Infectious Disease Alert articles from June 2005

Infectious Disease Alert archives from June 2005

Treatment of Legionnaires Disease.
June 1, 2005... Treatment of Legionnaires Disease Abstract & Commentary Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford; Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, is Editor for Infectious Disease...

High Rate of Cytomegalovirus Transmission in Breast Milk.
June 1, 2005... High Rate of Cytomegalovirus Transmission in Breast Milk Abstract & Commentary Hal B. Jenson, MD, FAAP Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Director, Center for Pediatric Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Children's Hospital of...

Purpura Fulminans Due to Staphylococcal aureus.
June 1, 2005... Purpura Fulminans Due to Staphylococcal aureus Abstract and Commentary Dean L. Winslow, MD, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Section...

Biofilm.
June 1, 2005... Biofilm Abstracts & Commentary Joseph F. John, Jr., MD , Chief, Medical Subspecialty Services, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, is...

Influenza in Travelers.
June 1, 2005... Influenza in Travelers Abstract & Commentary 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 ...

BOOSTRIX[R], TdaP for Adolescents.
June 1, 2005... BOOSTRIX[R], TdaP for Adolescents 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 In the united...

Measuring Temperature Postoperatively Appears to Be a Waste of Time.
June 1, 2005... Measuring Temperature Postoperatively Appears to Be a Waste of Time Abstract & Commentary J. Peter Donnelly, PhD, Clinical Microbiologist, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Section Editor, Microbiology Synopsis: The...

Diagnosing Intravascular Device Related Bacteremia.
June 1, 2005... Diagnosing Intravascular Device Related Bacteremia Abstract & Commentary Robert Muder, MD, Hospital Epidemiologist, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Section Editor, Hospital Epidemiology, is Associate Editor for Infectious...

Updates.
June 1, 2005... 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: Is Nesiritide Associated with a Higher Death Rate?
June 1, 2005... Is Nesiritide Associated with a Higher Death Rate? Pharmacology Watch Nesiritide, Scios' intravenous recombinant form of human B-type naturetic peptide, has been widely used for the treatment of congestive heart failure in hospitalized...

Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement.
June 1, 2005... Click here for the June 2005 Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement. SOURCE-Infectious Disease Alert

CME Questions.
June 1, 2005... CME Questions Which of the following is correct? *Levofloxacin is less effective than clarithromycin in the treatment of legionellosis. *Legionella pneumophila is susceptible to fluoroquinolones in vitro. *Effective treatment of...