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Infectious diseases

Letters

Characterising health care-associated bloodstream infections in public hospitals in Queensland, 2008–2012

Naomi Runnegar, Damin Si and John Marquess

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 282-283

Perspectives

The inequitable burden of group A streptococcal diseases in Indigenous Australians

Philippa J May, Asha C Bowen and Jonathan R Carapetis

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 201-203 Free

Letters

Ebola outbreak in West Africa: considerations for strengthening Australia’s international health emergency response

Martyn D Kirk, Stephanie Davis and Kerri Viney

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 236-237

Research

Low HIV testing rates among people with a sexually transmissible infection diagnosis in remote Aboriginal communities

James S Ward, Amalie Dyda, Skye McGregor, Alice Rumbold, Linda Garton, Basil Donovan, John M Kaldor and Rebecca J Guy

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (4): 168-171 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Stroke in a young man with untreated HIV infection and neurosyphilis

Abhay R Venkat, Jason Wenderoth, Louise Evans and Cecilia Cappelen-Smith

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (2): 58-59

Reflections / Women in medicine

Margaret Anne Burgess

Peter B McIntyre and Jill M Forrest

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (10): 389-391

Clinical focus

Epidemiology, clinical impacts and current clinical management of Helicobacter pylori infection

Hazel Mitchell and Peter Katelaris

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (10): 376-380 Free

Case report / Snapshot

A patient with sarcoidosis and a cryptococcal infection of the skull

Paul A Rootjes, Wouter Rozemeijer and Jacob C Dutilh

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (9): 353

Short reports

Immunisation for medical researchers: an ethical and practical imperative

Michelle L Townsend, Brin FS Grenyer, Wilfred Yeo and Ian Wright

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 263

Editorials

The ASID test

Cheryl A Jones, Joshua S Davis and David FM Looke

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 250-251

Research

Characterising health care-associated bloodstream infections in public hospitals in Queensland, 2008–2012

Damin Si, Naomi Runnegar, John Marquess, Mohana Rajmokan and Elliott G Playford

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 276 Free

Short reports

A case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a 23-year-old recent immigrant to Australia

Eloise Williams, Iain J Abbott, Lai Yin Law and Stephen David Guy

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 264

Editorials

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Australia and our region

James M Trauer and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 251-253 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: a major clinical challenge

Christine L Mandrawa, Katie Cronin, Kirsty L Buising, Yves S Poy Lorenzo, Mary J Waters and Cameron J Jeremiah

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 277-278 Free

Short reports

Rising incidence of invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup W in Victoria

Katherine A Bond, Kerrie Stevens, Dieter Bulach, Kylie Carville, Katherine S Ong and Benjamin P Howden

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 265-266

Perspectives

Ebola outbreak in West Africa: considerations for strengthening Australia’s international health emergency response

Alexander Rosewell, Paul Effler, Chaturangi Yapa, Barbara Telfer, Jennie Musto and Raina MacIntyre

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 258-259

Reflections / Women in medicine

Aileen Joy Plant

Moira McKinnon

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 279-281

Short reports

Dengue fever in travellers: are we missing warning signs of severe dengue in a non-endemic setting?

Alex Tai, Roselle Robosa, Alexander A Padiglione, Chamila Dalpatadu and Tony M Korman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 267 Free

Short reports

Shigellosis: high rates of antibiotic resistance necessitate new treatment recommendations

Jeremy Brown, Simon J Willcox, Neil Franklin, Briony Hazelton and Matthew VN O'Sullivan

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 261

Research

Old but not forgotten: Antibiotic allergies in General Medicine (the AGM Study)

Jason A Trubiano, Rekha Pai Mangalore, Yi-Wei Baey, Duy Le, Linda V Graudins, Patrick GP Charles, Douglas F Johnson and Ar Kar Aung

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 273 Free

Short reports

Polymerase chain reaction testing for faecal parasites: risks and alternatives

Asha C Bowen, Harsha Sheorey, Penelope A Bryant, Jennifer Robson and David P Burgner

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 262

Editorials

Zika preparedness in Australia

Chris Baggoley, Katrina Knope, Anna Colwell and Jenny Firman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 249-250

Research

First reported outbreak of locally acquired hepatitis E virus infection in Australia

Chaturangi M Yapa, Catriona Furlong, Alexander Rosewell, Kate A Ward, Sheena Adamson, Craig Shadbolt, Jen Kok, Samantha L Tracy, Scott Bowden, Elizabeth J Smedley, Mark J Ferson, Vicky Sheppeard and Jeremy M McAnulty

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 274 Free

Editorials

Resistance sans frontières: containing antimicrobial resistance nationally and globally

John Turnidge, Chris Baggoley, Mark Schipp and Robyn Martin

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (6): 207-208 Free

Research

Cord blood vitamin D and the risk of acute lower respiratory infection in Indigenous infants in the Northern Territory

Michael J Binks, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan, Robyn Marsh, Anne B Chang and Ross M Andrews

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (6): 238 Free