Podcasts
IGAS and its prevention, with Dr Johanna Birrell and Prof Bart Currie
Dr Johanna Birrell and Professor Bart Currie
Vol 217, Issue 8: 17 October 2022. Dr Johanna Birrell is a public health and general medicine advanced trainee at the Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control. Professor Bart Currie is from the Royal Darwin Hospital and the Menzies School of Health Research. They discuss the prevention of invasive group A streptococcal disease, to accompany their research published here. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 14 mins, 14 secs.
Japanese encephalitis virus, with Dr David Williams
Dr David Williams
Vol 216, Issue 10: 30 May 2022. Dr David Williams is Group Leader of the Emergency Diseases Laboratory Diagnosis Group at the Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness at the CSIRO. He talks about Japanese encephalitis virus, to accompany a case study published by other authors at the MJA. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 14 mins.
Candida auris, with Associate Professor Leon Worth
Associate Professor Leon Worth
Vol 212, Issue 10: 25 May, 2020. Associate Professor Leon Worth is an infectious diseases physician with the Victorian Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance Coordinating Centre at the Doherty Institute. He discusses Candida auris and the two cases recently found in a Melbourne hospital. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 20 mins, 21 secs.
Bacteriophage therapy, with Dr Aleksandr Petrovic Fabijan and A/Prof Ruby Lin
Dr Aleksandr Petrovic Fabijan and Associate Professor Ruby Lin
Vol 211, Issue 7: 7 October 2019. Dr Aleksandr Petrovic Fabijan and Associate Professor Ruby Lin are from the Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at the Westmead Institute for Medical Researc. They talk about bacteriophage therapy and the progress of research and evidence building. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 21 mins, 6 secs.
The real 2019 influenza season, with Dr Vicky Sheppeard
Dr Vicky Sheppeard
Vol 211, Issue 6: 9 September 2019. Dr Vicky Sheppeard, then Director of the Communicable Diseases Branch of NSW Health, discusses the facts about the 2019 influenza season. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 7 mins, 46 secs.
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci, with Dr John Ferguson
Dr John Ferguson
Vol 211, Issue 1: 24 June 2019. Dr John Ferguson is an infectious diseases physician and microbiologist at John Hunter Hospital and the University of Newcastle. He talks about switching to a narrower spectrum antibiotic during the global shortage of piperacillin/tazobactam in 2017, and the effect the switch had on nosocomial VRE and MRSA infections. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 12 mins, 54 secs
Community-associated golden staph, with A/Prof Leon Worth
Associate Professor Leon Worth
Vol 210, Issue 2: 21 January 2019. Associate Professor Leon Worth is an infectious diseases physician, and Acting Director of the Victorian Healthcare-Associated Infection Surveillance Coordinating Centre. He talks about the rising incidence of community-associated Staph aureus bloodstream infections. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 17 mins, 48 secs.
Parechovirus, with Dr Philip Britton
Dr Philip Britton
Vol 208, Issue 8: 30 April 2018. Dr Philip Britton is a paediatric infectious diseases physician at Children's Hospital, Westmead. He discusses the emerging parechovirus epidemics happening every two years in Australia. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
GP trainees and hepatitis C, with A/Prof Josh Davis
Associate Professor Josh Davis
Volume 206, Issue 7: 17 April 2017. Associate Professor Josh Davis is a principal research fellow with the Menzies School of Health Research, and a senior staff specialist in infectious diseases at the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle. He talks about GP trainees and their experiences with patients with hepatitis C. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
Latent tuberculosis infections, with Ms Rowena Boyd
Ms Rowena Boyd
Volume 206, Issue 7: 17 April 2017. Ms Rowena Boyd is a clinical nurse consultant with the Centre for Disease Control in Darwin, NT. She discusses her cohort study on latent tuberculosis infections in the Darwin region. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.