Infection prevention and control

You are a general practice registrar in a regional town of 6,000 people. Over six weeks the public health unit has confirmed seven cases of measles, four of the…

Clinical rotations · common

You are the intern on a Perth paediatric ward. Over three weeks you admit four toddlers from the same remote community with extensive impetigo, and a fifth chil…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 6-year-old boy with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection is admitted to a paediatric ward. Over an hour his oxygen saturation falls to 88 per cent on 6 L…

Pre-internship · common

A 9-week-old girl is brought to a regional emergency department with three weeks of cough. Her mother describes bouts of coughing that leave her red in the face…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 32-year-old woman shares a bedroom with her partner, who has been admitted with laboratory-confirmed meningococcal meningitis. She has no fever or rash and fe…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 3-year-old child is admitted with invasive Haemophilus influenzae type b infection. The child lives with both parents and a 20-month-old sibling who has recei…

Clinical rotations · niche

A 26-year-old woman is identified as a household contact of a patient with invasive meningococcal disease caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B. She is 2…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 74-year-old woman develops profuse watery diarrhoea on day 5 of intravenous antibiotic therapy for pneumonia. Stool testing confirms Clostridioides difficile…

Clinical rotations · common