Infectious Disease Alert articles from November 2007

Infectious Disease Alert archives from November 2007

Viruses Across the World.
November 1, 2007... Viruses Across the World Special Feature 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. ...

Micafungin for Invasive Candidiasis.
November 1, 2007... Micafungin for Invasive Candidiasis 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...

The Impact of Prescribing Antibiotics to Children.
November 1, 2007... The Impact of Prescribing Antibiotics to Children Abstract & Commentary By Hal B. Jenson, MD, Chief Academic Officer, Baystate Health Professor of Pediatrics and Dean of the Western Campus of Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr....

Culture-Negative Prosthetic Joint Infection.(Clinical report)
November 1, 2007... Culture-Negative Prosthetic Joint Infection Abstract & Commentary Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of...

Cholera Cases: Past, Present, and Future.
November 1, 2007... Cholera Cases: Past, Present, and Future Abstract & Commentary By Mary-Louise Scully, MD, Director, Travel and Tropical Medicine Center, Sansum Clinic, Santa Barbara, CA. Dr. Scully reports no financial relationship relevant to this...

Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine as a Travel Vaccine.(human papillomavirus)
November 1, 2007... Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine as a Travel Vaccine Abstract & Commentary By Michele Barry, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine and Global Health Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Barry receives no funding from any issue related to this...

Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.
November 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: Are Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) Safe?
November 1, 2007... Are Thiazolidinediones (TZDs) Safe? Pharmacology Watch In this issue: Are thiazolidinediones safe? New study shows Zometa reduces risk of hip fractures and improves survival; Merck HIV vaccine proven ineffective in clinical...

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

CME objectives/questions.
November 1, 2007... 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...