a public health concern

Louis W Wang, Emily YJ He, Debasish Ghosh, Richard O Day, Graham RD Jones, Rajesh N Subbiah and Cameron J Holloway

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (8): 446-447 Free

Listeriosis cluster in Sydney linked to hospital food

Zeina Najjar, Leena Gupta, Vitali Sintchenko, Craig Shadbolt, Qinning Wang and Narinder Bansal

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (8): 448-449 Free