Infectious Disease Alert articles from September 2008

Infectious Disease Alert archives from September 2008

Balamuthia and the Brain.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Balamuthia and the Brain 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....

Immunoprophylactics and Immunotherapeutics: Focus on S. aureus.(Staphylococcus aureus )(Report)
September 1, 2008... Immunoprophylactics and Immunotherapeutics: Focus on S. aureus Abstract & Commentary By Stan Deresinski, MD, FACP, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford, Associate Chief of Infectious Diseases, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, is...

Diagnostic Testing of Clostridium difficile.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Diagnostic Testing of Clostridium difficile Abstract & Commentary By Ellen Jo Baron, PhD, D(ABMM), Professor of Pathology and Medicine, Stanford University Medical School Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Stanford University...

Acinetobacter Infections Associated with the War in Iraq -- Unusual Cases.(Clinical report)
September 1, 2008... Acinetobacter Infections Associated with the War in Iraq -- Unusual Cases Abstract & Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, FACP, FIDSA, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Clinical Professor, Stanford...

Leprosy in the United States.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Leprosy in the United States Abstract & Commentary By Philip R. Fischer, MD, DTM&H, Dr. Fischer is Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Dr. Fischer reports no...

Mycobacterium abscessus and Lipotourism.(Report)
September 1, 2008... Mycobacterium abscessus and Lipotourism Abstract & Commentary By Lin H. Chen, MD, Dr. Chen is Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard Medical School Director, Travel Medicine Center, Mt. Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA. Dr. Chen...

Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP.(Fellow of the American College of Physicians)(Report)
September 1, 2008... 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...

CME Objectives/questions.
September 1, 2008... 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...