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Infectious diseases
Reduced numbers of elective joint replacement procedures in Australia during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2020–2022: a registry data analysis study
A national approach to reducing waiting time for public elective joint replacements is urgently needed
Christopher J Wall · Christopher J Vertullo · David RJ Gill · Richard S Page · Carl Holder · Paul N Smith
Paracoccidioidomycosis: an Australian case
A 34-year-old man, born in Brasília, Brazil, who had been living in Australia for three years with no return travel, presented to his dentist with an eight-week history of a painful, progressively enlarging maxillary, gingival ulcerative lesion
Timothy C Badrick · Ella M Meumann · Kathryn Shirley · Peter Simos · Mertya L May · Gary Quagliotto · Evan C Bursle · Nici Leonard · Rodney J McDougall · Jennifer M Robson
Averting infections when implanting cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators
Documenting reasons for implanting CIEDs and detailed discussions with prospective patients about their risks are essential
William F Heddle AM
Cardiovascular outcomes for people hospitalised with COVID‐19 in Australia, and the effect of vaccination: an observational cohort study
Clinical cardiovascular events were infrequent, and their likelihood was not influenced by COVID-19 vaccination
Hari P Sritharan · Kunwardeep S Bhatia · William Gaal · Leonard Kritharides · Clara K Chow · Ravinay Bhindi
Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae causing emphysematous pyelonephritis: a life‐threatening pathogen within Australian communities
A 65-year-old man of Indonesian ethnicity with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension first presented to a peripheral hospital in March 2023 with fevers and diabetic ketoacidosis
Katherine GC Ong · John R Dyer · Dickon Hayne
Response to the ASHM 2023 statement on the use of doxy‐PEP in Australia: considerations and recommendations
Use of prophylactic doxycycline for STI prevention requires urgent implementation of comprehensive monitoring systems
Sara FE Bell · Emma L Sweeney · Fabian YS Kong · David M Whiley · Catriona S Bradshaw · Jacob A Tickner
Long COVID in a highly vaccinated but largely unexposed Australian population following the 2022 SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron wave: a cross‐sectional survey
General practices play a major role in managing the burden of long COVID in Australia
Mulu Woldegiorgis · Gemma Cadby · Sera Ngeh · Rosemary J Korda · Paul K Armstrong · Jelena Maticevic · Paul Knight · Andrew Jardine · Lauren E Bloomfield · Paul V Effler
Australian consensus statement on doxycycline post‐exposure prophylaxis (doxy‐PEP) for the prevention of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhoea among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
This consensus statement on doxy-PEP provides clinicians with appropriate and accurate information on doxy-PEP
Vincent J Cornelisse · Benjamin Riley · Nicholas A Medland
Post‐COVID‐19 condition symptoms 12 and 24 months after COVID‐19 during the first month of the pandemic in Melbourne: a cohort study
People frequently report somatic, psychiatric, and neurocognitive symptoms consistent with post-COVID-19 up to 24 months after COVID-19
Dorothy Q Ling · Grace Gibney · Fiona James · Natasha E Holmes · Kyra YL Chua
Prevalence, pathogenesis and spectrum of neurological symptoms in COVID‐19 and post‐COVID‐19 syndrome
Josef Finsterer · Fulvio A Scorza
Women in medical leadership: has the COVID‐19 crisis heightened the glass cliff?
