GIDEON update 2001.3
G I D E O N
GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES & EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 01.3 September 1, 2001
*** MEDICAL SECTION ***
DIAGNOSIS
CLINICAL PARAMETERS Nipah virus infection,
Whipple's disease
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS Standard vaccination schedules
employed in all countries have been updated.
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Africa tick bite fever
NOTES EXPANDED OR UPDATED Notes designated <Worldwide>
for a wide range of diseases have been expanded. These text
files are invaluable in preparing reviews, lecture handouts, etc.
ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES Canada, Chile, Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Finland, Germany, Guam, Israel,
Jamaica, Korea, Lebanon, New Caledonia, Portugal,
Puerto Rico, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States,
Virgin Islands
Adenoviruses Korea
African tick-bite fever All reporting countries, <Worldwide>
AIDS Botswana, Brazil, Canada, France,
Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain,
Tanzania, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States,
Vietnam, <Worldwide>
Anthrax Russia
Babesiosis United States
Bacillus cereus food poisoning Cambodia
Botulism United Kingdom
Brazilian purpuric fever <Worldwide>
California encephalitis United States
Campylobacteriosis Norway, Singapore, Sweden
Capillariasis United States
Chlamydia infections United Kingdom
Cholera Afghanistan, Chad, Colombia, Comoros,
Costa Rica, Dem. Rep. Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador,
El Salvador, France, French Guiana, Germany, Ghana,
Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq,
Kenya, Liberia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mexico,
Mozambique, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Peru, Russia,
Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania,
Togo, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Conjunctivitis - viral <Worldwide>
Cowpox Brazil
Crimean-Congo hem. fever Russia, Yugoslavia
Cryptosporidiosis Canada, Japan, United States,
Uruguay, Venezuela
Dengue All reporting countries
Diphteria All reporting countries,
<Worldwide>
Dirofilariasis Canada, Greece
Dracunculiasis All reporting countries, <Worldwide>
Echinococcosis - granulosis Chile
Echinococcosis - multilocular China
Ehrlichiosis
- human granulocytic Russia
Enterovirus infections Singapore, Spain
Escherichia coli diarrhea Germany, Ireland, Japan, Korea,
United States, <Worldwide>
Fascioliasis Tunisia
Filariasis - bancroftian Brazil, Madagascar
Gastroenteritis - viral Japan, United Kingdom, United States
Gonorrhea Australia, Czechoslovakia, Sweden,
United Kingdom
Hantavirus- old world Russia, Thailand
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Chile, Panama, United States,
<Worldwide>
Hepatitis A Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark,
Russia, Saudi Arabia, United States
Hepatitis B Brazil, British Virgin Islands,
Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Germany, United Kingdom
Hepatitis C Brazil, Japan, Poland, United
Kingdom, <Worldwide>
Hepatitis D Ecuador
Hepatitis E Albania
Hepatitis G Gabon, India, Taiwan
Japanese encephalitis Korea
Kawasaki disease Japan
Legionellosis Singapore, Spain
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous Burkina Faso, France, French Guiana,
Guyana, Lebanon, Mexico, Sudan
Leishmaniasis - mucocutaneous Sudan
Leishmaniasis - visceral Brazil, Lebanon, Sudan, Venezuela,
<Worldwide>
Leprosy All reporting countries
Leptospirosis Azores, Denmark, Dominican Republic,
Portugal, Thailand, Trust Territories U.S.
