GIDEON update 2003.2
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 03.2 June 1, 2003
*** MEDICAL SECTION ***
NEW DISEASE ADDED Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
DIAGNOSIS
NEW SIGNS ADDED: Exposure - Respiratory or pharyngeal acquisition
Pulmonary - ARDS
Severely ill - Hemorrhagic fever
CLINICAL Adenovirus infection
Ehrlichiosis - human monocytic
Mansonelliasis - M. perstans
Parainfluenza
EPIDEMIOLOGY
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Fascioliasis, Melioidosis
DISEASE PARAMETERS Rift Valley fever
Therapeutic guidelines and diagnostic tests for all
diseases have been extensively updated.
The term 'Herpesvirus simiae infection' has been
changed to 'Herpes B infection.'
The taxonomy of parasitic and viral agents in the
Epidemiology module has been expanded. This is also
reflected in the 'Filter' option
[see list of Agents].
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 Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, Germany,
Hong Kong, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore,
Spain
AIDS Latin America & Caribbean - all
countries, Cameroon, Croatia, Denmark, Greenland, Hong Kong,
Ireland and Northern Ireland, Latvia, New Caledonia, Norway,
Republic of Korea, Scotland, Slovenia, Switzerland, Thailand,
United Kingdom
Amebiasis Japan
Anthrax Nicaragua, Uganda
Ascariasis India
Barmah Forest disease Australia
Bartonellosis - cat borne Italy
Bartonellosis - other systemic <Worldwide>
Brucellosis Ireland, Romania, Scotland, United
Kingdom, <Worldwide>
Campylobacteriosis Denmark, Norway
Chikungunya Indonesia
Chlamydia infections Greenland
Chlamydia pneumoniae China
Cholera Benin, Dem. Rep. Congo, Guinea, India,
Guam, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Somalia, Uganda
Coccidioidomycosis United States
Cowpox Brazil, United States, <Worldwide>
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever Iran, Mauritania
Cryptosporidiosis Turkmenistan
Cysticercosis Mozambique
Dengue Australia, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia,
New Caledonia, Sweden, Thailand, Viet Nam, Wallis and Futuna
Diphtheria Europe - all countries
Dracunculiasis Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African
Republic, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Togo
Ebola Congo, <Worldwide>
Echinostomiasis <Worldwide>
Echinococcosis - multilocular Austria, Belgium, France, Germany,
Hungary, Switzerland, <Worldwide>
Echinococcosis - unilocular Finland, Kyrgyzstan
Ehrlichiosis - human monocytic United States
Enterovirus infection Hong Kong
Escherichia coli diarrhea Canada, Denmark
Fascioliasis Egypt, France, Norway
Filariasis - bancroftian All endemic countries, <Worldwide>
Filariasis - brugia <Worldwide>
Gastroenteritis - viral Argentina, Canada, Scotland, Spain,
United Kingdom, United States, <Worldwide>
Gonorrhea Europe - all countries
Hantaviruses - Old World Estonia
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Argentina, Canada, Chile, Venezuela,
<Worldwide>
Hepatitis A Europe - all countries, <Worldwide>
Hepatitis B Europe - all countries, Latin America -
all countries, Nepal, Republic of Korea, Thailand
Hepatitis C Latin America - all countries, Andorra,
Belarus, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Italy, Kyrgyzstan,
Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation,
San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Uzbekistan
Hepatitis E Spain
Hepatitis G Brazil, China, Hungary
Herpes simplex United States
Heterophyid infections <Worldwide>
Histoplasmosis France, Martinique
Human metapneumovirus <Worldwide>
Influenza Honk Kong, Netherlands, <Worldwide>
Japanese encephalitis India
Lassa fever United Kingdom, Sierra Leone,
<Worldwide>
Legionellosis Denmark, France, Japan, Switzerland,
United Kingdom, Virgin Islands
