Thursday, 17 April 2014

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

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

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.

Friday, 4 April 2014

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



Dear friends,
                    Following are imp links for CIDS and CIDSCON 2014

CIDSCON 2014



Thursday, 3 April 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.

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, 3rd Edition. 2014. http://www.istcweb.org/documents/ISTC_3rdEd.pdf



SOPs for processing EPTB samples:



Websites:

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



Wednesday, 2 April 2014

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

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

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....

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Posting on the blog

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


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

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