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Infectious diseases

Medical education / Lessons from practice

A thorny case of spastic paralysis

Travis Lines, Aadith Ashok, Sadid F Khan and Michael J Loftus

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 526-527

Systematic review

COVID‐19 rapid antigen tests approved for self‐testing in Australia: published diagnostic test accuracy studies and manufacturer‐supplied information. A systematic review

Katy JL Bell, Yuyang Li, Ellie Medcalf and Deonna Ackermann

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 551-558 Free

Research

Disruption of gender‐affirming health care, and COVID‐19 illness, testing, and vaccination among trans Australians during the pandemic: a cross‐sectional survey

Sav Zwickl, Tomi Ruggles, Alex FQ Wong, Ariel Ginger, Lachlan M Angus, Kalen Eshin, Teddy Cook and Ada S Cheung

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 23-28 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: an unexpected differential diagnosis for a solitary lung lesion

Sigrid G Theodore, Hannah J Sawkins, Manish Mathew, Sumit Yadav and Robert Norton

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 455-456

Guideline summary

Australian evidence‐based guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes‐related foot disease: a guideline summary

Peter A Lazzarini, Anita Raspovic, Jenny Prentice, Robert J Commons, Robert A Fitridge, James Charles, Jane Cheney, Nytasha Purcell and Stephen M Twigg

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 485-495 Free

Letters

Proposals to waive intellectual property rights for pandemic response products in the World Health Organization pandemic accord need Australia's support

Thomas Cueni and Elizabeth Somer

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 439-439 Free

Letters

Proposals to waive intellectual property rights for pandemic response products in the World Health Organization pandemic accord need Australia's support

Deborah Gleeson, James Scheibner and Dianne Nicol

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 439-439 Free

Research

Gestational diabetes mellitus screening and diagnosis criteria before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a retrospective pre–post study

Nina JL Meloncelli, Adrian G Barnett, Cate M Cameron, David McIntyre, Leonie K Callaway, Michael C d'Emden and Susan J de Jersey

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 467-474 Free

Perspectives

The complex impact of COVID‐19 on cancer outcomes in Australia

Karen Canfell, Karen Chiam, Carolyn Nickson and G Bruce Mann

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 402-404 Free

Narrative review

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives

Samuel Hui, Sally Bell, Suong Le and Anouk Dev

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 432-438 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to disseminated tuberculosis in a young adult with Crohn's disease

Rattanak Visal Hean, David A Sheffield, Kirsten Herbert and David Brewster

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 350-352

Letters

Japanese encephalitis virus: changing the clinical landscape of encephalitis in Australia

Guy D Eslick, Suzy M Teutsch and Elizabeth J Elliott

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 393-393

Research

Diabetes mellitus and the progression of non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease to decompensated cirrhosis: a retrospective cohort study

James O'Beirne, Richard Skoien, Barbara A Leggett, Gunter F Hartel, Louisa G Gordon, Elizabeth E Powell and Patricia C Valery

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 358-365 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Human Clostridium chauvoei necrotising enterocolitis

Myung Seo Ko, Trine Gulholm and Konstantin Yastrebov

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 348-349

Perspectives

Is BCG vaccination of possums the solution to the Buruli ulcer epidemic in south‐eastern Australia?

Daniel P O'Brien, Kim Blasdell, Stephen Muhi, Ben J Marais, Bryce Buddle, Bridgette McNamara and Eugene Athan

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 520-522 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Saltwater injury: a case of chronic cutaneous Mycobacterium marinum infection

Ruby C Lee, Kennedy Wong, Yolanka Lobo and Heba Jibreal

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 250-252 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Fallibility and flaviviruses: a diagnostic lesson in Japanese encephalitis

Kate Proudmore, Vicki L Krause, Bart J Currie and Rob Baird

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 253-254

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Breakthrough mpox despite two‐dose vaccination

Madhara N Weerasinghe, Catriona Ooi, George Kotsiou, Vincent J Cornelisse, Arran Painter, Madhara N Weerasinghe, Catriona Ooi, George Kotsiou, Vincent J Cornelisse and Arran Painter

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 295-296 Free

Perspectives

Carbapenemase‐producing Enterobacterales: a profound threat to Australian public health

Erin Flynn, Lito E Papanicolas, Nicholas Anagnostou, Morgyn S Warner, Geraint B Rogers, Erin Flynn, Lito E Papanicolas, Nicholas Anagnostou, Morgyn S Warner and Geraint B Rogers

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 290-292 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Meningococcal B septic shock, reactive pericarditis and public health

Gary Louie, Romeo Torres, Anthea L Katelaris, Courtney McGregor, Victor Lai, Robert Stevens, Richard Sullivan and Pamela Konecny

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 150-152 Free

Perspectives

Getting to grips with invasive group A streptococcal infection surveillance in Australia: are we experiencing an epidemic?

Thel K Hla, Jeffrey W Cannon, Asha C Bowen and Rosemary Wyber

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 242-245 Free

Narrative review

Prevalence, pathogenesis and spectrum of neurological symptoms in COVID‐19 and post‐COVID‐19 syndrome: a narrative review

Robb Wesselingh

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 230-236 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

A unique pattern of urothelial calcifications secondary to disseminated tuberculosis

Samuel Lau, Bertrand Ang and Sandra Tan

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 103-103

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Mpox and primary syphilis co‐infection in a newly arrived traveller from South America

Rasanga Liyanage and Josephine Lusk

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 101-102 Free

Perspectives

Australian National Clinical Evidence Taskforce COVID‐19 drug treatment guidelines: challenges of producing a living guideline

Bridget E Barber, Heath White, Alexis P Poole, Joshua S Davis, Steven A McGloughlin and Tari Turner, For the COVID‐19 Drug Treatment Panel of the National Clinical Evidence Taskforce

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 197-199 Free