Infectious diseases

Conference report 15 Nov 2010

Are you listening? The inaugural Australian Otitis Media (OMOZ) workshop — towards a better understanding of otitis media

Lea-Ann S Kirkham, Selma P Wiertsema, Heidi C Smith-Vaughan, Ruth B Thornton, Robyn L Marsh, Deborah Lehmann, Amanda J Leach, Peter S Morris and Peter C Richmond

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (10): 569-571

Editorials 15 Nov 2010

Lowering Australia’s defence against infectious diseases

Robert M Douglas, Fiona J Stanley, A Rob Moodie, Anthony I Adams and John M Kaldor

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (10): 567-568

Notable cases 1 Nov 2010

Community-acquired Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscesses — an “emerging disease” in Australia

James R Anstey, Timothy N Fazio, David L Gordon, Geoff Hogg, Adam W Jenney, Matthias Maiwald and Jonathan J Wilksch

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (9): 543-545 Free

Letters 18 Oct 2010

Evidence of increasing frequency of herpes zoster management in Australian general practice since the introduction of a varicella vaccine

Kristina A Grant, Kylie S Carville and Heath A Kelly

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (8): 483

Letters 18 Oct 2010

Complexity of risk for transfusion malaria and differentiated response to risk management

Bryan R Spencer and Louis M Katz

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (8): 484

Letters 18 Oct 2010

Caregivers’ intentions regarding pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination for their children

Julie Leask, Maria Yui Kwan Chow, Catherine King and Robert Booy

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (8): 485-486

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 18 Oct 2010

Influenza A testing and detection in patients admitted through emergency departments in Sydney during winter 2009: implications for rational testing

Andrew Jardine, Stephen J Conaty, Michelle A Cretikos, Wei-Yuen Su, Iain B Gosbell and Sebastiaan J van Hal

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (8): 455-459 Free

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 4 Oct 2010

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccination coverage in Western Australia

Donna B Mak, Alison M Daly, Paul K Armstrong and Paul V Effler

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 401-404 Free

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 4 Oct 2010

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccine uptake in pregnant women entering the 2010 influenza season in Western Australia

Scott W White, Rodney W Petersen and Julie A Quinlivan

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 405-407 Free

Lessons from practice 4 Oct 2010

Otosyphilis: a cause of hearing loss in adults with HIV

Janet M Pasricha, Tim R Read and Alan C Street

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 421-422 Free

Letters 4 Oct 2010

World cup fever

Bridget E Barber, Krispin M Hajkowicz, Vicki L Krause, Kevin G Freeman and Bart J Currie

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 425

Research 4 Oct 2010

Invasive pneumococcal disease in non-Indigenous people in north Queensland, 2001–2009

Jeffrey N Hanna, Jan L Humphreys, Denise M Murphy and Helen V Smith

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 392-396 Free

Editorials 20 Sep 2010

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities forgotten in new Australian National Action Plan for Human Influenza Pandemic: “Ask us, listen to us, share with us”

Adrian Miller and David N Durrheim, on behalf of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Influenza Study Group

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (6): 316-317 Free

Editorials 20 Sep 2010

The case for boosting infant male circumcision in the face of rising heterosexual transmission of HIV

David A Cooper, Alex D Wodak and Brian J Morris

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (6): 318-319

Position statement 20 Sep 2010

Chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children and adults in Australia and New Zealand. A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Australian Lung Foundation

Anne B Chang, Scott C Bell, Cass A Byrnes, Keith Grimwood, Peter W Holmes, Paul T King, John Kolbe, Louis I Landau, Graeme P Maguire, Malcolm I McDonald, David W Reid, Francis C Thien and Paul J Torzillo

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (6): 356-365 Free

For debate 20 Sep 2010