GIDEON update 94.2  
(June 1, 1994)

Software Improvements
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Mycobacteria
 - The Microbiology module has been expanded to include Mycobacterium species. Note that screens for the 'Identify' and 'Characterize' options now include a 'Mycobacteria' button.  This option operates in an identical manner to the existing module for other bacteria.

Synonyms
 - Over 1,400 synonyms have been incorporated into GIDEON, and may be accessed by pressing the [Synonyms F8] button displayed in each module.  A list of trade names, alternate country and disease names or outdated bacterial taxa is displayed.  Position the cursor on the desired term, and press enter to access the equivalent term used by GIDEON.  In the therapy module, a list of trade names for any given agent is accessed by positioning the cursor and pressing [Trade names F7].

Speed
 - You will find that Diagnosis and Microbial Identification appear more quickly.

Diagnosis
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New disese added
 - Cyclospora infection
Clinical database updated:
 - Bacillary angiomatosis, Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, Botulism, Dracunculiasis, Ehrlichiosis - E. chaffeensis, European tick encephalitis, Hantavirus respiratory distress syndrome, Hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome, HIV - acute infection, Lyme disease, Nocardiosis, Pyomyositis, Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever

Epidemiology
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Global distribution updated:
 - Cholera, Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Lyme disease, Paragonimiasis, Schistomiasis - haematobium, Schistosomiasis - mansoni
Epidemiological parameters expanded:
 - Hantavirus resp. distress syndrome

Notes expanded or added:
Argentina                 - Coccidioidomycosis
Australia                 - Argentine hemorrhagic fever, Ascariasis, Brucellosis, Chlamydia infection, Hookworm, Murray Valley fever,  Hymenolepis nana, Ross River disease, Strongyloidiasis, Taenia, Trichuriasis
Austria                   - European tick encephalitis
Bahrain                   - Poliomyelitis
Bangladesh                - Hepatitis C, Poliomyelitis
Belgium                   - Hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome
Benin                     - Dracunculiasis, Onchocercosis
Bolivia                   - Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, Lyme disease
Brazil                    - Dengue, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, Lagochilascariasis, Rocio
Bulgaria                  - Anthrax, Brucellosis,  Rabies, Trichinosis
Burkina Faso              - Dracunculiasis
Burundi                   - Schistosomiasis mansoni
Cameroon                  - Dracunculiasis
Central African Republic  - Q fever
Chad                      - Dracunculiasis
China                     - Cutaneous leishmaniasis, Taenia, Trichinosis
Costa Rica                - Dengue
Czechoslovakia            - Cysticercosis, European tick encephalitis, Tularemia
Denmark                   - Reportable diseases for 1993; Hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome
Egypt                     - Ameba - free living, Babesiosis, Botulism, Filariasis - bancroftian, Poliomyelitis, Rift Valley fever, Schistosomiasis haematobium, Schistosomiasis mansoni, Trichinosis
Ethiopia                  - Dracunculiasis, Toxoplasmosis
Finland                   - Kawasaki disease
France                    - Brucellosis, European tick encephalitis, Hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome, Lyme disease,  Pasteurellosis
Germany                   - Leprosy
Ghana                     - Dracunculiasis
Greece                    - Hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome
Guinea                    - Lassa fever
Guinea Bissau             - Cryptosporidiosis
India                     - Dracunculiasis, Leprosy
Indonesia                 - Taenia, Toxoplasmosis
Iran                      - Listeriosis
Ireland                   - Pertussis
Israel                    - All reportable diseases
Ivory Coast               - Dracunculiasis
Japan                     - Hemorrhagic fever and renal syndrome, Hepatitis C
Jordan                    - Echinococcosis
Kuwait                    - Poliomyelitis
Libya                     - Brucellosis
Kenya                     - Dracunculiasis
Korea                     - Capillariasis - intestinal, Cystercercosis, Taenia
Malaysia                  - Dengue
Madagascar                - Plague
Malaysia                  - Hepatitis C, Taenia
Mali                      - Dracunculiasis
Mauritania                - Dracunculiasis
Mexico                    - Brucellosis, Chromomycosis, Coccidioidomycosis, Sporotrichosis
Morocco                   - Trachoma
Netherlands               - Diphtheria
Netherlands Antilles      - Chlamydia infection - miscellaneous
Niger                     - Dracunculiasis
Nigeria                   - Dracunculiasis
Norway                    - Meningitis, bacterial
Pakistan                  - Dracunculiasis
Philippines               - Poliomyelitis, Taenia
Poland                    - Hepatitis C
Puerto Rico               - Dirofilariasis
Qatar                     - Poliomyelitis
Romania                   - Hepatitis B, Trichinosis
Russia                    - Poliomyelitis, Trichinosis
Saudi Arabia              - Hepatitis C
Senegal                   - Dracunculiasis, Schistosomiasis mansoni
Singapore                 - Dengue, Leprosy, Measles, Poliomyelitis
Somalia                   - Hepatitis C
Sudan                     - Dracunculiasis
Sweden                    - Chlamydia pneumoniae
Tanzania                  - Plague, Rabies, Trypanosomiasis
Taiwan                    - Chlamydia pneumonia infection, Measles, Taenia
Togo                      - Dracunculiasis
Uganda                    - Dracunculiasis, Rhinscleroma
United Kingdom            - Kawasaki disease
United States             - Reportable diseases for first quarter of 1994; Aeromonas or marine vibrio, California encephalitis, Dengue, Ehrlichiosis - E. chaffeensis, Eastern Equine encephalitis, Hantavirus resp. distress syndrome, Meningitis - Bacterial, Respiratory syncytial infection, St. Louis encephalitis
Venezuela                 - Chromomycosis, Venezuelan hemorrhagic fever
Wallis and Futuna Islands - Ross River disease
Yugoslavia                - European tick encephalitis, Hemorrhagic fever, Lyme disease, Trichinosis
Zaire                     - Plague

High-impact global diseases:
 - AIDS             Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Haiti, India, Israel, Japan, Netherlands, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam
 - Cholera          Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Burundi, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Mozanbique, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Romania, Rwanda, Russia, Singapore, Somalia, United Kingdom, United States, Yugoslavia
 - Malaria          Cambodia, Russia, Singapore, Thailand
 - Tuberculosis     Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Israel, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, United States

Therapy
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Drugs added
 - Cefonicid, Ceforanide
Toxicity
 - List of drugs known to cause phototoxicity expanded
 - Potential toxicity of Acyclovir, Fluconazole, Foscarnet, Gancyclovir, Mefloquine and Itraconazole expanded
Interactions
 - Potential interactions of Foscarnet and Ketoconazole expanded
 - Acetaminophen, Astemizole, Clofibrate, Disulfiram and Pyrimethamine added to interactions data base
       
Microbiology
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New taxa added       - Nocardia transvalensis
Pnenotypic database  - Acidivorax delafieldii, Bacillus brevis, Campylobacter rectus, Capnocytophaga sputigena, CDC group ANF-1, Enterococcus gallinarum, Enterococcus faecium 1, 2, Oligella urethralis, Prevotella buccalis, Prevotella denticola, Prevotella loescheii, Prevotella melaninogenica, Prevotella oulora, Prevotella veroralis, Xanthomonas maltophilia
Name changed         - CDC group 1 is now listed as Actinomyces neuii; Pseudomonas delafieldii as Acidovorax delafieldii
[More F2]            - Additional phenotypic characteristics for specific bacteria (and mycobacteria) can now be accessed by pressing the [More F2] button while working in any of the relevant module options. The data displayed by [More] will be automatically appended to printed reports.