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Infectious diseases

Letters

A case of periportal fibrosis in a Sudanese refugee

James Daveson and Graeme Macdonald

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 677-678

The Great Divide

Racial disparities in infection-related mortality at Alice Springs Hospital, Central Australia, 2000–2005

Lloyd J Einsiedel, Liselle A Fernandes and Richard J Woodman

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 568-571 Free

Research

The burden of influenza in healthy children in South Australia

Katina D’Onise and Jane C A Raupach

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 510-513 Free

Public health

Persistent risk of tuberculosis in migrants a decade after arrival in Australia

Michelle E McPherson, Heath Kelly, Mahomed S Patel and David Leslie

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 528-531 Free

Notable cases

An Australian case of Streptococcus suis toxic shock syndrome associated with occupational exposure to animal carcasses

Adrian R Tramontana, Maryza Graham, Vincent Sinickas and Narin Bak

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 538-539 Free

Letters

Necrotising pneumonia due to Panton–Valentine leukocidin-positive methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus

Ada S-Z Cheung, Craig A Aboltins, John R Daffy and Peter A Stanley

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 373

Research

Escherichia coli bacteraemia in Canberra: incidence and clinical features

Karina J Kennedy, Jan L Roberts and Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 209-213 Free

Notable cases

Parasitic myositis in tropical Australia

Ron Basuroy, Robert Pennisi, Thomas Robertson, Robert Norton, John Stokes, Jon Reimers and John Archer

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 254-256 Free

Obituary

Ronald Francis (“Roman”) Rossleigh MD, MB BS, FRACGP

Monica A Rossleigh

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 246 Free

Lessons from practice

Granulomatous hepatitis: tuberculosis or not?

Eu Jin Lim, Paul D R Johnson, Peter Crowley and Paul J Gow

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 166-167 Free

Clinical update

The prevention and management of herpes zoster

Anthony L Cunningham, Judith Breuer, Dominic E Dwyer, David W Gronow, Robert D Helme, John C Litt, Myron J Levin and C Raina MacIntyre

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 171-176 Free

Public health

Recurrence of tuberculosis at a Sydney chest clinic between 1994 and 2006: reactivation or reinfection?

Claudia C Dobler, Guy B Marks, Sheila E Simpson and A B Hamish Crawford

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 153-155 Free

Viewpoint

To routinely offer testing for HIV infection in all cases of tuberculosis: a rational clinical approach?

Carol R Emerson and Jeffrey J Post

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 162-163 Free

For debate

Chlamydia screening — Australia should strive to achieve what others have not

Jane S Hocking, Jennifer Walker, David Regan, Marcus Y Chen and Christopher K Fairley

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 106-108 Free

Letters

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: time for a culture change

John K Ferguson and Helen Van Gessel

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 61-64

Editorials

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): “missing the wood for the trees”

Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 3-4

Letters

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: time for a culture change

Luke F Chen, Deverick J Anderson, Keith S Kaye and Daniel J Sexton

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 61-64

Research

What’s hanging around your neck? Pathogenic bacteria on identity badges and lanyards

Despina Kotsanas, Carmel Scott, Elizabeth E Gillespie, Tony M Korman and Rhonda L Stuart

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 5-8 Free

Letters

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: time for a culture change

Peter J Collignon, M Lindsay Grayson and Paul D R Johnson

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 61-64

Public health

Chikungunya virus infection in travellers to Australia

Douglas F Johnson, Julian D Druce, Scott Chapman, Ashwin Swaminathan, Josh Wolf, Jack S Richards, Tony Korman, Chris Birch and Michael J Richards

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 41-43 Free

Letters

Fatal community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia after influenza

Steven Y C Tong, Nicholas M Anstey, Gary D Lum, Rachael A Lilliebridge, Dianne P Stephens and Bart J Currie

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 61

Letters

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: time for a culture change

Keith V Woollard

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 61-64

Conference report

4th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention

Lisa Maher, Gilda Tachedjian, Jennifer F Hoy, Iona Millwood, Rebecca J Guy, Nick M Walsh, John J Zaunders, Anthony Jaworowski and John M Kaldor

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): 610-612

Crisis

Hospital pandemic preparedness: health care workers’ opinions on working during a pandemic

Rhonda L Stuart and Elizabeth E Gillespie

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): 676

History

An outbreak of illness in poultry and humans in 16th century Indonesia

Sanjaya N Senanayake and Brett C Baker

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): 693-695