Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 26th, 1995
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Therapy - Decline in TB Drug Cost Makes Treatment More Available
Diagnosis - LOS Antigen Detects TB in Both HIV+ and HIV-
Diagnosis/Treatment - Some Optimism Is Warranted in Battle Against TB
Directly Observed Therapy - School Clinic-Based DOT Proves To Be A Cost-Effective Money Saver
Epidemiology - TB Increases In Two New Jersey Cities Despite Slight National Decline
International/Canada - British Columbia Gets Lopsided Share of Canada's Immigrants With TB
TB Gene Therapy - New York State Researchers Aim to Unravel TB's Genetic Code
Opportunistic Infections - M. xenopi Looks Like TB in HIV+
Pediatrics - IgM and IgG Levels Rise in BCG Vaccinated Infants
TB Vaccines - Experts Weigh In Against BCG Vaccination of U.S. Health Workers
Therapy - Study Finds Levofloxacin Promising
Therapy - nPPA Shows Activity Against PZA-Resistant TB
Disease Associations - "Clinical Manifestations and Outcome of Tuberculosis in Children with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome."
Disease Associations - "HIV Related Tuberculosis (TB) in British Columbia: Indications of a Rise and Change in Risk Groups."
Drug Interactions - "A Drug Induced Hepatotoxicity in an Inpatient TB Unit."
Drug Resistance - Therapy - "Treatment of Multidrug Resistance TB at Harlem Hospital from 1990 to 1994."
Epidemiology - "Declining Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Seroprevalence In Persons with Tuberculous (TB) Infection."
Epidemiology - "Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR TB) in Los Angeles County, 8/93 to 8/94: A Descriptive Analysis."
Epidemiology - "Scottish National Survey of TB Notifications, 1993; with Special Reference to the Prevalence of HIV Seropositivity."
Epidemiology - "Tuberculosis (TB) in Georgia: Will the Real Atlanta Please Stand Up?."
Occupational Risk - TB - "Incidence of Tuberculin Conversion among Health Care Workers in an University Hospital at Bogota Colombia."
Diagnostics - Pediatric - "Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction for Improved Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Children."
Drug Development Issues - "Phage Infection, Transfection and Transformation of Mycobacterium avium Complex and Mycobacterium paratuberculosis."
Hospital-Based TB Control Program - "Comprehensive Tuberculosis Control for Patients at High Risk for Noncompliance."
Immunology - Proinflammatory Cytokine Secretion - "Inhibition of Ex Vivo Proinflammatory Cytokine Secretion in Fatal Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection."
Infection Control - Dental Settings - "TB Infection Control Recommendations from the CDC, 1994: Considerations for Dentistry."
TB-Related Hepatic Failure - "Fulminant Hepatic Failure Caused by Tuberculosis."
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