Infectious Disease Alert articles from October 2006

Infectious Disease Alert archives from October 2006

Darunavir (TMC114) Approved by the FDA.
October 1, 2006... Darunavir (TMC114) Approved by the FDA Special Feature By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Section...

CDAD: Novel Therapeutics.(Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... CDAD: Novel Therapeutics Abstracts & 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....

Preventing Fungal Infection: Does Clean Air Matter?
October 1, 2006... Preventing Fungal Infection: Does Clean Air Matter? Abstract & Commentary By J. Peter Donnelly, PhD, Clinical Microbiologist, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Section Editor, Microbiology, is Associate Editor for...

Hepatocyte Apoptosis in Hepatitis C/HIV Co-Infection.
October 1, 2006... Hepatocyte Apoptosis in Hepatitis C/HIV Co-Infection 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...

Update on the CNS Adverse Effects of Sustiva[R] (Efavirenz).(central nervous system toxicity)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... Update on the CNS Adverse Effects of Sustiva® (Efavirenz) Special Feature By Kiron Punwani, Shannon Suedkamp, Diem Nguyen, and Jessica C. Song, Kiron Punwani, Shannon Suedkamp, and Diem Nguyen are PharmD Candidates at the...

Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.(prophylactic VariZIG for exposure to varicella)(prosthetic joint infection)(costs of measles outbreaks)(Clinical report)
October 1, 2006... 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 Indictment of Pharma Industry Marketing Practices.
October 1, 2006... The Indictment of Pharma Industry Marketing Practices Pharmacology Watch A team from UCSF recently reviewed company documents that were entered into the public record as a result of litigation over the promotion of gabapentin...

Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement.
October 1, 2006... Click here for the October 2006 Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement SOURCE-Infectious Disease Alert

CME objectives/questions.(continuing medical education on infectious diseases)
October 1, 2006... CME Objectives The objectives of Infectious Disease Alert are: *To discuss diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases; *To present current data regarding use of new antibiotics for commonly diagnosed diseases and new uses for...