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Infectious diseases

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Saltwater injury: a case of chronic cutaneous Mycobacterium marinum infection

Ruby C Lee, Kennedy Wong, Yolanka Lobo and Heba Jibreal

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 250-252 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Fallibility and flaviviruses: a diagnostic lesson in Japanese encephalitis

Kate Proudmore, Vicki L Krause, Bart J Currie and Rob Baird

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 253-254

Perspectives

Carbapenemase‐producing Enterobacterales: a profound threat to Australian public health

Erin Flynn, Lito E Papanicolas, Nicholas Anagnostou, Morgyn S Warner, Geraint B Rogers, Erin Flynn, Lito E Papanicolas, Nicholas Anagnostou, Morgyn S Warner and Geraint B Rogers

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 290-292 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Breakthrough mpox despite two‐dose vaccination

Madhara N Weerasinghe, Catriona Ooi, George Kotsiou, Vincent J Cornelisse, Arran Painter, Madhara N Weerasinghe, Catriona Ooi, George Kotsiou, Vincent J Cornelisse and Arran Painter

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 295-296 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Meningococcal B septic shock, reactive pericarditis and public health

Gary Louie, Romeo Torres, Anthea L Katelaris, Courtney McGregor, Victor Lai, Robert Stevens, Richard Sullivan and Pamela Konecny

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 150-152 Free

Perspectives

Getting to grips with invasive group A streptococcal infection surveillance in Australia: are we experiencing an epidemic?

Thel K Hla, Jeffrey W Cannon, Asha C Bowen and Rosemary Wyber

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 242-245 Free

Narrative review

Prevalence, pathogenesis and spectrum of neurological symptoms in COVID‐19 and post‐COVID‐19 syndrome: a narrative review

Robb Wesselingh

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 230-236 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Mpox and primary syphilis co‐infection in a newly arrived traveller from South America

Rasanga Liyanage and Josephine Lusk

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 101-102 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

A unique pattern of urothelial calcifications secondary to disseminated tuberculosis

Samuel Lau, Bertrand Ang and Sandra Tan

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 103-103

Perspectives

Australian National Clinical Evidence Taskforce COVID‐19 drug treatment guidelines: challenges of producing a living guideline

Bridget E Barber, Heath White, Alexis P Poole, Joshua S Davis, Steven A McGloughlin and Tari Turner, For the COVID‐19 Drug Treatment Panel of the National Clinical Evidence Taskforce

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 197-199 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Unusual hepatitis B virus findings in blood donors

Christopher D Swan, Clive R Seed, Claire E Styles and Iain B Gosbell

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 53-55

Research letter

Consistent mask use and SARS‐CoV‐2 epidemiology: a simulation modelling study

Joshua Szanyi, Samantha Howe, Tim Wilson and Tony Blakely

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 77-79 Free

Letters

Early detection of Murray Valley encephalitis virus activity in Victoria using mosquito surveillance

Maxwell Braddick, Aidan Yuen, Rebecca Feldman and N Deborah Friedman

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 40-41

Narrative review

Influenza and pertussis vaccine coverage in pregnancy in Australia, 2016–2021

Jocelynne E McRae, Lisa McHugh, Catherine King, Frank H Beard, Christopher C Blyth, Margie H Danchin, Michelle L Giles, Hassen Mohammed, Nicholas Wood and Kristine Macartney

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 528-541

Letters

Infectious syphilis in women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities: sentinel surveillance data, 2011–2019

Brendan Harney, Michael Curtis and Peter Higgs

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 543-543

Perspectives

Proposals to waive intellectual property rights for pandemic response products in the World Health Organization pandemic accord need Australia's support

Deborah Gleeson, James Scheibner and Dianne Nicol

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 46-48 Free

Research letter

Myocarditis in Australian children following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection or COVID‐19 vaccination: a retrospective case series

Patrick Walker, Timothy C Lai, Silja Schrader, Nigel Crawford and Daryl R Cheng

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 482-483 Free

Editorials

Long COVID in Australia: achieving equitable access to supportive health care

Tania C Sorrell, Martin Hensher and Lena A Sanci

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 455-457 Free

Letter

Home‐based palliative care services after COVID‐19

Margaret O'Connor

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 492-492

Editorials

Has the COVID‐19 pandemic unmasked the fragility of the Australian health care system?

Lucy E Kirk and Imogen Mitchell

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 457-458 Free

Editorials

The inter‐hospital transfer of critically ill patients with COVID‐19: a double‐edged sword

Peter T Morley

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 458-459 Free

Research

The characteristics of SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive children in Australian hospitals: a PREDICT network study

Laila Ibrahim, Catherine Wilson, Doris Tham, Mark Corden, Shefali Jani, Michael Zhang, Amit Kochar, Ker Fern Tan, Shane George, Natalie T Phillips, Paul Buntine, Karen Robins‐Browne, Vimuthi Chong, Thomas Georgeson, Anna Lithgow, Sarah Davidson, Sharon O'Brien, Viet Tran and Franz E Babl

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 460-466 Free

Perspectives

Access to oral COVID‐19 antivirals in the community: are eligibility criteria and systems ensuring equity?

Nicole L Allard, Jose Canevari, Nick Haslett and Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 438-441 Free

Research

Mortality among people admitted to Australian intensive care units for reasons other than COVID‐19 during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study

Sing Chee Tan, Tess Evans, Matthew L Durie, Paul J Secombe and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 467-473 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Locally acquired respiratory diphtheria in Australia

Simon Smith, James Stewart, Joshua Hanson, Julian Harris, Fred JJ Chuang, Gavin Quail, Bryan Hawarden, Roshni Lad, Shannon McNee, Benjamin McCartney, Tonia Marquardt, Ian Wilson, Catherine Tacon and Bernard CS Whitfield

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 446-448 Free