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Contents of Volume 164, 1996
Index of all 1996-2001 issues
Editorials
Latex allergy: a real problem
Ronald S Walls (MJA 1996; 164: 707)
"Grown-ups" with congenital heart disease
David S Celermajer, Lynne Pressley,
Peter J Robinson, Richard E Hawker (MJA 1996; 164: 708)
General practice - a rising phoenix
Ian Webster (MJA 1996; 164: 709)
Research
Prevalence of latex allergy in a dental school Constance H
Katelaris, Richard P Widmer,
Ross M Lazarus (MJA 1996; 164: 711) Abstract -
Article
Age-specific HIV incidence among
homosexually active men in Australia
Matthew G Law, Philip S Rosenberg,
Ann McDonald, John M Kaldor (MJA 1996; 164: 715) Abstract -
Article
Malignancy in chronic leg ulcers
Danian Yang, Brendan D Morrison,
Yvonne K Vandongen, Amarjeet Singh,
Michael C Stacey (MJA 1996; 164: 718)
Emerging epidemic of community-acquired
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
infection in the Northern Territory
Graeme P Maguire, Anne D Arthur,
Pam J Boustead, Brian Dwyer, Bart J Currie (MJA 1996; 164: 721)
Notable Cases
Effective control of bone pain by octreotide
in a patient with metastatic gastrinoma
John R Burgess, Joseph J Shepherd, Fiona J Murton, Venkateswaran
Parameswaran,
Timothy M Greenaway (MJA 1996; 164: 725)
Clinical Practice
Peak flow meter use in asthma management
The Thoracic Society of Australia and
New Zealand (MJA 1996; 164: 727)
Health Care
Investigating: is thoroughness always
"good medicine"?
Ken Cox (MJA 1996; 164: 732)
Practice Essentials - Dermatology
Atopic dermatitis
Peter A Hogan (MJA 1996; 164: 736)
For Debate
Ionising radiation in diagnosis:
do the risks outweigh the benefits?
Derek J Roebuck (MJA 1996; 164: 743)
Correction: "Acculturating" heroin use
Matt D Gaughwin (MJA 1996; 164: 747)
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Editorials
Communication in hospitals: a quality
management issue
Lionel L Wilson (MJA 1996; 164: 645)
Prevention of postoperative venous
thromboembolism
Beng H Chong (MJA 1996; 164: 646)
Postsplenectomy overwhelming sepsis:
reducing the risks
Denis W Spelman (MJA 1996; 164: 648)
When medical research is beholden to politics
Alex D Wodak (MJA 1996; 164: 649)
Research
The incidence of deep venous thrombosis after laparoscopic
cholecystectomy
Manish I Patel, David T A Hardman,
Delwyn Nicholls, Charles M Fisher,
Michael Appleberg (MJA 1996; 164: 652)
Hepatitis C virus infection in health care
workers referred to a hepatitis clinic
W Graham E Cooksley, Lesley A Butterworth (MJA 1996; 164:
656)
Hospitalisation for adverse events related
to drug therapy: incidence, avoidability
and costs
Jonathan G A Dartnell, Robert P Anderson,
Veronica Chohan, Kirsten J Galbraith,
Moira E H Lyon, Peter J Nestor,
Robert F W Moulds (MJA 1996; 164: 659)
Notable Cases
Communication breakdown:
a preventable cause of acute renal failure
in a newborn infant
Jonathan C Craig, John F Knight,
Grahame H Smith (MJA 1996; 164: 663)
Managing HIV
Men and HIV
Andrew M Pethebridge, David C Plummer (MJA 1996; 164:
666)
Women with HIV
Anne M Mijch, Kate Clezy, Virginia Furner (MJA 1996; 164:
669)
Children with HIV
John B Ziegler, Stephane Blanche, Richard Loh (MJA 1996; 164:
672)
MJA Practice Essentials - Dermatology
Update on lasers in dermatology
Greg J Goodman, Philip S Bekhor,
Shawn W Richards (MJA 1996; 164: 681)
For Debate
The ACT heroin trial proposal:
an overview
