What’s your rarest diagnosis? This GP found ciguatera poisoning in a rough and ready fisherman
Dr David Miller used to live on a yacht in the tropics and talk with other fishermen about “things in the sea that sting and…
Tag: Zoology
Orangutan bite requires ‘unique’ consideration of herpes B prophylaxis: case report
An orangutan bite left a 29-year-old zoo visitor with a fractured finger, puncture wounds and multiple prophylaxis medications including valacyclovir for herpes B, doctors report. …
Spot Dx — What on earth is this foot lesion?
Jason, a 30-year-old plumber, attends his GP regarding a lesion on his left foot. He says it started a week ago, shortly after he returned…
Aussie woman first to survive rare bacterial infection commonly seen in cattle
An Australian woman who developed necrotising enterocolitis after handling soil has become the first person to survive a bacterial infection more commonly seen in cattle…
World-first case of python parasite removed from Aussie woman’s brain
What was initially suspected as run-of-the-mill pneumonia became a world first after Australian doctors removed a live and “wriggling” 8cm-long parasitic worm from a 64-year-old…
Why patients are self-infecting with hookworms bought on the internet
“I know some people who recycle their own stools and sift through the eggs to distribute them.” Associate Professor Severine Navarro is not talking about…
New pet sees patient gradually lose vision in one eye: case
Asking patients about their pets is not usually part of medical history taking, but it may have benefited this US patient who presented with gradual…
Bite from cake-snatching iguana leads to rare infection: case
A young girl has become the victim of an unusual crime and the subject of the first reported case of a Mycobacterium marinum infection from…
Flood victims missing out on JEV vax because of strict criteria, GP says
GPs are unable to offer vaccination against Japanese encephalitis virus to patients displaced by the SA floods, because of strict state government criteria around which practices can…
Thousands of Australians at risk of JEV in coming wet summer: experts
Arbovirus experts say they are “extremely concerned” about the potential for a major Japanese encephalitis virus outbreak this summer as there are now an estimated…
