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Infectious diseases

2018

Narrative review

Parechovirus: an important emerging infection in young infants

Philip N Britton, Cheryl A Jones, Kristine Macartney and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 365-369 Free

Perspectives

Tackling the worsening epidemic of Buruli ulcer in Australia in an information void: time for an urgent scientific response

Daniel P O'Brien, Eugene Athan, Kim Blasdell and Paul De Barro

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 287-289

Medical education / Lessons from practice

A severe case of Mycobacterium ulcerans (Buruli ulcer) osteomyelitis requiring a below-knee amputation

Michael J Loftus, Nicola Kettleton-Butler, Denton Wade, R Michael Whitby and Paul DR Johnson

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (7): 290-291

Letters

Eradicating hepatitis C from the New South Wales prison system

James Blogg, James Wood, Colette McGrath and Camilla Lobo

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (6): 276

Letters

Emerging infectious disease agents and blood safety in Australia: spotlight on Zika virus

Viroj Wiwanitkit

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 96

Letters

Emerging infectious disease agents and blood safety in Australia: spotlight on Zika virus

Philip Kiely, Erica M Wood and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 96

Medical education / Snapshot

Gas gangrene of the eye: endogenous Clostridium perfringens endophthalmitis

Ali S Haider, Harkiran Manku and Peter McCluskey

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): 64

2017

Book/media/app reviews

Understanding the function of health protection activities within public health practice

Kudzai N Kanhutu

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (11): 478

Christmas competition / Third place

Towards a theoretically informed policy against a rakghoul plague outbreak

Dimitrios-Georgios Kontopoulos, Theano Kontopoulou, Hsi-Cheng Ho and Bernardo García-Carreras

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (11): 490-494 Free

Book/media/app reviews

Commentaries and clinical tips for assessing respiratory diseases

David J Barnes

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (10): 424

Letters

No Jab, No Pay and vaccine refusal in Australia: the jury is out

Euzebiusz Jamrozik

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 407

Research letter

Melioidosis in Far North Queensland is not correlated with severe weather events

James D Stewart, Simon Smith and Josh Hanson

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 394 Free

Perspectives

Tackling antimicrobial resistance globally

Ruth Kelly and Sally C Davies

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 371-373

Letters

No Jab, No Pay and vaccine refusal in Australia: the jury is out

Frank H Beard, Julie Leask and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 407

Research letter

Rates of hospitalisation for herpes zoster may warrant vaccinating Indigenous Australians under 70

Meru Sheel, Frank H Beard, Aditi Dey, Kristine Macartney and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 395-396 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

Sinusitis complicated by frontal bone osteomyelitis in a young patient

Roza Nastovska and Lyn-Li Lim

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 376

Systematic review

Determining the contribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae to community-acquired pneumonia in Australia

J Kevin Yin, Sanjay H Jayasinghe, Patrick G Charles, Catherine King, Clayton K Chiu, Robert I Menzies and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 396-400

Editorials

The changing face of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

Alistair T Leanord and John Coia

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 379-380

Letters

Vaccine myopia: adult vaccination also needs attention

Andrew W Taylor-Robinson

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 406

Editorials

Trends in meningococcal disease: challenges for vaccine control when disease is rare

Andrew J Pollard and Hannah Christensen

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 380-381

Letters

Vaccine myopia: adult vaccination also needs attention

Robert I Menzies, Jenny Royle and C Raina MacIntyre

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 407

Research

Epidemiology of invasive meningococcal B disease in Australia, 1999–2015: priority populations for vaccination

Brett N Archer, Clayton K Chiu, Sanjay H Jayasinghe, Peter C Richmond, Jodie McVernon, Monica M Lahra, Ross M Andrews and Peter B McIntyre, on behalf of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) Meningococcal Working Party

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 382-387 Free

Research

The increasing importance of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections

Jason W Agostino, John K Ferguson, Keith Eastwood and Martyn D Kirk

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 388-393 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Neonatal tinea corporis

Lachlan J Warren, Dev Tilakaratne and Rakesh Seth

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (8): 324 Free

Short report

Adverse events following vaccination of older people may be under-reported

Hazel J Clothier, Nigel W Crawford, Melissa Russell and Jim P Buttery

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (7): 301-302 Free