GIDEON update 2003.3
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 03.3 September 1, 2003
*** MEDICAL SECTION ***
NEW DISEASE ADDED
DIAGNOSIS
SIGNS/SYMPTOMS ADDED Erythema multiforme
CLINICAL PARAMETERS Monkeypox, Typhus - scrub
EPIDEMIOLOGY The following have been added to the
list of Agents in the Epidemiology - 'Filter' option:
Actinomycetes, Aphasmidia, Archezoa, Archiascomycetes,
Ascomycota, Chaetothyriales, Cyclophyllidea, Echinostomatida,
Entophthorales, Euascomycetes, Eurotiales, Flatworm, Fluke,
Fungi imperfecti, Hemiascomycetes, Hymenomycetes,
Kinetoplastea, Mucorales, Onygenales, Ophiostomatales,
Phasmidea, Plagiorchiida, Pseudophyllidea, Roundworm,
Sarcomastigota, Secernentea, Saccharomycetales, Sporidiales,
Strigeida, Zygomycetes, Zygomycota
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION
African tick bite fever
Monkeypox
Tick-borne encephalitis [Russian Spring Summer]
SARS - no endemic countries are listed as of July
DISEASE PARAMETERS SARS, Tungiasis
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 Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Denmark,
Ireland, Luxembourg, Norway, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden,
Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
African tick bite fever Kenya
Ameba - free living United States
AIDS European region [all countries,
Australia, Cameroon, Malawi, Namibia, Peru, <Worldwide>
Angiostrongyliasis Haiti
Anthrax Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Kazakhstan,
Mexico
Babesiosis Portugal
Bartonellosis - other systemic United States
Baylisascariasis United States
Botulism France, United States
Brucellosis United States
Candidiasis Finland
Cholera Benin, Burundi, Dem Rep Congo, Hong Kong,
India, Iraq, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa,
Uganda, Zambia
Conjunctivitis Republic of Korea
Cryptosporidiosis Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Kingdom
Cysticercosis <Worldwide>
Dengue Australia, Latin America and Caribbean
[all countries], New Caledonia, Philippines, Vietnam,
Wallis and Futuna, <Worldwide>
Dracunculiasis All endemic countries, <Worldwide>
Ebola Congo, Gabon, <Worldwide>
Echinococcosis - unilocular Greece, Jordan, Turkey
Ehrlichiosis - hum. granulocyt. United States
Endemic syphilis Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Senegal
Endocarditis Denmark
Escherichia coli diarrhea Australia, France, Japan, United Kingdom,
United States
Fascioliasis Kenya
Filariasis - bancroftian Papua New Guinea, <Worldwide>
Gastroenteritis - viral Australia
Gnathostomiasis Japan
Gonorrhea Australia, Cuba
Hantavirus - old world Europe [all countries], Republic of Korea
Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome Uruguay, <Worldwide>
Hepatitis A Israel, Russia, Scotland, Turkey, Ukraine,
United Kingdom
Hepatitis B Brazil, Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Taiwan
Hepatitis C Australia, Canada, China, India, Pakistan,
United States
Hepatitis E India, Turkey
Hepatitis G Denmark
Human metapneumovirus Canada, Hong Kong, United States
Kyasanur Forest disease India
Influenza Belgium, Germany, Netherlands,
<Worldwide>
Japanese encephalitis India, Japan
Lassa fever Guinea
Legionellosis France, Spain, United Kingdom
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous Afghanistan, Germany, Iraq, <Worldwide>
Leishmaniasis - visceral Germany, Iraq, Venezuela
Leprosy India
Leptospirosis Barbados, Canada
Listeriosis Australia
Lyme disease China, Czech Republic, Finland, Russian
Federation, Slovakia, <Worldwide>
Malaria Americas region [all countries],
Europe [all countries], Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia,
Papua New Guinea, United States, <Worldwide>
Measles Italy, Mozambique, Oman, Tunisia,
Switzerland, Uganda, <Worldwide>
Mediterranean spotted fever Greece, Italy, Spain
Melioidosis Australia
Meningitis - aseptic Argentina
Meningitis - bacterial Australia, Burkina Faso, Canada, Denmark
Monkeypox Congo, United States, <Worldwide>
Mumps Japan, Switzerland
Mycobacterium - ulcerans Australia, French Guiana
Onchocerciasis Venezuela
Pediculosis Republic of Korea
Pertussis Bulgaria
Plague Algeria
Poliomyelitis Afghanistan, Botswana, Egypt, India,
Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,
Niger, Pakistan, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia,
Zimbabwe, <Worldwide>
Rabies Europe (all countries), <Worldwide>
Rocky Mountain spotted fever Brazil
Rotavirus Czech Republic, <Worldwide>
Rubella Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, France,
Senegal
Q fever United States
Salmonellosis Australia, Canada, France, Norway,
Scotland, United States
SARS All reporting countries, <Worldwide>
Septicemia - bacterial United Kingdom, United States
Schistosomiasis - haematobium Namibia
Septicemia - bacterial United States
Shigellosis United States
Syphilis Guyana, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
Taeniasis United States, <Worldwide>
Tetanus Italy
Tick-borne encephalitis All endemic countries
Toxoplasmosis Vietnam
Trichinosis Georgia
Trachoma Yemen
Trypanosomiasis - African Uganda
Trypanosomiasis - American Brazil
Tuberculosis All reporting countries, <Worldwide>
Tungiasis Brazil, <Worldwide>
Typhoid Haiti, United States
Typhus - endemic Spain
Typhus - epidemic Burundi
Varicella Belgium
Vibrio parahaemolyticus United States
West Nile fever Canada, El Salvador, Israel, Jamaica,
Mexico, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
Yaws All endemic countries, <Worldwide>
Yersiniosis United States
Yellow fever Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Sudan,
Venezuela
THERAPY
1. The serum half-life and route of elimination / metabolism
have been added for all drugs.
