GIDEON update 2001.4
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 01.4 December 1, 2001
*** MEDICAL SECTION ***
A 'Bioterrorism Simulator' has been added to the Diagnosis and
Epidemiology modules. To simulate a bioterrorism event, select
<Bioterrorism Simulator> from the list of 'countries' and enter
any combination of signs, symptoms or laboratory findings.
Unlike the Differential Diagnosis list generated for other
'Countries,' lists generated in the simulator are not Bayesian; ie,
they do not assign greater statistical likelihood based on known
incidence.
'Country notes' in this module are identical to the <Worldwide> notes
for relevant diseases. These notes will be expanded to reflect special
aspects of bioterrorism in future GIDEON updates [see notes for Anthrax,
Plague, Salmonellosis and Smallpox under <Bioterrorism simulator>.
DIAGNOSIS
DISEASES ADDED TO DATABASE Gianotti-Crosti syndrome, Gongylonemiasis,
Moniliformis moniliformis
CLINICAL PARAMETERS Kikuchi and Kimura diseases, Malaria,
Ross River disease, Sporotrichosis, West Nile fever,
Whipple's disease
CLINICAL PARAMETER ADDED "Worm" submitted (expelled, seen) [Lab]
EPIDEMIOLOGY
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Group C viral fevers, Thogoto,
Tick-borne encephalitis, Typhus - scrub
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 Czechoslovakia, Finland, Iceland,
New Caledonia, Russia [Baltic republics], South Africa,
Spain
Adenovirus Argentina
AIDS European region - all reporting
countries, Australia, Botswana, China, Guatemala,
India, Indonesia, Mozambique, Peru, United States,
Vietnam, <Worldwide>
Amoeba - free living United States
Angiostrongyliasis Jamaica, Taiwan, United States
Anthrax European region - all reporting
countries, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom,
United States, <Worldwide>
Aspergillosis United Kingdom
Bacillus cereus United Kingdom
Barmah Forest disease Australia
Bartonellosis - cat-borne France
Botulism France, United Kingdom, United States
California encephalitis United States
Candidiasis United Kingdom
Campylobacteriosis Israel, United Kingdom
Candida infections <Worldwide>
Chlamydia infections Denmark
Cholera All endemic countries, Australia,
Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Oman, Russia,
Singapore, Spain, <Worldwide>
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever Iran
Cryptococcosis United Kingdom, United States
Cryptospordiosis Guatemala, United States, <Worldwide>
Cyclosporiasis Guatemala, Peru, United States,
Venezuela
Cysticercosis Kuwait
Cytomegalovirus Mauritius
Dengue Australia, French Polynesia, Haiti,
Macau, New Caledonia, Samoa, Thailand, United States,
Venezuela, Vietnam
Dermatophytosis <Worldwide>
Dicrocoeliasis <Worldwide>
Diphyllobothriasis Italy, Japan, <Worldwide>
Diphtheria Americas region - all countries, Turkey,
United Kingdom
Dipylidiasis Spain
Dirofilariasis Canary Islands, Italy, Yugoslavia
Eastern equine encephalitis United States
Echinococcosis - unilocular Iran, New Zealand
Echinococcosis - multilocular Austria, Germany
Ehrlichiosis
- human granulocytic Sweden, Yugoslavia
Enterovirus infections Cuba, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Singapore
Escherichia coli diarrhea Denmark, France, Israel, Swaziland,
Taiwan, United States
Filariasis - bancroftian India, Thailand
Gastroenteritis - viral United Kingdom
Gnathostomiasis Japan
Gonorrhea Germany, Russia, United Kingdom
Group C viral fevers Peru
Hantavirus - old world European region - all reporting
countries, <Worldwide>
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Argentina, Brazil, Chile, United States
Hepatitis A Chile, India, Spain
Hepatitis B Bangladesh, India, Italy, Nepal, Norway,
Poland, Turkey
Hepatitis C India, United Kingdom
Hepatitis D Turkey
Hepatitis E India
Hepatitis G <Worldwide>
Heterophyes Korea, <Worldwide>
Histoplasmosis Mexico
Hookworm China
Ilheus Brazil
Japanese spotted fever Japan
Kichuchi and Kimura diseases <Worldwide>
Legionellosis European region - all reporting
countries
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Syria,
Venezuela
Leishmaniasis - visceral Brazil, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Sudan
Leptospirosis Australia, Israel
Listeriosis France, Israel
Lyme disease European region - all reporting
countries
Malaria European region - all reporting
countries, Australia, Honduras, Kenya, Korea, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore, United States, <Worldwide>
Measles Americas region - all countries,
Australia
Miditerranean spotted fever France, India, <Worldwide>
Melioidosis Singapore
Meningitis - aseptic Cuba, Germany, United States
Meningitis - bacterial Angola, Australia, Benin, Brazil,
Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Cuba,
Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia, Malta, Netherlands, Niger
Mumps Denmark
Mycobacteriosis - M. ulcerans Australia, Ghana
Necrotizing skin/soft tissue Sweden, United Kingdom
Opisthorchiasis Germany
Paragonimiasis Japan
Parainfluenza virus United States
Parvovirus B19 infection Sweden, United Kingdom
Penicilliosis Vietnam
Pertussis Americas region - all countries
Plague Mongolia, New Zealand, Uganda,
United States
Pneumocystosis United Kingdom, United States
Poliomyelitis Americas region - all countries,
Southeast Asia region - all countries, Angola,
Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria.
