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Immune system diseases

Consensus statements

Managing haematology and oncology patients during the COVID‐19 pandemic: interim consensus guidance

Robert Weinkove, Zoe K McQuilten, Jonathan Adler, Meera R Agar, Emily Blyth, Allen C Cheng, Rachel Conyers, Gabrielle M Haeusler, Claire Hardie, Christopher Jackson, Steven W Lane, Tom Middlemiss, Peter Mollee, Stephen P Mulligan, David Ritchie, Myra Ruka, Benjamin Solomon, Jeffrey Szer, Karin A Thursky, Erica M Wood, Leon J Worth, Michelle K Yong, Monica A Slavin and Benjamin W Teh

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 481-489 Free

Research letter

Presentations to emergency departments by children and young people with food allergy are increasing

Rachel O'Loughlin and Harriet Hiscock

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (1): 27-29 Free

Letters

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) and implications for thiopurine use

Thomas M Goodsall, Samuel P Costello and Robert V Bryant

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 490-490.e1 Free

Narrative review

Beyond skin deep: addressing comorbidities in psoriasis

Tom Kovitwanichkanont, Alvin H Chong and Peter Foley

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (11): 528-534

Medical education / Lessons from practice

A case of drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) without a typical precipitant

David WJ Griffin, Genevieve E Martin, Catriona McLean, Allen C Cheng and Michelle L Giles

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 300-301.e1

Editorials

Monitoring changes in infant feeding practices after changes to guidelines for food allergy prevention

Rachel L Peters and Kirsten P Perrett

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (6): 256-257

Research

SmartStartAllergy: a novel tool for monitoring food allergen introduction in infants

Michael O'Sullivan, Sandra Vale, Richard KS Loh, Jessica Metcalfe, Karin Orlemann, Sandra Salter, Ian Peters and Alan Leeb

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (6): 271-275 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Disseminated histoplasmosis in a patient with Crohn's disease on dual immunosuppression

Michael B MacIsaac, Sasha R Fehily, Stephen Muhi, Linda Yang, Penelope A McKelvie, Cameron J Jeremiah and Barbara Demediuk

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (5): 206-207.e1

Research

The increasing use of shave biopsy for diagnosing invasive melanoma in Australia

Sara L de Menezes, John W Kelly, Rory Wolfe, Helen Farrugia and Victoria J Mar

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (5): 213-218 Free

Narrative review

Antiphospholipid syndrome: a clinical review

Veronica Mezhov, Julian D Segan, Huyen Tran and Flavia M Cicuttini

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (4): 184-188

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Abdominal pain in the emergency department: the importance of history taking for common clinical presentations

David J Holland and Michael J Holland

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (11): 489-490.e1

Medical education / Snapshot

Propylthiouracil‐induced vasculitis in carbimazole‐refractory Graves disease

Brian Lam, Alexander Yuile and Suran L Fernando

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (11): 491-491.e1

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Surface antigen negative hepatitis B infection: the importance of screening before B cell‐depleting therapy

Sanjivan Mudaliar, Ken Liu and Simone I Strasser

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (10): 442-443.e1

Consensus statement

Hepatitis B management during immunosuppression for haematological and solid organ malignancies: an Australian consensus statement

Joseph Doyle, Michelle Raggatt, Monica Slavin, Sue‐Anne McLachlan, Simone I Strasser, Joseph J Sasadeusz, Jessica Howell, Krispin Hajkowicz, Harshal Nandurkar, Anna Johnston, Narin Bak and Alexander J Thompson

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (10): 462-468

Narrative reviews

Biology and therapy of multiple myeloma

Douglas E Joshua, Christian Bryant, Caroline Dix, John Gibson and Joy Ho

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (8): 375-380

Narrative reviews

Pre‐exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention during pregnancy and lactation: forget not the women and children

Lisa Horgan, Christopher C Blyth, Asha C Bowen, David A Nolan and Andrew P McLean‐Tooke

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (6): 281-284

Research

Early initiation of antiretroviral therapy for people newly diagnosed with HIV infection in Australia: trends and predictors, 2004–2015

Hamish McManus, Denton Callander, Basil Donovan, Darren B Russell, Catherine C O'Connor, Stephen C Davies, David A Lewis, Margaret E Hellard, Marcus Y Chen, Kathy Petoumenos, Rick Varma, Aaron Cogle, Mark Alastair Boyd, Andrew Grulich, James Pollard, Nick Medland, Christopher K Fairley and Rebecca J Guy

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (6): 269.275 Free

Medical education

Revisiting the antinuclear antibody test with emphasis on a new pattern: anti‐DFS70 antibody

Pravin Hissaria, Andrew Broadfoot and Karl W Baumgart

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 69-71

Narrative review

Food protein‐induced enterocolitis syndrome: guidelines summary and practice recommendations

Sam Mehr and Dianne E Campbell

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 94-99

Guideline summary

The Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy infant feeding for allergy prevention guidelines

Preeti A Joshi, Jill Smith, Sandra Vale and Dianne E Campbell

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 89-93

Medical education / Snapshot

Chromoblastomycosis in immunosuppressed patients

Emily R Sideris and Ludi Ge

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (7): 295

Narrative review

Management of inflammatory bowel disease

Emily K Wright, Nik S Ding and Ola Niewiadomski

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (7): 318-323

Perspectives

Improving drug allergy management in Australia: education, communication and accurate information

Michaela Lucas, Richard KS Loh and William B Smith

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (2): 62-64

Supplement

Appropriate use of oral corticosteroids for severe asthma

J Michael Ramsahai and Peter AB Wark

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (2): S18-S21 Free

Perspectives

How antibiotic allergy labels may be harming our most vulnerable patients

Jason A Trubiano, M Lindsay Grayson, Karin A Thursky, Elizabeth J Phillips and Monica A Slavin

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (11): 469-470