Past Updates from the Clinician Registry Listserv

Update Sent February 02, 2009

NOTE: This document is provided for historical purposes only and may not provide our most accurate and up-to-date information. The most current Clinician's information can be found on the Clinician Home Page.

The following updates were made to CDC information and guidance from January 26 - February 2, 2009. If you have any questions on these or other clinical issues, please write to us at coca@cdc.gov.

Today's topics Include:

Food Safety
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Emergency Preparedness
Antibiotic Resistance
Seasonal Influenza
Travelers' Health

Food Safety

Multistate Outbreak of Salmonella Infections Associated with Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter-Containing Products - CDC MMWR - Jan. 29
As of January 28, 2009, 529 persons from 43 states and one person from Canada had been reported infected with the outbreak strain. This report is an interim summary of results from ongoing epidemiologic studies and recall and control activities by CDC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and state and local public health agencies. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm58e0129a1.htm?s_cid=mm58e0129a1_e
PDF - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm58e0129.pdf

Search for Peanut Butter Product Recalls - FDA - Updated Daily
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created and posted an expanded, searchable database that will be updated as new information becomes available: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/index.cfm.

Include outbreak information on your website with FDA "Recall List" and CDC "Outbreak Map" Widgets.
http://www.cdc.gov/widgets

Oklahoma Firm Recalls Frozen Chili Beef Products That May Contain Foreign Materials - USDA - Jan. 30
Windsor Quality Food Co., Ltd., doing business as Windsor Foods, a Tulsa, OK, establishment, is recalling approximately 676,560 pounds of frozen chili beef products that may contain foreign materials from an ingredient source. The products were produced on Nov. 6, 2008, through Jan. 13, 2009, and were distributed to food service and limited retail establishments nationwide.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_003_2009_Release/index.asp

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) Journal - CDC - Feb. 2009
The Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) journal provides recognition of new and re-emerging infections and understanding of factors involved in disease emergence, prevention, and elimination. It also represents the scientific communications component of CDC's efforts against the threat of emerging infections.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm

Emergency Preparedness

Public Health Preparedness: Strengthening CDC's Emergency Response – A CDC Report on Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (TPER)-Funded Activities - CDC - Jan. 2009
CDC's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER) released its inaugural report on CDC activities in public health emergency preparedness. The report explains the key role CDC plays in preparing the public health infrastructure to respond effectively to all types of hazards, and provides an overview of the broad range of preparedness activities receiving Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (TPER) funding. The report also details how CDC is addressing challenges to achieve its overarching public health preparedness goal: People prepared for emerging health threats - people in all communities will be protected from infectious, occupational, environmental, and terrorist threats.
http://emergency.cdc.gov/publications/jan09phprep

Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotic Resistance: How Misuse of Antibiotics Could Threaten Your Health - FDA - Jan. 28
Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health concern worldwide. When a person is infected with an antibiotic-resistant bacterium, not only is treatment of that patient more difficult, but the antibiotic-resistant bacterium may spread to other people.
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/fdaandyou/issue16.html#1

Seasonal Influenza

Seasonal Influenza Weekly Report: Influenza Summary Update - CDC - Jan. 30

During week 3 (January 18-24, 2009), influenza activity continued to slowly increase in the United States.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

Weekly US Map - CDC- Jan 30
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/usmap.htm

Travelers' Health

Marburg Case in US Traveler to Uganda - CDC - Jan. 30
CDC has recently determined that a US citizen who became ill in January 2008 contracted Marburg hemorrhagic fever after a trip to Uganda. Marburg hemorrhagic fever is caused by Marburg virus. The traveler has since recovered. No other cases have been identified in the United States at this time. There is no evidence that this traveler infected other people.
http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contentMarburgUganda.aspx

Efforts Must Be Intensified To Control Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak - WHO - Jan. 30
Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, one of the world's largest ever recorded, is far from being brought under control. An enhanced response is needed to urgently reverse an epidemic that has so far infected more than 60,000 people and killed more than 3,100 since August 2008.
http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_01_30/en/index.html

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