Infectious Disease Alert articles from December 2008

Infectious Disease Alert archives from December 2008

XDR-TB in the United States.(Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2008... XDR-TB in the United States Abstract & Commentary By Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford, Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, is Editor for Infectious Disease...

Toll-like Receptor 4 Polymorphisms and Aspergillosis in Stem-cell Transplantation.
December 1, 2008... Toll-like Receptor 4 Polymorphisms and Aspergillosis in Stem-cell Transplantation Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor,...

Quality Improvement Interventions and Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis.(Clinical report)
December 1, 2008... Quality Improvement Interventions and Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Abstract and Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Stanford...

Altitude Sickness and Adventure Travel.(Clinical report)
December 1, 2008... Altitude Sickness and Adventure Travel Abstract & Commentary By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, Division of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, is Associate...

2008 Prevention of Influenza Guidelines: Changes to Consider.
December 1, 2008... 2008 Prevention of Influenza Guidelines: Changes to Consider Abstract and Commentary By Mary-Louise Scully, MD, Dr. Scully is Director, Travel and Tropical Medicine Center, Sansum Clinic, Santa Barbara, CA. Dr. Scully reports no...

Travelers and Eosinophilia.(Clinical report)
December 1, 2008... Travelers and Eosinophilia Abstract & Commentary By Maria D. Mileno, MD , Dr. Mileno is Director, Travel Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Associate Professor of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI. Dr. Mileno reports no...

Pneumonic Tularemia in Brooklyn, New York.
December 1, 2008... Pneumonic Tularemia in Brooklyn, New York Abstract & Commentary By Michele Barry, MD, FACP, Dr. Barry is Professor of Medicine; Co-Director, International Health Program, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of...

Updates by Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.
December 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...

Pharmacology Watch: Are 5-a Reductase Inhibitors Associated with Hip Fractures?(Clinical report)
December 1, 2008... Are 5-α Reductase Inhibitors Associated with Hip Fractures? Pharmacology Watch In the issue: 5-α reductase inhibitors and hip fracture in men; the effects of drug-reimbursement policy on outcomes; new...

Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement.
December 1, 2008... Click here for the December 2008 Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement SOURCE-Infectious Disease Alert

CME objectives/questions.
December 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...