Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 20th, 1997
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Transmission (TB) - Highly Contagious, Fast Spreading TB Reported
Transmission (TB) - Contaminated Bronchoscopes Spread TB
Transmission (TB) - Rare Infection from Newborn Reported
Conference Coverage (ICAAC) - Hantavirus: An American Pathogen
Drug Resistance - Researchers Warn of Expected Penicillin Resistance
Drug Resistance (TB) - Resistance to Rifampin Alone On the Rise
Epidemiology (TB) - CDC Asks for Help in Tracking W Strain
Genetics - Scientists Develop Powerful Tool for Studying TB
Hantavirus - Surveillance Intensified as Number of Cases Increases in the Americas
Immunology - CDC Reports Highest Ever Flu and Pneumonia Vaccination Rates
Infection Control - "Z" Microorganism Can Cause Mild Form of Pneumonia
Influenza - Human Immune System Defenseless Against New Hong Kong Flu
Measles - Cases Down in the West, Highest in African Countries
Opportunistic Infection (TB) - Mycobacterium kansasii in Cancer Patients may not Cause Disease
Polio Virus - New Vaccine Tests On the Cutting Edge of Science
TB Therapies (Compliance) - Refusal to Take Drugs Critical in Spread of TB
Testing (TB) - False-Positive TSTs May be Due to HBV Vaccinations
Disease Associations (HIV/TB) - "Predicting Mycobacterial Species in HIV Patients Presenting with Sputa Positive for Acid Fast Bacilli."
Disease Associations (HIV/TB) - "Tuberculosis-HIV/AIDS Relation in Colombia."
Emerging Pathogens - "A Novel Mycobacterium Isolated from a Man with AIDS."
Emerging Pathogens - "Emergence of Mycobacterium kansasii in Our Area."
Genetic Research (Mycobacteria) - "Expression of M. bovis P36 Gene in Mycobacterium smegmatis and the Baculovirus Insect Cells System."
Genetic Research (Mycobacteria) - "Stability and Compatibility of pJAZ38/pAL5000 in Mycobacterium smegmatis."
Hantavirus - "Population Dynamics of the Deer Mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) and Sin Nombre Virus, California Channel Islands."
Legionella - "Flagella Are a Positive Predictor for Virulence in Legionella."
Legionella - "Identification and DNA Fingerprinting of Legionella Strains by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis."
TB (Diagnostics) - "Simultaneous Occurrence of Papulonecrotic Tuberculide and Erythema Induratum and the Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA by Polymerase Chain Reaction."
TB (Epidemiology) - "Molecular Epidemiology and Transmission Dynamics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Rural Africa."
TB (Health Education) - "A Kenyan Community's Perception of Tuberculosis."
TB (Transmission) - "DNA Fingerprints from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates of Patients Confined for Therapy Noncompliance Show Frequent Clustering."
TB/HIV Coinfection - "Tuberculous Pleurisy Is More Common in AIDS Than in Non-AIDS Patients with Tuberculosis."
Tuberculous Meningitis - "Cerebrospinal Fluid Cytokines in Patients with Tuberculous Meningitis."
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