Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 22nd, 1995
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Screening - Testing for TB along with HIV Good Idea
Diagnostics - Multiplex PCR with Three Primer Pairs Identifies M. tb
Industry News/Patents and Technology - Patent Awarded for New Generation of Technology
International/United Kingdom - One in 50 London Homeless Has TB, UK Charity Reports
Occupational Risk - Initial Tests Indicate No TB Crisis at Jackson Hospital
Prophylaxis - Prevention Strategies in Developing Countries Complicated
Public Health/Louisiana - Three New Iberia School Employees Test Positive for TB
Public Health/New York - CDC Called In To Help with Nassau County, New York's High TB Incidence
Public Health/Tennessee - Community Health Screening Identifies Hidden TB in Unlikely Person
Public Health/Wisconsin - Waukesha County Plays Down Risk of Group Home Worker with TB
Screening - TB Rate for Immigrants to U.S. Quadruple Those of American Born
Treatment - Late Hepatitis Due to Pyrazinamide Carries Bad Prognosis
Treatment - Resistance in HIV+ Stable in Malawi Despite General Increase
At-Risk Populations - "Viral Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, HIV and Leprosy in Immigrants."
Disease Associations - "Clinical Presentation of Tuberculosis and MAI Disease in Patients with HIV Infection: A Comparative Analysis of 88 Hospital Cases."
Disease Associations - "Immune Disorders Impact on the Course of Disease in Patients with Destructive Lung Tuberculosis."
Epidemiology - "Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis: Experiences from a University Hospital (1985-1993)."
Epidemiology - "Improved Methods for Monitoring TB Disease Transmission: Molecular Epidemiology and New Skin Test Reagent."
Immunology - "Effect of a BCG Vaccination on Viral Replication and env Gene Variability in HIV-2 SBL-Infected Monkeys."
Pathogenesis - "Host-Parasite Interactions in Tuberculosis: Prospects for Vaccination and Protective Immunity."
Diagnosis - TB of the Ear - "An Unusual Presentation: Primary Tuberculosis of the Middle Ear Cleft."
Diagnosis - TB of the Mastoid - "Tuberculoma of the Mastoid."
Epidemiology - Effect of Immigration - "The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis among Foreign-Born Persons in the United States, 1986 to 1993."
Genetics - Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - "A New Interpretation of the Structure of the Mycolyl- Arabinogalactan Complex of Mycobacterium tuberculosis As Revealed Through Characterization of Oligoglycosylalditol Fragments by Fast-Atom Bombard
Hepatic TB - Case Report - "Nodular Form of Local Hepatic Tuberculosis: Case Report."
International/Spain - Epidemiology - "The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis in El Ferrol (Spain)."
Overview - "Tuberculosis in the AIDS Era."
Prevention - Priorities - "Missed Opportunities for Tuberculosis Prevention."
Pulmonary TB - Macrophage Activation - "Release of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Intermediates from Monocytes of Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis."
Pulmonary TB - Resurgence - "Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Is Resurgence Due to Reactivation or New Infection?."
Pulmonary TB - Surgical Management - "Results of Surgical Management of Tuberculosis: Experience in 206 Patients Undergoing Operation."
Therapy - Clofazimine - "Chemotherapeutic Activity of Clofazimine and Its Analogues Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: In Vitro, Intracellular, and In Vivo Studies."
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