Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 19th, 1998
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Pathogenesis - Genetic Cross-Regulation Involved in Mycobacterium-Macrophage Interactions
Case Reports - BCG Vaccination Prompts Arthritis
Disease Outcome (TB) - Anemia, Low-Body Weight Predict Early TB Mortality
Public Health (TB) - WHO Study Finds Disease Outcome Data Erroneous
Testing - EEG Shows Outcome in Tuberculous Meningitis
Testing (TB) - DRE-PCR Performs As Well as RFLP
Testing (TB) - Plasma Zinc May Predict Therapeutic Response
Hospitalization (TB) - Factors Related to In-Hospital Mortality of TB Patients Identified
Industry News (TB Diagnostics) - New Test Makes a Monkey of TB
Influenza (Vaccine) - Components of 1999 "Southern Hemisphere" Influenza Vaccine Decided
TB Immunotherapy - Immune System Protein Slays TB Microbe
Influenza - Experts Say Clock Is Ticking for Next Flu Pandemic
Pathogenesis (Mycobacteria) - "An Inventory of Intraphagosomal Gene Induction in Pathogenic Mycobacteria After Phagocytosis by Macrophages."
Diagnostics (TB) - "Chest X-Ray Findings In Hospitalized HIV Positive Patients With Respiratory Mycobacterial Infection."
Epidemiology (TB) - "Changing Trends In Tuberculosis Demographics In Tennessee, 1990-1996."
Pathogenesis (TB) - "The Effect of Acid pH on Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cell Wall Ultrastructure in Relation to Resistance or Susceptibility to Pyrazinamide."
Prophylaxis (MAC) - "Advances in Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC) Infection."
Influenza - "Benefits of Influenza Vaccination for Low-, Intermediate-, and High-Risk Senior Citizens."
Influenza - "Preclinical Development of Low Toxicity Drugs: Focus on Zanamivir, an Anti-Influenza Drug."
Tuberculosis (Drug Resistance) - "A Ser315Thr Substitution in KatG is Predominant in Genetically Heterogeneous Multidrug-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Originating from the St. Petersburg Area in Russia."
Tuberculosis (HIV Co-infection) - "Effect of Preventive Treatment for Tuberculosis in Adults Infected with HIV: Systematic Review of Randomised Placebo Controlled Trials."
Tuberculosis (Mental Health) - "Demographic/Socioeconomic Factors in Mental Disorders Associated with Tuberculosis in Southwest Nigeria."
Tuberculosis (Therapy) - "Isoniazid-Induced Psychosis."
Tuberculosis (Transmission) - "Quantifying the Intrinsic Transmission Dynamics of Tuberculosis."
Tuberculosis (Transmission) - "Risk Factors for and Knowledge of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection Among Drug Users in Substance Abuse Treatment."
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