Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 2nd, 1998
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Outbreaks (MDR-TB) - Drug Resistant TB Spread in NYC Hospital Nursery
Diagnostics (Pneumonia) - New Bronchoscopic Technique Identifies Pneumonia in HIV+
Emerging Diseases - TB Infection Causes Fatal Bloodstream Infections
Prevention - Pasteurization Kills Crohn's Disease Mycobacteria
Therapy (TB) - Time to Detection Assessment Predicts Treatment Outcome
Co-Infection (HIV/TB) - Short-Course TB Prophylaxis Effective in HIV Infected Individuals
Drug Resistance - New Internet Site Tracks Antibiotic Resistance Trends
Drug Resistance - WHO Proposes Attacking Antibiotic Resistance on Three Fronts
Drug Resistance - Antibiotics In Animals Threaten Humans, Expert Said
Leprosy - M. leprae Vaccine Approved in India
Meningitis - Vaccine Efficacious in First Large-Scale Demonstration
Pneumonia Vaccine - Vaccine Safe But Ineffective in the Middle-Aged and Elderly
Disease Associations (HIV/MAC) - "Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC) Augments Macrophage HIV-1 Production and Increases CCR5 Expression."
Diagnostics (TB) - "Health Partners Through Telephone Technology: Home Reading of Tuberculosis Tests."
Epidemiology (MAC) - "Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium Recovered from Patients with AIDS and Domesticated and Wild Animals."
Epidemiology (TB) - "Evolution and Latency in Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
Mycobacterium avium - "Activity of New Quinolones Against Intracellular Mycobacterium avium in Human Monocytes."
TB (Biochemistry) - "Structure of a Hydroxymycolic Acid Potentially Involved in the Synthesis of Oxygenated Mycolic Acids of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex."
TB (Drug Resistance) - "In vitro Activity of Fluorinated Quinolones and Macrolides Against Drug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis."
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