Infectious Disease Alert articles from May 2005

Infectious Disease Alert archives from May 2005

The Next Influenza Pandemic: Not If, but When.
May 1, 2005... .table { border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #000000; } The Next Influenza Pandemic: Not If, but When Abstract & Commentary Synopsis: Two of the 3 conditions required for the next human pandemic of influenza are in place. ...

Infection and Anemia.
May 1, 2005... Infection and Anemia By Jeffery M. Krakower Synopsis: Anemia is common in patients with infectious diseases. Source: Weiss G, et al. Anemia of Chronic Disease. N Engl J Med. 2005;352:1011-1023. Anemia of Chronic Disease (ACD)...

Lush Desert in Arizona - A Sign of Trouble Ahead?
May 1, 2005... Lush Desert in Arizona - A Sign of Trouble Ahead? Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford; Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, is Associate Editor for Infectious Disease...

CDC Releases New Recommendations for Meningococcal Vaccine.
May 1, 2005... CDC Releases New Recommendations for Meningococcal Vaccine Abstract & Commentary Synopsis: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) earlier this year for the first time...

TB, BCG, PPD, and Travelers.
May 1, 2005... TB, BCG, PPD, and Travelers Abstract & Commentary Synopsis: In low-risk populations, positive tuberculin skin tests (TST) might be due to previously received tuberculosis vaccine (Bacille Calmette-Guerin, BCG), rather than to latent...

Efficacy of Oral Cholera Vaccine.
May 1, 2005... Efficacy of Oral Cholera Vaccine Abstract & Commentary Synopsis: Orally administered cholera vaccines have offered the promise of controlling cholera epidemics during prior studies in Bangladesh.1,2 However, the high prevalence of HIV...

Updates.
May 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: The FDA Pulls Another COX-2 Inhibitor Off the Market.
May 1, 2005... The FDA Pulls Another COX-2 Inhibitor Off the Market Pharmacology Watch The FDA has asked Pfizer to withdraw valdecoxib (Bextra) from the market due to safety concerns. The request was part of a "Series of Changes to the Class of Marketed...

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

CME Questions.
May 1, 2005... CME Questions Which of the following is correct? *Avian influenza virus H5N1 can directly infect humans without another mammalian intermediary. * The reported mortality rate in humans infected with H%N1 is less than 20%. * The...