Travel Medicine Advisor Archives – June 1, 2005
June 1, 2005
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Marburg Hemorrhagic Fever, April 2005
The largest Marburg virus hemorrhagic fever outbreak has just occurred in Angola, and the appearance in urban centers has caused fear of its epidemic spread. -
Pancytopenia from Albendazole
A man died with pancytopenia following a course of albendazole in preparation for the excision of an echinococcal cyst. Is this a potential complication of therapy with this commonly used agent? -
Is the Big Apple Clean Enough for Eating?
As demonstrated by a series of patients with Mycobacterium bovis infection in New York City, careful attention to sources and preparation of food can be as important while in the United States as during foreign travel. -
Dust in the Wind — Cutaneous and Parotid Effects of Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis
A 52-year-old African American male from Ridgefield, California, developed fever, cough, and flu-like symptoms; a chest X-ray was compatible with pneumonia. After a course of antibiotics failed to improve his symptoms, serology for possible coccidioidomycosis was obtained and found to be positive. -
Pharmacology Watch: Is Nesiritide Associated with a Higher Death Rate?
Nesiritide, Scios' intravenous recombinant form of human B-type naturetic peptide, has been widely used for the treatment of congestive heart failure in hospitalized patients. That may change with the publication of a new study that suggests patients with acutely decompensated heart failure treated with nesiritide have a higher death rate at 30 days than patients not treated with the drug.