Powassan United States, <Worldwide>
Q fever Australia, Canary Islands, Germany,
Iceland
Rabies Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands,
Peru, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland
Respiratory syncytial virus Argentina
Reye syndrome France
Rheumatic fever New Zealand
Rhinosporidiosis United States
Rift Valley fever Zimbabwe
Ross River disease Australia, <Worldwide>
Rotavirus Austria, China, Ireland, United States,
Vietnam
Rubella Costa Rica
Salmonellosis Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark,
France, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand,
Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States,
<Worldwide>
Scabies Japan
Shigellosis France, Israel
Sindbis New Zealand
Smallpox <Worldwide>
Sparganosis Korea
Staphylococcal food poisoning Japan
St. Louis encephalitis United States
Syphilis Germany, Jamaica
Taeniasis <Worldwide>
Tetanus Americas region - all countries,
United Kingdom
Thogoto Central African Republic, Pakistan,
Portugal, Russia, <Worldwide>
Tick-borne encephalitis European region - all reporting
countries
Toxoplasmosis Australia, Indonesia, United States,
<Worldwide>
Trichinosis Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Spain
Trypanosomiasis - African Uganda
Trypanosomiasis - American Brazil, French Guiana, Mexico,
<Worldwide>
Tuberculosis Americas region - all countries,
Belgium, India, New Zealand, Russia, Thailand
Tularemia United States
Typhoid and enteric fever European region - all reporting
countries
Typhus - scrub Cambodia, Japan, Laos, Taiwan
Varicella Canada, Italy, Thailand
Venezuelan equine encephalitis French Guiana, Venezuela
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Indonesia, Japan
West Nile fever Canada, United States, <Worldwide>
Yellow fever Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia
THERAPY
DRUGS ADDED Artemether, Artesunate, Miltefosine,
Tenofovir
PHARMACOLOGY Amphotericin B, Ampicillin,
Ciprofloxacin, Dirithromycin, Doxycycline, Efavirenz,
Fluconazole, Gentamicin, Grepafloxacin, Itraconazole,
Josamycin, Ketoconazole, Linezolid, Miconazole,
Moxifloxacin, Norfloxacin, Sparfloxacin, Terbinafine,
Trovafloxacin
TESTING STANDARDS Amikacin, Amoxicillin/clavulanate,
Ampicillin, Cefepime, Cefotaxime, Ceftriaxone,
Ciprofloxacin, Clarithromycin, Doxycycline,
Gatifloxacin, Gentamicin, Imipenem, Isoniazid,
Minocycline, Rifampin, Rifabutin, Sulfa/Trimethoprim,
Sulfonamides, Tobramycin
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE Epidermophyton floccosum,
Microsporum audouinii, Microsporum canis,
Microsporum gypseum, Trichophyton interdigitale,
Trichophyton mentagrophytes, Trichophyton rubrum,
Trichophyton tonsurans
TOXICITY DATABASE Constipation
MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED Burkholderia ambifaria,
Nocardia cyriacigeorgici, Streptococcus australis
PHENOTYPE DATABASE Abiotrophia adiacens,
Abiotrophia defectiva, Abiotrophia elegans,
Burkholderia vietnamiensis, Pandoraea apista,
Pandoraea pnomenusa, Pandoraea pulmonicola,
Pandoraea sputorum, Tropheryma whippleii
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").
