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    Tag: Infectious diseases

    ‘Don’t panic’: On-demand dosing and overseas suppliers are options during PrEP shortage

    September 25, 2024

    A shortage of tenofovir disoproxil–emtricitabine tablets for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis will mean careful planning with patients over upcoming months, the TGA says. Various brands of…

    Mark Butler bullish that Shingrix supplies will cover expanded NIP listing

    September 24, 2024

    Another 215,000 patients are now eligible for free shingles vaccination as the government assures GPs it has bought enough of the recombinant vaccine Shingrix to…

    Doxycycline ‘morning after pill’ cuts STI rates by 80%: largest real-world study

    September 23, 2024

    Prescribing doxycycline as a morning after pill significantly reduces chlamydia and syphilis incidence following condomless sex between men, according to the largest real-world study so…

    A GP guide to long COVID ‘brain fog’

    September 21, 2024

    This article focuses of the cognitive components of long COVID, also known as ‘brain fog’. It complements a previous How to Treat on post-infective fatigue…

    RSV vaccine ‘75% effective’ in keeping elderly patients out of hospital: real-world study

    September 11, 2024

    Elderly patients with respiratory syncytial virus are less likely to be hospitalised if they are vaccinated, the first US post-marketing study shows. The real-world data…

    Doctor warns that half of mpox cases may be breakthrough infections, as case numbers surge

    September 10, 2024

    Half of patients with mpox during the latest outbreak have received one or two vaccine doses, according to a sexual health physician who is also…

    Call for more Paxlovid prescribing to prevent COVID-19 deaths in aged care

    August 27, 2024

    A leading infectious diseases specialist has urged GPs to prescribe nirmatrelvir–ritonavir more readily for patients in aged care facilities, who are still dying of COVID-19…

    ‘Insidious onset of symptoms’: Holiday sandfly bite triggers rare parasitic disease two years later

    August 26, 2024

    An Australian man’s sandfly bite in Greece two years previously triggered a diagnostic dilemma culminating in a rare diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis, Melbourne doctors report.…

    20% of eligible patients receive shingles vaccine within six months of NIP change

    August 26, 2024

    Monthly shingles vaccinations have soared from 30,000 to 200,000 since the National Immunisation Program replaced the live-attenuated Zostavax with recombinant vaccine Shingrix, data show. Until…

    Spot Dx — Be first out the gait to diagnose this calf pain

    August 23, 2024

    Edie, an eight-year-old girl, is seen via telehealth consultation with 24 hours of bilateral calf pain and disturbed gait, worsening despite regular paracetamol administration. Test…

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