Fellowship Entrance Test 2015 for Infectious Diseases

http://www.natboard.edu.in/fellow_ship_nbe/bulletin/FET-2015%2012-09-2014.pdf%20Recent.pdf

Congratulations to Dr Raman Gaikwad and Dr Ravikant Porwal for clearing FNB exams!

Congratulations to Dr Raman Gaikwad and Dr Ravikant Porwal for clearing FNB exams!

AIDC 2014 pptx uploaded

Dear All,
               Thank you all for making AIDC 2014 a great success. We have uploaded all the pptx. Kindly use it for academic purpose only
Kindly send in your comments & feedback to: apollochennaiinfectiousdisease@gmail.com 


1)  Respiratory illness in OP:  Dr Ramgopalkrishnan




2) Outpatient antibiotics: How to use: DR V Ramasubramanian




3) Clinician and the lab: Dr. Senthur Nambi





4) Adult immunisation: Dr Vijayalakshmi





5) Panel Discussion : Tropical infections- Malaria, dengue, 

       Chikungunya - Dr Laxman G Jessani





6)  Panel Discussion : Tropical infections- Enteric fever- Dr Sheela



7)  Panel Discussion : Tropical infections- Leptospirosis, scrub 
  
     typhus - Dr Swati Gohel





8)  Spot the Rash: Dr Vidya





9) TB: Old and new screening tools- interpreting results, treatment 
       update.: Dr Suresh





10) PUO for the practitioner: Dr Murali 





11) Skin and soft tissue infections, diabetic foot          
  
      infections:Dr  Senthur Nambi





12) Panel discussion: UTI in 2014 : Dr Madhumitha





13) Panel discussion: Approach to diarrhoea : Dr Vinay Devaraj
                             

Apollo Infectious Diseases Conference (AIDC) – 2014

INFECTIOUS DISEASES DEPARTMENT, APOLLO HOSPITAL, CHENNAI  cordially invites all to attend AIDC 2014

Policy brief of the meeting:"Antimicrobial resistance-An urgent global concern" Geneva,March 2014 : Suggested By Dr A Ghafur

Policy brief of the meeting:"Antimicrobial resistance-An urgent global concern" Geneva,March 2014

http://graduateinstitute.ch/files/live/sites/iheid/files/sites/globalhealth/shared/2014/events/PB_AMR2014_final.pdf

Apollo Clinical Excellence forum reports on Chennai Declaration-Five Year plan: Suggested by Dr Abdul Ghafur

Apollo Clinical Excellence forum reports on Chennai Declaration-Five Year plan

http://www.aceforum.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=127:chennai-declaration-five-year-plan-&catid=6:announcements&Itemid=4

http://www.cddep.org/blog/posts/weekly_digest_world_tb_day_global_health_2035_duke_university_and_updates_chennai_declara

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18 days old and More than 620 views of this blog across the globe... MUST SEE POST

SO FAR SO GOOD   : 18 days old and More than 620 views of this blog since it was started on 1st April 2014

Below is the distribution of viewers across the globe:

Seminar 02: Dr Murali March 2014 Sterilization and Disinfection

Kindly upload pptx

Dear friends
                 Following pptx are yet to be received and uploaded kindly do the needful

1. Dr Sheela : ID Grand Rounds (Hepatic involvement); journal club (syphilis) ; OT Disinfection
2. Dr Murali : OT disinfection/sterlization
3. Dr Madhu: Airborne 
4. Dr Swati: Myocarditis; journal club(CMV) ; Case discussion( transplant)

Kindly send your ppts to apollochennaiinfectiousdisease@gmail.com 

Case 22- By Dr Vinay : MENINGITIS (? REDEFINING) CLINICAL APPROACH

"The Global Challenge of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Transplant Recipients and Patients With Hematologic Malignancies"- Suggested By Dr Abdul Ghafur

http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/58/9/1274.abstract

Guidelines for Managing Drug Interactions in the Treatment of HIV-Related Tuberculosis - By Dr RGK

Guidelines for Managing Drug Interactions in the Treatment of HIV-Related Tuberculosis have been updated and can be downloaded from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 

The most recent guidelines, which were published in June, but announced for the first time in the CDC's March 28 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report, include recommendations for newer antiretroviral drugs, including those in new classes, as well as recommendations regarding use of rifampin with antiretroviral therapy.

The publication provides summaries of clinical experience with use of specific antiretroviral regimens during TB treatment, a table summarizing clinical experience with key antiretroviral regimens and recommended regimens, and sections addressing treatment for people with latent TB infection, pediatric patients, pregnant women, and patients with drug-resistant TB.

