Infectious Disease Alert articles from February 2008

Infectious Disease Alert archives from February 2008

Visceral Leishmaniasis in 4 US Army Soldiers.
February 1, 2008... Visceral Leishmaniasis in 4 US Army Soldiers Abstract and 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,...

Schistosomiasis and Strongyloidiasis in African Refugees.(Report)
February 1, 2008... Schistosomiasis and Strongyloidiasis in African Refugees Abstract & Commentary By Brian Blackburn, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University School of...

Acute Maxillary Sinusitis - Is Treatment Effective?(Disease/Disorder overview)(Editorial)
February 1, 2008... Acute Maxillary Sinusitis - Is Treatment Effective? Abstract & Commentary By Robert Muder, MD, Hospital Epidemiologist, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center,Section Editor, Hospital Epidemiology, is Associate Editor for Infectious Disease...

P. knowlesi: A Newly Recognized Human Pathogen.(Report)
February 1, 2008... P. knowlesi: A Newly Recognized Human Pathogen 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,...

Therapeutic Trial of Growth Hormone Releasing Factor in HIV patients.(Report)
February 1, 2008... Therapeutic Trial of Growth Hormone Releasing Factor in HIV patients Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Stanford...

Non-HACEK Gram-Negative Bacillus Endocarditis.(Report)
February 1, 2008... Non-HACEK Gram-Negative Bacillus Endocarditis 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,...

Take Off Your Tie!
February 1, 2008... Take Off Your Tie! 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 Alert. ...

BinaxNOW Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test.
February 1, 2008... BinaxNOW Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Abstract & Commentary By Lin H. Chen, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School; Director Travel Resource Center, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge Dr. Lin H. Chen reports no...

Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.(briefs)
February 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.
February 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...