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Infectious diseases

Snapshot

Axillary hydatid disease

Armand Borovik, David Massasso and Kathy Gibson

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (11): 585 Free

Lessons from practice

Abdominal pain and eosinophilia in suburban goat keepers — trichostrongylosis

Anna Ralph, Matthew V N O'Sullivan, Nicholas C Sangster and John C Walker

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (9): 467-469 Free

Letters

The switch to new conjugated vaccines may compromise immunisation coverage for refugees

Christine B Phillips and Mahomed Patel

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (9): 473

Letters

Leprosy: an uncommon infection with varied presentations

Sebastiaan J van Hal and Bernard J Hudson

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (9): 473-474

Letters

Vigilance is required for Australia to remain polio free

Bruce Thorley, Kerri Anne Brussen, Elizabeth J Elliott and Heath A Kelly

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (9): 474-475

Letters

Murine typhus mimicking acute cholecystitis in a traveller

Vidyut P Suttor and Robert B Feller

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (9): 475

Research

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Australian community: an evolving epidemic

Graeme R Nimmo, Geoffrey W Coombs, Julie C Pearson, Francis G O'Brien, Keryn J Christiansen, John D Turnidge, Iain B Gosbell, Peter Collignon and Mary-Louise McLaws

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (8): 384-388 Free

Research

Impact of an education campaign on management in pregnancy of women infected with a blood-borne virus

Michelle L Giles, Suzanne M Garland, Sonia R Grover, Sharon M Lewin and Margaret E Hellard

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (8): 389-392 Free

For debate

Health care-associated Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections: a clinical quality indicator for all hospitals

Peter J Collignon, Irene J Wilkinson, Gwendolyn L Gilbert, M Lindsay Grayson and R Michael Whitby

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (8): 404-406 Free

Letters

An African strain of community methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Burundi refugee

Annabelle Donaldson and Iain B Gosbell

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (8): 420-421

Letters

Invasive meningococcal disease presenting with cellulitis

Karina J Kennedy, Jhumur Roy and Paul Lamberth

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (8): 421

Editorials

Staphylococcus aureus: a guide for the perplexed

Paul D R Johnson, Benjamin P Howden and Catherine M Bennett

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (8): 374-375

Letters

Spontaneous splenic rupture: a rare complication of Q fever in Australia

Amanda J Wade, Tim Walker, Eugene Athan and Andrew J Hughes

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (7): 364

Letters

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme limitations on macrolides: implications for pertussis management

Kari A J Jarvinen, Bradley J McCall, Clare B Nourse, Joe G McCormack and Martyn H Tilse

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 309

Letters

Efficacy of an alcohol/chlorhexidine hand hygiene program in a hospital with high rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection

Keith V Woollard

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (5): 253-254

Letters

Efficacy of an alcohol/chlorhexidine hand hygiene program in a hospital with high rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection

R Michael Whitby and Mary-Louise McLaws

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (5): 253-254

Letters

Efficacy of an alcohol/chlorhexidine hand hygiene program in a hospital with high rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection

Paul D R Johnson and M Lindsay Grayson

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (5): 253-254

Lessons from practice

A pox on the heart: five cases of cardiovascular syphilis

Steven Y C Tong, Alan C Street and Haris Haqqani

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (5): 240-242 Free

Letters

Changing patterns of tuberculosis in Far North Queensland

Graham Simpson, Paul Clark and Trevor Knight

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (5): 252 Free

Letters

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in bone and joint infections: development of rifampicin resistance

Annabelle D Donaldson, Raymond C Chan and Iain B Gosbell

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (4): 196

Research

Invasive pneumococcal disease in Indigenous people in north Queensland, 1999–2004

Jeffrey N Hanna, Jan L Humphreys and Denise M Murphy

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 118-121 Free

Snapshot

A tender lump in the neck

Sashidhar Yeluri, Jayshree P Mehta, Siddharth Karanth and Guneesh Dadayal

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (3): 137 Free

Lessons from practice

Cryptococcal dementia in a patient with sarcoidosis

Siddhartha Deb, Mark Walterfang, Daniel Varghese, Bruce Tomlinson, Dennis Velakoulis and Damon P Eisen

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (2): 86-87 Free

Letters

Probable transmission of meningococcal disease on a school bus

Frank H Beard, Jeremy M McAnulty, John W Tapsall and Angelo M Zaia

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (2): 90

Letters

Malignant ascites and bacterial peritonitis

Ami Schattner and Noa Ben-Baruch

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (2): 92-93