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Infectious diseases

Letters

Crusted scabies: a clinical marker of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infection in central Australia

Lloyd J Einsiedel, Clinton Pepperill and Kim Wilson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 633-634 Free

Clinical focus

Crusted scabies in remote Australia, a new way forward: lessons and outcomes from the East Arnhem Scabies Control Program

Buddhi Lokuge, Alex Kopczynski, Angela Woltmann, Faye Alvoen, Christine Connors, Terrence Guyula, Eddie Mulholland, Samantha Cran, Tim Foster, Kamalini Lokuge, Tanya Burke and Sam Prince

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 644-648 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Acute allergic reaction after intravenous saline injection: an unusual presentation of chlorhexidine allergy

Usman Mushtaq, Aaron Tan, Ju Ann Tan and William B Smith

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 599-600 Free

Editorials

One moment doctor! Have you forgotten hand hygiene?

Gwendolyn L Gilbert

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (9): 508-509 Free

Research

Adherence to infection prevention measures in a statewide spleen registry

Julie Wang, Penelope Jones, Allen C Cheng and Karin Leder

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (9): 538-540 Free

Research

Using automated text messages to monitor adverse events following immunisation in general practice

Alan Leeb, Annette K Regan, Ian J Peters, Candice Leeb, Gregory Leeb and Paul V Effler

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (7): 416-418 Free

Letters

New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-producing enterobacteriaceae in an Australian child who had not travelled overseas

Christopher C Blyth, Lynette Pereira and Namraj Goire

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (7): 386

Letters

Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia associated with peripherally inserted central catheters: the role of chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated sponge dressings

Michael J Loftus, Cosmin J Florescu and Rhonda L Stuart

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 317-318

Research

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Western Australia, 1998–2012

Joshua R Francis, Christopher C Blyth, Sarah Colby, Joanna M Fagan and Justin Waring

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 328-332 Free

Research

Acellular pertussis vaccine effectiveness for children during the 2009–2010 pertussis epidemic in Queensland

Sarah L Sheridan, Bradley J McCall, Craig A Davis, Jennifer M B Robson, Brynley P Hull, Christine E Selvey, Robert S Ware, Keith Grimwood and Stephen B Lambert

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 334-338 Free

Correction

Guillain-Barré syndrome following pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A immunisation in Victoria: a self-controlled case series

Nigel W Crawford, Allen Cheng, Nick Andrews, Patrick G Charles, Hazel J Clothier, Bruce Day, Timothy Day, Peter Gates, Richard Macdonell, Les Roberts, Victoria Rodriguez-Casero, Tissa Wijeratne and Lynette Kiers

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 321 Free

Research

Airport arrivals screening during pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza in New South Wales, Australia

Praveena J Gunaratnam, Sean Tobin, Holly Seale, Andrew Marich and Jeremy McAnulty

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 290-292 Free

Letters

Vitamin D and tuberculosis

Anastasios Konstantinos

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 264

In this issue

Infectious diseases — sometimes out of sight, never out of mind

Tania Janusic

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 239 Free

Reflections / Book review

Layperson’s guide to pandemics

Merryn C McKinnon

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 297

Clinical focus / Guidelines

Treatment and prevention of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer) in Australia: guideline update

Daniel P O’Brien, Grant Jenkin, John Buntine, Christina M Steffen, Anthony McDonald, Simon Horne, N Deborah Friedman, Eugene Athan, Andrew Hughes, Peter P Callan and Paul D R Johnson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 267-270 Free

Editorials

Drug-resistant tuberculosis: collaborative regional leadership required

Suman S Majumdar, Ben J Marais, Justin T Denholm and Warwick J Britton

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 241-242

Research

Increasing incidence of Clostridium difficile infection, Australia, 2011–2012

Claudia Slimings, Paul Armstrong, Wendy D Beckingham, Ann L Bull, Lisa Hall, Karina J Kennedy, John Marquess, Rebecca McCann, Andrea Menzies, Brett G Mitchell, Michael J Richards, Paul C Smollen, Lauren Tracey, Irene J Wilkinson, Fiona L Wilson, Leon J Worth and Thomas V Riley

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 272-276 Free

Research

Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection in Australian hospitals: findings from a Victorian surveillance system

Leon J Worth, Tim Spelman, Ann L Bull and Michael J Richards

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 282-284 Free

Letters

How should we interpret hospital infection statistics?

Diane E Watson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 256-257

Research

Decreasing prevalence of Trichuris trichiura (whipworm) in the Northern Territory from 2002 to 2012

Amy L Crowe, Pam Smith, Linda Ward, Bart J Currie and Rob Baird

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 286-289 Free

Letters

How should we interpret hospital infection statistics?

Allen C Cheng and Leon J Worth

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (5): 257-259

Letters

Infants born in Australia to mothers from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis: to BCG or not to BCG?

Frank H Beard and Kristine K Macartney

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (3): 149-150

Letters

Infants born in Australia to mothers from countries with a high prevalence of tuberculosis: to BCG or not to BCG?

Amanda Gwee, Ranmali Rodrigo, Dan Casalaz, Nicole Ritz and Nigel Curtis

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (3): 149-150

Letters

Acute myopericarditis following intravenous zoledronic acid for the treatment of Paget’s disease

Monique R Watts, Andris H Ellims and David S Eccleston

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (3): 150