TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 18th, 2003
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Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - CD44 plays key role in host immune response
Tuberculosis Therapy - Thioridazine effective against resistant intracellular mycobacteria
Infectious Disease - ADSRRS fingerprinting effective for typing vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
Infectious Disease - Two major subclones of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 prevalent in Germany
Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Rapid dot sputum-serum assay effective
Tuberculosis Therapy - Natural product inhibitors active against mycobacteria
Antibiotic Resistance - Mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance revealed
Blood-borne Infections - Retractable needle i.v. catheters may increase blood exposure risk
Candida Albicans - Inactivation of Kex2p diminishes the virulence of C. albicans
Cholera - Central America to be declared free of cholera, PAHO says
Common Cold - $40 billion annual price tag calculated
Gastroenterology - Pathogenic Yersinia DNA found in Crohn disease patients
Genital Herpes - Clinical trials of drug suspended
HIV/AIDS Infectious Disease - Clostridium difficile infection has little impact on outcome.
HIV/AIDS Therapy - Viral envelope glycoproteins show antibacterial activity
Hepatitis C Screening - Antigens in hepatitis C assays should reflect regional infections
Infection Control - U.S.-Mexico border infectious disease surveillance project operational
Infectious Disease - Maximum likelihood testing improves forensic, epidemiologic analysis
Malaria Therapy - Multiple genes involved in drug resistance
Microbiology - PCR-ELISA is practical and reliable tool for diagnosis of human brucellosis
Mycobacteria - M. bovis BCG modulates macrophage L-arginine metabolism
Mycobacteria - M. marinum transposons reveal locus linking pigmentation and intracellular survival
Mycobacteria - Nitrosative stress causes limited DNA damage in M. tuberculosis
Nosocomial Infection - Adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains to PVC devices tested
Pediatrics - The progression of hepatitis C infection in children may advance with time
Plague - Professor in investigation reportedly carried samples on planes
Smallpox - Doctors too busy to spot a case?
Smallpox - HHS announces contracts to develop safer vaccines
Staphylococcus - PCR analysis can identify S. aureus exotoxin genes
Trachoma - High-risk patients less likely to pay for treatment
Tuberculosis Diagnosis - BACTEC MGIT 960 PZA medium effective for susceptibility testing
Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - IFN-alphabeta released by infected dendritic cells induces CXCL10 expression
Tuberculosis Therapy - Moxifloxacin against persistent rifampin-tolerant mycobacteria
Tuberculosis Therapy - Mycobacterial KatG mutations linked to isoniazid resistance
Water-borne Illness - Biofilm-associated bacteria studied in lab model
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