GIDEON update 1999.2
June 1, 1999
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 99.2 June 1, 1999WELCOME TO GIDEON-WINDOWS. WE ARE SURE THAT YOU WILL FIND THIS PROGRAM FASCINATING
AND INFORMATIVE. NOTE THAT THIS PROGRAM WILL REPLACE GIDEON-DOS. IF YOU HAVE BEEN USING
THE DOS VERSION UNTIL NOW YOU MAY WISH TO TRANSFER ANY PRIVATE FILES (PATIENTS IN THE
DIAGNOSIS MODULE; MICROORGANISMS IN THE MICROBIOLOGY MODULE) TO THE NEW WINDOWS
SOFTWARE. IF SO, SIMPLY PRINT THESE FILES TO HARD COPY AND THEN RE-ENTER THEM INTO THE
RELEVANT MODULES OF GIDEON- WINDOWS.
*** MEDICAL SECTION ***
DIAGNOSIS
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NAME CHANGED Equine Morbillivirus to Hendra and Nipah virus
CLINICAL PARAMETERS Ebola, Leptospirosis, Linguatulosis, Relapsing fever
EPIDEMIOLOGY
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Notes designated <Worldwide> for a wide range of diseases have
been added and expanded. These
text files are invaluable in preparing reviews, lecture handouts, etc.
Take the time to review
these notes.
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Cholera, Ehrlichiosis – human granulocytic,
Hendra and Nipah virus
infection, Thogoto
NOTES EXPANDED OR UPDATED:
ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES Australia, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Germany,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Norway, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, United
Kingdom, United
States
AIDS All countries,
<Worldwide>
Amebiasis Japan
Babesiosis United States
Blastomycosis United States
Botulism Belgium, Spain, Switzerland
California
encephalitis United States
Campylobacteriosis Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Chikungunya Malaysia, Senegal
Chlamydia infection Denmark
Cholera Benin, Brazil, Burundi, Guam, Guinea, Hong Kong,
India, Japan, Kenya,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique Nigeria, Singapore, Somalia,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Clonorchiasis Vietnam
Coccidioidomycosis Brazil, United States
Coenurosis <Worldwide>
Conjunctivitis
- viral India
Cowpox Norway
Cryptosporidiosis Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom,
United States
Cyclospora
infection Cuba
Cysticercosis Indonesia, Mexico
Cytomegalovirus United States
Dengue Australia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, French
Polynesia, India,
Indonesia, Malaysia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway,
Panama, Sri
Lanka, Venezuela, Viet Nam
Diphtheria Italy, Switzerland
Dirofilariasis France, Greece, Japan, Sri Lanka
Dracunculiasis All endemic countries, <Worldwide>
Ebola Ivory Coast
Echinococcosis
- granulosis Bulgaria, Cyprus, Libya, Tunisia
Ehrlichiosis
- E. chaffeensis United States
Ehrlichiosis
- human granulocyt. Bulgaria, Switzerland, United States
Equine
morbillivirus Australia
Escherichia coli
Diarrhea Argentina, Cameroon, France, Germany, Spain,
United Kingdom, <Worldwide>
Far Eastern tick
- borne enceph. Japan
Fascioliasis Bolivia, France, Peru
Filariasis-Brugia Viet Nam
Filariasis
- bancroftian Brazil, Tanzania
Gastroenteritis
- viral United States
Giardiasis Canada
Gnathostomiasis Mexico
Gonorrhea Norway, Russia, United Kingdom
Hantavirus
- old world Belgium, Russia, Yugoslavia
Hantavirus resp.
distress syndrome United States
Hendra and Nipah
virus Malaysia, Singapore, <Worldwide>
Hepatitis A Denmark, Germany, Netherlands,
Switzerland
Hepatitis B Bolivia, Canada, Denmark,
Germany, Japan, Switzerland, United Kingdom,
Venezuela
Hepatitis C Canary Islands, Denmark, Germany, Grenada, Martinique,
Nepal,
Switzerland, Tunisia
Hepatitis D Saudi Arabia
Hepatitis E Bolivia, Germany, Taiwan
Hepatitis GB United Kingdom
Histoplasmosis United States
Influenza Hong Kong, <Worldwide>
Isosporidiosis United States
Japanese
encephalitis Malaysia
Kawasaki disease Japan, United States
Legionellosis France, Italy, Netherlands, Thailand,
United Kingdom
Leishmaniasis
- cutaneous Bolivia, Brazil, Morocco, Peru, Tunisia, United States
Leishmaniasis
- visceral Thailand, <Worldwide>
Leprosy United States
Leptospirosis Australia, Cuba, Portugal
Linguatulosis <Worldwide>
Listeriosis Finland, France, United States
Lyme disease China, Italy, Netherlands, United States
Malaria Benin, Burundi, Canada, China, Democratic Congo,
France, Gambia, Germany,
Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Japan,
Kenya, Korea,
Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Russia,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Tunisia,
United States,
Vanuatu, Viet Nam, Zambia, <Worldwide>
Marburg disease Dem. Rep. Congo
Measles Australia,
Canada, Japan, Panama, <Worldwide>
Mediterranean
spotted fever Sweden
Melioidosis Singapore, Thailand
Meningitis
- bacterial Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Central African Republic, Chad, Chile,
Dem. Rep. Congo, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Guinea Bissau,
Mali,
Mauritania, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Senegal,
Sudan,
Switzerland, United Kingdom, Uruguay, <Worldwide>
Microsporidiosis <Worldwide>
Murray Valley
encephalitis Australia
Myaro
Trinidad and Tobago
Myiasis <Worldwide>
Mycobacterium infx.
