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Infectious diseases

Perspectives

COVID‐19: implementing sustainable low cost physical distancing and enhanced hygiene

Craig B Dalton, Stephen J Corbett and Anthea L Katelaris

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 443-446.e1 Free

Editorial

A sustainable future in health: ensuring as health professionals our own house is in order and leading by example

Nicholas J Talley

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 344-344 Free

Editorials

Hepatitis C elimination in Australia: progress and challenges

Marianne Martinello, Behzad Hajarizadeh and Gregory J Dore

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 362-363

Medical education / Lessons from practice

A case of toxigenic, pharyngeal diphtheria in Australia

Sarah Grigg, David Hogan, F Shaun Hosein, Dean Johns, Amy Jennison and Shradha Subedi

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 64-65.e1

Research

Surge capacity of intensive care units in case of acute increase in demand caused by COVID‐19 in Australia

Edward Litton, Tamara Bucci, Shaila Chavan, Yvonne Y Ho, Anthony Holley, Gretta Howard, Sue Huckson, Philomena Kwong, Johnny Millar, Nhi Nguyen, Paul Secombe, Marc Ziegenfuss and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 463-467 Free

Perspectives

Public health, health systems and palliation planning for COVID‐19 on an exponential timeline

C Raina MacIntyre and David J Heslop

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 440-442.e1 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Necrotising enterocolitis caused by Clostridium perfringens: a life‐threatening manifestation of a common foodborne infection

Harry N Walker, Kwee‐Chin Liew, Vicki Adams, Sarah Larcombe, Sonal S Nagra, Glenn Guest and Eugene Athan

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (3): 114-115.e1

Research letters

Characteristics, treatment and complications of herpes zoster ophthalmicus at a tertiary eye hospital

Rahul Chakrabarti, Grace George, Kristen Wells and Carmel Crock

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (5): 226-227 Free

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

SARS‐CoV‐2, the medical profession, ventilator beds, and mortality predictions: personal reflections of an Australian clinician

Nicholas J Talley

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (7): 302-303 Free

Research

Corticosteroid treatment of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19)

Lei Zha, Shirong Li, Lingling Pan, Boris Tefsen, Yeshan Li, Neil French, Liyun Chen, Gang Yang and Elmer V Villanueva

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 416-420 Free

Letters

COVID‐19 precautions: easier said than done when patients are homeless

Lisa J Wood, Andrew P Davies and Zana Khan

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 384-384.e1 Free

Perspectives

One disease, two vaccines: challenges in prevention of meningococcal disease

Cyra Patel, Clayton K Chiu, Frank H Beard, Nigel W Crawford and Kristine Macartney

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 453-456.e1

Research

Isolation and rapid sharing of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS‐CoV‐2) from the first patient diagnosed with COVID‐19 in Australia

Leon Caly, Julian Druce, Jason Roberts, Katherine Bond, Thomas Tran, Renata Kostecki, Yano Yoga, William Naughton, George Taiaroa, Torsten Seemann, Mark B Schultz, Benjamin P Howden, Tony M Korman, Sharon R Lewin, Deborah A Williamson and Mike G Catton

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (10): 459-462 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Cutaneous gnathostomiasis in Vietnam

Minh Cuong Duong, Phuc VD Le, Oanh NK Pham and Hong Quang Huynh

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (6): 252-253.e1

Narrative review

Chronic fatigue syndrome: progress and possibilities

Carolina X Sandler and Andrew R Lloyd

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 428-433

Research

Australia needs to increase testing to achieve hepatitis C elimination

Nick Scott, Rachel Sacks‐Davis, Amanda J Wade, Mark Stoove, Alisa Pedrana, Joseph S Doyle, Alexander J Thompson, David P Wilson and Margaret E Hellard

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (8): 365-370 Free

Perspectives

An outbreak of COVID‐19 caused by a new coronavirus: what we know so far

Allen C Cheng and Deborah A Williamson

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 393-394.e1 Free

Perspectives

Exploring the role of a recently licensed dengue vaccine in Australian travellers

Irani Thevarajan, Joseph Torresi and Cameron Simmons

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 102-103.e1

Medical education / Snapshot

Eumycetoma diagnosed in urban Australia

Lakshana Kalatharan and Peter Kelley

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 107-107.e1

Letters

Antibiotic use in animals and humans in Australia

Stephen W Page

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (3): 141-141.e1

Perspectives

Setting the record straight: sexually transmissible infections and sexual abuse in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

James S Ward, Belinda Hengel, Donna Ah Chee, Olga Havnen and John D Boffa

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 205-207.e1 Free

Perspectives

Tafenoquine for the radical cure and prevention of malaria: the importance of testing for G6PD deficiency

Robert J Commons, James S McCarthy and Ric N Price

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (4): 152-153.e1 Free

Narrative review

First statewide meningococcal B vaccine program in infants, children and adolescents: evidence for implementation in South Australia

Helen S Marshall, Noel Lally, Louise Flood and Paddy Phillips

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (2): 89-93

Letters

The impact of rapid molecular diagnostic testing for respiratory viruses on outcomes for emergency department patients

Anthea L Katelaris, Ross M Andrews and Jeremy McAnulty

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (2): 94-94.e1