Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – April 1, 2007

April 1, 2007

• Blood Donor Screening for Chagas Disease

  During August 2006-January 2007 the American Red Cross conducted a clinical trial to evaluate an investigational assay for detecting Trypanosoma cruzi infection in blood donations.

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• Azithromycin for Travelers' Diarrhea in Thailand

  Travelers' Diarrhea in Thailand is increasingly associated with fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter jejuni. This led Tribble and colleagues to study azithromycin as an alternative first-line antibiotic for acute diarrhea.

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• Look for Ocular Findings in Cerebral Malaria and Dengue

  Lewallen et al described a cluster of retinal findings upon examination of persons with severe malaria that was termed malarial retinopathy in 1993.

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• A Randomized Trial for Mucosal Leishmaniasis: Oral Pentoxifylline Combined with Pentavalent Antimony

  This publication describes a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of adding pentoxifylline to Sbv treatment of 23 patients with mucosal leishmaniasis caused by L. brasiliensis.

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• Pharmacology Watch: Which Inhaler Combination is Best for COPD Treatment?

  First Antihypertensive Drug Approved in Last 10 Years: Aliskiren; Alternate Treatment for Osteoporosis; Roche's Oseltamivir: Scrutiny, Bird Flu, and New Drug Applications; FDA Actions

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