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Infectious diseases

Letters

Reactive arthritis and vasculitis in a child due to Ross River virus infection

Kynan T Feeney, Kevin J Murray, Amanda J Whittle and Gary K Dowse

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (11): 710

For debate

The dearth of new antibiotic development: why we should be worried and what we can do about it

Patrick G P Charles and M Lindsay Grayson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (10): 549-553 Free

EBM: Trials on trial

Does probiotic milk prevent infections in children attending daycare centres?

Mark G Coulthard and Craig M Mellis

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (10): 556-557

Letters

Pertussis vaccination for new parents?

Brad J McCall, Rod P Davison, Michael D Nissen and Clare B Nourse

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (10): 578

Letters

Are the Australian guidelines asking too much of the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)?

Patrick G P Charles, Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Paul D R Johnson and M Lindsay Grayson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 515-516

Letters

Are the Australian guidelines asking too much of the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)?

Kirsty L Buising, Karin A Thursky, James F Black and Graham V Brown

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (9): 515-516

Notable cases

Visceral leishmaniasis: a trip to the Greek Islands is not always idyllic

Oui Ju, David I Grove, Wilfrid J Jaksic and Geoffrey W Dart

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 446-447 Free

Letters

Fatal necrotising pneumonia due to community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Anton Y Peleg and Wendy J Munckhof

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (4): 228-229

Letters

Fatal leptospirosis presenting as musculoskeletal pain

Lloyd K Morgan

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (4): 229

Editorials

The time to recommend antenatal HIV screening for all pregnant women has arrived

John B Ziegler and Nicholas Graves

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (3): 124-125

Lessons from practice

Adult chickenpox complicated by fatal necrotising pneumonia

Peter JO Stride, Matthys JJ Campher, Janice M Geary, Christopher Coulter and Edwina E Duhig

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (3): 160-161 Free

Letters

Vaccines: the new Australian best-practice schedule

Subhash C Arya and Nirmala Agarwal

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (3): 176

Letters

Emergence of heteroresistant vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (hVISA) infection in Western Australia

Ronan J Murray, Kishore Sieunarine, Peter B Ward and John W Pearman

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (4): 227-228

Letter

Ciprofloxacin in the treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media

James D Kidd

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 84

Editorials

Avian influenza and planning for pandemics

David Isaacs, Dominic E Dwyer and Alan W Hampson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 62-63

Letters

Community-acquired MRSA epiduritis in an Australian prison inmate

Sebastiaan J M van Hal and Jeffrey J Post

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (12): 650-651

Letters

An audit of obstetricians’ management of women potentially infected with blood-borne viruses

Donald M Clark

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (12): 656

Public health

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at the Melbourne Aquarium, April 2000: investigation and case–control studies

Jane E Greig, John A Carnie, Graham F Tallis, Bernard Zwolak, William G Hart, Charles S Guest, Norbert J Ryan, Jennie A Leydon, Agnes G Tan and Ian R Gordon

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (11): 566-572 Free

Letters

Central venous catheters: optimal patient care or convenience?

John R Gowardman, Maria Brosnan, Joy Whiting and Peter Collignon

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (11): 595-596

Letters

Q fever in children: an emerging public health issue in Queensland

Jennifer H Barralet and Neil R Parker

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (11): 596-597

Healthcare

Impact of an electronic antibiotic advice and approval system on antibiotic prescribing in an Australian teaching hospital

M Lindsay Grayson, Sharmila Melvani, Sue W Kirsa, Stephen Cheung, M Kent Garrett, Anthony M Korman and William A Thomson

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (9): 455-458 Free

Letters

Murine typhus: the first reported case from Victoria

Stephanie L Jones, Eugene Athan, Daniel O’Brien, Stephen R Graves, Chelsea Nguyen and John Stenos

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (9): 482

Letters

Are the Australian guidelines asking too much of the Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI)?

Kirsty L Buising, Karin A Thursky, James F Black and Graham V Brown

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (9): 486-487

Letters

El Niño Southern Oscillation and the transmission of hepatitis A virus in Australia

Wenbiao Hu, Anthony J McMichael and Shilu Tong

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (9): 487-488

Letters

Severe Streptococcus zooepidemicus infection in a gardener

Andie S Lee and John R Dyer

Med J Aust 2004; 180 (7): 366