GIDEON update 1998.2
June 1, 1998
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Software Improvements
GIDEON now contains over 5,000 interactive "synonyms"
(geographic designations, proprietary drug
and vaccine names, taxonomic changes in bacteriology, etc).
Diagnosis
The term 'Gardnerella infection' has been replaced by
'Bacterial vaginosis' in the Diagnosis and
Epidemiology modules
Clinical database updated
Bartonellosis - cat-borne,
Capillariasis - abdominal,
Penicilliosis, Q-fever, Venezuelan
hemorrhagic fever
Disease added Brainerd diarrhea
Epidemiology
<Worldwide notes> for a wide range of diseases have been
added/expanded. These text files are invaluable in preparing
reviews, lecture handouts, etc. Take the time to review
these notes
Disease distribution
Angiostrongyliasis, Japanese
encephalitis, Lyme disease, Mansonelliasis - perstans, Melioidosis,
Wesselsbron
Notes expanded or updated:
All reportable diseases
Australia, Austria, Canada, Costa
Rica, Finland, France, Israel, Mexico,
New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Spain,
Switzerland
Abscess - intraabdominal
Canada, <Worldwide>
Amebiasis
India
Angiostrongyliasis
United States, <Worldwide>
Anthrax
Tanzania
Ascariasis
India
Aseptic meningitis
Israel
Bacterial vaginosis
<Worldwide>
Botulism
Norway
Brucellosis
United States
Bunyaviridae - miscellaneous <Worldwide>
California encephalitis
Russia, United States, <Worldwide>
Capillariasis - abdominal
Guatemala
Chikungunya
Thailand, <Worldwide>
Chlamydia infections
Hungary, Norway, United Kingdom
Clonorchiasis
Korea
Cryptococcosis
Zimbabwe, <Worldwide>
Cryptosporidiosis
Australia, Bolivia, United Kingdom,
United States, <Worldwide>
Cyclospora infection
Peru, United States
Dengue
Australia, Brazil, Cuba, Fiji,
Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia,
Norway, Thailand, Tonga, Viet Nam,
<Worldwide>
Dientamoebal diarrhea
<Worldwide>
Diphtheria
Russia, United Kingdom, United States,
<Worldwide>
Dirofilariasis
Russia
Dracunculiasis
Sudan, Yemen
Eastern equine encephalitis Brazil,
Canada, United States
Echinococcosis - granulosis Peru
Echinococcosis - multilocular Switzerland, United
States
Ehrlichiosis - hum. granulo. Netherlands,
Sweden, United States
Escherichia coli diarrhea
Canada, Italy, United States
Filariasis - bancroftian
Madagascar, <Worldwide>
Fungal infection - invasive
<Worldwide>
Giardiasis
India
Gonorrhea
Australia, Canada, Norway, United Kingdom
Hantavirus - old world
Hong Kong
Hantavirus respiratory syndr. Argentina, Brazil,
United States, <Worldwide>
Hepatitis A
Belgium, Italy, United States
Hepatitis B
Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Paraguay,
Venezuela, Sweden, Switzerland
Hepatitis C
Belgium, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa
Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia,
Venezuela
Hepatitis E
Brazil
Hepatitis G
Nepal
Herpes simplex infections
Denmark, United Kingdom, <Worldwide>
Hookworm
Australia, India, <Worldwide>
Influenza
<Worldwide>
Japanese encephalitis
Australia, Papua New Guinea <Worldwide>
Legionellosis
Netherlands, Spain, <Worldwide>
Leishmaniasis - cutaneous
Argentina, China, Oman, Tunisia
Leishmaniasis - visceral
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Oman, Sudan,
Yugoslavia
Leprosy
Oman
Leptospirosis
Barbados, Costa Rica, Ecuador, <Worldwide>
Lyme disease
Finland, Italy, Russia, Taiwan
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis Canada, United
States
Mansonelliasis - perstans
Ethiopia
Measles
Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica,
Guadeloupe, Japan, Kiribati, Oman,
Paraguay, Trust Territories - U.S., Tuvalu,
United States, Venezuela, <Worldwide>
Mediterranean (etc) spot. fev. Thailand