Gabriele Bammer, Robert M Douglas (MJA 1996; 164: 690)
"Acculturating" heroin use
Matt D Gaughwin (MJA 1996; 164: 692)
The heroin trial we had to have
Nick Crofts (MJA 1996; 164: 694)
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Editorials
Making fatigue less tiresome
John E Murtagh (MJA 1996; 164: 580)
Beta-blockers in chronic heart failure: paradox proven? Henry
Krum (MJA 1996; 164: 581)
Schizophrenia and the community
Nicholas A Keks, Tobie Sacks (MJA 1996; 164: 583)
Research
Fatigue in selected primary care settings: sociodemographic and psychiatric
correlates
Ian B Hickie, Ashleigh W Hooker, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Barbara K Bennett,
Andrew J Wilson, Andrew R Lloyd (MJA 1996; 164: 585)
Pattern of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use in Australia
1990-1994. A report from the Drug Utilization Sub-Committee of the Pharmaceutical Benefits
Advisory Committee
Peter McManus, John G Primrose, David A Henry, Donald J Birkett, Julie
Lindner, Richard O Day (MJA 1996; 164: 589)
Tetanus immunity in an older Australian population Timothy
C Heath, Wayne Smith, Anthony G Capon, Mark Hanlon, Paul Mitchell (MJA
1996; 164: 593)
Public Health
Iatrogenic and zoonotic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: the Australian
perspective Steven Collins, Colin L Masters (MJA 1996; 164:
598)
Neurosurgery and iatrogenic transmission of Creutzfeld-Jakob disease
Raymond L Newcombe (MJA 1996; 164: 603)
Managing HIV
Common drug interactions in HIV medicine
Dianne L Carey, Richard O Day, Frank J Bowden (MJA 1996;
164: 605)
Antiretroviral therapy
David Fulcher, Kate Clezy (MJA 1996; 164: 607)
HIV and sexually transmitted diseases
David C Plummer, Virginia Furner (MJA 1996; 164: 608)
HIV and palliative care
Paul A Glare, Neil J Cooney (MJA 1996; 164: 612)
HIV and autopsies
Johan Duflou, Deborah Marriott (MJA 1996; 164: 616)
MJA Practice Essentials - Dermatology
The significance of birthmarks
Maureen Rogers (MJA 1996; 164: 618)
Clinical Practice
The risks and benefits of antithrombotic therapy in chronic atrial fibrillation
Graeme J Hankey, Natalie J Gray (MJA 1996; 164: 624)
Medicine and the Community
Assisted reproduction: a reassuring picture
Gabor T Kovacs (MJA 1996; 164: 628)
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Editorials
Pregnancy outcomes of Australian Aboriginals
and Torres Strait Islanders
Michael C O'Connor, Alison Bush (MJA 1996; 164: 516)
The cardiovascular state of Australia:
good or bad news?
Paul Magnus (MJA 1996; 164: 517)
Migraine: then and now
James W Lance (MJA 1996; 164: 519)
Nurses in Australia: their role today and tomorrow Elizabeth
C Percival, Helen M Hamilton (MJA 1996; 164: 520)
Research
Pregnancy outcomes in urban Aboriginal women Caroline de
Costa, Andrew Child (MJA 1996; 164: 523)
Anxiety and
depression in general practice
patients: prevalence and management
Mark F Harris, Derrick Silove, Eva Kehag,
Alex Barratt, Vija Manicavasagar, Jocelyn Pan,
John F Frith, Alex Blaszczynski, C Dimity Pond (MJA 1996; 164: 526)
Preventing falls in the elderly at home:
a community-based program
Peter G Thompson (MJA 1996; 164: 530)
Correction: Where the national research
dollar goes. Allocation of NHMRC resources
to clinical categories, 1989-1995
Walter L Giusti, Neale A Yates, John G McDougall (MJA 1996; 164: 532)
Health Care
Reuse in sterile sites of single-use
medical
devices: how common is this in Australia?
