Archive for December, 2007
Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis – new online presentation
A new online presentation is available from the Francis J. Curry National Tuberculosis Center: “Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis” by Dr. Gisela Schecter, MD, MPH.
Description from the website:
This 60-minute slide and audio presentation is designed for clinicians who diagnose and treat multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis. The course provides a thorough epidemiological and clinical overview of MDR-TB and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) TB, includes resource materials, and outlines MDR-TB consultation services that are currently available. Dr. Schecter is an internationally recognized MDR-TB expert. She is a consultant at the Francis J. Curry National TB Center and the California State Department of Public Health TB Control Branch.
Add comment December 21, 2007
CDC tips for holiday health and safety
The CDC has some tips for holiday health and safety which they have put into a song: “The Twelve Ways to Health.”
HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the NLTN Library!
Add comment December 21, 2007
MicrobLog – “Stains in Bacteriology”
MicrobLog has posted “Stains in Bacteriology – The Definitive Guide”
UK-based MicrobLog is “an eLearning Manual and an online information resource for those studying or training in Medical Microbiology,Virology and Infectious Diseases.”
1 comment December 17, 2007
Tropical medicine resources
- Illustrated Lecture Notes on Tropical Medicine, an extensive e-learning program from the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp
- Tropical Medicine Central Resource - from Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: “This website contains the 1700 page, 2 volume textbook The Imaging of Tropical Diseases, with Epidemiological, Pathological and Clinical Correlation“
- Primer on Tropical Medicine and a Dictionary of Tropical Medicine from the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine
- World Health Organization information on tropical diseases
- TDR – Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases’ Media page includes an Image Library, Video Library, Photofeatures, and Multimedia
Add comment December 11, 2007
The National Laboratory Training Network is a training system sponsored by the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
