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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