Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 5th, 1997
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Testing (TB) - Lab Contamination Traced to One Technician
Diagnostics - IgA Immune Response Against Anti-P-90 Useful in TB Detection
Drug Resistance - Surveillance for Penicillin-Nonsusceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae
Etiology - Behavioral Science Should Address Issues of New Century
Immunology (TB) - Th1-Like Immune Response Present in Active TB
Influenza - Vaccine Shown Safe and To Boost Immunity in Healthy Volunteers
International (Europe) - Acellular Pertussis Vaccine Approved for Children and Adolescents in Sweden
International (Travel and Health) - Canada Publishes 1997 Vaccination Requirements and Health Advice
Pathogenesis - Is Contact-Dependent Haemolysin Critical for TB?
Pediatrics - At Risk Children Targeted for Infant Immunization Week
Pediatrics (TB) - Ethambutol Safe for Treating Children with TB
Sarcoidosis - "Mystery Disease" Due to Unknown Environmental Agent(s); Mimics Other Diseases
Testing (Mycobacteria) - Luciferase Assay Useful in Evaluating Plant Extracts
Testing (TB) - Mycobacterial Workload in Hospital Labs "Excessive"
Animal Models (HIV-2) - "M. fascicularis and M. nemestrina are Susceptible to Infection with a Distinct HIV-2 Isolate and Infectious Clone of HIV-2GB122."
Infection Control (TB) - "From Sanatoriums to Directly Observed Therapy (DOT): Twenty Years of Successful Public/Private Partnership in a Rural State."
Infection Control (TB) - "The Tuberculosis Warmline: Reaching Public and Private Practitioners."
Infection Control (TB) - "Tuberculosis Index of Suspicion: Nursing Assessment Too."
Diagnostics (M. bovis) - "Genetic Identification of Mycobacterium bovis BCG by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the Direct-Repeat Region."
Diagnostics (TB) - "Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in BACTEC 12B Broth Cultures by the Roche Amplicor PCR Assay."
Diagnostics (TB) - "False-Positive Results from Cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Due to Laboratory Cross-Contamination Confirmed by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism."
Diagnostics (TB) - "Molecular Fingerprinting of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on a Caribbean Island with IS6110 and DRr Probes."
Diagnostics (TB) - "Simultaneous Detection and Strain Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for Diagnosis and Epidemiology."
Head and Neck Tuberculosis - "CT and MR Imaging of Head and Neck Tuberculosis."
Pediatrics (TB) - "Case Characteristics and Trends in Pediatric Tuberculosis, Maryland, 1986-1993."
Public Health/Occupational Risk - "Tracing Patients Exposed to Health Care Workers with Tuberculosis."
TB Vaccines - "BCG Vaccination to Prevent Tuberculosis in Health Care Workers: A Decision Analysis."
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