Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians experience stroke and traumatic brain injury (TBI) with much greater frequency than non-Aboriginal Australians ...

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This article discusses the 2015 revision of the Jones criteria by the American Heart Association for the diagnosis of acute rheumatic fever. ...

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• 2015
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We conducted a retrospective review for all cases of S aureus bacteremia and sterile site infections, for children under 15 years, in northern Australia over... ...

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• 2014
• March 2014

This paper is a report on progress towards a joint Australian and New Zealand vaccination program for Group A Streptococcus bacteria, which causes serious... ...

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• 2014
• May 2014

The objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of skin infection associated hospitalizations in children born in Western Australia (WA). ...

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• 2017
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Skin infections are a significant cause of severe disease, requiring hospitalization in Western Australian children, particularly with Aboriginal children ...

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• 2017
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Differences in the immune response, detectable by gene expression, between individuals who are susceptible to ARF and those who are not ...

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• 2014
• December 2014

The median number of presentations per child in the first year of life was 21 with multiple reasons for presentation. ...

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• 2013
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Benzathine penicillin G is an important antibiotic for the treatment and prevention of group A streptococcal infections associated with rheumatic fever and... ...

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• 2013
• September 2013

Providing remote communities with access to chlorinated swimming pools has been considered as a possible strategy for reducing ear and skin infection rates... ...

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• 2013
• January 2013

Measuring disease and injury burden in populations requires a composite metric that captures both premature mortality and the prevalence and severity of... ...

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• 2012
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