- systemic United States
Necrotizing skin
and soft tissue Norway
Onchocerciasis <Worldwide>
Opisthorchiasis Thailand
Paragonimiasis China
Parvovirus B19 <Worldwide>
Pediculosis Russia
Pertussis Panama,
<Worldwide>
Plague Mozambique, Namibia
Pneumocystis
Pneumonia United States
Poliomyelitis All countries, <Worldwide>
Q fever Norway
Rabies
Hungary, Peru, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand, United States,
<Worldwide>
Relapsing fever Russia
Respiratory
syncytial virus United States
Rheumatic fever France
Rift Valley fever South Africa
Ross River disease Australia, New Zealand
Rubella Australia, Greece
Salmonellosis Canada, Czechoslovakia, Italy, New
Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, United
Kingdom, United States, <Worldwide>
Sandfly fever <Worldwide>
Schistosomiasis
- japonicum China
Shigellosis Canada, Japan, Switzerland,
United States
Sporotrichosis India, <Worldwide>
Syphilis Panama, Russia,
United Kingdom
Taeniasis Indonesia, <Worldwide>
Tetanus United
States, <Worldwide>
Tick-borne
encephalitis Austria, Czechoslovakia, Finland,
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy,
Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Yugoslavia
Toxocariasis Czech Republic
Trachoma Gambia, Mali
Trichinosis Bolivia, China, Italy,
Netherlands, United States
Trypanosomiasis
- African Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African
Republic, Cameroon, Chad,
Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon,
Guinea,
Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, South Africa, Sudan,
Tanzania, Togo,
Uganda, <Worldwide>
Trypanosomiasis
- American Argentina, Brazil, French Guiana, Paraguay
Tuberculosis Denmark, France, Malawi, New
Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland, United
States, <Worldwide>
Tularemia Russia, Yugoslavia
Typhoid Nauru
Typhus – scrub Australia
Varicella Canada
Vibrio
parahaemolyticus Taiwan, United States
Venezuelan equine
encephalitis Colombia, Panama
Yellow fever Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru,
<Worldwide>
THERAPY
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DRUGS ADDED Amprenavir, Temocillin
PHARMACOLOGY Abacavir, Amantadine, Chloramphenicol, Clarithromycin,
Diethylcarbamazine, Efavirenz, Erythromycin, Fluconazole,
Grepafloxacin,
Imipenem, Indinavir, Itraconazole, Kanamycin, Ketoconazole,
Nelfinavir,
Pentamidine, Pentavalent antimonials, Pneumococcal vaccine,
Praziquantel,
Quinupristin-Dalfopristin, Ribavirin, Rifabutin, Rifampin,
Ritonavir,
Rotavirus vaccine, RSV globulin, Saquinavir, Stavudine
SUSCEPTIBILITY
DATABASE Aeromonas jandaei, Aeromonas schubertii,
Aeromonas trota, Aeromonas
veronii biotype veronii, Mansonella streptocerca
INTERACTIONS
DATABASE Amprenavir, Celecoxib, Cilostazol, Stavudine
MICROBIOLOGY
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NEW TAXA ADDED Facklamia languida, Helicobacter heilmannii,
Lactobacillus paracasei,
Malassezia sympodialis
PHENOTYPIC DATABASE Aeromonas eucrenophila, Facklamia, hominis,
Lactobacillus casei,
Lactobacillus rhamnosus
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).
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.
*** TECHNICAL SECTION ***
Last Minute Additions
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There are a couple of last minute additions in the GIDEON program,
which are not mentioned in the
Help. These changes are as follows -
1) Printing and saving reports
Four new toolbar buttons have been added to GIDEON's main screen, on the
top-right corner of the
window. These buttons allow the printing and saving of reports directly,
without the need to
access the File menu.
2) Copy to Clipboard button
In the report preview screen, a button has been added to allow the
copying of the entire report
to the Windows Clipboard (and from there the report may be pasted
elsewhere).
Troubleshooting
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Following is a list of known problems and solutions concerning the
GIDEON program. This list
will be updated with any new problems found.
PROBLEM:
After installing GIDEON and trying to run a different application, the
application won't start
and I get an error message saying: "This application uses
CTL3D32.DLL, which is not the correct
version. This version of CTL3D32.DLL is designed only for Windows '95
systems.
SOLUTION:
The GIDEON CD contains 2 files, "ctl3dnt" and
"ctl3d32_98" (in the multi-user version, these
files will also appear on the "UserInst" directory on the
server computer). If your operating
system is Windows NT, double-click on the first one. If you are using
Windows '98, double-click
on the second one. You will be asked where to unzip these files, and you
should choose the
system directory of your Windows (in most cases, WINNT\SYSTEM32 for NT
users and WINDOWS\SYSTEM
for Windows '98 users). After choosing the directory, unzip the files.
The other application
should now work.
PROBLEM:
When printing in GIDEON, the pages come out with strange markings on
them.
SOULTION:
There is no direct soultion for this. If you want to print a report,
save it as a file instead.
The file will be saved in an RTF format, which is readable by most word
processors. Load the
file into one of those word processors, and print it from there.
PROBLEM:
When trying to print the results of a comparison, the page appears
distorted.
SOLUTION:
When comparing too many diseases or pathogens, it is only natural that
not all of them would
fit on a printed page. For a normal sized page with normal margins, it
is recommended that
the number of columns compared would be no greater than 5. If you still
want to print the
table with a larger number of columns, you should save the report
instead, load it into
a word processor, and print it from there.
For example, in Microsoft Word you can mark the text representing the
table and convert it to
a Word table by choosing the "Convert Text to Table" option
under the Table menu. In the dialog
box that pops up, in the "Seperate text at" section you should
choose "Tabs", and click OK).
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).
