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Vol 127 No 1388: 24 Jan 2014

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Incidence of maternal sensitisation to Rh(D) in Christchurch, New Zealand and reasons for prophylaxis failures

Krishna G Badami, Johanna Parker, Aoife Kenny, Sue Warrington

In terms of their blood, people can be D-negative or D-positive. D-negative mothers carrying a D-positive baby may make anti-D that can destroy the babys D-positive red blood cells. In D-negative women this can be prevented by giving anti-D injections. The anti-D prophylaxis regimen used in New Zealand covers many but not all situations. Therefore, though the risk in New Zealand of D-negative mothers making anti-D and their babies being potentially affected is low, it may be lower still with the addition of the routine prophylaxis regimen used in many other countries.

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TABLE - A cluster of three cases of leptospirosis in dairy farm workers in New Zealand

Margot McLean, Quentin Ruscoe, Terence Kline, Caleb King, Annette Nesdale

Leptospirosis is a serious infectious disease that is spread from animals to humans. In New Zealand, farm workers and meat workers have the highest risk of becoming infected. This paper describes a cluster of three cases of leptospirosis in dairy farm workers. We describe the illness experienced by the three cases and discuss how leptospirosis rates in New Zealand can be reduced.

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Molecular epidemiology of group A streptococcus from pharyngeal isolates in Auckland, New Zealand, 2013

Deborah A Williamson, Nicole J Moreland, Philip Carter, Arlo Upton, Julie Morgan, Thomas Proft, Diana Lennon, Michael G Baker, Rod Dunbar, John D Fraser

Our study provides information on the circulating group A streptococcal strains in Auckland. Future clinical and molecular surveillance of these strains is essential in the context of ongoing vaccine development.

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SUMMARY

Incidence of maternal sensitisation to Rh(D) in Christchurch, New Zealand and reasons for prophylaxis failures

Krishna G Badami, Johanna Parker, Aoife Kenny, Sue Warrington

Children of the outer Cook Islands have lower BMI compared to their urban peers

Danny Stewart, Peter Reed, Elaine Rush

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

TABLE - ‘A child restraint for every child on every trip’

Bridget Kool, Rebekah Ryan, Keira Radice, Elizabeth Segedin, Gabrielle Nuthall, Michael Shepherd, Julie Chambers

Elderly locums

Humphrey Rainey

Is the benefit/risk ratio for cardiac defibrillators implanted in an older population (age 75 or more) still favourable?

Ming Han Lim, Warren Smith, Peter Larsen

Emergency departments’ cost and primary care

Ben Gray

Marketing and supplying alcohol to young people

Sally Casswell

Medical image. Pituitary metastasis: an unusual cause of hypopituitarism

Yared N Demssie, Kavita Kulavarasalingam, Mohit Kumar, Akheel Syed

Medical image. Two earholes

Kenta Watanabe

Dominion Notes. Drink Bill

TABLE - A cluster of three cases of leptospirosis in dairy farm workers in New Zealand

Margot McLean, Quentin Ruscoe, Terence Kline, Caleb King, Annette Nesdale

Preventing death and injury to child motor vehicle passengers: achieving best practice requires simplifying restraint choice for parents and setting best practice as the societal norm

Lynne E Bilston

Dizziness caused by medications

Jeremy Hornibrook, Paul F Smith

Relief from cancer chemotherapy side effects with pharmacologic vitamin C

Anitra C Carr, Margreet C M Vissers, John Cook

Leptospirosis is an important multi-species zoonotic disease in New Zealand

Chris Mansell, Jackie Benschop

Mortality from coronary heart disease: the (unnoticed) elephant in the room

Robin M Norris

Congestion bleeding of the head and neck following myocardial infarction

Caroline Mahon, Paul Maurice, Dougal McClean

Molecular epidemiology of group A streptococcus from pharyngeal isolates in Auckland, New Zealand, 2013

Deborah A Williamson, Nicole J Moreland, Philip Carter, Arlo Upton, Julie Morgan, Thomas Proft, Diana Lennon, Michael G Baker, Rod Dunbar, John D Fraser

SUMMARY

Incidence of maternal sensitisation to Rh(D) in Christchurch, New Zealand and reasons for prophylaxis failures

Krishna G Badami, Johanna Parker, Aoife Kenny, Sue Warrington

In terms of their blood, people can be D-negative or D-positive. D-negative mothers carrying a D-positive baby may make anti-D that can destroy the babys D-positive red blood cells. In D-negative women this can be prevented by giving anti-D injections. The anti-D prophylaxis regimen used in New Zealand covers many but not all situations. Therefore, though the risk in New Zealand of D-negative mothers making anti-D and their babies being potentially affected is low, it may be lower still with the addition of the routine prophylaxis regimen used in many other countries.

SUMMARY

TABLE - A cluster of three cases of leptospirosis in dairy farm workers in New Zealand

Margot McLean, Quentin Ruscoe, Terence Kline, Caleb King, Annette Nesdale

Leptospirosis is a serious infectious disease that is spread from animals to humans. In New Zealand, farm workers and meat workers have the highest risk of becoming infected. This paper describes a cluster of three cases of leptospirosis in dairy farm workers. We describe the illness experienced by the three cases and discuss how leptospirosis rates in New Zealand can be reduced.

SUMMARY

Molecular epidemiology of group A streptococcus from pharyngeal isolates in Auckland, New Zealand, 2013

Deborah A Williamson, Nicole J Moreland, Philip Carter, Arlo Upton, Julie Morgan, Thomas Proft, Diana Lennon, Michael G Baker, Rod Dunbar, John D Fraser

Our study provides information on the circulating group A streptococcal strains in Auckland. Future clinical and molecular surveillance of these strains is essential in the context of ongoing vaccine development.

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