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  1. Yovich JL, Hamzah H, Massouras H
    Med J Aust, 1987 Jun 15;146(12):657-8.
    PMID: 3626918
  2. Yap GK
    Med J Aust, 1972 May 13;1(20):1056.
    PMID: 5056308
  3. Wilkinson IE
    Med J Aust, 1992 May 18;156(10):741.
    PMID: 1535682
  4. Watson DA, Andrew JH, Banting S, Mackay JR, Stillwell RG, Merrett M
    Med J Aust, 1991 Jul 01;155(1):47-50.
    PMID: 2067439
    OBJECTIVE: To report a case of enteritis necroticans acquired in Australia, and to review the history, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, management and prevention of this disease.

    CLINICAL FEATURES: A 44-year-old diabetic and alcoholic restaurateur of Chinese-Malay origin, who had been living in Australia for over 20 years, was admitted to hospital with bloody diarrhoea which progressed to fulminant toxaemia and circulatory collapse, and ultimately required laparotomy. Typical pathological features and the isolation of Clostridium perfringens type C from faeces confirmed the diagnosis of enteritis necroticans.

    INTERVENTION AND OUTCOME: He was treated initially with ampicillin, gentamicin, metronidazole and chloramphenicol, and later with penicillin and metronidazole, and he required large volumes of intravenously administered fluid and blood for his toxaemic, hypotensive state. Laparotomy was performed as a life-saving procedure. Despite a lengthy convalescence, the patient recovered.

    CONCLUSIONS: Enteritis necroticans is a rare disease in developed countries, however it is likely to be underdiagnosed. Clinicians are encouraged to be on the alert for signs of severity that may indicate the need for laparotomy in a predisposed individual with features of this condition.

  5. Tay CH, Lopez CG, Lazarus AR
    Med J Aust, 1970 Nov 28;2(22):1024-9.
    PMID: 5494950
  6. Swannell C
    Med J Aust, 2017 08 21;207(4):1.
    PMID: 28814225
  7. Smith KV, Grimmond T, Monk I
    Med J Aust, 1975 Sep 20;2(12):479-80.
    PMID: 1196186
    This report is of a man who suffered from chronic melioidosis contracted in Malaysia. In the course of the disease he had a lobe of a lung resected, developed empyema and, while this was still draining, developed infection in an ankle. Both the empyema thoracis and the ankle infection were due to Pseudomonas pseudomallel. He now appears to be cured, probably by massive doses of tetracycline.
  8. Sivanesaratnam V, Singh A, Rachagan SP, Raman S
    Med J Aust, 1986 Apr 14;144(8):411, 413-4.
    PMID: 3959969
    During the 10-year period 1974-1983, 68 patients with intraperitoneal haemorrhage as a result of the rupture of a corpus luteum were managed at the University Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Most of the patients were aged between 18 and 35 years. In 63% of the patients the rupture occurred between the 14th and the 35th day of the menstrual cycle, and 10 patients had intraperitoneal bleeding severe enough (450-1500 mL) to require blood transfusion. The condition is often confused with other surgical emergencies such as appendicitis and ectopic pregnancy. An increased awareness of the problem in women of reproductive age and the use of laparoscopy, when indicated, will allow a more conservative approach to be adopted for those patients with minimal bleeding. The performance of an appendicectomy in the presence of blood in the peritoneal cavity did not appear to increase morbidity in those patients with a preoperative diagnosis of "appendicitis".
  9. Sivanesaratnam V, Puvan IS, Sinnathuray TA
    Med J Aust, 1975 Aug 23;2(8):298-301.
    PMID: 1165736
    A study of 300 Malaysian women who were fitted with the Copper-7 intrauterine device is presented. Two per cent of the acceptors were nulliparous. Insertion was easy in 97-7% of the cases and the side effects were minimal. In a study of over 4,634 women-months a low cumulative expulsion rate, at 12 and 24 months of use, of 3-1 and 3-6 respectively, was observed. However, relatively high cumulative rates of pregnancy of 4-3 and 9-2 occurred at 12 and 24 months of use respectively. Out of a total of 19 pregnancies, in 12 cases the device was found to have descended, a finding not commonly reported. One woman experienced translocation of the device five months after insertion, and in this instance, the device was removed by laparotomy. The findings in this study and their implications are discussed.
  10. Nik Mazian A, Ab Rahman SS
    Med J Aust, 2021 01;214(1):16-16.e1.
    PMID: 33230849 DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50875
  11. Ng CV
    Med J Aust, 2005 Feb 07;182(3):120.
    PMID: 15698357
    We describe a patient with myasthenia gravis and thymoma who developed recurrent severe myasthenic crises associated with the use of combination chemotherapy.
  12. Ng CS, Azmin S, Law ZK, Sahathevan R, Wan Yahya WN, Remli R, et al.
    Med J Aust, 2015 Apr 06;202(6):333-4.
    PMID: 25832163
  13. Neoh CF, Snell GI, Levvey B, Kotsimbos T, Morrissey O, Slavin MA, et al.
    Med J Aust, 2014 Nov 03;201(9):543-4.
    PMID: 25358582
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