TB and Outbreaks Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . September 23rd, 1996

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Therapy - Sparfloxacin Needed in Anti-TB Treatment Arsenal

At-Risk Populations (TB) - Study Finds BCG Slightly Better than Prophylaxis for HCWs

Conference Coverage (Vancouver AIDS Conference) - MDR-TB Not Widespread Among HIV⁺ in France

Disease Progression (TB) - Patients Can Be Monitored By Tracking Soluble IL-2R(alpha)

Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis - Gen-Probe AMTD Test Useful With Many Specimen Types

Guidelines - Agencies Take Initiatives To Increase Immunizations

Screening (TB) - Amplicor PCR Method Useful in Low Prevalence Areas

Tuberculous Pleurisy - Corticosteroids Add No Benefit in Treating TB Pleurisy

Disease Associations - "AIDS Related Diseases Among Immigrants from Africa, Hospitalized in Rome: The Importance of Tuberculosis."

Disease Associations - "Chest Radiologic Patterns in HIV Related Tuberculosis."

Disease Associations - "HIV, Tuberculosis and Syphilis in Nigeria: A Descriptive Study."

Disease Associations - "HIV-1 Viral Load Dynamics in a Longitudinal Study of HIV-1 Infected Patients With and Without Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis."

Epidemiology (TB) - "BK: A Software for Tuberculosis Surveillance."

Pathogenesis (HIV) - "The Role of IL-6 in HIV-1 and Mycobacterial Co-Infection."

Prophylaxis (TB) - "Tuberculosis Management in AIDS Community Care Projects in Sub-Saharan Africa."

Diagnostics - "Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex DNA by the Polymerase Chain Reaction for Rapid Diagnosis of Cutaneous Tuberculosis."

Diagnostics - "Miliary Tuberculosis: Diagnostic Accuracy of Chest Radiography."

Immunology - "Activation of Phospholipase D Is Tightly Coupled to the Phagocytosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Opsonized Zymosan by Human Macrophages."

Immunology - "The Nramp1 antimicrobial resistance gene segregates independently of resistance to virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis."

Therapy - "Directly Observed Therapy for Tuberculosis in Rural South Africa, 1991 Through 1994."

Therapy - "In vitro Activities of Fourteen Antimicrobial Agents Against Drug Susceptible and Resistant Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Comparative Intracellular Activities Against the Virulent H37Rv Strain in

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