Peter J Collignon, Elaine Graham, Dianne E Dreimanis (MJA 1996; 164: 533)
Abstract -
Article
Reuse of single-use medical
devices: National Health and Medical Research
Council deliberations
Christopher W Brook (MJA 1996; 164: 537)
Reuse of single-use medical
devices:
who makes the decision?
Keith Woollard (MJA 1996; 164: 538)
Managing HIV
HIV and Kaposi's sarcoma
Jeremy L Millar, David Goldstein, Karen A Gelmon (MJA 1996; 164: 539)
HIV and non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection Jennifer F
Hoy, Deborah Marriott, Tom Gottlieb (MJA 1996; 164: 543)
HIV and bacterial infections
Anthony M Allworth, Frank J Bowden (MJA 1996; 164: 546)
HIV, weight loss and wasting syndrome Mark D Kelly,
Andrew R Lloyd, Richard J Kemp (MJA 1996; 164: 549)
Recommendations for antimicrobial
prophylaxis in HIV
Anne M Mijch, John Quin (MJA 1996; 164: 551)
MJA Practice Essentials - Dermatology
Tinea of the skin, hair and nails
Orli Wargon (MJA 1996; 164: 552)
Milestones
Australian nursing: traditions and transitions Marian P
Borland (MJA 1996; 164: 557)
ADRAC
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
and SIADH MJA 1996; 164: 562)
Viewpoint
Pertussis vaccines: acellular versus whole-cell Clement R Boughton
MJA 1996; 164: 564)
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Editorials
The hospice movement matures
Roger W Hunt (MJA 1996; 164: 452)
Haemophilia -- darkest hours before
the dawn Alison M Street, Henry Ekert (MJA 1996; 164: 453)
Genetic screening and primary health care Ian R Walpole
(MJA 1996; 164: 455)
Continuity of care: in search of the Holy Grail of generalpractice Mark F
Harris, John F Frith (MJA 1996; 164: 456)
Research
Limited adverse occurrence screening: using medical record review to
reduce hospital adverse patient events Alan M Wolff (MJA 1996;
164: 458) Abstract - Article
Sequential
continuity of care by general practitioners: which patients change doctor? Louis
S Pilotto, John
McCallum, Christopher Raymond, Charles McGilchrist, Bronwyn M Veale
(MJA 1996; 164: 463)
Suspected
snakebite in children: a study of 156 patients over 10 years Helen J Mead,
George A Jelinek (MJA 1996; 164: 467) Abstract - Article
Cystic fibrosis carrier screening in two New South Wales country
towns Samantha A Wake,
Carolyn J Rogers, Peter W Colley, Elizabeth A Hieatt, Christine F Jenner, Gillian M Turner
(MJA 1996; 164: 471)
Notable Cases
Locally acquired Brachylaima sp. (Digenea: Brachylaimidae) intestinal
fluke infection in two South Australian infants Andrew R Butcher, Graham A
Talbot, Robert E Norton,
Martyn D Kirk, Thomas H Cribb, Jocelyn R L Forsyth, Brodie Knight, A Scott Cameron
(MJA 1996; 164: 475)
Man
aging HIV
HIV and musculoskeletal disease James V Bertouch
(MJA 1996; 164: 480)
HIV-related cardiovascular
disease Michael P Feneley (MJA 1996; 164: 482)
HIV and renal disease Bradley S Frankum, Elliott Savdie
(MJA 1996; 164: 483)
HIV and eye disease Peter J McCluskey, Anthony J Hall,
Susan Lightmlan (MJA 1996; 164: 484)
HIV and
haematological disease Alison M Street, John Gibson (MJA 1996;
164: 487)
HIV-related lymphoma and other
malignancies Sam Milliken, Kate Clezy, Stephen Cooper, Ken Romeril
(MJA 1996; 164: 489)
MJA Practice
Essentials -- Dermatology
Non-melanoma skin cancer Josephine Yeatman, Robin Marks
(MJA 1996; 164: 492)
Clinical Practice
The safety of topical beta-blockers in glaucoma treatment
Ivan Goldberg (MJA 1996; 164: 498)
For
Debate
Trauma in pregnancy and cerebral palsy: is there a link?
