Connect
MJA
MJA

Infectious diseases

Clinical update

A pandemic that’s not bird flu? Pigs might fly

Sanjaya N Senanayake

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (1): 38-40 Free

Editorials

Is Clostridium difficile a threat to Australia’s biosecurity?

Thomas V Riley

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 661-662

Notable cases

First Australian isolation of epidemic Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027

Thomas V Riley, Sarah Thean, Graham Hool and Clayton L Golledge

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 706-708 Free

Letters

Septic shock from penetrating leg injury with Vibrio vulnificus infection

Tamara C Preda, Veronica A Preda and Allan P Mekisic

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 716

Letters

Schistosomal appendicitis in a Sudanese immigrant

Jordan K Webb and Graeme Thompson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 716-717

Letters

A maggoty scalp

John S Whitehall, Richard Speare, Heidi E Best, Philippa J Price and Deborah J Mills

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 717-718

Letters

Reactive arthritis due to Chlamydia psittaci associated with HLA-B27 genotype

Peter N Gonski and Bobby Chan

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 649-650

Book reviews

The law and order of infectious diseases

Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 647

Research

Perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus: an Australian experience

Elke Wiseman, Melissa A Fraser, Sally Holden, Anne Glass, Bronwynne L Kidson, Leon G Heron, Michael W Maley, Anna Ayres, Stephen A Locarnini and Miriam T Levy

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 489-492 Free

Notable cases

Prolonged varicella viraemia and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome following varicella vaccination of a health care worker

Claire M Italiano, Cheryl S Toi, Simon P Chan and Dominic E Dwyer

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 451-453 Free

Letters

Influenza, marksmanship and the last gasps of the Great War

Timothy J J Inglis

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 462

Refugee Health

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases guidelines for the diagnosis, management and prevention of infections in recently arrived refugees: an abridged outline

Ronan J Murray, Joshua S Davis and David P Burgner, on behalf of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases Refugee Health Guidelines Writing Group

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 421-425 Free

Notable cases

Chromobacterium violaceum endocarditis and hepatic abscesses treated successfully with meropenem and ciprofloxacin

Ivan W M Lim, Peter J Stride, Robert L Horvath, Christian R Hamilton-Craig and Phi P Chau

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 386-387 Free

Viewpoint

Pertussis prevention and treatment: a call for wider access to azithromycin

Asha C Bowen, Mark J Ferson, Linda V Graudins and Pamela Palasanthiran

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 388-389 Free

Diagnostic dilemma

“My foot hurts”: a flare of rheumatoid arthritis?

Manish Dugar, Wayne A Rankin, Emily Rowe and Malcolm D Smith

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 392-393

Letters

Can tuberculosis mimic cancer?

Riad O El Fakih, Bassem M Chehab, Rami A Mortada and Maha Assi

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 340-341

Viewpoint

Dengue and climate change in Australia: predictions for the future should incorporate knowledge from the past

Richard C Russell, Bart J Currie, Michael D Lindsay, John S Mackenzie, Scott A Ritchie and Peter I Whelan

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 265-268 Free

Letters

Recent increases in mumps incidence in Australia: the “forgotten” age group in the 1998 Australian Measles Control Campaign

Mark J Ferson and Pam Konecny

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 283-284

Letters

Variable uptake of recommended interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Australia, 1982–2005

Marisa T Gilles, Martyn A French and Jan E Dickinson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 220-221

Letters

Variable uptake of recommended interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Australia, 1982–2005

Michelle L Giles, Ann M McDonald, Elizabeth J Elliott, John B Ziegler, Margaret E Hellard, Sharon R Lewin and John M Kaldor

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 220-221

Supplement

Are common childhood or adolescent infections risk factors for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders?

Ian B Hickie, Richard Banati, Claire H Stewart and Andrew R Lloyd

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): S17 Free

Letters

The hidden cost of varicella

Elizabeth K Nairn, Joshua Wolf and Jim P Buttery

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 223-224

Letters

Invasive pneumococcal disease in Western Australia: emergence of serotype 19A

Carolien M Giele, Anthony D Keil, Deborah Lehmann and Paul G Van Buynder

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 166

Letters

Community acquisition of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli: a growing concern

Justin T Denholm, Michael Huysmans and Denis Spelman

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (1): 45-46

History

Q fever. Was Edward Derrick’s contribution undervalued?

Robin A Cooke

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (11): 660-662