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous Bolivia, Brazil, <Worldwide>
Leishmaniasis - visceral Israel, Tunisia, <Worldwide>
Leprosy All endemic countries
Leptospirosis Argentina, Denmark, Mexico
Listeriosis Denmark, Iceland
Lyme disease Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany
Malaria Europe - all countries, Afghanistan,
Bolivia, Chile, Japan, Kenya, Mauritania, Paraguay,
United States
Measles Europe - all countries, Cambodia,
Singapore
Melioidosis Brazil
Meningitis - bacterial Australia, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Chile,
Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Latvia, Niger,
Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Mumps Europe - all countries
Mycetoma Yemen
Otitis media Greenland
Parainfluenza United States, <Worldwide>
Parvovirus B19 infection <Worldwide>
Pertussis Europe - all countries
Plague All endemic countries, <Worldwide>
Poliomyelitis All countries, <Worldwide>
Rabies Australia, Brazil, Canada, Central
African Republic, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, United
States
Relapsing fever Ethiopia
Respiratory syncytial infection Thailand
Rubella Europe - all countries, Japan, Tonga
Salmonellosis Australia, Denmark, New Zealand,
United States
Schistosomiasis - haemotobium <Worldwide>
Schistosomiasis - mansoni Oman
Septicemia - bacterial United States
Shigellosis Denmark
Smallpox United States
St. Louis encephalitis Argentina
Syphilis Cuba, Europe - all countries
Tetanus Turkey
Tick-born encephalitis Latvia, Switzerland
Toxocariasis <Worldwide>
Toxoplasmosis Poland, Sweden
Trachoma Oman
Trichinosis Croatia, United States, <Worldwide>
Trichomoniasis Bolivia
Trypanosomiasis - American Argentina, Bolivia
Tuberculosis Europe - all countries, Canada,
Thailand, United States, <Worldwide>
Tularemia United States
Typhoid Denmark, Netherlands, United States
Typhus - scrub Australia
Venezuelan equine encephalitis <Worldwide>
West Nile fever Dominican Republic, Mexico, Russia
Yellow fever Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Guinea, Peru
Yersiniosis Denmark
THERAPY Mechanisms of action; and dosages for infants and
children have been expanded, and an extensive number of
'additional comments and concerns' have been added to
each of the drugs and vaccines.
PHARMACOLOGY Amoxicillin, Amoxicillin-clavulanate,
Ampicillin, Amprenavir, Caspofungin, Cefaclor,
Doxycycline, Emetine, Gatifloxacin, Linezolid,
Lumefantrine-Artemether, Moxifloxacin, Nelfinavir,
Piperacillin-tazobactam, Quinine, Quinopristin-Dalfopristin,
Ritonavir, Roxithromycin, Saquinavir, Stavudine, Streptomycin,
Sulfomamides, Sulfa-Trimethoprim, Teicoplanin,
Tetrachloroethylene, Trovafloxacin, Voriconazole
DRUGS ADDED Atazanavir
Daptomycin
Dibekacin
Vaccinia immune globulin [vaccine module]
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE Gastrodiscoides hominis
Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides
INTERACTIONS DATABASE Voriconazole
TOXICITY DATABASE Myocarditis, Pericarditis
Vaccine Module Granuloma - aluminum sensitivity,
Myocarditis, Pericarditis
TESTING STANDARDS Cefepime, Cefotaxime, Ceftriaxone,
Ciprofloxacin, Doxycycline, Ertapenem, Penicillin G,
Tetracycline
MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED Dysgonomonas mossii
Megasphaera micronuciformis
Ruminococcus bromii
Ruminococcus gnavus
Ruminococcus lactaris
Ruminococcus luti
Ruminococcus torques
Varibaculum cambriensis
Victivallis vadensis
PHENOTYPE DATABASE Actinomyces europaeus
Actinomyces georgiae
Actinomyces radingae
Actinomyces turicensis
Nocardia veterana
Paracoccus yeeii
Psychrobacter immobilis
Name changed: CDC group EO-2 to Paracoccus yeeii
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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.