Marisa T Gilles, Eve Blair, Linda
Watson, Nadia Badawi, Louisa Alessandri, Vivienne Dawes, Aileen J Plant, Fiona J Stanley
(MJA 1996; 164: 500)
Medicine and the Law
The Professional Indemnity Review: what did it accomplish?
Charlotta
Blomberg (MJA 1996; 164: 502)
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Editorials
Doctors and handwashing: instilling
Semmelweis' message
Robert C Pritchard, Raymond F Raper (MJA 1996; 164: 389)
No lead is good lead
John Donovan (MJA 1996; 164: 390)
Asthma mortality: where is it going?
John W Wilson, Christine R Jenkins (MJA 1996; 164: 391)
Of mice and (wo)men: the obesity (ob) gene,
its product, leptin, and obesity
Paul Z Zimmet, Greg R Collier (MJA 1996; 164: 393)
Research
Teaching hospital medical staff to
handwash
James Tibballs (MJA 1996; 164: 395) To
article -
To abstract
Blood lead concentrations of preschool
children in Central and Southern Sydney
Michael Mira, Jason Bawden-Smith, Jane Causer,
Garth Alperstein, Margaret Karr, Peter Snitch,
Graeme Waller, Michael J Fett (MJA 1996; 164: 399)
Asthma management in eastern Australia,
1990 and 1993
Elizabeth J Comino, Charles A Mitchell,
Adrian Bauman, Richard L Henry,
Colin F Robertson, Michael J Abramson,
Richard Ruffin, Lou Landau (MJA 1996; 164: 403)
Notable Cases
Amputation of a useless limb
Robert L Pearce, Jane Fraser (MJA 1996; 164: 407)
Clinicopathological Conference
Persistent intermittent fever and productive
cough in a young adult
Royal Brisbane Hospital (MJA 1996; 164: 410)
Managing HIV
HIV-induced neurological disease
Edwina J Wright, Bruce J Brew,
Jon N Currie, Justin C McArthur (MJA 1996; 164: 414)
HIV and opportunistic neurological infections Philip D Jones,
Miles H Beaman, Bruce J Brew (MJA 1996; 164: 418)
HIV
and psychiatric disorders
Neil Buhrich, Fiona K Judd (MJA 1996; 164: 422)
HIV
and respiratory disease
Alexandra I Smith, Peter C Pigott (MJA 1996; 164: 425)
MJA Practice Essentials -- Dermatology
Dermatology for the non-dermatologist Robin Marks
(MJA 1996; 164: 430)
Malignant melanomas -- how many
have you missed?
