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Infectious diseases

Perspectives

Is BCG vaccination of possums the solution to the Buruli ulcer epidemic in south‐eastern Australia?

Daniel P O'Brien, Kim Blasdell, Stephen Muhi, Ben J Marais, Bryce Buddle, Bridgette McNamara and Eugene Athan

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 520-522 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Saltwater injury: a case of chronic cutaneous Mycobacterium marinum infection

Ruby C Lee, Kennedy Wong, Yolanka Lobo and Heba Jibreal

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 250-252 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Fallibility and flaviviruses: a diagnostic lesson in Japanese encephalitis

Kate Proudmore, Vicki L Krause, Bart J Currie and Rob Baird

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 253-254

Perspectives

Carbapenemase‐producing Enterobacterales: a profound threat to Australian public health

Erin Flynn, Lito E Papanicolas, Nicholas Anagnostou, Morgyn S Warner, Geraint B Rogers, Erin Flynn, Lito E Papanicolas, Nicholas Anagnostou, Morgyn S Warner and Geraint B Rogers

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 290-292 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Breakthrough mpox despite two‐dose vaccination

Madhara N Weerasinghe, Catriona Ooi, George Kotsiou, Vincent J Cornelisse, Arran Painter, Madhara N Weerasinghe, Catriona Ooi, George Kotsiou, Vincent J Cornelisse and Arran Painter

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 295-296 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Meningococcal B septic shock, reactive pericarditis and public health

Gary Louie, Romeo Torres, Anthea L Katelaris, Courtney McGregor, Victor Lai, Robert Stevens, Richard Sullivan and Pamela Konecny

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 150-152 Free

Perspectives

Getting to grips with invasive group A streptococcal infection surveillance in Australia: are we experiencing an epidemic?

Thel K Hla, Jeffrey W Cannon, Asha C Bowen and Rosemary Wyber

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 242-245 Free

Narrative review

Prevalence, pathogenesis and spectrum of neurological symptoms in COVID‐19 and post‐COVID‐19 syndrome: a narrative review

Robb Wesselingh

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 230-236 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Mpox and primary syphilis co‐infection in a newly arrived traveller from South America

Rasanga Liyanage and Josephine Lusk

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 101-102 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

A unique pattern of urothelial calcifications secondary to disseminated tuberculosis

Samuel Lau, Bertrand Ang and Sandra Tan

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): 103-103

Perspectives

Australian National Clinical Evidence Taskforce COVID‐19 drug treatment guidelines: challenges of producing a living guideline

Bridget E Barber, Heath White, Alexis P Poole, Joshua S Davis, Steven A McGloughlin and Tari Turner, For the COVID‐19 Drug Treatment Panel of the National Clinical Evidence Taskforce

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 197-199 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Unusual hepatitis B virus findings in blood donors

Christopher D Swan, Clive R Seed, Claire E Styles and Iain B Gosbell

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 53-55

Research letter

Consistent mask use and SARS‐CoV‐2 epidemiology: a simulation modelling study

Joshua Szanyi, Samantha Howe, Tim Wilson and Tony Blakely

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 77-79 Free

Letters

Early detection of Murray Valley encephalitis virus activity in Victoria using mosquito surveillance

Maxwell Braddick, Aidan Yuen, Rebecca Feldman and N Deborah Friedman

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 40-41

Narrative review

Influenza and pertussis vaccine coverage in pregnancy in Australia, 2016–2021

Jocelynne E McRae, Lisa McHugh, Catherine King, Frank H Beard, Christopher C Blyth, Margie H Danchin, Michelle L Giles, Hassen Mohammed, Nicholas Wood and Kristine Macartney

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 528-541

Letters

Infectious syphilis in women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities: sentinel surveillance data, 2011–2019

Brendan Harney, Michael Curtis and Peter Higgs

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 543-543

Perspectives

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 and Dianne Nicol

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 46-48 Free

Research letter

Myocarditis in Australian children following SARS‐CoV‐2 infection or COVID‐19 vaccination: a retrospective case series

Patrick Walker, Timothy C Lai, Silja Schrader, Nigel Crawford and Daryl R Cheng

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 482-483 Free

Editorials

Long COVID in Australia: achieving equitable access to supportive health care

Tania C Sorrell, Martin Hensher and Lena A Sanci

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 455-457 Free

Letter

Home‐based palliative care services after COVID‐19

Margaret O'Connor

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 492-492

Editorials

Has the COVID‐19 pandemic unmasked the fragility of the Australian health care system?

Lucy E Kirk and Imogen Mitchell

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 457-458 Free

Editorials

The inter‐hospital transfer of critically ill patients with COVID‐19: a double‐edged sword

Peter T Morley

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 458-459 Free

Research

The characteristics of SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive children in Australian hospitals: a PREDICT network study

Laila Ibrahim, Catherine Wilson, Doris Tham, Mark Corden, Shefali Jani, Michael Zhang, Amit Kochar, Ker Fern Tan, Shane George, Natalie T Phillips, Paul Buntine, Karen Robins‐Browne, Vimuthi Chong, Thomas Georgeson, Anna Lithgow, Sarah Davidson, Sharon O'Brien, Viet Tran and Franz E Babl

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 460-466 Free

Perspectives

Access to oral COVID‐19 antivirals in the community: are eligibility criteria and systems ensuring equity?

Nicole L Allard, Jose Canevari, Nick Haslett and Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 438-441 Free

Research

Mortality among people admitted to Australian intensive care units for reasons other than COVID‐19 during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study

Sing Chee Tan, Tess Evans, Matthew L Durie, Paul J Secombe and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (10): 467-473 Free