Infectious Disease Alert articles from August 2008

Infectious Disease Alert archives from August 2008

Gardening Can Kill You.(Report)
August 1, 2008... Gardening Can Kill You Abstract & Commentary David A. Stevens, MD, FACP., Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA; Professor of Medicine, Stanford University...

Tuberculosis Screening in Internationally Adopted Children: Test Twice.(Report)
August 1, 2008... Tuberculosis Screening in Internationally Adopted Children: Test Twice Abstract & Commentary By Hal B. Jenson, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine; Chief Academic Officer, Baystate Medical Center,...

Femoral vs Jugular Venous Catheterization and Risk of Infection.(Report)
August 1, 2008... Femoral vs Jugular Venous Catheterization and Risk of Infection Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Stanford University...

Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States.(Report)
August 1, 2008... Epidemiology of Invasive Group B Streptococcal Disease in the United States Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Stanford...

Types of Cancer Among HIV-infected Persons.(Report)
August 1, 2008... Types of Cancer Among HIV-infected Persons Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine,...

The Risk of Infection after Nasal Staphylococcus aureus.
August 1, 2008... The Risk of Infection after Nasal Staphylococcus aureus Abstract & Commentary By Joseph H. John, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center; Professor of...

Importation of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases.(Report)
August 1, 2008... Importation of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Abstract & Commentary By Corryn S. Greenwood, MD, and Philip R. Fischer, MD, Dr. Greenwood is a resident in the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in...

MRSA in the United States and Beyond.(Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus )(Report)
August 1, 2008... MRSA in the United States and Beyond Abstract & Commentary By Maria D. Mileno, MD, Dr. Mileno is Associate Professor of Medicine, Warren Alpert School of Medicine, Director, Travel Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI. ...

Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.(Fellow of the American College of Physicians )(Report)
August 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.
August 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 adn new uses...