Vol. 124 No. 1332

OBITUARY

Alastair Fleet Burry

EDITORIAL

Antibiotic prescribing: time for national surveillance?

Justin Beardsley, Tim Blackmore

ARTICLE

Antimicrobial consumption at Auckland City Hospital: 2006–2009

Rob Ticehurst, Mark Thomas

LETTER

Background prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the Auckland community

Arlo Upton, Stephanie Eyres, Helen Heffernan, Susan Taylor

CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE

Beta agonist use during asthma exacerbations: how much is too much?

Mitesh Patel, Kyle Perrin, Richard Beasley

LETTER

Call for doctors not to practice homeopathy or refer to homeopaths

Shaun Holt, Andrew Gilbey, David Colquhoun, Michael Baum, Edzard Ernst

ARTICLE

Demographic variation in community-based MRSA skin and soft tissue infection in Auckland, New Zealand

Stephen R Ritchie, John D Fraser, Eric Libby, Arthur J Morris, Paul B Rainey, Mark G Thomas

LETTER

Epidemic strains of Clostridium difficile are present in Auckland, New Zealand

Sally Roberts, Helen Heffernan, Nadia Al Anbuky, Alice Richardson, Terri Swager, Susan L Taylor, James Bower, Deborah Williamson, Joshua T Freeman

LETTER

Good smokefree law compliance in rural pubs in New Zealand: results from fine particulate (PM2.5) air sampling

Nick Wilson, George Thomson, Richard Edwards

ARTICLE

Impact of universal hepatitis B vaccination on antenatal hepatitis B prevalence in the Midlands region of the North Island, New Zealand

Michael Addidle

VIEWPOINT

Interactions between gastric and enteric infections: clues to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease?

Jacqueline I Keenan, Hazel M Mitchell, Andrew S Day

OBITUARY

Malcolm Bryce Gunn

CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE

Medical image. A young male with sudden onset quadriparesis

Sumit Chatterjee, Susmita Chatterjee, Partha Sarathi Karmakar

ARTICLE

Molecular epidemiology and susceptibility profiles of Clostridium difficile in New Zealand, 2009

Sally Roberts, Helen Heffernan, Nadia Al Anbuky, Christopher Pope, Susan Paviour, Tracey Camp, Terri Swager

ARTICLE

Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in healthy Aucklanders

Nicola Best, John D Fraser, Paul B Rainey, Sally A Roberts, Mark G Thomas, Stephen R Ritchie

ARTICLE

Pertussis (whooping cough) epidemiology in Waikato, New Zealand: 2000–2009

Richard Wall, Anita Bell, Jason Theobald

BOOK REVIEW

Soul Matters: the spiritual dimension within healthcare (Mabel Aghadiuno)

Alastair Yule

LETTER

Synthetic cannabinoid analogues—not repeating past mistakes

Leo J Schep, Robin J Slaughter, Wayne A Temple, Shiva M Nair, Paul Gee

LETTER

The apprenticeship model in 1842

Roger M Ridley-Smith

100 YEARS AGO IN THE NZMJ

The Plunket Nurse: part 2

LETTER

Time for a rethink of vitamin B12 injections?

Gael Mearns, Elaine Rush, Jane Koziol-McLain, Janet Rowan

VIEWPOINT

World Salt Awareness Week: more action needed in New Zealand

Rachael M McLean, Jim I Mann, Janet Hoek