GIDEON update
GIDEON update # 95.2 (June 1, 1995)
Software Improvements
Until now, you were required to enter a [Yes +] or [No -] for all
Basic symptoms in the Diagnosis module. Although you are still
encouraged to enter as much clinical data as possible for optimal
diagnostic specificity, you now have the option of entering a single
clinical finding or set of findings. For example, you can now generate
a list of all diseases associated with splenomegaly in Ghana
(eosinophilia in the World, etc), regardless of other findings.
Guidelines for in-vitro drug susceptibility testing may now be
accessed in the Therapy module by pressing [Susc. Guidelines F9] in the
main list of drugs.
'AIDS' and 'Inguinal Lymphadenopathy' have been added to the list of
'Basic' signs and symptoms in the Diagnosis Module. Any cases which you
may have filed in GIDEON to date will be automatically updated when you
enter the [Files F3] option in your Diagnosis module. Blank spaces
(unanswered questions) will appear in these cases for newly added
symptoms under 'AIDS and Lymphadenopathy.
Until now, you 'moved' between lists of reactions in the Microbiology
module by pressing [Basic F7], [General F8] and [Fermentation F9].
These three functions have been consolidated into [More tests F7],
which 'toggles' among these lists.
Filing is available in the Microbiology module (activated by pressing
[Files F3]) which allows you to save strains of bacteria and
mycobacteria for addition of later tests, student teaching, publication,
etc.
Diagnosis
Clinical database updated
Fascioliasis, Gardnerella vaginalis infection, Lyme disease, Ornithosis,
Q-fever, Strongyloidiasis, Subdural empyema, Trench fever, Visceral
leishmaniasis
Epidemiology
Parameters updated
Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, Cyclospora infection, Paragonimiasis,
Tetanus, Typhus - scrub
Global distribution updated
Aeromonas & marine Vibrio, Dracunculiasis, Fascioliasis, Melioidosis,
Paragonimiasis, Plague
Notes expanded or added
All reportable diseases - Argentina, Canada, Finland, Israel, The
Netherlands, Oman, South Africa, Switzerland
Aeromonas & marine vibrio - Denmark
Anthrax - Egypt, United Kingdom
Argentine hemorrhagic fever - Argentina
Aseptic meningitis - viral - Japan
Balantidiasis - Papua New Guinea
Brucellosis - Mali
Campylobacteriosis - Norway
Chlamydia infections, misc - Australia, Denmark, Norway
Chlamydia pneumoniae - Greece
Crimean Congo hem. fever - Russia, << Worldwide >>
Cutaneous leishmaniasis - Ethiopia, Israel, Jordan, Tunisia
Dengue - Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, New Caledonia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Diphtheria - Bulgaria, Poland, Russia
Dracunculiasis - Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, << Worldwide >>
Ebola disease - Kenya, Sudan, Zaire, << Worldwide >>
Echinococcosis - granulosis - Brazil, Peru
Echinococcosis - multilocular - France, Switzerland
European tick encephalitis - Russia, Sweden
Fascioliasis - France, << Worldwide >>
Filariasis - Bancroftian - Philippines, Samoa
Filariasis - Brugia - Japan, Malaysia, Philippines
Gastrodiscoidiasis - India
Gonorrhea - Australia, Niue, Norway
Hantavirus resp. distress synd. - United States
Hemorrhagic fev. renal synd - United Kingdom
Hepatitis A - Cameroon, Norway, United Kingdom
Hepatitis B - Bhutan, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Indonesia, Italy, Mongolia, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam, << Worldwide >>
Hepatitis C - Cameroon, Ireland, Niger, Viet Nam, United Kingdom
Hepatitis delta - Italy
Hepatitis E - Italy, Taiwan, Turkey
Influenza - United States, << Worldwide >>
Kayasanur Forest disease - India
Kawasaki disease - Japan, United States
Legionellosis - Denmark, United Kingdom
Leprosy - Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, << Worldwide >>
Leptospirosis - United Kingdom, Yugoslavia
Listeriosis - Switzerland, United States
Lyme disease - Australia, China, Italy
Marburg virus disease - Germany, << Worldwide >>
Measles - Bulgaria, China, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jordan, Korea, Malaysia, United States, Zaire, << Worldwide >>
Mediterranean spotted fever - Angola, Comoros, Japan, Russia
Melioidosis - Australia, Thailand, United States
Meningitis - bacterial - Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Cuba, Ethiopia, Finland, Guinea, Japan, Mali, Niger, Sierra Leone, Uganda, << Worldwide >>
Mumps - Switzerland, United Kingdom
Meningitis - bacterial - Canada, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Yugoslavia
Necrotizing faciitis - United Kingdom
Nocardiosis - Kuwait
Onchocerciasis - Malawi, << Worldwide >>
Opisthorchiasis - Laos, Russia, << Worldwide >>
Ornithosis - Belgium
Paragonimiasis - Cameroon, China, Ecuador, Korea, Laos, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Thailand, United States, << Worldwide >>
Pertussis - Bulgaria, France, Guadeloupe, Korea, Malaysia, Trust Territories U.S., << Worldwide >>
