Infectious Disease Alert articles from March 2007

Infectious Disease Alert archives from March 2007

HIV Genotyping of Chronically Infected Patients.(Clinical report)
March 1, 2007... HIV Genotyping of Chronically Infected Patients Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of...

MRSA Decolonization.(Clinical report)
March 1, 2007... MRSA Decolonization 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. ...

More Evidence of Vancomycin Impotence.
March 1, 2007... More Evidence of Vancomycin Impotence 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...

Relationship of HCV Infection to Mortality In Families.
March 1, 2007... Relationship of HCV Infection to Mortality In Families Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School...

Fever, Rash, and Severe Arthralgias in Travelers Returning from India.
March 1, 2007... Fever, Rash, and Severe Arthralgias in Travelers Returning from India Case Report By Sheela Shenoi, MD, and Albert Shaw, MD, Dr. Shenoi is a Fellow in Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Shaw is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Section of...

Update on Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Menactra[R] Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine.
March 1, 2007... Update on Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Menactra® Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine Abstract & commentary By Mary-Louise Scully, MD, Sansum-Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic, Santa Barbara, CA Dr. Scully reports no...

Preventing Nosocomial Infection in Cardiac Surgery by Topical Oro-Nasal Decontamination.
March 1, 2007... Preventing Nosocomial Infection in Cardiac Surgery by Topical Oro-Nasal Decontamination Abstract & Commentary By David J. Pierson, MD, Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Harborview Medical Center University of Washington,...

Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.
March 1, 2007... 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: Higher HDL Cholesterol in Statin Therapy, Key to Slowing Atherosclerosis?
March 1, 2007... Higher HDL Cholesterol in Statin Therapy, Key to Slowing Atherosclerosis? Pharmacology Watch Aggressive statin therapy is associated with slowed progression and even regression of atherosclerosis. A new study suggests...

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

CME objectives/questions.
March 1, 2007... CME Questions Which of the following is correct? *MRSA rarely is resistant to mupirocin. *While some hospital strains of MRSA may be resistant to mupirocin, community-acquired MRSA are never resistant to this drug. *Almost...