John W Kelly (MJA 1996; 164: 431)
Viewpoint
"The Elsewhere bias"
James A Dickinson (MJA 1996; 164: 438)
Medicine and the Community
The benefits of pet ownership
Warwick P Anderson (MJA 1996; 164: 441)
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Editorials
Thyroid function testing and clinical
practice guidelines
Leslie Lazarus (MJA 1996; 164: 324)
Port-wine stains: can we make them disappear? Margaret M
Stewart (MJA 1996; 164: 325)
Minimising the side effects of cancer
chemotherapy
Michael Green (MJA 1996; 164: 326)
Osteoporosis: the emerging epidemic
John D Wark (MJA 1996; 164: 327)
Research
Thyroid function testing based on assay
of thyroid-stimulating hormone: assessing
an algorithm's reliability
Richard X Davey, Michael I Clarke, Alan R Webster (MJA 1996; 164: 329)
Pulsed dye laser treatment of port-wine
stains:
a review of patients treated in
Western Australia
Ernest Tan, Carl Vinciullo (MJA 1996; 164: 333) To abstract - To
article
An open multicentre study of tropisetron for
cisplatin-induced nausea and vomiting
Ian N Olver, Paul S Craft, Phillip R Clingan,
John H Kearsley, Robert S Planner,
Guy A van Hazel, David R Bell, Michael R Adena, Barbara E Hall, Lesley L Pearson
(MJA 1996; 164: 337)
Diabetic retinopathy: examination practices
and referral patterns of general practitioners
Peter R Dickson, Catherine A McCarty,
Jill E Keeffe, Royce Baxter, C Alex Harper,
Hugh R Taylor (MJA 1996; 164: 341)
Ecology
Malaria transmission and climate change in
Australia
Joan H Bryan, Desmond H Foley, Robert W Sutherst (MJA 1996; 164: 345)
Clinical Practice
Haemochromatosis - a clinical update
Michael J Burt, D Keith George, Lawrie W Powell (MJA 1996; 164: 348)
Managing HIV
HIV and skin disease
David Wong, Stephen Shumack (MJA 1996; 164: 352)
HIV and oral disease
Peter Foltyn, Deborah Marriott (MJA 1996; 164: 357)
HIV, gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disease William
Sievert, David R Shaw, Paul Edwards (MJA 1996; 164: 360)
For Debate
Screening for osteoporosis: what is the
role of heel ultrasound?
Nicholas A Pocock, Kate A Noakes,
Gabrielle M Howard, Tuan V Nguyen, Paul J Kelly,
Philip N Sambrook, John A Eisman, Judith Freund (MJA 1996; 164: 367)
Medicine and the Law
The Professional Indemnity Review.
A lost opportunity for reform
Richard T T Tjiong (MJA 1996; 164: 371)
Personal View
Severe stroke: a carer's viewpoint
Raymond L Cox (MJA 1996; 164: 375)
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Editorials
Passive smoking: what are the limits to liberty? Alistair
Woodward, Konrad Jamrozik (MJA 1996; 164:
260-261.)
Cervical cancer screening in Australia: let's keep it in perspective
Gerard V Wain (MJA 1996; 164:
261-262.)
Is cryotherapy treating or infecting?
Sepehr N Tabrizi, Suzanne M Garland (MJA 1996; 164:263-264.)
Information for all by the year 2000 Michael J Fett, Tony
Greville, Bruce K Armstrong (MJA 1996; 164:
264-265.) Research
Passive smoking and respiratory function in very low birthweight children
Lex W Doyle, Geoffrey W Ford, Anthony Olinsky, Annette M L Knoches,
Catherine Callanan (MJA 1996; 164: 266-269.) Abstract - Article
Cancer diagnosis after a report of negative
cervical cytology Heather S Mitchell, Graham G Giles
(MJA 1996; 164: 270-273.)
Hospitalisations for rotavirus gastroenteritis among children under five
years of age in New South Wales Mark J Ferson
(MJA 1996; 164: 273-276.)
Topical anaesthesia for minor lacerations: MAC versus TAC
Marie Kuhn, Simone O P Rossi, John L Plummer, Jeremy Raftos
(MJA 1996; 164: 277-280.)
Correction: Human hydatidosis in New South Wales and the Australian
Capital Territory, 1987 - 1992 David J Jenkins, Karen Power
(MJA 1996; 164: 280.)
Clinical Practice
Clinical exercise stress testing. Safety and performance
guidelines The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
(MJA
1996; 164: 282.) For
Debate
Screening for prostate cancer: the case against Geoffrey H L
Hirst, Jeanette E Ward, Christopher B Del Mar (MJA 1996; 164:
285-288.) Managing
HIV
Antiretroviral therapies for HIV Suzanne Crowe, David ACooper, Diane E Chambers (MJA 1996; 164: 290-296.)
