Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 3rd, 1997
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Conference Coverage (Retrovirus) - TB Vaccination or Infection Down-Regulates Specific Subset of T Cells
Diagnostics (TB) - AMTDT Does Not Identify M. tb in Nonrespiratory Specimens
Disease Presentation - Cystic TB Mimicking Sarcoma Reported
Nosocomial (TB) - Six Cases of TB Reported at Mental Treatment Facility
Prognostic Indicators (TB) - Immune Activation in HIV+ TB Predicts Shorter Survival
SusceptibilityTesting (TB) - DNA Sequencing Needed with PCR-SSCP in Rifampin Testing
Transmission (TB) - Infectious Airline Passenger Did Not Infect Others
Diagnostics (Hantavirus) - "Strip Immunoblot Assay (SIA) for Rapid Diagnosis of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome."
Hantavirus Outbreak - "Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome In Western Paraguay."
Occupational Risk (TB) - "Risk Factors for Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) Positivity and Conversion Among Employees at a Public Inner-City Hospital in a High Incidence Area."
Therapy (Antiviral) - "Tuberculous Salpingitis and Ascites Complication of Low Dose (alpha)-INF Treatment."
Diagnostics (TB) - "Comparison of the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) with Radiometric and Solid Culture for Recovery of Acid-Fast Bacilli."
Diagnostics (TB) - "The Incidence of False-Positive Cultures for Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
Immunogenetics - "IMGT, the International ImMunoGeneTics Database."
Influenza - "Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Workers: Evaluation of Factors That Are Important in Acceptance."
Intensive Care - "Intensive Care of Patients with HIV Infection: Utilization, Critical Illnesses and Outcomes."
Opportunistic Infections (HIV) - "Drug Treatment of HIV-Related Opportunistic Infections."
Public Health - "Contrast of Survey Results Between State and a Cohort of Nonstate Mycobacteriology Laboratories: Changes in Laboratory Practices."
Radiography - "Interpretation of Chest Radiographs in AIDS Patients: Usefulness of CD4 Lymphocyte Counts."
Susceptibility Testing - "Mutations in the rpoB Gene of Mycobacterium tuberculosis That Interfere with PCR-Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism Analysis for Rifampin Susceptibility Testing."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Incidence of Tuberculosis in the United States among HIV-Infected Persons."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated from Patients in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Cohort in Switzerland."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Relapse of Tuberculosis after Treatment in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Surgery for Tuberculosis before and after Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: A Tropical Perspective."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection among Tuberculosis Patients in Los Angeles."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Two-Step Tuberculin Skin Testing in HIV-Infected Persons in Uganda."
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