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Immune system diseases
How antibiotic allergy labels may be harming our most vulnerable patients
Antibiotic allergy testing programs will ensure that vulnerable patients receive appropriate antibiotic therapy
Jason A Trubiano · M Lindsay Grayson · Karin A Thursky · Elizabeth J Phillips · Monica A Slavin
Tick-induced allergies: mammalian meat allergy and tick anaphylaxis
Tick bite-induced allergies are often severe, should be largely avoidable and give fascinating insights into allergies
Sheryl A van Nunen
A case of adult-onset Kawasaki disease
A previously healthy 30-year-old man of European ancestry presented with a one-week history of fevers and vomiting …
Alexandra Gehrmann · Karen Morwood · David Gillis · Terence Coleman · Shradha Subedi
Patients with thunderstorm asthma or severe asthma in Melbourne: a comparison
Sensitivity to rye grass may predict susceptibility to thunderstorm-related asthma
Michael F Sutherland · Emma Le Portelli · Allison L Collins · Muhammad Aziz Rahman · Christine F McDonald
Livedo racemosa
A 30-year-old woman presented with progressive, symmetrical, jagged and reticulate erythema and hyperpigmentation of the lower legs consistent with livedo racemosa
Deshan F Sebaratnam · Nita Agar
Atopic dermatitis: the new frontier
New targeted immunotherapies have had promising results in phase 2 and 3 trials for patients with moderate to severe AD
Victoria R Harris · Alan J Cooper
Thunderstorm asthma outbreak of November 2016: a natural disaster requiring planning
Learning from a tragedy to increase public awareness and improve responses in future thunderstorm asthma events
Steven J Lindstrom · Jeremy D Silver · Michael F Sutherland · Andrew BA Treloar · Ed Newbigin · Christine F McDonald · Jo A Douglass
Ultrasound as a treatment modality for neurological diseases
Neurological disorders are a particular challenge for therapeutic intervention — ultrasound has emerged as a novel approach with a broad range of applications
Gerhard Leinenga · Rebecca M Nisbet · Jürgen Götz
The Australian Lupus Registry and Biobank: a timely initiative
A collaborative effort to provide real world evidence of therapies for patients with lupus
Sean O'Neill · Eric F Morand · Alberta Hoi
Allergen immunotherapy for respiratory allergic disease in Australia in 2016
Choosing personalised immunotherapy is a complex decision
William B Smith · Frank E Kette
Management of adverse events related to new cancer immunotherapy (immune checkpoint inhibitors)
New immunotherapies are helping in the fight against advanced cancers but also present new adverse event management challenges
Jack M Bourke · Michael O'Sullivan · Muhammad A Khattak
Biosimilars in inflammatory bowel disease
Cost savings are welcome but evidence supporting equivalence of biosimilar and originator drugs is currently limited
Gregory T Moore
Microgeographic factors and patterns of aeroallergen sensitisation
Patterns of allergic sensitisation can inform more effective aeroallergen avoidance and screening strategies
Andrew W Kam · Winnie WY Tong · Jenna M Christensen · Constance H Katelaris · Janet Rimmer · Richard J Harvey
Airline policies for passengers with nut allergies flying from Melbourne Airport
Air travel passengers with allergies need to be cautious when planning their flight
Stephanie Stojanovic · Celia Mary Zubrinich · Robyn O'Hehir · Mark Hew
Bat super immunity to lethal disease could help protect people
Researchers have uncovered a unique ability in bats which allows them to carry but remain unaffected by lethal diseases
Biological models of mental illness: implications for therapy development
Systems approaches are needed to recognise the complexity of the biological bases of psychiatric disease
Philip M Boyce MB BS, MD, FRANZCP · Michael Berk PhD
A patient with sarcoidosis and a cryptococcal infection of the skull
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Paul A Rootjes MD · Wouter Rozemeijer MD · Jacob C Dutilh MD
Old but not forgotten: Antibiotic allergies in General Medicine (the AGM Study)
Putative allergies are common in older patients, but a significant proportion involve non-genuine allergies or low risk responses
Jason A Trubiano BBiomedSci, MB BS, FRACP · Rekha Pai Mangalore MB BS · Yi-Wei Baey MB BS(Hons) · Duy Le BPharm(Hons) · Linda V Graudins BPharm, DHP, PGDipClinEpi · Patrick GP Charles MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Douglas F Johnson MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Ar Kar Aung MB BS, FRACP, MPHTM
Unexpected cause of urticaria
A 30-year-old man presented with acute generalised urticaria
Takeshi Kondo MD · Kazuhiko Terada MD
The early bird and the worm: a case of cercarial dermatitis
A common but under-recognised condition
John W Frew MB BS(Hons), MMed(Clin Epi) · Christopher JA Henderson BSc, MB BS, FRCPA · Ian D McCrossin MB BS, FACD, FACSHP
Shiitake dermatitis: the tale of an under-recognised, undercooked fungus
Patients should avoid shiitake or ensure it has been cooked at 150°C or greater
Ashling McNally MB BS, BPhysio · Christopher Ross BM BS · Jeffrey Wayte MB BS, FACD
Not just loading and age: the dynamics of osteoarthritis, obesity and inflammation
Body fat is not an inert structure
Flavia M Cicuttini MSc, FRACP, PhD · Anita E Wluka MB BS, FRACP, PhD
Severe ulcerative herpes zoster
A 78-year-old man presented to a regional emergency department with a severe progressive rash
Andrew DK Nguyen BSc, MB BS · Gabriela Strey MD, FRACP
Warfarin or excipient allergy: a clinical dilemma resolved
Excipient allergy should be considered in patients with a reaction to warfarin
Mitchell J Gooch MB BS · Ngozichukwuka L Okiwelu MRCSEd, FWACS, FRCSEd(CTh) · Timothy Law MB BS, GradDip(ClinUltrasound) · Andrew P McLean-Tooke FRCP, FRCPath, FRCPA · Pragnesh Joshi MS, MCh, FRACS
Toxic epidermal necrolysis — an investigation to dye for?
Toxic epidermal necrolysis associated with use of contrast medium (comment on case report)
Lloyd J Ridley MB BS, FRANZCR · Sandhya Limaye PhD, FRACP, FRCPA
