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Meningitis - Neisseria -- AustraliaA newborn baby from Adelaide has died in hospital after contracting meningococcal disease.SA [South Australia] Health confirmed on Sunday [8 Nov 2020] it had been notified of a case of invasive meningococcal disease in a 7-week-old girl. "Tragically, the baby has died in hospital," a statement said.Multiple people were in contact with the child, with 7 told to take clearance antibiotics.Medical experts are yet to identify the exact strain of meningococcus that infected the newborn…

Cysticercosis -- AustraliaA parasitic disease once confined to developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America has surfaced in a Melbourne woman who has never been overseas.The 25-year-old was found to have cysts on her brain after suffering migraines with 'visual aura' and blurred vision for 6 straight days. She was diagnosed with neurocysticercosis, a serious disease that causes symptoms including seizures, headaches, blindness, meningitis, and dementia -- and had to have brain surgery to remove a…

COVID-19, Antimicrobial resistance, Bacterial Meningitis, Tuberculosis, Enterovirus, Other Human Disease, Hepatitis B, HIV/AIDS, Rabies, Chikungunya, Malaria, Influenza -- Worldwide/UnknownSetting priorities for patient-centered surveillance of drug-resistant infectionsElizabeth A. Ashley, Alistair McLean, Francesca Chiara, Nicholas Feasey, Walter Jaoko, Japheth A. Opintan, Sharon J. Peacock, Priscilla Rupali, Paul TurnerInt J Infect Dis. 2020; 97 (Aug): 60-65Coronavirus (COVID-19) collection---------------------------------Diagnostics-----------Fast SARS-CoV-2 detection by RT-qPCR in preheated nasopharyngeal swab samplesJulia Alcoba-Florez, Rafaela…