Journal Club- 06 By Vinay D Efficacy of oseltamivir treatment started within 5 days of symptom onset to reduce influenza illness duration and virus shedding in an urban setting in Bangladesh: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

Influenza scenario in India (WHO current position statement)- By Dr Nambi

CIDSCON 2014 Brochure - By Dr RGK

Membership for CIDS and registration for CIDSCON 2014- By Dr RGK

IMP UPDATE about blog : http://apollochennaiinfectiousdiseases.blogspot.in/

Dear friends,

                    Following are imp links for CIDS and CIDSCON 2014

• CIDS website: http://www.cidsindia.org/
• CIDS membership details : http://www.cidsindia.org/Joining%20CIDS.html
• CIDS membership form download link : http://www.cidsindia.org/Applying%20membership.html

CIDSCON 2014

UPDATE ABOUT BLOG

Dear Friends,
                    We have uploaded many new articles,recent guidelines,  more than 20 case ppt, 5 journal club ppt and much more. Updates are uploaded in the following categories:

• Journal Club ppt==> 5 in number
• Case ppt ==> 21 in total
• Seminar topics==> 1
• New articles & guidelines

Thanks to all for contribution. Any suggestions, criticism are most welcome.

Kindly email : apollochennaiinfectiousdisease@gmail.com , laxmanj27@gmail.com, laxmanj_27@yahoo.com

Regards!

Dr. Laxman G. Jessani

FNB ID Registrar

Seminar topics 01 Gram Neg infn By Dr Vidya

Case ppt 20-21 By Dr Shareek

Case ppt - 18- 19 By Dr Ashwini

Case ppt -17 By Dr Vidya D

Case ppt 11 - 16

Interesting Case ppt No: 02 - 10

Interesting Case Discussion - 01 by Dr Laxman G J

JOURNAL CLUB PPTX - total 05

New in TB- WHO. Policy update Dr RGK

Policies:

1.      WHO. Policy update. Xpert MTB/RIF system for the diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB in adults and children. 2013.http://www.stoptb.org/wg/gli/assets/documents/WHO%20Policy%20Statement%20on%20Xpert%20MTB-RIF%202013%20pre%20publication%2022102013.pdf

2.      International Standards for TB Care, 3^rd Edition. 2014. http://www.istcweb.org/documents/ISTC_3rdEd.pdf

3.      Standards for TB Care in India. 1^st Ed. 2014. http://www.tbonline.info/media/uploads/documents/214586958-standards-for-tb-care-in-india-2014.pdf

SOPs for processing EPTB samples:

http://www.ghdonline.org/uploads/GeneXpert_SOP_Xpert_processing_EPTB_specimens_DRAFT.pdf

Websites:

Pai Tuberculosis Research Group

Evidence-Based Tuberculosis Diagnosis

www.teachepi.org

www.tbfaqs.org

www.mcgill.ca/tb/

Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis- By Dr RGK

Evidence:

Xpert MTB/RIF assay for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Eur Respir J erj00078-2014; published ahead of print 2014, doi:10.1183/09031936.00007814

http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2014/04/02/09031936.00007814.abstract

http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2014/04/02/09031936.00007814.abstract?papetoc

Editorial in IJMM by Dr Rabe Kanungo, President IAMM endorsing Chennai Declaration - by Dr A Ghafur

Editorial in IJMM by Dr Rabe Kanungo, President IAMM endorsing Chennai Declaration

Link: http://www.ijmm.org/article.asp?issn=0255-0857;year=2014;volume=32;issue=2;spage=109;epage=109;aulast=Kanungo

cART 2014 symposium

ID Week- Dr RGK

http://www.idweek.org/

International Standards for TB Care (ISTC), 3rd Edition, 2014 - Dr RGK

Standards for TB Care in India (STCI), 1st Edition, 2014 - Dr RGK

Chennai Declaration - Dr A Ghafur

Chennai declaration team has published a Five year plan to  tackle the challenge of antimicrobial resistance from an Indian perspective.This is a follow up document of the original Chennai Declaration document published 2012 .

http://www.ijmm.org/preprintarticle.asp?id=129053

http://www.ijmm.org/preprintarticle.asp?id=129053

Anti-Microbial Resistance - An Urgent Global Concern - By Dr A Ghafur

The Graduate Institute-Public Event on 21st March 2014

Anti-Microbial Resistance - An Urgent Global Concern

Keynote speakers at the event -Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer & Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health, UK and Dr Abdul Ghafur, Coordinator, «Chennai Declaration» and Apollo Honorary Associate Professor, Apollo Specialty Hospital, Chennai, India.To  learn more....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD4VKiPBQ1o

http://graduateinstitute.ch/lang/en/pid/8646/_/events/globalhealth/public-event-anti-microbial-re-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD4VKiPBQ1o

Posting on the blog

Dear Friends,

                     In order to post on the blog, just click on the link below and follow stepwise instructions

http://www.dvd-ppt-slideshow.com/blog/3-methods-to-add-powerpoint-to-google-blogger/

or else email at the following address:  apollochennaiinfectiousdisease@gmail.com 

Thanks &Regards

Dr Laxman G Jessani

Journal Club

Journal Club

Single dose primaquine for clearance of Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes in children with uncomplicated malaria in Uganda:

a randomised, controlled, double-blind, dose-ranging trial

Journal Club- Dr Laxman g. Jessani from Laxman Jessani

Introduction

Dear Friends,
                    We have started this blog in our Infectious Diseases Department, Apollo Hospital, Chennai where we can share thoughts, ideas, knowledge. All are welcome to upload their ppts, guidelines etc. Any suggestions, criticism are most welcome.

Dr. Laxman G. Jessani
FNB Infectious Diseases Registrar
Apollo Hospital, Chennai