Immune-based therapy for HIV infection
Elizabeth M Benson, Martyn A H French, Robert T Schooley
(MJA 1996; 164: 297-300.)
The laboratory in managing HIV infection
Dominic E Dwyer, Stephen Adelstein, Anthony L Cunningham, Thomas C
Merigan (MJA 1996; 164: 301-303.)
Viewpoint
Sociopathy: forever forensic?
Michael D Robertson, Amanda Bray, Gordon B Parker
(MJA 1996; 164: 304-307.) Health
Care
Reducing preventable deaths and containing costs: the expanding role of
intensive care medicine Ken M Hillman (MJA 1996;
164: 308-309.)
The evolution of the intensivist: from health care provider to economic
rationalist and ethicist Carlos D Scheinkestel (MJA
1996; 164: 310-312.)
Letters (MJA 1996;
164: 315-320.)
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Editorials
General practice reforms: in search of the lowest common denominator
Deborah C Saltman (MJA 1996; 164:
196-197.)
How can we reduce heroin
"overdose" deaths? Wayne D Hall (MJA 1996; 164:
197-198.)
The health of
Australia's mothers and babies
Paul A L Lancaster (MJA 1996; 164:
198-199.)
Correction: The centenary of X-rays: celebrating the past and anticipating
the future George Klempfner (MJA 1996; 164:
199.)
Research
Hyperthyroidism in elderly hospitalised patients. Clinical features and
treatment outcomes
F I R Martin, David R Deam (MJA 1996; 164:
200-203.)
Heroin-related deaths in
New South Wales, 1992: toxicological findings and circumstances Deborah
Zador, Sandra Sunjic, Shane Darke (MJA 1996; 164:
204-207.)Abstract - Article
Apparent discontinuation rates in patients prescribed lipid-lowering drugs
Leon A Simons, Graham Levis, Judith Simons (MJA
1996; 164: 208-211.)
Health Care
Recent changes in Australian general practice Michael D
Bollen (MJA 1996; 164: 212-215.)
Issues for fundholding in Australian general practice Douglas
A Pritchard, Justin J Beilby (MJA 1996; 164:
215-219.)
Fundholding: a rural perspective DavidR Rosenthal (MJA 1996; 164: 219-221.)
General practice reform: the shared management model
David J Brand (MJA 1996; 164:
221-223.) Managing HIV
How HIV leads to autoimmune disorders
Salvador Gala, David A Fulcher (MJA 1996; 164:
224-226.)
How HIV leads to
hypersensitivity reactions
Andrew Carr, Roger Garsia (MJA 1996; 164:
227-229.)
How HIV promotes malignancies
Michael J Boyle, David A Goldstein, Ian H Frazer, Tom B Sculley
(MJA 1996; 164: 230-232.)
How HIV leads to neurological disease
Bruce J Brew, Steven L Wesselingh, Michael Gonzales, Melvyn P Heyes,
Richard W Price (MJA 1996; 164: 233-234.)
How psychosocial aspects of HIV infection can affect health
Michael W Ross, Keith Marshall, Rosemary McGuckin
(MJA 1996; 164: 235-237.)
Public Health
Evacuation of an Aboriginal community in response to an outbreak of
blistering dermatitis induced by a beetle (Paederus australis) Ruth
E Todd, Steven L Guthridge, Brian L Montgomery (MJA 1996;
164: 238-240.) Notable Cases
Delayed diagnosis of posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation
George K Kiroff, David N McClure, John W Skelley
(MJA 1996; 164: 242-243.) Medicine and
Art
Epilepsy and art
Steven C Schachter (MJA 1996; 164:
245-248.) Letters
(MJA 1996; 164: 251-256.)
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Editorials
Hepatitis C: questions to be answered Simone I Strasser
132
That's the limit: alcohol consumption and health John B
Saunders 133
Oily fish and asthma - a
fishy story?