Listeriosis France, Singapore, United States
Liver abscess Denmark
Lyme disease Finland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia,
Yugoslavia
Malaria Angola, Brazil, Denmark, India, Malawi,
Mozambique, Oman, Spain, Tanzania, Thailand, United
States, Vietnam
Measles All reporting countries,
<Worldwide>
Meningitis - aseptic Spain, United States
Meningitis - bacterial Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Ireland,
Jamaica, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
Murray Valley encephalitis Australia, Germany
Mycobacteriosis - M. marinum Spain
Mycobacteriosis - M. ulcerans Ivory Coast
Mycobacteriosis - systemic Finland, United States
Mycoplasma pneumoniae United States
Myiasis Sri Lanka
Legionellosis Norway
Onchocerciasis Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, <Worldwide>
Opisthorchiasis Germany, Vietnam
Parainfluenza virus Korea
Parvovirus B19 infection <Worldwide>
Pertussis All reporting countries,
<Worldwide>
Plague Brazil, United States
Poliomyelitis All reporting countries,
<Worldwide>
Powassan United States
Q fever France, Germany, United Kingdom
Rabies All reporting countries
Relapsing fever United States
Reye syndrome United States
Rift Valley fever Saudi Arabia
Ross River disease Australia
Rotavirus Australia, Brazil
Rubella Costa Rica, Switzerland,
United States
Salmonellosis Canada, Finland, Sweden,
United States
Shigellosis Canada, Russia, United States,
<Worldwide>
Syphilis Czechoslovakia, Ireland, Netherlands,
United Kingdom, United States
Tetanus All reporting countries,
<Worldwide>
Tick-borne encephalitis Denmark, Switzerland
Toxocariasis Argentina, Chile
Toxoplasmosis United States
Trichinosis Germany, Italy, Papua New Guinea,
Spain
Trichuriasis Honduras
Tuberculosis All reporting countries,
<Worldwide>
Tularemia Czechoslovakia, Denmark,
United States, <Worldwide>
Trypanosomiasis - African Angola, Dem. Rep. Congo, Sweden
Trypanosomiasis - American Chile, Mexico
Typhoid and enteric fever Australia
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Taiwan
West Nile fever United States
Whipple's disease <Worldwide>
Yellow fever All reporting countries,
<Worldwide>
THERAPY
Drugs added Balofloxacin, Caspofungin, Cefatrizine,
Cefditoren, Cefotiam, Cefsulodin, Ceftezole, Flomoxef,
Flumequine, Lincomycin, Miocamycin, Oxolinic acid,
Pipemidic acid, Prulifloxacin, Rokitamycin, Rosoxacin,
Telithromycin, Temafloxacin, Troleandomycin,
Valganciclovir
PHARMACOLOGY Abacavir, Acyclovir,
Ampicillin-sulbactam, Amprenavir, Aztreonam,
Capreomycin, Clarithromycin, Clindamycin, Erythromycin,
Ganciclovir, Influenza vaccine, Itraconazole,
Ketoconazole, Moxifloxacin, Primaquine,
Quinupristin-Dalfopristin, Rifabutin, Secnidazole,
Smallpox vaccine, Sorivudine, Sulfonamides,
Triclabendazole
INTERACTIONS DATABASE Caspofungin, Esomeprazole, Imatinib,
Lincomycin, Methylprednisolone, Nortryptiline,
Telithromycin, Ziprasidone
TOXICITY DATABASE Anosmia, Dysgeusia, Dysosmia,
Esophagitis, Hypogeusia, Hypoprothrombinemia, Hyposmia,
Infertility / impaired spermatogenesis, Leukocytosis,
Macular bullae, Metallic phantogeusia,
Myasthenia gravis - exacerbation, Pseudomembranous
colitis, Pulmonary edema, Scotomata, Toxic epidermal
necrolysis
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE Scedosporium apiospermum, Scedosporium
prolificans
MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED Actinomyces funkei,
Burkholderia fungorum, Desulfomicrobium orale,
Helicobacter winghamensis, Nocardia veterana,
Treponema parvum, Trichosporon asahii,
Trichosporon debeurmannianum, Trichosporon dermatis,
Trichosporon mucoides
PHENOTYPE DATABASE Dietzia maris
NAMES CHANGED Flexispira rappini to Helicobacter sp. flexispira
Klebsiella planticola to Raoultella planticola
Klebsiella ornithinolytica to Raoultella ornithinolytica
Saccharomyces telluris to Arixiozyma telluris
Sarcinosporon inkin to Trichosporon inkin
Trichosporon beigelii to Trichosporon cutaneum complex
If you have any additional information which you would like to
see added to your GIDEON program, please let us know (forward
relevant documentation, photocopy or reprint).
Note that reporting statistics for the most recent year may be
preliminary in some cases. Final data will be incorporated into
the software as they become available.
*** TECHNICAL SECTION ***
GIDEON version 2.01 contains several 'bug' fixes and programming
changes:
1) When loading a case in the Diagnosis module, if the case had a date
for the beginning of exposure or the end of exposure, the number of
days which has passed since that date would appear wrong. This has
been fixed.
