Infectious Disease Alert articles from February 2009

Infectious Disease Alert archives from February 2009

Universal Voluntary HIV Testing with Antiretroviral Therapy as a Strategy to Eliminate HIV Transmission.(human immunodeficiency virus)(Report)
February 1, 2009... Universal Voluntary HIV Testing with Antiretroviral Therapy as a Strategy to Eliminate HIV Transmission Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center;...

The Emergence of Pneumococcus Type 19A as the Major Cause of Mastoiditis in Children.(Report)
February 1, 2009... The Emergence of Pneumococcus Type 19A as the Major Cause of Mastoiditis in Children Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor,...

Kingella kingae Infections in Children.
February 1, 2009... Kingella kingae Infections in Children Abstract & Commentary By Hal B. Jenson, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine; Chief Academic Officer, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA, is Associate...

Increased Incubation Time Increases the Yield of Culture in Prosthetic Joint Infection.
February 1, 2009... Increased Incubation Time Increases the Yield of Culture in Prosthetic Joint Infection Abstract & Commentary By Robert Muder, MD, Hospital Epidemiologist, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, Section Editor, Hospital Epidemiology, is...

Outbreak of Acute Schistosomiasis: Brief Exposure and Severe Morbidity.(Report)
February 1, 2009... Outbreak of Acute Schistosomiasis: Brief Exposure and Severe Morbidity Abstract & Commentary By Brian Blackburn, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford...

The Newest Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus: MRSP.(Report)
February 1, 2009... The Newest Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus: MRSP Abstract & Commentary By Ellen Jo Baron, PhD, D(ABBM), Professor of Pathology and Medicine; Stanford University; Medical School Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Stanford...

Decontamination in the ICU.(intensive care units)(Report)
February 1, 2009... Decontamination in the ICU 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....

Updates by Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.(Fellow of the American College of Physicians )(Report)
February 1, 2009... 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: How Best to Control Hypertension?(Report)
February 1, 2009... How Best to Control Hypertension? Pharmacology Watch In this issue: Drug combinations for hypertension; tenecteplase for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; CAM most commonly used for back, neck, and arthritis pain; FDA Actions. ...

Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement.
February 1, 2009... Click here for the February 2009 Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement SOURCE-Infectious Disease Alert

CME objectives/questions.
February 1, 2009... 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...