Educational Resources

July 2007

  1. Tulane Adult ID Diagnosis/Treatment Guidelines

  2. Tulane ID Fellow Pearls

  3. On-Line ID Courses

    1. Infection Control: www.iccourse.org/
    2. TB: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/webcourses/CoreCurr/index.htm
    3. STDs: www.cdc.gov/std/training/onlinetraining.htm
    4. Infections in Transplantation: hstelearning.mit.edu/idt/html/

  4. Recommended Textbooks and Reference Books

    Note: all are available in our ID Library, and most are available at home or on campus on-line via the medical library: www.tulane.edu/~matas/index.html (be sure to “authenticate” your off-campus computer)
    1. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, edited by Mandell, Bennett and Dolin
      • The ultimate reference on infectious diseases
    2. Infectious Diseases, edited by Gorbach, Bartlett and Blacklow
    3. Manual of Clinical Microbiology, ASM Press
    4. Antibiotics in Laboratory Medicine, by Victor Lorian
      • A comprehensive guide to antimicrobial levels, tissue penetration, mechanisms of action, etc.
    5. Health Information for International Travel, CDC
    6. The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, by Gilbert, Moellering, Eliopoulos and Sande
    7. Pocket Book of Infectious Disease Therapy, by Bartlett
    8. Medical Management of HIV Infection, by Bartlett and Gallant

  5. Recommended Journals

    Full Text Available On-Line for Free at Tulane Medical Library www.tulane.edu/~matas/index.html:

    • AIDS
    • Annals of Internal Medicine
    • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (AAC)
    • Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID)
    • Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
    • Emerging Infectious Diseases
    • HIV Medicine
    • Journal of AIDS
    • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
    • Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID)
    • Lancet
    • Lancet Infectious Diseases
    • Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
    • New England Journal of Medicine
    • Transplant Infectious Diseases
    Available On-Line but Paid Subscription Required:
    • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (free on-line after 12 months)
    • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (free on-line after 12 months)
    • ID Clinics of North America
    • Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (free on-line after 12 months)
    • Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases (free on-line after 12 months)
    Free By Subscription:
    • Mayo Clinic Proceedings
    Subscription Only:
    • Medical Letter (available free on-line: Advice for Travelers; Drugs for Parasitic Infections; Prevention of Malaria; and a few others)

  6. Useful ID Websites

    1. HIV: Treatment and Prophylaxis
      1. DHHS Guidelines: www.aidsinfo.nih.gov
      2. Johns Hopkins AIDS Service: www.hopkins-aids.edu
      3. UCSF HIV InSite Knowledge Base: hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=KB
      4. Stanford HIV Drug Resistance Database: hivdb.stanford.edu

    2. Drug Dosing/Interactions
      1. Epocrates: www.epocrates.com
      2. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide: www.hopkins-abxguide.org
      3. Aminoglycoside Dosing: www.rxkinetics.com/amino.html and
        www.ucsf.edu/idmp/adult_guide/aminoglycoside_dosing.htm NEW Added: 7/19/07
      4. Liverpool HIV Drug Interactions: www.hiv-druginteractions.org
      5. Patient Assistance Programs: www.pparx.org/Intro.php

    3. TB: Treatment
      1. CDC Division of TB Elimination: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/default.htm
      2. CDC On-line TB Course: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/webcourses/CoreCurr/index.htm
      3. National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver – Mycobacterial Diseases Consult Service:
        www.nationaljewish.org/patient-info/progs/med/mycobacteria/consult.aspx

    4. TB: Prophylaxis
      1. CDC Guidelines: www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/mmwrhtml/maj_guide.htm

    5. Fungal Infections
      1. Dr. Fungus: www.doctorfungus.org
      2. Dr. Wheat’s MiraVista Site: www.miravistalabs.com
      3. UT San Antonio Fungus Testing Lab: http://strl.uthscsa.edu/fungus

    6. Sexually Transmitted Diseases
      1. CDC Site for 2006 Guidelines: www.cdc.gov/std/default.htm
      2. CDC On-line Course: www2a.cdc.gov/stdtraining/self-study/default.asp

    7. Parasitology
      1. CDC DPDx Diagnostic Lab Site: www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/Default.htm

    8. Travelers’ Information
      1. CDC Travel Site: www.cdc.gov/travel

    9. Immunizations
      1. CDC National Immunization Program: www.cdc.gov/nip

    10. Infection Control
      1. CDC Guidelines: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/gl_isolation.html
      2. IDSA On-line Course: www.iccourse.org

    11. Transplantation ID
      1. Harvard-MIT On-line Course:http://hstelearning.mit.edu/idt/htm

    12. Organizations
      1. IDSA: www.idsociety.org
      2. CDC: www.cdc.gov
      3. National Center for ID: www.cdc.gov/ncidod
      4. National Foundation for ID: www.nfid.org
      5. NIH: www.nih.gov
      6. WHO Infectious Diseases: www.who.int/topics/infectious_diseases/en
      7. UNAIDS: www.unaids.org/en
      8. International Society for ID ProMED: www.promedmail.org/pls/promed

    13. Journals
      1. MMWR: www.cdc.gov/mmwr
      2. Medical Letter Public Reading Room: www.medletter.com/html/prm_a.htm
      3. Emerging Infectious Diseases: www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm
      4. CID: www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID/index.html
      5. NEJM: http://content.nejm.org

    14. Images
      1. Partners ID Images: www.idimages.org

    15. HIV Information for Patients
      1. Project Inform: www.projinf.org
      2. AIDS InfoNet (fact sheets for patients): www.aidsinfonet.org
      3. The Body: www.thebody.com

    16. Primary Care Guidelines NEW: Added 7/18/07
      1. Clinical Guidelines: Hypertension, Asthma, Cholesterol, and Obesity
        www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/index.htm
      2. Clinical Guidelines for Diabetes
        professional.diabetes.org/Default.aspx
      3. Guidelines and Statements Related to Cardiology
        www.acc.org/qualityandscience/clinical/topic/topic.htm#guidelines

    17. Nutrition NEW: Added 7/18/07
      1. Tulane's Own Dr. Timothy Harlan www.drgourmet.com

    18. National Guideline Clearinghouse NEW: Added 7/18/07
      1. www.guideline.gov