Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 18th, 2003
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Food-borne Illness - More people are getting sick from eating fresh fruits
Streptococcus - Research reveals how strep bacterium evades immune system
Infectious Disease Therapy - Novel agent disrupts staphylococcal drug efflux pumps
Tuberculosis Therapy - Fluoroquinolones effective against drug-resistant strains
Appointments - Malaria vaccine initiative gets new leadership
Appointments - Mirta Roses takes office as new director of Pan American Health Organization
HIV/AIDS Opportunistic Infection - Prophylaxis against several pathogens remains cost-effective
Infectious Disease - Pseudomonas aeruginosa displays an epidemic population structure
Infectious Disease - Pseudomonas resistance protein Ohr characterized
Infectious Disease - Toxoplasma gondii redox couple potential drug target
Infectious Disease - mtrR promoter deletion not needed for N. gonorrhoeae drug resistance
Infectious Disease - Norwalk virus-induced hemagglutination potentiated by gut antigens
Infectious Disease - Periodontal CMV linked to subgingival D. pneumosintes and alveolar bone loss
Infectious Disease - Urinary antigen test recommended for future Legionnaires disease outbreaks
Infectious Disease - Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus structure characterized
Infectious Disease Diagnosis - Standard tests may miss H. influenzae extended-spectrum beta-lactamases
Infectious Disease Therapy - Beta-lactam resistance on rise in India
Infectious Disease Therapy - Fluconazole superior to nystatin for neonatal candidiasis
Infectious Disease Therapy - Penicillin-resistant Fusobacterium increasingly prevalent in infants
Malaria Transmission - Climate change not to blame for East Africa outbreaks
Natural Antibacterials - Many cationic polypeptides in human airway fluid are found to be active
Nosocomial Infection - Enterococcal resistance patterns characterized
Occupational Exposure - Rhinitis and conjunctivitis often precede asthma caused by trimellitic anhydride
Pituitary Adenoma - Rare form is associated with Toxoplasma gondii infection
Respiratory Infection - Viral pathogens, virus-induced IL-8 correlate with symptom generation
Septicemia - Oral interleukin-11 may protect intestinal mucosa in neutropenic sepsis
Staphylococcus Aureus - Drug-resistant infections breaks out among L.A. County gays
Stem Cell Transplantation - Invasive fungal infections common after nonmyeloablative allogeneic transplants
Syphilis - Cases rose sharply last year in New York
Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - Serum cytokine levels do not parallel mycobacteria-induced cytokine output
Vaccine Development - Reverse vaccinology uses a genome-based approach for vaccine development
West Nile Fever - Viral capsid protein induces inflammation through apoptotic pathway
West Nile Virus - Antibodies critical for fighting infection
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