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…
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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…
Doctor develops monkeypox after needlestick injury
A doctor has become infected with monkeypox virus from a needlestick injury sustained after puncturing a patient’s pustular rash to collect a fluid sample. Writing…
Infant infected with monkeypox: case study
A two-month-old baby has become one of the youngest patients diagnosed with monkeypox, after presenting to a hospital with a rash and cellulitis last month. …
Japanese encephalitis rife in inland regions, blood testing shows
Japanese encephalitis virus is now well entrenched in pockets of Australia, where more than one in 10 people are showing evidence of asymptomatic infection, health…
