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Research 6 Jun 2011

Assessment and management of latent tuberculosis infection in a refugee population in the Northern Territory

James M Trauer and Vicki L Krause

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 579-582 Free

Notable cases 6 Jun 2011

Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis: New Zealand’s first case and the challenges of management in a low-prevalence country

Tze Liang Goh, Cindy R Towns, Katharine L Jones, Joshua T Freeman and Colin S Wong

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (11): 602-604 Free

Medicine and the law 18 Apr 2011

Vaccination, consent and multidose vials

Mark R Diamond and Angela O’Brien-Malone

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (8): 414-416 Free

Medicine and Art 18 Apr 2011

The war on malaria and Nora Heysen’s documentation of Australian medical research through art between 1943 and 1945

Cherie L Prosser and Ian A Clark

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (8): 418-419 Free

Research 18 Apr 2011

Predictors of deferral of treatment for hepatitis C infection in Australian clinics

Heather F Gidding, Matthew G Law, Janaki Amin, Graeme A Macdonald, Joe J Sasadeusz, Tracey L Jones, Simone I Strasser, Jacob George and Gregory J Dore, on behalf of the ACHOS investigator team

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (8): 398-402 Free

Obituary 4 Apr 2011

Frank Fenner AC, CMG, MBE, FAA, FRS

Peter McCullagh

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 366 Free

Notable cases 4 Apr 2011

Severe infection with Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 acquired in Melbourne, Australia

Michael Richards, James Knox, Briony Elliott, Kate Mackin, Dena Lyras, Lynette J Waring and Thomas V Riley

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 369-371 Free

Letters 4 Apr 2011

Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses — an “emerging disease” in Australia

Kudzai N Kanhutu, Jeffrey J Post, Kate R Clezy and Hong Y L Foo

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 374

Letters 4 Apr 2011

Intravenous tigecycline in the treatment of severe recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis

Elaine Y L Cheong and Thomas Gottlieb

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 374-375

Editorials 4 Apr 2011

Clostridium difficile infection: a new threat on our doorstep

Rhonda L Stuart and Caroline Marshall

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 331-332

Clinical guidelines 4 Apr 2011

Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile infection

Allen C Cheng, John K Ferguson, Michael J Richards, Jennifer M Robson, Gwendolyn L Gilbert, Alistair McGregor, Sally Roberts, Tony M Korman and Thomas V Riley

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (7): 353-358 Free

Research 21 Mar 2011

The domino effect: adolescent girls’ response to human papillomavirus vaccination

Diana M Bernard, Spring C Cooper Robbins, Kirsten J McCaffery, Caroline M Scott and S Rachel Skinner

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (6): 297-300 Free

Lessons from practice 21 Mar 2011

Mumps presenting as epididymo-orchitis among young travellers: under-recognition, missed diagnoses and transmission risks

Joseph S Doyle, Emma K Paige and Denis W Spelman

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (6): 317-318 Free

Letters 7 Mar 2011

How can we better understand trends in varicella zoster virus-related disease epidemiology?

Anita E Heywood and Kristine K Macartney

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 268-269

Editorials 7 Mar 2011

Unmasking the evidence about masks

Mary-Louise McLaws and Jan Gralton

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 222-223

Research 21 Feb 2011

FluCAN 2009: initial results from sentinel surveillance for adult influenza and pneumonia in eight Australian hospitals

Paul M Kelly, Tom Kotsimbos, Anna Reynolds, Richard Wood-Baker, Bob Hancox, Simon G A Brown, Mark Holmes, Graham Simpson, Simon Bowler, Grant Waterer, Louis B Irving, Christine Jenkins, Phillip J Thompson and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (4): 169-174 Free

Supplement 21 Feb 2011