Francis C K Thien, Rosalie K Woods, E Haydn Walters 135
Research
Consumption of oily fish and
childhood asthma risk Linda
Hodge, Cheryl M Salome, Jennifer K Peat, Michelle M Haby, Wei Xuan, Ann J Woolcock
137
Meta-analysis of alcohol and all-cause mortality: a validation of
NHMRC recommendations C D'Arcy J Holman, Dallas R English, Elizabeth
Milne, Michael G Winter 141
Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart
disease in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory Jonathan R Carapetis,
Don R Wolff, Bart J Currie 146
Chronic hepatitis C and interferon alfa
therapy: predictors of long term response Peter J Jenkins, Suzanne L Cromie, D
Scott Bowden, Caroline F Finch, Francis J Dudley 150
Notable Cases
When is hypospadias not hypospadias?
Steven Y C Tong, Karen Donaldson, John M Hutson
153 Review
Working overseas: obtaining a residency or fellowship in the United
States Martin J Carey, Therese M Dawson, Kim M Yates 155
Viewpoint
Caring for a vulnerable population Helen P Beange 159
Managing HIV
Structure and function of HIV
Anthony L Cunningham, Dominic E Dwyer, John Mills, Luc Montagnier 161
How HIV produces immune deficiency
Rosemary Ffrench, Graeme J Stewart, Ronald Penny, Jay A Levy 166
How HIV leads to opportunistic infections
Suzanne M Crowe, Richard S Kornbluth 171
Medicine and the Community
Great expectations: the coroner's report on the South Australian
haemolytic uraemic syndrome outbreak Craig B Dalton, Robert M Douglas 175
Medicine and the Law
Is there a medical litigation crisis?
Paul A Komesaroff, Megan A Keaney, Paul Nisselle, Ian M Dunn 178
Letters 187
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Editorials
Cataloguing and containing infection in Australia Richard A
V Benn (MJA 1996; 164: 60-61.)
Vaccine-preventable childhood diseases in Australia Gavin W
Frost, Monica Johns (MJA 1996; 164: 61-62.)
What we should be doing about
tuberculosis in Australia Brian Dwyer (MJA 1996;
164: 62-63.)
Research
Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: the beginning of
the end for many antibiotics? Peter J Collignon, Jan M Bell and the AGAR
(MJA 1996; 164: 64-67.) Abstract - Article
Evolution of resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in
Australian teaching hospitals John D Turnidge, Graeme R Nimmo, Graham
Francis and the AGAR (MJA 1996; 164: 68-71.)
Non-toxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae biovar
gravis: evidence for an invasive clone in a south-eastern Australian community
Geoffrey G Hogg, Janet E Strachan, Li Huayi, Sheila A Beaton, Priscilla M
Robinson, Kath Taylor (MJA 1996; 164: 72-75.)
The emergence of
Mycobacterium ulcerans infection near Melbourne Paul D R
Johnson, Mark G K Veitch, David E Leslie, Paul E Flood, John A Hayman
(MJA 1996; 164: 76-78.)
Reviews
Viral haemorrhagic fevers: current status, future threats
Bryan R Speed, Marie P Gerrard, Margery L Kennett, Michael G Catton,
Bronwen M Harvey (MJA 1996; 164: 79-83.)
HTLV-I in Australia and Oceania: long term resident or recent
immigrant? Richard R Doherty (MJA 1996; 164:
84-86.)
New hepatitis
viruses: are there enough letters in the alphabet? D Scott Bowden, Len D
Moaven, Stephen A Locarnini (MJA 1996; 164:
87-89.)
Mosquito-borne viruses and
epidemic polyarthritis John S Mackenzie, David W Smith
(MJA 1996; 164: 90-93.)
Viewpoint
"Natural" therapy for infectious diseases
Clayton L Golledge, Thomas V Riley (MJA 1996;
164: 94-95.) Article
Managing HIV
HIV medicine in the mainstream
Graeme J Stewart (MJA 1996; 164:
97-98.)
