GIDEON update 2000.4
G I D E O N GLOBAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES & EPIDEMIOLOGY NETWORK
WHAT'S NEW ? Update 00.4 December 1, 2000
*** MEDICAL SECTION ***
NEW DISEASES ADDED Whitewater Arroyo virus infection NAME CHANGED Heterophyes to Heterophyid infections Syngamiasis to Mammomonogamiasis
DIAGNOSIS
ADDED TO DIAGNOSIS DATA BASE Insect bite(s)
DATABASE PARAMETERS Ehrlichiosis - human monocytic Enteroviral infections Mycobacteriosis - M. marinum
CLINICAL PARAMETERS Text files on the clinical presentation of many diseases have been extensively expanded in the <Worldwide> notes.
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Notes designated <Worldwide> for a wide range of diseases have been expanded. These text files are invaluable in preparing reviews, lecture handouts, etc.
DISEASE DISTRIBUTION Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, Leishmaniasis - mucocutaneous, Rift Valley fever, West Nile fever
NOTES EXPANDED OR UPDATED ALL REPORTABLE DISEASES Costa Rica, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Spain, Russia (Baltic States), United Kingdom
Actinomyocis <Worldwide> Aeromonas and marine Vibrio Spain AIDS Australia, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cuba, Denmark, France, French Guyana, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, United States Amebiasis <Worldwide> Amebic abscess <Worldwide> Amoeba - free living <Worldwide> Angiostrongyliasis - abdominal <Worldwide> Anisakiasis Spain Anthrax Romania, Russia, United States Argentine hemorrhagic fever <Worldwide> Ascariasis <Worldwide> Babesiosis <Worldwide> Bacillary angiomatosis <Worldwide> Bacillus cereus New Zealand Bartonellosis - cat-borne United States Bartonellosis - South American Peru Botulism United States Brain abscess <Worldwide> Brucellosis Italy, Spain, <Worldwide> California encephalitis United States, <Worldwide> Campylobacteriosis Norway, United Kingdom Chlamydia infections - misc New Zealand Chikungunya <Worldwide> Chlamydia infections - misc Denmark Chlamydia pneumoniae Taiwan, <Worldwide> Cholera All reporting countries [1999]; Afghanistan, Comoros, Djibouti, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Madagascar, Singapore, South Africa, Trust Territories United States, Uganda, <Worldwide> Chromomycosis <Worldwide> Clostridial food poisoning New Zealand, <Worldwide> Clostridial myonecrosis <Worldwide> Coccidioidomycosis United States Common cold <Worldwide> Cryptococcosis Australia, New Zealand, <Worldwide> Cryptosporidiosis Spain, United Kingdom, United States, Tunisia, <Worldwide> Cysticerosis Togo Dengue All reporting countries to 1998; Domonican Republic, El Salvador, Panama, <Worldwide> Dermatophytosis Spain, <Worldwide> Diphtheria Australia, Poland Eastern equine encephalitis United States, <Worldwide> Ebola Uganda Echinococcosis - granulosis Chile, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan Echinococcosis - multilocular China, Japan, Norway, Russia Echinostomiasis Korea Enterovirus infection Malaysia, Russia, United States Ehrlichiosis - human granuloc. Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States Ehrlichiosis - human monocytic United States Enterovirus infections Japan Epidural abscess <Worldwide> Escherichia coli diarrhea Austria, Canada, Germany, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States Filariasis - bancroftian India, Japan, Vanuatu, <Worldwide> Filariasis - Brugia malayi China Gastroenteritis - viral Australia, Japan, New Zealand, <Worldwide> Giardiasis New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States Gnathostomiasis Mexico Gonorrhea Denmark, Greece, New Zealand, United States, <Worldwide> Granuloma inguinale <Worldwide> Hantavirus - old world Germany, Russia Hantavirus resp. distress Brazil, Chile Hendra virus Australia, <Worldwide> Hepatitis A Australia, Canada, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Portugal Hepatitis B Denmark, Pakistan Hepatitis C Demnmark, Italy, Norway, Puerto Rico, United States, <Worldwide> Hepatitis E Spain Herpes simplex infection Germany Herpesvirus simiae <Worldwide> Heterophyid infections Korea, <Worldwide> Histoplasmosis French Guyana Histoplasmosis - African <Worldwide> Hookworm <Worldwide> Human granulocytic ehrlichiosis Spain Hymenolepis diminuta Qatar Intracranial venous thrombosis <Worldwide> Isosporiasis <Worldwide> Japanese encephaltis Malaysia, Nepal, Russia, Thailand, <Worldwide> Kyasanur Forest disease <Worldwide> Lagochilascariasis <Worldwide> Legionellosis Australia, Denmark, Japan, Singapore, Spain Leishmaniasis - cutaneous Brrazil, udan, Venezuela Leishmaniasis - mucocutaneous Sudan Leishmaniasis - visceral India, Malta, Sudan, Tunisia, Venezuela, <Worldwide> Leptospirosis