Spot Dx — Be first out the gait to diagnose this calf pain
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…
Tag: Infectious diseases
Fatal tetanus infection a timely reminder for vaccination: Aussie case
Australian doctors have reported the first death from tetanus in NSW in over three decades, while stressing the importance of older patients staying up to…
Aussie doctors find two cases of treatment-resistant tinea in refugees
Australian doctors have diagnosed treatment-resistant tinea in refugees from Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, raising concerns that cases are slipping under the radar. One patient, aged…
Scabies treatments scarce as outbreak spreads to four hospitals
A scabies outbreak has spread to four NSW hospitals, with dozens of health staff infected amid a national shortage of treatments for the infection. The…
Consider Shingrix for varicella-vaccinated patients: ATAGI proposal
Adults who have received an indicated varicella vaccine should be eligible for the recombinant herpes zoster vaccine Shringrix, according to ATAGI. The Australian Immunisation Handbook…
Persistent headache and fever in a globe-trotting chef
Mai, a 51-year-old Thai chef and restaurant owner, presents with a five-day history of headache associated with fever, lethargy, nausea and vomiting. Two days prior,…
Cholera shots, prophylactic antibiotics and 200,000 condoms — medicine at the Olympics
Associate Professor Carolyn Broderick’s preparation for the Paris Olympics has not involved reps or running but wargaming for a gastro outbreak and river-borne Escherichia coli.…
German patient is seventh person cured of HIV
A German man has become the seventh person to apparently be cured of HIV, researchers report. The 60-year-old man, referred to as the ‘next Berlin…
I now know why antivirals can be a tough medicine to take
For those of us of a certain age, ocean cruises are a wonderful if not dangerous way to travel. My wife and I like cruising,…
Meet RUPERT — the new decision support tool for treating kids with UTIs
Deciding when to prescribe IV antibiotics for UTIs in kids could soon be made easier thanks to Australian doctors who have developed a world-first individualised…
