TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 20th, 2003
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Coinfection (HIV/MAC) - Withdrawal of anti-MAC therapy seems safe for certain patients
Staphylococcus Aureus - Staph infection process leading to B cell suicide described
Antimicrobial Susceptibility - Technique enables rapid testing of slow-growing bacteria
Chlamydia - Preventive medicine group recommends annual screening for some women
Cryptosporidium - Lactoferrin, but not IL-8 or TNF-alpha, increased often in children with cryptosporidiosis
Epidemiology - Ecological interaction between 'competing' pathogens affects epidemics
Air Purification - Wein introduces AS150MM technology for added protection against SARS
Antimalarial Analysis - Conductometric and indirect AAS determinations described
Blood Safety - Clinical trials set to begin for West Nile virus blood screening systems
Coinfection (Leishmaniasis/HIV) - Infection causes upregulation of chemokine subset and chemokine receptor
Diagnostics - Gastric and bronchial lavage exams aid in cases suggestive of pulmonary TB
Drug Resistance - SNPs in multiple genes associated with INH resistance in M. tuberculosis
Epidemiology - Study: Positive TST in children likely indicates infection, not BCG vaccination
Finance - Cancer drug maker reports loss of $0.23 per share; SARS vaccine update
Lactic Acidosis - Efficacy, safety of dichloroacetate studied in children
Listeriosis - Listeria monocytogenes strains in Austria characterized by serotyping & PFGE
Malaria - WHO initiative 'will fail' without increase in aid
Ovarian Cancer - Infection with chlamydia may be a risk factor for ovarian cancer
Pathogenesis - Endothelial ectoalkaline phosphatases could be antimalaria therapeutic target
Pathogenesis - Mechanism of placental CSPG adhesion to IRBCs determined
Pathogenesis - MmpL8 required for sulfolipid-1 biosynthesis and M. tb virulence
Pneumococcus - Vaccine saves thousands from illness
Polio - World Bank approves loan in new vaccine campaign
Public Health - PAHO director: Cooperation likely to increase as result of SARS
Pulmonary Disease - Study evaluates treatment of Mycobacterium xenopi infection
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Genetic defect could increase risk in people homozygous for IFN-gamma allele
Qiagen, NV - Company announces donations to SARS diagnostic centers
Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Both heptad repeats of RSV fusion protein are potent inhibitors of viral fusion
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - 500,000 Masks reach Hong Kong in urgent air shipment
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Potential SARS treatment to be developed by MBL and partner
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - SARS could have less serious effects on young children
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - SARS information from Asia, Canada helped U.S. prepare, official says
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - SARS vaccine could take years to reach patients
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Surgical masks offer best protection for hospital workers in contact with SARS patients
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Test to detect SARS virus inconsistent
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - WHO warns that SARS could become endemic disease
TB Therapy - Early study results show long-term tolerance, effectiveness of moxifloxacin
Water-borne Illness - System failure to blame for outbreaks in Canada
West Nile Virus - Interferon and gamma-globulin candidates for treatment
Yersinia Pestis - A rapid 5' nuclease assay can detect ciprofloxacin resistant isolates
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