Infectious Disease Alert articles from October 2003

Infectious Disease Alert archives from October 2003

Global HIV perspective suggests a long way to go.(Special Report)
October 1, 2003... The challenge facing the global community is to immediately marshall sufficient resources to ensure rapid scale-up of life-saving prevention strategies.--Global HIV Prevention Working Group 2003 NOT LONG AGO AT ONE OF THE BIANNUAL WORLD...

Neurotoxicity of carbapenems.(Special Feature)
October 1, 2003... CARBAPENEMS ARE A CLASS OF [beta]-LACTAM ANTIBIOTICS that offer broad-spectrum therapy for patients with a variety of infections, including skin/skin structure, intraabdominal, lower respiratory tract, meningitis, urinary tract, and bone/joint...

Azithromycin as single-drug therapy for community-acquired pneumonia.(Abstract & Commentary)
October 1, 2003... Synopsis: Azithromycin is an effective, single-drug therapy for mild-to-moderate community-acquired pneumonia. Source: Feldman RB, et al. Azithromycin monotherapy for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia. Arch Intern Med....

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.(Abstract & Commentary)
October 1, 2003... Synopsis: Staphylococcus aureus is a versatile enemy. It is spreading in the community, as well as in the hospital, with increasing resistance to antibiotics. Its armamentarium now includes not only resistance to methicillin and vancomycin but...

CME question.(Author Abstract)
October 1, 2003... You no longer need to return a Scantron answer sheet to earn credit for the activity. Please review the text, answer the following questions, check your answers against the key, and then review the materials again regarding any questions...

Transfusion-associated WNV.(Updates)(West Nile Virus )
October 1, 2003... Source: Eurosurveillance Weekly. 2003; 7(34). THE CURRENT YEAR HAS SEEN THE reemergence of West Nile Virus in the United States, with further encroachment into Canada and Mexico, and an extension of the transmission season. In addition to...

Seasonale: a revolutionary contraceptive.(Audio Conference)
October 1, 2003... EXTENDED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION is drawing dramatic attention due to the desire of many women to reduce or eliminate the number of withdrawal bleeds associated with current birth control methods. The first extended-use oral contraceptive,...