Ar Kar Aung

TL;DR: Challenges in laboratory diagnosis and management aspects of rickettsial infections unique to Southeast Asia are discussed, and data on emerging resistance to antimicrobial drugs and treatment/prevention options are also reviewed.

TL;DR: Medical therapy alone is likely sufficient for non-cavitary disease while early surgery should be considered for cavitary primary pulmonary sporotrichosis, according to a comprehensive literature review of treatment outcomes based on clinico-radiological presentation patterns of the disease.

TL;DR: The potential utility of combined in vivo and ex-vivo testing in patients with AA-SCARs to assign drug causality with high specificity is demonstrated.

TL;DR: To determine the nature, prevalence and description accuracy of recorded antibiotic allergy labels (AALs) in a cohort of general medical inpatients, and to assess the feasibility of an oral antibiotic re‐challenge study.

TL;DR: A framework of understanding and approach to aforementioned groups of immunocompromised travellers regarding pre-travel risk assessment and management; in particular travel vaccinations, infectious and non-infectious disease risks and provision of condition-specific advice are provided to reduce travel-related mortality and morbidity.