Melioidosis
Australia, Thailand
Meningitis - bacterial
Brazil, Canada, Chad, Gambia, Italy,
New Zealand, United Kingdom, United
States, <Worldwide>
Microsporidiosis
<Worldwide>
Mumps
Spain
Mycobacteriosis - systemic United
States
Necrotizing soft tissue infx. Italy
Norwalk [etc] virus
Japan, United Kingdom, Venezuela
Onchocerciasis
Ecuador, Uganda, United States, <Worldwide>
Paragonimiasis
<Worldwide>
Parvovirus B19 infection
Japan, United Kingdom
Pertussis
Australia, United Kingdom
Plague
Madagascar, Tanzania
Pneumocystis infection
United States
Poliomyelitis
African region (all countries),
Bangladesh, Russia, Turkey, United
Kingdom, <Worldwide>
Rabies
Brazil
Rat bite fever - streptobacill. United States
Respiratory syncytial virus United States,
<Worldwide>
Rhodococcus equi infection
<Worldwide>
Rift Valley fever
Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Ross River disease
Australia
Rotavirus infection
Argentina, United Kingdom
Rubella
United Kingdom, United States, <Worldwide>
Salmonellosis
Canada, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom,
United States, <Worldwide>
Sandfly fever
Italy
Schistosomiasis - haematob. Egypt
Schistosomiasis - japonicum China
Schistosomiasis - mansoni
Egypt, Guadeloupe
Septicemia - bacterial
Hong Kong
Shigellosis
Taiwan
Sindbis
<Worldwide>
Syphilis
United Kingdom
Tetanus
Nigeria, United States
Thaleziasis
<Worldwide>
Toxic shock syndrome
United States
Toxocariasis
Thailand
Toxoplasmosis
Thailand
Trichinosis
Canada, United States
Trypanosomiasis - African
Ethiopia
Trypanosomiasis - American All
endemic countries
Typhus - endemic
Portugal
Varicella
United States
Venezuelan equine enceph.
Peru, <Worldwide>
Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever Venezuela
Vibrio parahaemolyticus infx. Thailand
Wesselsbron
Nigeria
Western equine encephalitis
<Worldwide>
West Nile fever
<Worldwide>
Yaws
Thailand
High-impact global diseases:
AIDS
Brazil, Canada, Canary Islands,
China, Ethiopia, France, Guadeloupe,
Guyana, Hong Kong, Ivory Coast,
Japan, Malawi, Martinique, New
Zealand, Niger, Norway, Spain,
Switzerland, United Kingdom, United
States, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
Cholera
Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia,
Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo,
Djibouti, Ecuador, France, Germany,
Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea Bissau,
Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Kenya,
Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua,
Peru, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa,
Sri Lanka, Uganda, United
Kingdom, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
Malaria
Afghanistan, Australia, Austria,
Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Israel,
Kenya, Korea, Madagascar, Mexico,
New Zealand, Norway, Russia, Rwanda,
Singapore, Tanzania
Tuberculosis
Australia, Austria, Canada, Costa
Rica, Ethiopia, France, Germany,
Guadeloupe, Guyana, Hong Kong,
Ireland, Israel, Ivory Coast,
Martinique, Mexico, Russia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand,
United Kingdom, United States, <Worldwide>
Yellow fever
Egypt, Trust Territories - U.S.
Therapy
Drugs added
Grepafloxacin, Trovafloxacin
Vaccines added
Argentine hemorrhagic fever
Pharmacological profile
Albendazole, Clarithromycin, Indinavir,
Nelfinavir, Netilmicin, Nevirapine,
Ritonavir
Toxicity database
Delusions, Delirium, Depression, Mania
Interactions database
Cerivastatin
Microbiology
New Taxa added
Corynebacterium riegelii, Cryptococcus
macerans
Phenotypic database
Corynebacterium - all species,
Shewanella alga, Shewanella putrefaciens
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