2. You can now access a list of anti-infective agents by drug
class. In the Therapy module, click on Filter and select the
Susceptibility option. Drug classes appear as the initial
items on this list:
4-AMINOQUINOLINE [class list],
4-QUINOLONE [class list]
5-NITROIMIDAZOLE [class list]
BACTERIA [Aminoglycoside, or Aminocyclitol]
BACTERIA [Carbapenem]
BACTERIA [Carboxypenicillin]
BACTERIA [Cephalosporin - 1st Generation]
BACTERIA [Cephalosporin - 2nd Generation]
BACTERIA [Cephalosporin - 3rd Generation]
BACTERIA [Cephalosporin - 4th Generation]
BACTERIA [Cephalosporin]
BACTERIA [Fluoroquinolones, class list]
BACTERIA [Glucopeptide]
BACTERIA [Isoxazolyl penicillin]
BACTERIA [Lincosamine]
BACTERIA [Macrolide or derivative]
BACTERIA [Streptogramin]
BACTERIA [Ureidopenicillin]
BENZIMIDAZOLE [class list]
DIAMINOPYRIMIDINE [class list]
FUNGI [Antifungals, class list]
FUNGI [Imidazoles, class list]
NITROFURAN [class list]
NITROTHIAZONE [class list]
PARASITES [Antiparasitics, class list]
RIFAMYCIN [class list]
VIRUSES [Antivirals, class list]
VIRUSES [Protease inhibitor]
VIRUSES [Reverse transcriptase inhibitor]
PHARMACOLOGY Amphotericin B, Ampicillin,
Ampicillin-Sulbactam, Amprenavir, Artemether, Cidofovir,
Ciprofloxacin, Clarithromycin, Daptomycin, Dirithromycin,
Fluconazole, Flucytosine, Halofantrine, Indinavir,
Isoniazid, Itraconazole, Ketoconazole, Linezolid,
Miltefosine, Miconazole, Nelfinavir, Nitazoxanide,
Pleconaril, Pneumococcal vaccine, Secnidazole, Spiramycin,
Sulfa./Trimethoprim, Teicoplanin, Telithromycin,
Terbinafine, Trimethoprim, Vancomycin
DRUGS ADDED Enfuvirtide, Tipranavir
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE Brachspira pilosicoli
INTERACTIONS DATABASE Bupivacaine, Cannabis, Chaparral,
Clorazepate, Comfrey, Dutasteride, Ecstasy (MDMA), Estazolam,
Eucalyptus, Famotidine, Fluticasone, Garlic, Germander,
Jin Bu Huan, Kava, Levomethadyl, Metformin, Pennyroyal,
Perphenazine, Roxatidine, Skullcap, Thioridazine, Tobacco,
Trimipramine, Tolterodine, Valerian
TESTING STANDARDS Fluconazole, Pipemedic acid
MICROBIOLOGY
BACTERIA - IDENTIFY The designation, "Coccus" is now supplemented
by "Coccus - pairs or chains" and "Coccus - clusters or groups"
NEW TAXA ADDED Achromobacter group F
Actinobaculum urinale
Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus
Bartonella grahamii
Bartonella vinsonii ssp. arupensis
Bartonella vinsonii ssp. berkhoffii
Bartonella vinsonii ssp. vinsonii
Brevibacillus agri
CDC halophilic nonfermenter group 1
Citrobacter rodentium
Clostridium bolteae
Coryenbacterium atypicum
Corynebacterium sanguinis
Enteric Group 59
Escherichia albertii
Eubacterium callanderi
Helicobacter bizzozeronii
Helicobacter canis
Herbaspirillum species 3
Microbacterium paraoxydans
Mycobacterium alvei
Mycobacterium brumae
Mycobacterium canettii
Nocardia brevicatena
Nocardia carnea
Pasteurella caballi
Photorhabdus asymbiotica
Ralstonia indisiosa
Rhodococcus erythropolis
Rhodococcus rhodochrous
Streptococcus oligofermentans
Trabulsiella guamensis
Trichosporon asteroides
PHENOTYPE DATABASE Achromobacter group B
Achromobacter group E
Actinobaculum schalii
Aerococcus sanguicola
Aeromonas [all species]
Bacillus thuringiensis
Chryseobacterium indologenes
Chryseobacterium meningosepticum
Pseudoramibacter alactolyticus
Ralstonia gilardii
Ralstonia taiwanensis
NAME CHANGED
Arcanobacterium pyogenes to Actinomyces pyogenes
Comamomas acidivorans to Delftia acidivorans
Moraxella phenylpyruvica to Psychrobacter phenylpyruvica
Morganella morganii has been subclassified into
ss. morganii, biogroup 1 and ss sibonii
Stomatococcus mucilaginosus to Rothia mucilaginosa
Vibrio carchariae to Vibrio harveyi
Gastrospirillum hominis to Helicobacter heilmannii
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.
