Infectious Disease Alert articles from April 2008

Infectious Disease Alert archives from April 2008

Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Hawaii: A Parasite to Consider in Meningitis Patients.
April 1, 2008... Angiostrongylus cantonensis in Hawaii: A Parasite to Consider in Meningitis Patients Abstract & Commentary By Brian G. Blackburn, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine,...

CCR5 Deficiency/Susceptibility to Symptomatic CNS Infection with Flaviviruses.(chemokine receptors )
April 1, 2008... CCR5 Deficiency/Susceptibility to Symptomatic CNS Infection with Flaviviruses Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Stanford...

Mercury Levels after Vaccination with Thimerosal-containing Vaccines.(Report)
April 1, 2008... Mercury Levels after Vaccination with Thimerosal-containing Vaccines Abstract & Commentary By Hal B. Jenson, MD, Chief Academic Officer, Baystate Health Professor of Pediatrics and Dean of the Western Campus of Tufts University School...

Maintaining Patients on a Failing Antiretroviral Regimen Reduces the Risk of AIDS-defining Events.
April 1, 2008... Maintaining Patients on a Failing Antiretroviral Regimen Reduces the Risk of AIDS-defining Events Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical...

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
April 1, 2008... Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Abstract & Commentary By Joseph F. John, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, Medical University of...

It's the Flu Season! Honey is Sweeter for Cough.
April 1, 2008... It's the Flu Season! Honey is Sweeter for Cough Update By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, Division of Infectious Diseases; Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Section Editor,...

Tamiflu-resistance Emerging.(Brief article)
April 1, 2008... Tamiflu-resistance Emerging Update By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, Division of Infectious Diseases; Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Section Editor, Updates; Section...

Long-Term Persistence of Low-level Viremia in Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy.
April 1, 2008... Long-Term Persistence of Low-level Viremia in Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor,...

Waning Vaccine-Induced Immunity to Varicella.(Report)
April 1, 2008... Waning Vaccine-Induced Immunity to Varicella Abstract & Commentary By Jennifer L. Kruse, and Philip R. Fischer, MD, DTM&H, Jennifer Kruse is a medical student at Mayo Medical School in Rochester, MN. Dr. Fischer is a professor of...

Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.(brief)
April 1, 2008... Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, Division of Infectious Diseases; Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Section Editor, Updates; Section Editor, HIV, is Associate Editor for...

CME Objectives/questions.
April 1, 2008... CME Objectives The objectives of Infectious Disease Alert are to: *discuss the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases; *present current data regarding the use of new antibiotics for commonly diagnosed diseases and new uses...