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Infectious diseases

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

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

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

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

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

Chlamydia prevalence in young attenders of rural and regional primary care services in Australia: a cross-sectional survey

Anna H Yeung, Meredith Temple-Smith, Christopher K Fairley, Alaina M Vaisey, Rebecca Guy, Matthew G Law, Nicola Low, Amie L Bingham, Jane Gunn, John Kaldor, Basil Donovan and Jane S Hocking

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (3): 170-175 Free

Case reports

Transmission of tuberculosis infection in a commercial office

Mohammad Bagherirad, Peter Trevan, Maria Globan, Elaine Tay, Nicola Stephens and Eugene Athan

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (3): 177-179 Free

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

Research

Impact of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in people aged 65 years or older

Robert I Menzies, Sanjay H Jayasinghe, Vicki L Krause, Clayton K Chiu and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 112-115 Free

Case reports

The growing burden of multidrug-resistant infections among returned Australian travellers

Kyra Y L Chua, M Lindsay Grayson, Adele N Burgess, Jean Y H Lee and Benjamin P Howden

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 116-118 Free

In this issue

Get back to work

Astika Kappagoda

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 63 Free

Letters

A pilot study of an influenza vaccination or mask mandate in an Australian tertiary health service

Rhonda L Stuart, Elizabeth E Gillespie and Peter G Kerr

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (2): 83-84