GIDEON update
GIDEON update # 96.1
March 1, 1996
Software Improvements
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GIDEON is now on the INTERNET ! A daily net search has now been added to
our reference sources; and we have inaugurated a Web site:
http://www.stanford.edu/~blackman/gideon/
This site will outline GIDEON, summarize previous GIDEON updates, and
present a demonstration program which can be downloaded.
The entire list of drug and vaccine trade-names has been updated and now
includes over 2,300 entries
Diagnosis
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New Diseases Added Baylisascariasis
Clinical database updated
Epidemiology
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Database
Therapeutic guidelines for all parasitic diseases have been updated
Parameters updated
Bartonellosis, Cyclospora infection
Global distribution updated
Cholera, Dengue
Notes expanded or added
All reportable diseases Argentina, Austria
Aeromonas / marine vibrio
Anasakiasis France
Barmah Forest Disease Australia
Botulism United States
Campylobacteriosis United States,
Chlamydia pneumoniae infx.
Dengue Antigua, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mauritius, Montserrat,
Panama, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Singapore, Suriname,
Trinidad, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States
Dirofilariasis Israel
Dracunculiasis
Ebola Ivory Coast
Echinococcus - granulosisGermany
Escherichia coli diarrhea
Gonorrhea Netherlands
Hantavirus resp. syndromeUnited States
Hemorrhagic fever renal syn.Germany
Hepatitis B Cameroon
Hepatitis C Australia, Cameroon, Jamaica, Portugal, Sweden
Leprosy India, Thailand
Leptospirosis Thailand
Lyme disease Sweden
Measles Thailand
Meningitis - bacterialUnited Kingdom
Mycobacteriosis - M. ulceransAustralia
Plague Madagascar
Poliomyelitis Thailand,
Rabies Thailand
Relapsing fever United States,
Rubella Denmark
Salmonellosis Australia, Israel
Schisto. - haematobium Mali
Schisto. - mansoni Mali
Tetanus Thailand
Toxoplasmosis Sweden
Trichinosis Chile
Typhus - scrub Japan
Venezuelan equine enceph. Colombia, Venezuela
Visceral leishmaniasis India, Spain
High-impact global diseases
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AIDS
All countires, including estimates of national seroprevalence,
Cholera
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, El Salvador, Gambia, Guatemala,
Guinea, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Senegal,
Tanzania, Thailand, United States
Malaria
The principal/potential malaria vectors for each country have
been added to the individual country notes in the Epidemiology
module
Argentina, Austria, New Zealand
Tuberculosis
Argentina, Austria, Ethiopia, India, Thailand,
Yellow fever
Liberia, Peru
Therapy
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Drugs added
Cytomegalovirus immune globulin [vaccine module], Lamivudine,
Ornidazole
Pharmacology & usage
BCG vaccine, clofazimine, dirithromycin, ethionamide, halofantrine,
ofloxacin, polymyxins, praziquantel, proguanil, rifabutin, rufloxacin
Susceptibility guidelines
Trichostrongylus
Spectrum database
Toxicity database
This section has been extensively expanded. New forms of toxicity
incorporated: Adrenal suppression, Ageusia, Amnesia, Anemia - aplastic,
Ataxia, Cardiac arrhythmias, Cholestasis or cholelithiasis, Drug-induced
lupus, Encephalitis or encephalopathy, Erythema multiforme, Hallucinations,
Hypocalcemia, Hypomagnesemia, Myalgia, Parotitis, Porphyria -
exacerbation, Serum sickness, Stevens-Johnson syndrome
Interactions
Vaccine interactions
Vaccine toxicity
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Microbiology
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New taxa added
Candida pulcherrima, Corynebacterium auris, Leuconostoc
pseudomesenteroides, Mycobacterium conspicuum
Phenotypic database expanded
Bacillus alvei, Bacillus anthracis, Campylobacter gracilis, Campylobacter
rectus, Helicobacter cinaedi, Helicobacter fennelliae, Lactococcus garvieae,
Lactococcus plantarum, Mitsuokella dentalis, Mycobacterium asiaticum,
Prevotella enoeca
Name changed
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).
GIDEONews
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USA
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Australia
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Holland
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Israel
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Uk
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