Canada, France, Italy, Malaysia, United Kingdom, United States, <Worldwide> Listeriosis Finland Liver abscess - bacterial <Worldwide> Loaiasis <Worldwide> Lyme disease Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom Lymphocytic choriomeningitis <Worldwide> Lymphogranuloma venereum <Worldwide> Malaria Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, China, Denmark, Dominican Republic, France, Gambia, Guadeloupe, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen, <Worldwide> Mayaro <Worldwide> Measles Australia, Ireland, Italy Mediterranean spotted fever China, France, <Worldwide> Melioidosis <Worldwide> Meningitis - aseptic Denmark, Japan Meningitis - bacterial All reporting countries, <Worldwide> Metagonimiasis Korea, <Worldwide> Microsporidiosis South Africa Mumps <Worldwide> Murray Valley encephalitis <Worldwide> Mycobacteriosis - M. marinum <Worldwide> Mycobacteriosis - M. ulcerans China Necrotizing skin / soft tissue United Kingdom Opisthorchiasis Thailand Ornithosis Japan, <Worldwide> Pertussis Australia, Denmark, France, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, <Worldwide> Plague All reporting countries, <Worldwide> Pneumocystis pneumonia <Worldwide> Poliomyelitis Australia, Ethiopia, Japan, Netherlands Protothecosis <Worldwide> Powassan <Worldwide> Pyomyositis <Worldwide> Rabies All reporting countries Relapsing fever <Worldwide> Rheumatic fever Australia Rickettsialpox <Worldwide> Rift Valley fever Saudi Arabia, Yemen, <Worldwide> Rocio <Worldwide> Rocky Mountain spotted fever <Worldwide> Ross River disease <Worldwide> Rotavirus <Worldwide> Rubella <Worldwide> Salmonellosis Canada, Denmark, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe Sandfly fever <Worldwide> Schistosomiasis - haematobium <Worldwide> Schistosomiasis - japonicum Philippines, <Worldwide> Schistosomiasis - mansoni <Worldwide> Shigellosis Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand Staphylococcal food poisoning New Zealand St. Louis encephalitis United States, <Worldwide> Strongyloidiasis <Worldwide> Spondweni <Worldwide> Subdural empyema <Worldwide> Suppurative parotitis <Worldwide> Syphilis Denmark Taeniasis Belgium, <Worldwide> Tetanus Australia, Brazil Tick-borne encephalitis - central European <Worldwide> Tick-borne encephalitis - far eastern Russia, <Worldwide> Toxocariasis Argentina, Sweden, Turkey, <Worldwide> Toxoplasmosis New Zealand, <Worldwide> Trachoma <Worldwide> Trichinosis France, Italy, <Worldwide> Tropical phagadenic ulcer <Worldwide> Trypanosomiasis - African All reporting countries to 1998; Angola, Dem. Rep. Congo, Sudan, Uganda, <Worldwide> Tuberculosis Canary Islands, Denmark, Malawi, Mexico Tularemia Canada, Finland, United States Typhoid Samoa Typhus - scrub <Worldwide> Varicella Canada, United States Vesicular stomatitis <Worldwide> Venezuelan equine encephalitis <Worldwide> Vibrio parahaemolyticus New Zealand, <Worldwide> Western equine encephalitis <Worldwide> West Nile fever France, Israel, Jordan, Russia, United States, <Worldwide> Yaws Solomon Islands, <Worldwide> Yellow fever All reporting countries to 1998; Liberia, <Worldwide> Yersiniosis Canada Zygomycosis <Worldwide>
THERAPY
DRUGS ADDED Pleconaril, Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, Sorivudine
PHARMACOLOGY Ampicillin-Sulbactam, Azithromycin, BCG vaccine, Bithionol, Cefotaxime, Cefuroxime, Chloroquine, Cidofovir, Clarithromycin, Clofazimine, Dapsone, Doxycycline, Erythromycin, Foscarnet, Grepafloxacin, Lamivudine, Levofloxacin, Minocycline, Moxifloxacin, Nalidixic acid, Nifurtimox, Penicillin G, Proguanil, Quinine, Ritonavir, Roxithromycin, Tetracyclines, Trovafloxacin, Valacyclovir, Vancomycin, Varicella vaccine
INTERACTIONS DATABASE Pantoprazole
TOXICITY DATABASE Amblyopia, Diabetes insipidus, Hepatitis [vaccine module], Hyperkalemia, Hyperpigmentation, Hyponatremia, Hypopigmentation, Intraocular pressure changes, Iritis, Lymphadenopathy, Lymphopenia, Skin discoloration, Uveitis
SUSCEPTIBILITY DATABASE Bergeyella zoohelcum, Pasteurella dagmatis, Streptococcus mitis
MICROBIOLOGY
NEW TAXA ADDED Actinomyces radicidentis, Actinomyces urogenitalis, Catenibacterium mitsuokai, Halomonas venusta, Moraxella canis, Nocardia abscessus, Streptococccus infantarius
PHENOTYPE DATABASE Actinomyces naeslundii, Actinomyces viscosis, Enterococcus gallinarum, Nocardia asteroides
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 ***
GIDEON version 2.01 contains several 'bug' fixes and programming changes:
1) When loading a case in the Diagnosis module, if the case had a date for the beginning of exposure or the end of exposure, the number of days which has passed since that date would appear wrong. This has been fixed.
