HIV and hepatitis B warning after investigators raid cosmetic clinic
Patients are at risk of HIV and hepatitis B due to poor hygiene practices at a cosmetic clinic where unregistered staff allegedly performed cosmetic surgeries,…
Tag: Infectious diseases
‘Very rare’ risk of Guillain–Barre syndrome after Shingrix vaccination: TGA
Recombinant herpes zoster vaccine Shingrix carries a “very rare” risk of Guillain–Barre syndrome, the TGA says. The regulator says patients should be advised to seek…
Patients to be given ‘cheat sheet’ for persuading their GP to prescribe doxy-PEP
Patients seeking doxycycline as a ‘morning-after pill’ are being turned away by GPs, says a patient sexual health organisation. ACON — formerly the AIDS Council…
We are losing treatment options: Why doctors need to fight back against the never-ending drug shortages
These are difficult times. As clinicians, we not only need to know all the medications prescribed within our scope of practice, but to recognise which…
CV risk lingers up to three years for patients who had COVID-19 before vaccine rollout, doctors say
Patients who had COVID-19 prior to the rollout of vaccines have an increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular events for up to three years after…
Spot Dx — What is causing these palmar patches?
Bec is a 34-year-old office worker with a six-month history of a recurrent rash on the hands following development of oral and genital ulcers. Test…
‘Billions of Trojan horses’: Doctors urged to sanitise their smartphones
Smartphones should be considered a threat to the nation’s biosecurity, researchers claim, after they discovered that the phones of 20 doctors attending the WONCA conference…
Interpreting the latest guidelines: How to choose the correct COVID-19 antiviral
And how individualised patient management plans tackle the problem of clinical inertia
‘Untreatable’ STI increasingly common among urban patients, says sexual health expert
Antimicrobial resistance has created another “untreatable” STI, Mycoplasma genitalium, which is increasingly common in Australia, doctors say. Melbourne sexual health physician Professor Catriona Bradshaw said…
Medical Must-See: Unusual housemate leads to infection and aortic valve replacement
Even on Airbnb, most guests will not cause as much drama as this patient’s unusual lodger. The 49-year-old biologist presented to doctors in the Democratic…