Organisation level interventions are needed to better support prospective women medical leaders
Melissa A Wheeler · Laksmi S Govindasamy
The effectiveness of maternal pertussis vaccination for protecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander infants against infection, 2012–2017: a retrospective cohort study
Increasing the pertussis vaccination rate requires culturally appropriate strategies co-designed with local organisations and communities
Lisa McHugh · Heather A D’Antoine · Mohinder Sarna · Michael J Binks · Hannah C Moore · Ross M Andrews · Gavin F Pereira · Christopher C Blyth · Paul Van Buynder · Karin Lust · Annette K Regan
Toxigenic cutaneous diphtheria without recent travel, Sydney, Australia, 2022
A 58-year-old man attended a Sydney outpatient dermatology clinic in November 2022 for a lesion on the vertex of the scalp, enlarging over 3 years
Caitlin Swift · Anthea L Katelaris · Thea Briggen Tiqui · Julie Smith · Tracey Papa · Estella Janz‐Robinson · Trang Nguyen · Qinning Wang · Jenny Draper · Vitali Sintchenko · Debbie JE Marriott · Vicky Sheppeard
The Alfred Health post‐COVID‐19 service, Melbourne, 2020–2022: an observational cohort study
Our outpatient triage model can efficiently facilitate care for people with persistent symptoms after COVID-19
Anne E Holland · Daniel Fineberg · Tunya Marceau · Melissa Chong · Jessica Beaman · Lisa Wilson · Jo‐Anne Buchanan · Jacqueline Uren · Simone Dal Corso · Natasha A Lannin · Mariana Hoffman · Christie R Mellerick · Kathya Fernando · Janet Bondarenko
Back pain in an Australian farmer: an unusual case of cryptococcal osteomyelitis
A 53-year-old Indigenous male farmer presented with several weeks of fluctuating lumbar back pain while physically supporting an older family member
Michael D Riceman · Caitlyn Sun · John Pierides · Jennifer Catford · Renjy Nelson · Anushia Ashokan
A thorny case of spastic paralysis
A 78-year-old man presented to the emergency department with severe left thigh pain
Travis Lines · Aadith Ashok · Sadid F Khan · Michael J Loftus
Disruption of gender‐affirming health care, and COVID‐19 illness, testing, and vaccination among trans Australians during the pandemic: a cross‐sectional survey
Training health care professionals in inclusive services for trans people could improve access to appropriate health care
Sav Zwickl · Tomi Ruggles · Alex FQ Wong · Ariel Ginger · Lachlan M Angus · Kalen Eshin · Teddy Cook · Ada S Cheung
COVID‐19 rapid antigen tests approved for self‐testing in Australia: published diagnostic test accuracy studies and manufacturer‐supplied information. A systematic review
The sensitivity of RATs used for self-testing was lower than reported by manufacturers, increasing the risk of false negative results
Katy JL Bell · Yuyang Li · Ellie Medcalf · Deonna Ackermann
Human pulmonary dirofilariasis: an unexpected differential diagnosis for a solitary lung lesion
A 56-year-old woman of European ancestry from a suburban area of Far North Queensland was referred to the local cardiothoracic unit for a right lower lobe lung lesion
Sigrid G Theodore · Hannah J Sawkins · Manish Mathew · Sumit Yadav · Robert Norton
Australian evidence‐based guidelines for the prevention and management of diabetes‐related foot disease: a guideline summary
Despite the large national DFD burden, Australian regions implementing guideline-based care have demonstrated large reductions in their regional DFD burdens and costs
Peter A Lazzarini · Anita Raspovic · Jenny Prentice · Robert J Commons · Robert A Fitridge · James Charles · Jane Cheney · Nytasha Purcell · Stephen M Twigg
The complex impact of COVID‐19 on cancer outcomes in Australia
The pandemic’s ultimate impact on cancer outcomes is likely to be multifaceted
Karen Canfell · Karen Chiam · Carolyn Nickson · G Bruce Mann
Gestational diabetes mellitus screening and diagnosis criteria before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a retrospective pre–post study
Fasting blood glucose assessment could be adequate for ruling out GDM in women at low absolute risk of glycaemia-related pregnancy complications
Nina JL Meloncelli · Adrian G Barnett · Cate M Cameron · David McIntyre · Leonie K Callaway · Michael C d'Emden · Susan J de Jersey
Proposals to waive intellectual property rights for pandemic response products in the World Health Organization pandemic accord need Australia's support
Deborah Gleeson · James Scheibner · Dianne Nicol
Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives
Hepatocellular carcinoma is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and is increasing in incidence in Australia
Samuel Hui · Sally Bell · Suong Le · Anouk Dev