2) In the Microbiology module, the tests in the "Summary" list now appear in the correct order.
3) The space-bar can now be used to mark items in the "compare" column.
4) On some computers, the Therapy screen appeared distorted. This has been fixed.
5) When marking the last symptom/test in a list as "no" (in the Diagnosis and Microbiology modules), its offsprings are now neutralized.
6) It is now impossible to mark the three primary items in the Bacteria sub-module of the Microbiology module. Also, a relevant problem which caused difficulties in viewing the offsprings in this list has been fixed.
7) While working on a file in the Microbiology module, if the user switched to a different sub-module, the file name would remain in the window's heading. This is now fixed.
8) The Updating program now terminates properly.
9) In Multi-User versions, GIDEON should terminate without giving the error message "Permission Denied".
In addition to the above, it is now possible to resize GIDEON's window. All users working in a resolution of 800x600 or above will be able to have GIDEON in a maximized window.
If you get an error with the auto upgrade and don't have custom notes or cases then run "Setup" from the CD, otherwise copy the CD to a temporary folder on your hard disk and run "Upgrade" from that folder.
Last Minute Additions ---------------------
The following last minute additions to GIDEON are not mentioned in Help:
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 for printing and saving reports directly, without need to access the File menu.
2) Copy to Clipboard button In the report preview screen, a button has been added to allow for copying of the entire report to the Windows Clipboard (from where the report may be pasted elsewhere).
Fixed Bugs ---------- Initially, GIDEON encountered some difficulty when running on computers in Far-eastern languages (Japanese, Chinese, Korean), as well as some West-European languages. The 'bug' which was causing this has been fixed. As of update 99-4, there is no need to modify in the computer's language setting (or the "Regional Settings" of Windows).
Troubleshooting --------------- The following is a list of known problems and solutions concerning the GIDEON program. This list will be updated as necessary.
PROBLEM: After installing GIDEON, other programs on the computer cannot be initiated; and generate 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 file. If you are using Windows '98, double-click on the second file. You will be asked where to unzip these files - 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 problematic application should now work.
PROBLEM: When trying to print the results of a Comparison, the page appears distorted.
SOLUTION: When comparing an excessive number of diseases or pathogens, not all columns will fit on a printed page. For a normal sized page with standard margins, it is recommended that the number of columns compared be no greater than 5. If you still wish to print a table containing a larger number of columns, you should save the report; transfer it to a word processor; and print 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. A dialog box will now appear. In the "Seperate text at" section you should choose "Tabs", and click OK).
PROBLEM: When trying to run GIDEON, I get the following message: "Run time error '35603' Invalid Key"
SOLUTION: This problem might occur only if you received an older version of the GIDEON database (the version which is located on our website is an old version). This error should no longer occur as of update 99-4. This problem may originate when the Windows enviornment is not in English, and is not known to occur on Windows NT systems. If this happens in your computer, try the following (in some systems this may not work): 1) Click on the "Start" button in the task bar. Choose "Settings", and then choose "Control Panel". 2) Double click "Regional Settings". 3) A window containing a map should appear. Above the map there should be a box with your current regional setting (e.g French). Change this to "English" (there are several English options, choose any one of them). Changing the above option will not affect any capablities concerning your language. It will only change some settings which Windows uses (for example, the default currency). All settings which might be affected are listed in the other windows of the "Regional Settings" (above the box with your regional setting, there are tabs which you can use to alter certain settings). You may 'play' with some of these settings afterwards (for example, the default measurement system can always be changed between "Metric" and "U.S").
