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TB and Outbreaks Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . February 11th, 2003

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Cerebral Malaria - Platelet accumulation in brain linked to pathogenesis

Tuberculosis Therapy - Whole blood bactericidal activity useful as treatment efficacy marker

Infectious Disease - Cytomegalovirus tegument protein pp65 useful for specific immunity research

Stem Cell Transplantation - Granulocyte transfusion effective against post-transplant meningoencephalitis

Stem Cell Transplantation - Myeloid progenitors protect against invasive aspergillosis, Pseudomonas infections

Bacterial Meningitis - Pathogenesis and pathophysiology is due to inflammatory response

Bacteriology - New drug lead fights bacteria that disrupt quorum sensing and biofilms

Bioterror Agents - Oral anthrax and plague vaccine to be developed for U.S. Department of Defense

Campylobacter - Bacteria may be linked to poultry workers' illness

Candida Krusei - High prevalence of antifungal resistance in northern Thailand

Chlamydia - New Orleans scientists part of STD experiment

Drug Development - E.U. grant will be used to develop drugs for S. aureus infections

Food-borne Illness - Veneman announces Bush food safety plan

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Combined intrarectal/intradermal inoculation boosts M. bovis-based vaccine efficacy

Helicobacter Pylori - Low interleukin-4 levels predict failure of antibiotics for H. pylori

Helicobacter Pylori Vaccine - Protection against H. pylori is IL-12-dependent and mediated by Th1 cells

Infectious Disease - Cephalosporin overuse can increase Clostridium difficile- associated diarrhea risk

Infectious Disease - Evolutionary phage peptide library yields Cryptococcus vaccine

Infectious Disease - Meningococcal meningitis W135 outbreaks likely in Burkina Faso

Infectious Disease - Procalcitonin reliable as severity marker in critically ill sepsis patients

Infectious Disease - Source of diazoborine resistance in R. sphaeroides reported

Infectious Disease - Stress at work increases the chance of acute common infections

Infectious Disease - Washing protects against cholera

Infectious Disease - Zeolite ceramic coatings prevent staphylococcal colonization

Infectious Disease Therapy - Cefotaxime and ceftriaxone effective against Salmonella typhi in human macrophages

Infectious Disease Therapy - Phenylacetic acid inhibits penicillin G acylase production by Escherichia coli

Influenza - Flu deaths exceed AIDS-related deaths each year

Intestinal Flora -  Candida albicans opens a gateway to a molecular revolution

Meningitis Vaccine -  Haemophilus influenzae meningitis drops after vaccinations started in Brazil

Norovirus - More outbreaks seen in U.S., CDC reports

Stem Cell Research -  M. tuberculosis induces differentiation of dendritic cells from bone marrow

Stem Cell Research - Cytomegalovirus-infected cells express viral genes that may play role in latency

Stem Cell Transplantation - T-cell activity key to defense against post-transplant aspergillosis

Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Doppler sonography aids detection of intestinal tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Therapy - Active pulmonary rifampicin levels seen after standard dose

Tuberculosis Therapy - Decaprenolphosphoarabinose analogs active against Mycobacteria tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Therapy - Mycobacterial trehalose-phosphate synthase may be therapeutic target

Virulence - Deletion of RD1 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis attenuates microbe

Whooping Cough - U.N. says epidemic in northern Afghanistan largely contained

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