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Accurate fertility-based radiation safety data, education and knowledge is important for all staff exposed to occupational radiation. Women are under-represented in all medical fields with increased exposure to occupational radiation, to achieve better equity in our medical workforces evidence-based radiation safety knowledge is essential to overcoming perceived career barriers. This review of radiation safety policy and data focuses on providing health professions working in cardiology with accurate contemporary information about potential radiation exposure with respect to fetal risk for pregnant health professionals. The data summarized within this review shows when women continue to work in cardiac catheterization laboratories through pregnancy their expected occupational radiation exposure with appropriate shielding, will not meaningfully change pregnancy outcomes, nor will it significantly increase risk to the fetus. The review also summarizes international workplace policy for radiation exposure and monitoring and provides recommendations for ongoing safe practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article describes the case of a 29-year-old man from Otago, New Zealand who was presented with discharge from an enlarged left anterior cervical lymph node. Particular focus is given to his medical history and the result of drug-susceptibility testing. He was diagnosed with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) and susceptibility to cycloserine and para-aminosalicylic acid was revealed. Treatment include cycloserine, para-aminosalicylic acid, linezolid, moxifloxacin and clofazimine.