Infectious Disease Alert articles from June 2008

Infectious Disease Alert archives from June 2008

Molecular Identification of Head Lice from Peruvian Mummy.
June 1, 2008... Molecular Identification of Head Lice from Peruvian Mummy Abstract & Commentary By Joseph H. John, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA, Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center; Professor of...

Laboratory-acquired Infections Beyond Bioterrorism.
June 1, 2008... Laboratory-acquired Infections Beyond Bioterrorism Special Report Ellen Jo Baron, PhD, D(ABMM), Professor Pathology and Medicine, Stanford University Medical School Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Stanford University...

Relationship between CD4+ Count and Non-AIDS Diseases in HIV Patients.(cluster of differentiation)(acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)(human immunodeficiency virus)(Report)
June 1, 2008... Relationship between CD4+ Count and Non-AIDS Diseases in HIV Patients Abstract & Commentary Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Stanford University...

MRSA Screening -- Making Sense of Surveillance.
June 1, 2008... MRSA Screening -- Making Sense of Surveillance Abstract & Commentary By Robert Muder, MD, Hospital Epidemiologist, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, is Associate Editor for Infectious Disease Alert. Dr. Muder does research for Aventis and...

Decreased Pneumococcal Meningitis after PCV7 Implementation: Another Vaccine Success Story.(Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine )(Report)
June 1, 2008... Decreased Pneumococcal Meningitis after PCV7 Implementation: Another Vaccine Success Story Abstract & Commentary Brian G. Blackburn, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine,...

Infection Control Measures in a Combat Zone.
June 1, 2008... Infection Control Measures in a Combat Zone 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, is...

Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.(Report)
June 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.
June 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...