TO THE EDITOR: The lack of a functioning spleen is associated with a lifelong risk of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection (OPSI). Historically, mortality rates associated with OPSI have been in excess of 50%.1-3 OPSI is a preventable illness through vaccination, education, prophylactic antibiotic use and other measures, as summarised in the national Australasian Society for Infectious Disea...

Commercial weather stations can effectively collect data for a specified area. However, their ground sensors limit the amount of that be logged, thus failing to precise meteorological in local area such as micro-scale region. This happens because conditions at region vary greatly even with small altitude changes. For now, drone operators must check ensure safe and successful flight. task is oft...

Dear editor, We describe the development and evaluation of a webbased, paediatric infectious diseases (PID) journal club (JC). A coordinated roster with monthly submissions from 11 clinical sites has increased knowledge-sharing, member-engagement and opportunities for trainees to be mentored in critical appraisal writing. The JC is now in its third year with ongoing educational value to this su...

Proksimal renal tübüler asidoz (pRTA) tek başına ya da Fanconi sendromu ile birlikte ortaya çıkabilir. İdiyopatik olabileceği gibi birçok ilaç ve hastalıkla ilişkisi bildirilmiştir. 71 yaşında, kronik HBV enfeksiyonu nedeniyle tenofovir disoproksil fumarat (TDF) kullanımı olan kadın hasta, dirençli, semptomatik hipokalemi başvurdu. Venöz kan gazı analizi tanıya ulaşılamazken arter gazında görül...

In 2012, on behalf of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID), we reported in the Journal on the infectious diseases challenges for Australia in the coming decade.1 We identified antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a public health crisis requiring global professional and political action, and reflected on how the spread of infectious diseases and AMR is affected by interconnected ...