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Infectious diseases
Tinea hidden by a vemurafenib-induced phototoxic reaction in a patient with metastatic melanoma taking dexamethasone
While vemurafenib induces ultraviolet A photosensitivity, it is important to consider alternative diagnoses when minimal response to therapy is attained
Rachael Anforth BMed · Giuliana Carlos MB BS · Noemi Eiris MB BS · Arthur Clements BSc(Med), MB BS, FRACP · Pablo Fernandez-Peñas MD, PhD, FACD
BCG for the prevention of food allergy — exploring a new use for an old vaccine
Could protection from allergies be a collateral benefit of BCG vaccination?
Nicholas Kiraly BM BS, BSc · Katrina J Allen FRACP, PhD, FAHMS · Nigel Curtis MB BS, FRCPCH, PhD
Knowing when to stop antibiotic therapy
Unnecessary or unnecessarily long courses of antibiotics promote resistance
Gwendolyn L Gilbert MD, FRACP, MBioethics
Consensus guidelines for the investigation and management of encephalitis
A summary of a position paper for Australian and New Zealand practitioners
Philip N Britton BMedSci, MB BS, FRACP · Keith Eastwood DrPH, MAppEpi, BAppSci · Bruce J Brew MB BS, MD, FRACP · Yusuf Nagree MB BS, FACEM, MBA(E) · Cheryl A Jones MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP
Strongyloidiasis: a case for notification in Australia?
Eliminating the disease in Indigenous communities depends on accurate data
Richard Speare BVSc, PhD, DVSc · Adrian Miller · Wendy A Page
General practitioner management of notifiable diseases is central to communicable disease control
GPs have an important role in communicable disease control
Catherine R Bateman-Steel MB ChB, BSc, MSc · Aditya Vyas MB BS, MPH · Leena Gupta MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM
Potential public health benefits of HIV testing occurring at home in Australia
In many countries, including Australia, policies have recently changed to support HIV self-testing
University of New South Wales and St Vincent's Centre for Applied Medical Research (UNSW-AMR) HIV Home Testing Assessment Group
Cytomegalovirus disease in immunocompetent adults
This topic has garnered increased recognition in the eye care community
Enis D Kocak MB BS, BBiomedSci · Justin C Sherwin MB BS(Hons), BMedSc(Hons), MPhil · Anthony J Hall MD, FRANZCO, FRACS
Listeriosis cluster in Sydney linked to hospital food
Rapid identification of listeriosis source prevented further infections
Zeina Najjar BSc(Med) BMed BSurg, MPH, FAFPHM · Leena Gupta MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM · Vitali Sintchenko MB BS, FRCPA, PhD · Craig Shadbolt BSc(Hons), PhD · Qinning Wang PhD · Narinder Bansal PhD
Missing malaria? Potential obstacles to diagnosis and hypnozoite eradication
Tantalising possibility of nationwide elimination of malaria in Solomon Islands
Harin Karunajeewa MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Andreea Waltmann · Lyndes Wini · Ivo Mueller
The importance of molecular testing to confirm measles, mumps and rubella in immunised individuals
PCR diagnoses more cases of measles and mumps in vaccinated people than serological testing
David J Speers FRACP, FRCPA, FACTM · Gary K Dowse MSc, DTMH, FAFPHM
An unusual neurological complication from a garden-variety organism: post-melioidosis parkinsonism
The first reported incident and successful treatment of acute parkinsonism following melioidosis
Choon Seong Ng MB BS · Shahrul Azmin MB ChB, MMed · Zhe Kang Law MD, MRCP · Ramesh Sahathevan MD, MMed, PhD · Wan Nur Nafisah Wan Yahya MB BCh, BAO, MMed · Rabani Remli MB ChB, MIntMed · Petrick Periyasamy MD, MMed · Norlinah Mohd Ibrahim MB BCh, BAO, MRCP · Hui Jan Tan MMed, MRCP
The global challenges of infectious diseases
Combating antimicrobial resistance through global strategies and diagnostic advances
David F M Looke FRACP, FRCPA, MMedSci(ClinEpidemiol) · Thomas Gottlieb MB BS, FRACP, FRCPA · Cheryl A Jones MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP
Should we continue to isolate patients with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hospitals?
