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Infectious diseases

Appropriateness of care

Antimicrobial use in Australian hospitals: how much and how appropriate?

John D Turnidge, Karin Thursky, Caroline S Chen, Vicki R McNeil and Irene J Wilkinson

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (10): S16-S20 Free

Consensus statement

Sexual transmission of HIV and the law: an Australian medical consensus statement

Mark Boyd, David Cooper, Elizabeth A Crock, Levinia Crooks, Michelle L Giles, Andrew Grulich, Sharon R Lewin, David Nolan and Trent Yarwood

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9): 409-412

Narrative review

Does Lyme disease exist in Australia?

Peter J Collignon, Gary D Lum and Jennifer MB Robson

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (9): 413-417 Free

Research

Impact of the Australian National Cervical Screening Program in women of different ages

Megan Smith and Karen Canfell

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 359-364 Free

Narrative review

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis in North Queensland: the paediatric experience

Claire L Nicholls, Fiona Parsonson, Lawrence EK Gray, Adele Heyer, Steven Donohue, Greg Wiseman and Robert Norton

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 325-328 Free

Perspectives

No Jab, No Pay — no planning for migrant children

Georgia A Paxton, Lauren Tyrrell, Sophie B Oldfield, Karen Kiang and Margie H Danchin

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 296-298 Free

Research

The prevalence and clinical associations of HTLV-1 infection in a remote Indigenous community

Lloyd J Einsiedel, Hai Pham, Richard J Woodman, Clinton Pepperill and Kerry A Taylor

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (7): 305-309 Free

Letters

Characterising health care-associated bloodstream infections in public hospitals in Queensland, 2008–2012

Leon J Worth, Ann L Bull and Michael J Richards

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 282

Letters

Characterising health care-associated bloodstream infections in public hospitals in Queensland, 2008–2012

Naomi Runnegar, Damin Si and John Marquess

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (6): 282-283

Letters

Ebola outbreak in West Africa: considerations for strengthening Australia’s international health emergency response

Martyn D Kirk, Stephanie Davis and Kerri Viney

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 236-237

Perspectives

The inequitable burden of group A streptococcal diseases in Indigenous Australians

Philippa J May, Asha C Bowen and Jonathan R Carapetis

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (5): 201-203 Free

Research

Low HIV testing rates among people with a sexually transmissible infection diagnosis in remote Aboriginal communities

James S Ward, Amalie Dyda, Skye McGregor, Alice Rumbold, Linda Garton, Basil Donovan, John M Kaldor and Rebecca J Guy

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (4): 168-171 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Stroke in a young man with untreated HIV infection and neurosyphilis

Abhay R Venkat, Jason Wenderoth, Louise Evans and Cecilia Cappelen-Smith

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (2): 58-59

Clinical focus

Epidemiology, clinical impacts and current clinical management of Helicobacter pylori infection

Hazel Mitchell and Peter Katelaris

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (10): 376-380 Free

Reflections / Women in medicine

Margaret Anne Burgess

Peter B McIntyre and Jill M Forrest

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (10): 389-391

Case report / Snapshot

A patient with sarcoidosis and a cryptococcal infection of the skull

Paul A Rootjes, Wouter Rozemeijer and Jacob C Dutilh

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (9): 353

Research

Old but not forgotten: Antibiotic allergies in General Medicine (the AGM Study)

Jason A Trubiano, Rekha Pai Mangalore, Yi-Wei Baey, Duy Le, Linda V Graudins, Patrick GP Charles, Douglas F Johnson and Ar Kar Aung

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 273 Free

Short reports

Polymerase chain reaction testing for faecal parasites: risks and alternatives

Asha C Bowen, Harsha Sheorey, Penelope A Bryant, Jennifer Robson and David P Burgner

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 262

Editorials

Zika preparedness in Australia

Chris Baggoley, Katrina Knope, Anna Colwell and Jenny Firman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 249-250

Research

First reported outbreak of locally acquired hepatitis E virus infection in Australia

Chaturangi M Yapa, Catriona Furlong, Alexander Rosewell, Kate A Ward, Sheena Adamson, Craig Shadbolt, Jen Kok, Samantha L Tracy, Scott Bowden, Elizabeth J Smedley, Mark J Ferson, Vicky Sheppeard and Jeremy M McAnulty

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 274 Free

Short reports

Immunisation for medical researchers: an ethical and practical imperative

Michelle L Townsend, Brin FS Grenyer, Wilfred Yeo and Ian Wright

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 263

Editorials

The ASID test

Cheryl A Jones, Joshua S Davis and David FM Looke

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 250-251

Research

Characterising health care-associated bloodstream infections in public hospitals in Queensland, 2008–2012

Damin Si, Naomi Runnegar, John Marquess, Mohana Rajmokan and Elliott G Playford

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 276 Free

Short reports

A case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis in a 23-year-old recent immigrant to Australia

Eloise Williams, Iain J Abbott, Lai Yin Law and Stephen David Guy

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 264

Editorials

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Australia and our region

James M Trauer and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 251-253 Free