Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 15th, 1999
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Public Policy (TB) - Past History, Not Social Circumstances, Predicts Therapy Compliance
Coinfection (TB/HIV) - TB Dissemination Occurs When CD4 Counts Are Below 300
Disease Presentation - Extrapulmonary TB More Common in Heart Recipients
Disease Presentation (TB) - One-Fifth of Pediatric TB Patients Have Pleural Effusions
Epidemiology (TB) - Air Sampling Answers Questions When Combined with PCR
Epidemiology (TB) - TB Common Among SE Asian Refugees to Australia
Genomics - Deletion of Genetic Material in TB Common
Genomics (TB) - Role of Genes in Therapeutic Response Evaluated
Testing (TB) - LCx Probe Detects M. tuberculosis in Nonrespiratory Specimens
Testing (TB) - MB/BacT Useful When Combined with Solid Medium
Therapy (TB) - Benefits of Liposomal Amikacin Against MDR-TB Unclear
Industry News (Pertussis Vaccines) - European Marketing Clearance Granted for DTaP Vaccine
Influenza - U.S. Sees Worsening Flu Season, All States Affected
Disease Associations - "Status of Sputum Smear and Sputum Culture in Pleural Tuberculosis in Patients With or Without HIV Seropositivity."
Disease Associations - "Atypical Mycobacteriosis in HIV Positive Patients in Southern Brazil."
Disease Associations - "Clinical and Microbiological Features of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections in Marrow Transplant Recipients."
Drug Resistance (TB) - "Increasing Antimicrobial Resistance of M. tuberculosis in a Saudi Arabian Referral Hospital."
Drug Toxicity - "Isoniazid-Induced Liver Toxicity in Patients Infected With the Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV)."
Cytokine Production (TB) - "Disease-Specific ex vivo Stimulation of Whole Blood for Cytokine Production: Applications in the Study of Tuberculosis."
Diagnostics (TB) - "Comparison of the Ligase Chain Reaction with Solid and Liquid Culture Media for Routine Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Nonrespiratory Specimens."
Epidemiology (TB) - "Wartime Migration and the Incidence of Tuberculosis in the Zagreb Region, Croatia."
Meningoccal Disease - "A Primary Care Perspective of Meningococcal Disease."
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - "In vivo Platelet and T-Lymphocyte Activities During Pulmonary Tuberculosis."
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