GIDEON update
GIDEON update # 97.1 March 1, 1997
Software Improvements
Diagnosis GIDEON has a new look! Until now, country
specific notes in the Epidemiology module have been written in the form of
abbreviated phrases suitable to the constraints of screen size. All notes
have been rewritten and expanded into scroll-able screens. This change
will massively increase the size and scope of this module..
Clinical database updated HIV-infection, Listeriosis, Trypanosomiasis -
African
Epidemiology Standard vaccination schedules used by all
countries have been added to individual disease notes
Database parameters California encephalitis, Hantavirus
respiratory distress, Hepatitis C,
Kawasaki's disease
Global distribution updated California Encephalitis, Hantavirus
respiratory distress syndrome,
Lagochilascariasis, Malaria
Notes expanded or added
notes for individual diseases have been extensively expanded -
take time to review them.
All reportable diseases Australia, France, Guam, Israel, Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Sweden,
Switzerland, Taiwan, Trust Territories U.S.,
United Kingdom, United States, Virgin Islands
Anthrax Thailand
Bartonellosis - cat borne United States
Botulism Canada, Italy
Brucellosis Azores, Israel
Bunyavirus infections Senegal
California encephalitis Sweden, United States
Chlamydia infections
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Clostridial food poisoning Australia
Clostridium difficile colitis United Kingdom
Coccidioidomycosis United States
Crimea Congo hem. fever South Africa
Cryptosporidiosis Australia, Canada, Netherlands
Cutaneous leishmaniasis Algeria, Mexico, United States
Cysticercosis Madagascar
Dengue India, Mexico, United States, Singapore,
Viet Nam
Diphtheria Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Vaccination
schedules for all countries
Dirofilariasis Australia, Italy,
Dracunculiasis China, India, Japan, Pakistan, Sudan,
Ebola Gabon, South Africa
Echinococcosis Jordan
Echinococcus vogeli Brazil
Endocarditis
Escherichia coli diarrhea Australia, Israel, Japan, Sweden, United
Kingdom
European tick encephalitis Poland
Giardiasis Canada
Gonorrhea Azores, China, Denmark, Japan, Korea,
New Caledonia, United Kingdom, Viet Nam
Hantavirus - old world Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Italy,
Netherlands, Spain, Russia
Hantavirus resp. distress synd. Argentina, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico,
Panama, United States, Venezuela
Hepatitis A Azores, French Polynesia, Israel
Hepatitis B Azores, India, Madagascar, Philippines,
Singapore, Vaccination schedules for all
countries,
Hepatitis C Australia, France, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco
Hepatitis E Israel, Nepal, Saudi Arabia
Hepatitis G and GB China, Germany, Indonesia, Japan
Herpes virus simiae United States
Hookworm Uruguay
Japanese encephalitis China, Malaysia
Kawasaki disease Australia
Legionellosis Spain, United Kingdom
Leprosy Paraguay
Leptospirosis Australia, China, United States
Listeriosis Australia, France,
Lyme disease Japan, Sweden, United States, Yugoslavia,
Measles Azores, Belgium, Guadeloupe, Mexico, Oman,
United Kingdom, Vaccination schedules for
all countries
Meningitis Australia, Azores, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Ireland, Togo, Spain, United Kingdom,
Vaccination schedules (Haemophilus
influenzae b) for all countries
Mediterranean spotted fever
Mumps Azores, Canada, United Kingdom, Vaccination
schedules for all countries
Mycobacteriosis - systemic United States
Necrotizing soft tissue infx. Taiwan
O'nyong Nyong
Onchocerciasis Brazil,
Ornithosis
Pertussis United Kingdom, Vaccination schedules for
all countries
Plague Madagascar, United States, Zambia
Poliomyelitis All countries,
Vaccination schedules for all countries
Powassan United States
Q fever France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, United
Kingdom
Rabies Australia, France, Israel, Sierra Leone,
United States
Respiratory syncytial virus Denmark
Rhinoscleroma
Rotavirus Ireland, Spain
Rubella Azores, France, United Kingdom, Vaccination
schedules for all countries
Salmonellosis Australia, France, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
Sandfly fever Italy
Scarlet fever United Kingdom
Schistosomiasis - haematob. Malawi
Schistosomiasis - mansoni Egypt, Mali
Septicemia - bacterial United Kingdom
Shigellosis United Kingdom
Sinusitis United States
Staphylococcal food poisoning Australia
Strongyloidiasis United States,
Subdural empyema
Syphilis Azores, Finland, United Kingdom
Tetanus United Kingdom, Vaccination schedules for all
countries
Trypanosomiasis - African Zaire
Trypanosomiasis - American Brazil, Honduras,
Tularemia Poland, Russia, Sweden
Typhus - scrub Malaysia, Thailand,
Typhoid Azores, Japan
Varicella United Kingdom
Vibrio parahaemolyticus infx. Australia, Taiwan
Visceral leishmaniasis Algeria, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Russia,
Spain
High-impact global diseases:
AIDS All countries,
Cholera Australia, Benin, Bolivia, Burundi, Cameroon,
Cape Verde, Chad, Ghana, Guinea Bissau,
India, Japan, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Rwanda,
Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Tanzania, United
Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Zaire,
Zambia
Malaria Australia, Canada, Comoros, Bangladesh,
Botswana, Canada, Guam, Guatemala, Korea,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Puerto Rico,
South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, United
Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Virgin
Islands, Zimbabwe,
Tuberculosis Australia, Azores, Congo, Finland, France,
Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands,
Portugal, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Taiwan,
United Kingdom, United States, Virgin
Islands, Vaccination schedules (BCG) for
all countries,
Yellow fever Ghana, United States
Therapy Neonatal dosing schedules have been added for
several antimicrobial agents. Unless otherwise indicated, these dosages
apply to full term infants with birth weight >2,000G.
Drugs which are generally administered in combination are now indicated
by a plus [+] sign.
Pharmacological profile Amantadine, Cefotetan, Erythromycin,
Itraconazole, Minocycline, Nevirapine,
Nitrofurantoin, Ofloxacin, Rifampin,
Sulfamethoxazole trimethoprim, Terbinafine,
Ticarcillin-clavulanate
Susceptibility database Bilophila wadsworthia, Clostridium ramosum,
Fusobacterium mortiferum / varium,
Haemophilus aphrophilus, Sutterella
wadsworthensis, Veillonella species
Testing criteria Trimethoprim
Interactions database Flecainide, Fluvastatin, Lorcainide,
Prevastatin, Propantheline
Microbiology
New taxa added Arthrobacter cumminsii, Arthrobacter
woluwensis, Corynebacterium coyleae,
Mycobacterium hassiacum, Mycobacterium
triplex, Stenotrophomonas africana,
Treponema medium
Phenotypic database Aerococcus urinae, Arcanobacterium
haemolyticum, Enterobacter mundtii,
Mobiluncus curtisii, Mobiluncus
mulieris, Mycobacterium, aurum,
Mycobacterium neoaurum, Mycobacterium
vaccae, Pasteurella volantium, Treponema
pectinovorum, Treponema socranskii,
Turicella otitidis
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).
GIDEONewsț
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.
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