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TB and Outbreaks Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . January 28th, 2003

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Infectious Disease - Aqualox effective for treating Legionella-contaminated water

Nosocomial Infections - Resistant enterobacteria surveillance unnecessary under normal conditions

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection -  M. avium modulates macrophage expression of signaling and adhesion molecules

Infectious Disease - Acute hemolysis triggers splenomegaly, severe liver inflammation in murine model

Infectious Disease Therapy - Antimicrobial-impregnated silicone tissue expanders may reduce plastic surgery infection risk

Malaria Pathogenesis - Brain-sequestered alpha beta CD8+ T cells play key role in cerebral malaria development

Food-borne Illness - Antioxidant food additives prolong shelf life of beef burgers

Food-borne Illness - NFSMI provides free information online to schools, other food services

Genital Herpes - Study of transmission from mother to infant at birth confirms old assumption

HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection -  Bartonella henselae often spread by feline pets

HIV/AIDS Transmission - Behavior change determines impact of treatment on HIV transmission in advanced epidemics

Immunization Tracking - I-trax's eImmune used to track first 100 Smallpox vaccinations

Infectious Disease - Five-year infection rates in surgical neonates and infants receiving parenteral nutrition

Infectious Disease - Hospital building demolitions can increase environmental levels of airborne fungal pathogens

Infectious Disease - Scientists invent new ways to fight infection by exploiting bacterial communication

Infectious Disease - Source, carriers, and management of a Serratia marcescens outbreak on a pulmonary unit

Infectious Disease - Study reveals prostate as a habitat for multiple viral infections

Infectious Disease Therapy - Novel ciprofloxacin derivative has improved absorptive permeability

Malaria Therapy - Amino acid 23 mediates cysteine protease activity in murine P. falciparum

Malaria Therapy - Chlorproguanil-dapsone therapy selects for dhfr mutations inP. falciparum

Malaria Transmission - Climate change has little impact on East African malaria resurgence

Malaria Transmission - Malaria transmission, sex ratio and erythrocytes with two gametocytes

Measles - CDC notes improved prevention of outbreaks in Cambodia

Measles - Global vaccine coalition backs U.N. immunization strategy

Mosquito-borne Disease -  Bacillus sphaericus carries true phosphofructokinase

Nosocomial Infections - Contamination in ICUs can exacerbate carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii outbreaks

Nosocomial Infections - Emergence of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium at a hospital in Pakistan

Polio - U-M study takes a closer look at polio's lifelong effects

Pulmonary Medicine - Proinflammatory cytokines involved in fibroblast-eosinophil interactions

Stem Cell Transplantation - Bone marrow grafts can resolve interferon receptor deficiency

Tuberculosis - Community care model could save many in poverty with drug-resistant TB

Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Impact of age and radiographic presentation on the presumptive diagnosis of pulmonary TB

Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - Interleukin-10 reactivates chronic pulmonary tuberculosis in mice

Tuberculosis Therapy - Isoniazid not recommended for liver transplant recipients with positive tuberculin skin tests

West Nile Virus - Experts believe mosquitoes may not be sole source

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