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Global Medicine / Tropical Diseases
Some notes, charts, tables from 2003 Global Medicine course
- Personal notes from course
- Topical Diseases (by vector .doc) -Maj RJ Johnson
- Tropical Disease (alpha .xls) -Maj J Nold
- Tropical and Geographical Medicine text charts: .xls | .doc
- Compendium of above and other notes
- Transmission notes
DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center | Fact Sheets [great list]
DoD Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System
Travel Medicine
Global Health & Travel Medicine Resources -R Sumrall
Emporiatrics -Dr Fred Miser handout from AAFP 1999
Medical Advice for the Traveler -K Cahill, 01
Treatment Guidelines from The Medical Letter® Advice for Travelers, May 04
Lo Re V, Gluckman SJ. Fever in the Returned Traveler. Am Fam Physician 2003 Oct 1;68(7):1343-50. | pdf
Lo Re V, Gluckman SJ. Travel Immunizations. Am Fam Physician 2004 Jul 1;70(1):89-99,103-4. | pdf | Patient Handout
Dick L. Travel Medicine: Helping Patients Prepare for Trips Abroad. Am Fam Physician. 1998 Aug;58(2):383-98, 401-2. | Patient Handout: International Travel: Tips for Staying Healthy | Letter & Reply
Kitchen LW. Case Studies in International Travelers. Am Fam Physician. 1999 Aug;60(2):471-4.
Yates J. Traveler's Diarrhea. Am Fam Physician 2005 Jun 1;71(11):2095-100, 2107-8. | pdf | Patient Handout [se table below]
Juckett G. Prevention and Treatment of Traveler's Diarrhea. Am Fam Physician. 1999 Jul 1;60(1):119-24, 135-6. | Patient Handout
Bettes TN, McKenas DK. Medical Advice for Commercial Air Travelers. Am Fam Physician. 1999 Sep 1;60(3):801-8, 810. | Patient Handout | Letter
Siedenburg J, Perry I, Stüben U. Tropical Medicine and Travel Medicine: Medical Advice for Aviation Medical Examiners Concerning Flight Operations in Tropical Areas. Aviat Space Environ Medicine 2005 Mar;76(3, Suppl):A1-A30 | pdf
Malaria
DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center malaria.asp [great list]
Malarial parasites microscopy: Bone marrow | Peripheral smear 4 species compared
Lo Re V, Gluckman SJ. Prevention of Malaria in Travelers. Am Fam Physician 2003 Aug 1;68(3):509-14,515-6. | pdf | Patient Handout
Kain KC, Shanks GD, Keystone JS. Malaria Chemoprophylaxis in the Age of Drug Resistance. I. Currently Recommended Drug Regimens. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2001 Jul 15; 33:226–34
Wyler DJ. Malaria Chemoprophylaxis for the Traveler. NEJM 93 Jul 1;329(1):31-37. | extract
Cayley WE. Mefloquine for Preventing Malaria in Nonimmune Adult Travelers. Cochrane Abstract. Am Fam Physician. 2004 Feb 1;69(3):521-2.
Juckett G. Malaria Prevention in Travelers. Am Fam Physician. 1999 May 1;59(9): 2523-30, 2535-6. | Patient Handout | Erratum in: Am Fam Physician 2000 Jan 1;61(1):50, 52. [online corrected]
Leishmaniasis
Infectious Disease Service
- Walter Reed Army Medical Center (District of Columbia), telephone 202-782-1663/8691
- Brooke Army Medical Center (San Antonio, Texas), telephone 210-916-5554/1286
Diagnostic support Director of the leishmaniasis diagnostic laboratory at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (Silver Spring, Maryland), telephone 301-319-9956
AFIP Lieshmaniasis survey (scraping video, patient diagnosis and follow-up forms)
DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center leishmaniasis [great list]
MMWR
- Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in U.S. Military Personnel - Southwest/Central Asia, 2002-2003. 2003 Oct 24;52(42);1009-1012 | pdf
- Update: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in U.S. Military Personnel - Southwest/Central Asia, 2002-2004. 2004 Apr 2;53(12);264-265. | pdf | Medscape
- Two Cases of Visceral Leishmaniasis in U.S. Military Personnel - Afghanistan, 2002--2004. 2004 Apr 2;53(12);265-268. | pdf
Lesho EP, Wortmann G, Neafie RC, Aronson NE. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Battling the Baghdad Boil. Fed Prac 04 Oct;21(10):59-67. | Notes
Acinetobacter baumannii infection
http://www.pdhealth.mil/downloads/Acinetobacter_Fact_Sheet_for_Clinicians_23MAR05.pdf
http://www.geis.fhp.osd.mil/GEIS/SurveillanceActivities/AntimicrobialResistance/ GUIDELINESFORCAREOFOPENCOMBATCASUALTYWOUNDS.pdf
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ISOLAT/Isolat.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/enviro/Enviro_guide_03.pdf
Food/Waterborne
Recognizing Waterborne Diseases and the Health Effects of Water Pollution (Physician On-line Reference Guide) Sponsored by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Health. Access is free but must register. Up to 22 CME's with $10.00/CME hour earned processing fee.
Diagnosis and Management of Foodborne Illnesses: A Primer for Physicians and Other Health Care Professionals. Sponsored by AMA and the American Nurses Association (ANA) in conjunction with the CDC, FDA, and USDA. Printed copies of the primer can be obtained by emailing your name, mailing address, and telephone number, as well as the number of copies requested, to Dr. Eileen Parish (eileen.parish@cfsan.fda.gov) or Howard Seltzer (howard.seltzer@cfsan.fda.gov).
Influenza
CDC Weekly Flu Report
CDC Prevention and Control of Influenza
Pandemic Flu: The official US Government web site for information on pandemic flu and avian influenza
Other Resources
Center for Infectious Disease Research & Policy (CIDRAP) -Univ of Minneasota
List of zoonoses from 1994 Redbook
Drugs for Parasitic Infections. The Medical Letter. 2004 Aug.
Venomous Snakes & Scorpions in Iraq & Antivenin Sources
Juckett G, Hancox JG. Venomous snakebites in the United States: management review and update. Am Fam Physician. 2002 Apr 1;65(7):1367-74, 1377. | pdf | Patient Handout | Erratum in: Am Fam Physician 2002 Jul 1;66(1):30.
From Yates article above |