GIDEON update 1994.3
GIDEON update # 94.3 (September 1, 1994) Software Improvements --------------------- Therapy The therapy module now includes vaccines and immune globulin preparations: indication, dosage, timing, trade names, toxicity and contraindications. Key strokes are similar to those used for other drugs in this module. Diagnosis The Diagnosis module has been expanded to permit specification of animals implicated in patient infection. A list of mammals, birds, ticks, marine animals, etc. is accessed by indicating + or 'Yes' for 'Animal injury / contact. References A list of references used in creating and updating GIDEON has been added to the program. You may access the list though the main menu (Help module) or by pressing Ctrl-R. Diagnosis --------- Clinical database updated Angiostrongyliasis, Bacillary angiomatosis, Dengue, Kyasanur Forrest disease, Norwalk agent gastroenteritis, Penicilliosis Epidemiology ------------ Global distribution updated Clonorchiasis, Dengue, Fascioliasis, Mediterranean spotted fever, Typhus - endemic Notes expanded or added: All countries - Leprosy Albania - Diphtheria, Mumps, Pertussis, Tetanus Algeria - Q fever Angola - Mediterranean spotted fever, Q fever Americas & Carribean - Dengue Argentina - Lymphocytic choreomeningitis Austria - Brucellosis, Chancroid, Gonorrhea, Hapatitis A, Hepatitis B, Leptospirosis, Meningitis - bacterial, Ornithosis, Pertussis, Tularemia, Typhoid Bulgaria - Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Rubella, Tetanus Burkina Faso - Mediterranean spotted fever, Q fever Cape Verde - Mediterranean spotted fever, Typhus - endemic Central African Republic - Mediterranean spotted fever, Q fever, Typhus - endemic Comoros - Q fever Congo - Q fever Czechoslovakia - Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Rubella, Tetanus Chad - Dracunculiasis China - Clonorchiasis, Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Hepatitis E, Melioidosis, Poliomyelitis, Schistosomiasis - japonicum Colombia - Trypanosomiasis - American, Visceral leishmaniasis Denmark - Toxoplasmosis Egypt - Poliomyelitis, Typhus - endemic Ethiopia - Echinococcosis - granulosis, Toxoplasmosis, Typhus - endemic France - Legionellosis, Leptospirosis, Measles, Mediterranean spotted fever French Polynesia - Leptospirosis Ghana - Dracunculiasis Guam - All reportable diseases for first half of 1994 Guinea Bissau - Mediterranean spotted fever, Typhus - endemic Hong Kong - Clonorchiasis, Hepatitis A Hungary - Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Rubella, Tetanus India - Histoplasmosis, Poliomyelitis Indonesia - Poliomyelitis Ivory Coast - Mediterranean spotted fever, Q fever, Typhus - endemic Jordan - Brucellosis, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Rubella, Scarlet fever, Tetanus, Typhoid, Varicella Japan - Clonorchiasis, Leprosy Korea - Clonorchiasis, Hepatitis B Madagascar - Plague Malaysia - Measles, Tetanus, Typhoid Mali - Mediterranean spotted fever, Q fever, Typhus - endemic Mauritania - Rift Valley fever Mexico - Amebiasis Morocco - Mediterranean spotted fever, Q fever, Typhus - endemic Netherlands - Necrotizing faciitis, Septicemia - bacterial New Caledonia - Leptospirosis Nigeria - Dracunculiasis, Q fever Northern Marianas - Gonorrhea, Measles Norway - Chlamydia trachomatis infection, Gonorrhea Oman - Amebiasis, Mumps, Shigellosis, Trachoma, Varicella Pakistan - Poliomyelitis Papua New Guinea - Hepatitis B Peru - Plague Philippines - Diphtheria, Filariasis - bancroftian, Gonorrhea, Measles, Pertussis, Schistosomiasis- japonicum, Syphilis, Typhoid Poland - Diphtheria, Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Rubella, Tetanus Portugal - Mediterranean spotted fever Puerto Rico - All reportable disease for first half of 1994 Reunion - Leptospirosis Romania - Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Poliomyelitis, Rubella, Tetanus Russia - Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, Diphtheria, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Poliomyelitis, Rubella, Shigellosis, Tetamus, Trichinosis, Typhoid Singapore - Dengue, Measles, Typhoid, Varicella South Africa - Diphtheria, Measles, Rheumatic fever, Tetanus, Trachoma, Typhoid Sudan - Poliomyelitis Sweden - European tick encephalitis, Lyme disease Switzerland - Tetanus Taiwan - Angiostrongyliasis, Clonorchiasis, Japanese encephalitis Tanzania - Q fever Tunisia - Q fever United Kingdom - Echinococcosis, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Legionellosis, Listeriosis, Measles, Meningitis - bacterial, Mumps, Necrotizing faciitis, Rubella, Salmonellosis United States - All reportable diseases for first half of 1994; Ameba - free living, California encephalitis, Cryptosporidiosis, Dengue, Eastern equine encephalitis, Ehrlichiosis - E. chaffeensis, Escherichia coli diarrhea, Leptospirosis, Nectotizing faciitis, Plague, St. Louis encephalitis, Toxoplasmosis, Typhus - endemic, Western equine encephalitis Venezuela - Toxoplasmosis Viet Nam - Clonorchiasis, Poliomyelitis Yugoslavia - Diphtheria, Pertussis, Poliomyelitis, Tetanus Zimbabwe - Mediterranean spotted fever, Q fever High-impact global diseases: AIDS - All countries Cholera - Angola, Argentina, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hong Kong, Ivory Coast, Kenya, India, Japan, Laos, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, Somalia, Sweden, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Zaire, Zimbabwe Malaria - Malaysia, Myanmar, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United States Tuberculosis - Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Guam, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United States, Yugoslavia Yellow fever - Brazil, Ghana, Kenya Therapy ------- Pharmacology - Dideoxycytidine, Dideoxyinosine Spectrum updated - Lomefloxacin Drugs added - Stavudine Toxicity - Acyclovir, Ciprofloxacin, Clofazimine, Dideoxycytidine, Ethambutol, Flucytosine, Foscarnet, Ofloxacin, Pyrimethamine, Rifabutin, Rifampin, Sulfamethoxaxole/trimethoprim, Ziduvidine Interactions - Isoniazide, Zidovidine Interactions database - Verapamil Microbiology ------------ New taxa added - CDC group 3, CDC group 5, Mycobacterium intermedium, Mycobacterium interjectum, Nocardia nova Pnenotypic database expanded - Acinetobacter genospecies 3, Acinetobacter haemolyticus, Acinetobacter johnsonii, Acinetobacter junii, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Arcanobacterium haemolyticum, Ochrobacterium anthropi, Mycobacterium kansasii, Rothia dentocariosa Name changed - CDC group B renamed Brevibacterium casei, CDC group D-2 renamed Corynebacterium urealyticum, Pseudomonas cepacia renamed Burkholderia cepacia 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).