Plague - China, Madagascar, Mongolia, Myanmar, Peru, Russia, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zaire, << Worldwide >>
Poliomyelitis - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Oman, Peru, Turkey, United Kingdom, Venezuela, << Worldwide >>
Q fever - Burkina Faso, France, Russia, Spain
Rabies - Argentina, Botswana, France, Germany, India, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, United States, Venezuela, << Worldwide >>
Relapsing fever - Spain
Rheumatic fever - United States
Roseola - Japan
Ross River disease - Australia
Rotavirus infection - Japan, United Kingdom
Rubella - France, Israel, United Kingdom, Venezuela
Salmonellosis - Russia, United Kingdom
Scarlet fever - United Kingdom
Schistosomiasis - haemotobium - Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Schistosomiasis - mansoni - Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Septicemia - bacterial - Hong Kong, Malaysia
Shigellosis - Norway, Sweden
Tetanus - Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Somalia, Sudan, Thailand, Turkey, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zaire, << Worldwide >>
Trachoma - China, India, << Worldwide >>
Trichinosis - Argentina, France, Switzerland
Trichomoniasis - << Worldwide >>
Trypanosomiasis - African - Zaire, << Worldwide >>
Trypanosomiasis - American - Venezuela
Typhoid - Canada, Denmark, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, United Kingdom, Venezuela, << Worldwide >>
Typhus - scrub - Japan
Varicella - Thailand, United Kingdom
Vibrio haemolyticus - Taiwan
Visceral leishmaniasis - Algeria, Brazil, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Nepal, Pakistan, Portugal, Tunisia
High-impact global diseases:
AIDS - Argentina, Australia, China, Denmark, France, French Guiana, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, India, Israel, Puerto Rico, Russia, South Africa, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia, United States
Cholera - Afghanistan, Angola, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, France, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Hong Kong, India, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Mali, Netherlands, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, << Worldwide >>
Malaria - Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bhutan, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Iraq, Malaysia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Rwanda, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Suriname, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela
Tuberculosis - Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Finland, French Guiana, Grenada, Guinea Bissau, Finland, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Kiribati, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Norway, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St. Kits and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tokelau, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Wallis and Futuna, << Worldwide >>
Yellow fever - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Gabon, Nigeria, Peru, << Worldwide >>
Therapy
Drugs added - Cefetamet, Cefmetazole, Cholera vaccine - oral, Dirithromycin, Meropenem, Rufloxacin, Valaciclovir, Varicella vaccine
Pharmacology & usage - Azithromycin, Cefadroxil, Cefotetan, Cephradine, Cinoxacin, Clarithromycin, Clofazimine, Ethambutol, Fleroxicin, Roxithromycin, Tazobactam/Piperacillin, Teicoplanin, Trimethoprim
- Mechanism of action expanded for beta-lactams, macrolides, tetracyclines and aminoglycosides
Spectrum database - Arcanobacterium haemolyticum, Arcobacter [Campylobacter] butzleri, Corynebacterium minutissimum, Corynebacterium pseudodiphthericum, Corynebacterium urealyticum, Micrococcus species, Rhodococcus equi, Stomatococcus mucilaginosus
Toxicity - Methemoglobinemia, Sulfhemoglobinemia
Interactions - Sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim
Interactions database - Procainamide
Microbiology
New taxa added
Aerococcus urinae Alloiococcus otitis
Bartonella elizabethae Bordetella holmesi
Bordetella hinzii CDC group IIg
Lactococcus garviae Selenomonas artemidis
Selenomonas dianae Selenomonas flueggi
Selenomonas infelix Selenomonas noxia
Staphylococcus caprae Staphylococcus pulvereri
Phenotypic database expanded
All anaerobic taxa, Bacillus [all species], Bartonella [all species],
Bergeyella zoohelcum, Campylobacter mucosalis, Citrobacter [all
species], Corynebacterium afermentans, Enterococcus [all species],
Leclercia adecarboxylata, Leuconostoc [all species], Mobiluncus
curtisii, Mobiluncus mulieris,, Mycobacterium asiaticum, Mycobacterium
celatum, Neisseria elongata, Streptococcus [all species], Turicella
otitidis, Weeksella virosa, Yersinia [all species]
Name changed
Bacteroides gracilis to Campylobacter gracilis, CDC group 2 to
Actinomyces bernardiae, CDC group HB-5 to Pasteurella bettyae
