Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . April 17th, 1995
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Diagnosis - Gallium-67 Identifies TB in HIV+
At Risk Populations - Nearly 200 Test Positive For TB At a Texas High School
At Risk Populations - Poconos Resorts Workers Tested For TB
At-Risk Populations - Better TB Surveillance Needed in Homes for Elderly
Diagnosis - MPT64 May Be Effective Skin Test Reagent for TB
Discovery - Cell Defect Enhances Susceptibility To Infection
Disease Presentation - M. scrofulaceum in AIDS Patient Manifests in Skin Lesions
Drug Resistance - Isoniazid Resistance Related to Hydrogen-Bond Network
Education - CW Henderson Now Largest Publisher of Health Weeklies
Funding - Midwestern U.S. County May Need Special TB Levy, Health Officer Says
Opportunistic Infections - CD4 Count Major Determinant of Death in HIV-Related TB
Prisons - Inmates Sentenced In 1993 Ohio "TB Vaccination Riot"
Prisons - TB Patient From Maryland Jail Is Located
Public Schools - TB-Positive Bus Drivers Raise Questions About Testing Requirements
Surveillance/Outreach - Active TB Search Finds 288 Cases In Santa Clara County, California
TB/Vaccine - Human IL-2 Secreted From Recombinant M. bovis BCG
Workplace Issues - Handling A Coughing Co-Worker Raises Ticklish Legal Issues, Labor Lawyer Says
Diagnostics - "The Diagnostic Usefulness of the Tuberculin Skin Test in Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis."
Diagnostics - BCG Vaccine - "Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) as a Diagnostic Tool in Adult Pulmonary Tuberculosis."
Disease Associations - "Clinical Profile of Tuberculous Arthritis at a University Hospital."
Immunology - Disease Associations - "Selective Suppression in Humoral Immunity to Treatment with Isoniazid in B6C3F1 Female Mice."
Aural Tuberculosis - Overview - "Aural Tuberculosis."
Diagnostics - Developing a New Typing Technique - "Characterization of the Highly Abundant Polymorphic GC-Rich-Repetitive Sequence (PGRS) Present in Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
Diagnostics - Repeated DNA Elements - "Repeated DNA Sequences in Mycobacteria."
Diagnostics - Strain Analysis - "Population Genetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex in Scotland Analyzed by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis."
Disease Associations - Thrombocytopenic Purpura - "Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Associated with Primary Tuberculosis."
Geriatrics - TB in the Elderly - "Clinical Spectrum of Tuberculosis in Older Patients."
Hepatic Tuberculosis - Clinical Presentation - "Hepatic Tuberculosis: Comparison of Miliary and Local Form."
Immunology - Therapy of Autoimmune Diseases - "A 12-kDa Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Protects Mice Against Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis - Protection in the Absence of Shared T-Cell Epitopes with Encephalitogenic Pro
Infection Control - Protective Respirators - "Respiratory Protection and the Risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection."
Surgery - Mediastinal Tuberculous Lymphadenitis - "Surgical Treatment of Childhood Mediastinal Tuberculous Lymphadenitis."
Therapy - Fluoroquinolones - "Comparison of Activities of Fluoroquinolones in Murine Macrophages Infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
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