Strategies of care in managing HIV
Graeme J Stewart, Susan S Irvine, Margaret Scott, et al.
(MJA 1996; 164: 99-104.)
Primary HIV infection
Andrew Carr, Michael J Boyle (MJA 1996; 164:
105-106.)
Early HIV-induced immune deficiency
Anthony D Kelleher, David Orth (MJA 1996; 164:
107-108.)
HIV and intermediate immune deficiency
Stephen Adelstein, Ian McKnight, Andrew M Pethebridge
(MJA 1996; 164: 109-110.)
HIV and advanced immune deficiency
Deborah Marriott, Marilyn McMurchie (MJA 1996;
164: 111-112.)
Milestones
Australian contributions to the study of infectious disease
Kerrie A Lawson (MJA 1996; 164: 113-115.)
Updates
Emerging resistance in Enterococcus spp.
Christopher H Heath, Timothy K Blackmore, David L Gordon
(MJA 1996; 164: 116-120.)
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: prevention is better thancure Gwendolyn L Gilbert (MJA 1996; 164:
121-124.) Letters
(MJA 1996; 164: 124-126.)
1 January 1996
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Editorials
Syndrome X (insulin
resistance metabolic syndrome):
a deadly quartet or an awesome foursome? Frank P Alford
(MJA 1996; 164: 4-5.)
Optimum care of the elderly in
an acute general hospital Peter
Lipski (MJA 1996; 164: 5-6.)
Hydatid disease: medical problems, veterinary solutions,
political
obstacles Peter J McCullagh (MJA 1996; 164:
7-8.)
Enter the Web: an
experiment
in electronic research peer review Craig Bingham, Ross Coleman
(MJA 1996; 164: 8-9.)
MJA: wind of change 1996 Martin B Van Der
Weyden (MJA 1996; 164: 9.)
Research
Extended hospital
stays with
increasing age: the impact of an acute geriatric unit Harold E Flamer, Nicholas
Christophidis, Craig Margetts, Antony Ugoni, Allan J McLean
(MJA 1996; 164: 10-13.)
Physical, sexual and emotional
violence against women: a general
practice-based prevalence study Danielle Mazza, Lorraine Dennerstein,
Vicky Ryan (MJA 1996; 164: 14-17.)
Human hydatidosis in New South
Wales and the Australian Capital
Territory, 1987-1992 David J Jenkins, Karen Power
(MJA 1996; 164: 18-21.)
Relevance of body weight to apolipoprotein levels in Australian
children David E L Wilcken, Judith F Lynch, Michelle D Marshall, Rebecca L
Scott, Xing L Wang (MJA 1996; 164: 22-25.)
Viewpoint
Workers' compensation
- what role the doctor? Simon J Cameron (MJA
1996; 164: 26-27.)
Medicine and the Community
Donation of heart valve tissue: seeking consent and meeting the needs of
donor families Mary C Haire, Jan P
Hinchliff (MJA 1996; 164: 28-31.)
Review
Techniques to reduce the discomfort of paediatric laceration
repair Peter A Roberts, Gillian Lamacraft (MJA
1996; 164: 32-35.) Ecology
Panic in the potting shed. The association between Legionella
longbeachae serogroup 1 and potting soils in Australia Susan A
Ruehlemann, Geoffrey R Crawford (MJA 1996; 164:
36-38.) For Debate
Aminoglycoside dosing: one, two or three times a day? Allan
J
McLean, Lisa L Ioannides-Demos, W John Spicer, Nicholas Christophidis
(MJA 1996; 164: 39-42.)
Practice Essentials - Breast Cancer
Psychosocial support,
treatment of metastatic disease and palliative care Michael A Ashby, David W
Kissane, Geoffrey F Beadle, Alan Rodger (MJA 1996; 164:
43-49.)
Letters (MJA 1996;
164: 51-56.)
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