Infectious Disease Alert articles from February 2007

Infectious Disease Alert archives from February 2007

Trichomonas Infection - It's Not Just a Girl Thing, But the Guys Don't Know It.(Disease/Disorder overview)
February 1, 2007... Trichomonas Infection — It's Not Just a Girl Thing, But the Guys Don't Know It Abstract & Commentary By Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford, Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara...

First Chemokine Receptor Antagonist Available Under Expanded Access.
February 1, 2007... First Chemokine Receptor Antagonist Available Under Expanded Access Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford...

Posaconazole Salvage in Invasive Aspergillosis.
February 1, 2007... Posaconazole Salvage in Invasive Aspergillosis 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...

Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: Doing the Right Thing Pays Off.
February 1, 2007... Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections: Doing the Right Thing Pays Off Abstract & Commentary By Robert Muder, MD, Hospital Epidemiologist, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, Section Editor, Hospital Epidemiology, is Associate Editor for...

New Oral Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B: Telbivudine.(Disease/Disorder overview)
February 1, 2007... New Oral Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B: Telbivudine Special Report By Nam Do and Jessica C. Song, Nam Do is a pharmacy resident, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and Jessica C. Song, MA, PharmD, is Pharmacy Residency Coordinator,...

Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.(Disease/Disorder overview)
February 1, 2007... Updates Resistant Salmonella from Pet Rodents 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;...

Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement.
February 1, 2007... Click here for the February 2007 Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement SOURCE-Infectious Disease Alert

Pharmacology Watch: Breast Cancer Rates Have Dropped Since WHI of 2002.
February 1, 2007... Breast Cancer Rates Have Dropped Since WHI of 2002 Pharmacology Watch Several important papers have been published in the last 2 months, none more important than the realization that breast cancer rates have dropped precipitously since the...

CME objectives/questions.
February 1, 2007... CME Questions All of the following measures are recommended by the CDC at the time of central catheter insertion except: *Hand washing/sanitizing *Application of mupirocin to the catheter insertion site *Use of chlorhexidine for...