Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – April 1, 2011
April 1, 2011
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ACIP 2010 Vaccine Updates: Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccines and Tdap
On Oct. 27, 2010, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) approved updated recommendations for the use of quadrivalent (serogroup A, C, Y, and W-135) meningococcal conjugated vaccines (Menveo®, Novartis; and Menactra®, Sanofi Pasteur) for adolescents and persons with high risk for meningococcal disease.Smartphones: Remote Point-of-care Diagnostics
Although undeniably useful, gram stains have become less accessible to physicians in an era when clinicians go to the laboratory infrequently to view specimens and hospital laboratories move off-site. This brief report describes a Honolulu hospital's approach to this problem.Getting the Lead Out
Routine lead screening of a 1-year-old u.s.-born son of Cambodian immigrants living in New York revealed an elevated blood lead level (10 mcg/dL).ASTMH Meeting Highlights 2010
At the 59th annual meeting of the american society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene held in Atlanta, GA, Nov. 3-7, 2011, Dr. Paul Arguin, head of the Domestic Malaria Unit, presented Malaria Updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Pharmacology Watch: Apixaban and Rivaroxaban Near Approval for Nonvalvular AF
In this issue: Apixaban and rivaroxaban near approval for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation; fidaxomicin for C. difficile infections; guideline for intensive insulin therapy; and FDA Actions.