2) In the Microbiology module, the tests in the "Summary" list now
appear in the correct order.
3) The space-bar can now be used to mark items in the "compare"
column.
4) On some computers, the Therapy screen appeared distorted. This has
been fixed.
5) When marking the last symptom/test in a list as "no" (in the
Diagnosis and Microbiology modules), its offsprings are now
neutralized.
6) It is now impossible to mark the three primary items in the
Bacteria sub-module of the Microbiology module. Also, a relevant
problem which caused difficulties in viewing the offsprings in this
list has been fixed.
7) While working on a file in the Microbiology module, if the user
switched to a different sub-module, the file name would remain in
the window's heading. This is now fixed.
8) The Updating program now terminates properly.
9) In Multi-User versions, GIDEON should terminate without giving the
error message "Permission Denied".
In addition to the above, it is now possible to resize GIDEON's
window. All users working in a resolution of 800x600 or above will be
able to have GIDEON in a maximized window.
Last Minute Additions
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The following last minute additions to GIDEON are not mentioned
in Help:
1) Printing and saving reports
Four new toolbar buttons have been added to GIDEON's main screen,
on the top-right corner of the window. These buttons allow for
printing and saving reports directly, without need to access the
File menu.
2) Copy to Clipboard button
In the report preview screen, a button has been added to allow for
copying of the entire report to the Windows Clipboard (from where
the report may be pasted elsewhere).
Fixed Bugs
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Initially, GIDEON encountered some difficulty when running on
computers in Far-eastern languages (Japanese, Chinese, Korean), as
well as some West-European languages. The 'bug' which was causing
this has been fixed. As of update 99-4, there is no need to modify
in the computer's language setting (or the "Regional Settings" of
Windows).
Troubleshooting
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The following is a list of known problems and solutions concerning
the GIDEON program. This list will be updated as necessary.
PROBLEM:
After installing GIDEON, other programs on the computer cannot be
initiated; and generate an error message saying: "This application
uses CTL3D32.DLL, which is not the correct version. This version of
CTL3D32.DLL is designed only for Windows '95 systems.
SOLUTION:
The GIDEON CD contains 2 files, "ctl3dnt" and "ctl3d32_98" (in the
multi-user version, these files will also appear on the "UserInst"
directory on the server computer). If your operating system is
Windows NT, double-click on the first file. If you are using Windows
'98, double-click on the second file. You will be asked where to unzip
these files - choose the system directory of your Windows (in most
cases, WINNT\SYSTEM32 for NT users and WINDOWS\SYSTEM for Windows
'98 users). After choosing the directory, unzip the files. The
problematic application should now work.
PROBLEM:
When trying to print the results of a Comparison, the page appears
distorted.
SOLUTION:
When comparing an excessive number of diseases or pathogens, not all
columns will fit on a printed page. For a normal sized page
with standard margins, it is recommended that the number of columns
compared be no greater than 5. If you still wish to print a table
containing a larger number of columns, you should save the report;
transfer it to a word processor; and print from there.
For example, in Microsoft Word you can mark the text representing the
table and convert it to a Word table by choosing the "Convert Text to
Table" option under the Table menu. A dialog box will now appear. In
the "Seperate text at" section you should choose "Tabs", and click OK).
PROBLEM:
When trying to run GIDEON, I get the following message:
"Run time error '35603' Invalid Key"
SOLUTION:
This problem might occur only if you received an older version of the
GIDEON database (the version which is located on our website is an old
version). This error should no longer occur as of update 99-4.
This problem may originate when the Windows enviornment is not in
English, and is not known to occur on Windows NT systems. If this
happens in your computer, try the following (in some systems this may
not work):
1) Click on the "Start" button in the task bar. Choose "Settings", and
then choose "Control Panel".
2) Double click "Regional Settings".
3) A window containing a map should appear. Above the map there
should be a box with your current regional setting (e.g French).
Change this to "English" (there are several English options,
choose any one of them).
Changing the above option will not affect any capablities concerning
your language. It will only change some settings which Windows uses
(for example, the default currency). All settings which might be
affected are listed in the other windows of the "Regional Settings"
(above the box with your regional setting, there are tabs which you
can use to alter certain settings).
You may 'play' with some of these settings afterwards (for example,
the default measurement system can always be changed between "Metric"
and "U.S").