New research on how enterococci become drug-resistant suggests that hospital practice should evolve in line with our new insights
Surendra Karki MSc, MScIH, PhD · Karin Leder FRACP, PhD, MPH · Allen C Cheng FRACP, MPH, PhD
Primary abdominal tuberculosis presenting as chronic dyspepsia
Gastroduodenal tuberculosis is rare and is often misdiagnosed as peptic ulcer disease
Rekha Pai Mangalore MB BS · Vivian Liang MB BS · Kalyani Tharmarajah MB BS, BMedSci
Latent infection in HIV-positive refugees and other immigrants in Australia
Evidence of value in screening for TB, strongyloidiasis and schistosomiasis in this population
Greta A Gurry · Claire Dendle MB BS, FRACP, GCHPE · Ian J Woolley FRACP, MD, DTMH
Compliance with Australian splenectomy guidelines in patients undergoing post-traumatic splenectomy at a tertiary centre
Although associated with lifelong risk, overwhelming post-splenectomy infection is preventable
Ravindra Dotel MB BS · Iain B Gosbell FRACP, FRCPA, FASM · Ann Hofmeyr MB ChB, FRACP, FRCPA
Facing the challenge of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacilli in Australia
A multifaceted national response is required
Patrick Harris MB BS, FRACP, FRCPA · David Paterson PhD, FRCPA, FRACP · Benjamin Rogers MB BS, FRACP
Effectiveness of a care bundle to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections
A drastic reduction in CLABSIs in an ICU
Damoon Entesari-Tatafi MB BS · Neil Orford MB BS, FCICM, PGDipEcho · Michael J Bailey PhD, MSc, BSc · Martina N I Chonghaile FCICM, FCARSCI, MB BCh · Jill Lamb-Jenkins RN, Grad Dip Ed, MN · Eugene Athan MB BS, FRACP, MPH
HIV testing rates and co-infection among patients with tuberculosis in south-eastern Sydney, 2008–2013
Known HIV status and testing rates have increased in a high-risk population with tuberculosis
Jeffrey J Post MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Hazel Goldberg MB BS, FRACP · Gregory Kaufman FRACP · Marshall Plit MB BCh, PhD, FRACP · Kelly-Anne Ressler BSc, MPH · Mark J Ferson MD, FAFPHM, FRACP
Evolving views and practices of antiretroviral treatment prescribers in Australia
Push for starting ART early
Limin Mao PhD · Philippe C G Adam PhD · Susan Kippax BA(Hons), PhD · Levinia Crooks BA(Hons), DipEd, MBA · Jeffrey J Post MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP · Michael R Kidd AM, MD, FRACGP · Sean Slavin PhD · Edwina J Wright MB BS, PhD, FRACP · John B F de Wit MSc, PhD
First reported case of transfusion-transmitted Ross River virus infection
The risk to blood recipients, and the implications for blood donation in Australia
Veronica C Hoad MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM · David J Speers FRACP, FRCPA, FACTM · Anthony J Keller FRACP, FRCP, MRCPath · Gary K Dowse MSc, DTM · Clive R Seed BSc, PhD · Michael D A Lindsay BSc, PhD · Helen M Faddy BSc(Hons), PhD · Joanne Pink FRACP, FRCPA, GAICD
Pyogenic brain abscess due to Streptococcus anginosus
An organism that is part of normal oral flora is also a well known cause of metastatic abscesses
Benjamin Sim MB BS · D Ashley R Watson MB BS, MPH, FRACP
Acute HIV infection presenting as erythema multiforme in a 45-year-old heterosexual man
A serious rash highlights the importance of a patient’s sexual history
Joyce H Y Ma MB BS · Simon Smith MB ChB · Lynette A Gordon MB BS(Hons), FACD
