TB and Outbreaks Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . October 7th, 2003
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Bubonic Plague - Case reopens on Black Death cause
Community-acquired Pneumonia - Lower susceptibility of S. pneumoniae associated with increased use of levofloxacin
Aspergillosis - Better outcomes and cost savings for life-threatening fungal infections
Fungal Therapy - Chickpea-derived peptide has potent and durable antifungal activity
Infectious Disease Therapy - Antibiotics that bind to S. aureus 30S ribosomal subunit also block subunit assembly
Public Health - Lack of funding threatens to derail WHO's Roll Back Malaria program
Acanthamoeba Taxonomy - Some Acanthamoeba strains are different enough to need reclassification
Campylobacter Jejuni - Guillain-Barre syndrome can occur following Campylobacter infection
Clostridium Perfringens - CaCo-2 cells have concentration-dependent responses to CPE enterotoxin
Drug Development - Ubiquitin-like peptide with anticancer and immunostimulatory activity isolated from mushroom
Drug Discovery - Phages point the way to novel targets for antimicrobials
Drug Resistance - "Forgotten" malaria still kills millions
Drug Resistance - Effects of mutant Neisseria penA on encoded penicillin-binding protein clarified
Drug Resistance - VIM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase-producing K. pneumoniae found in Greek hospitals
Emerging Diseases - WHO chief warns SARS not the last epidemic of the 21st century
Food-borne Illness - Imaging system detects contaminants on poultry
HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis - Vitamin A deficiency common in HIV, tuberculosis patients in Africa
Immunology - Liver memory CD8 cells protect after treatment with irradiated plasmodial sporozoites
Infectious Disease - Biodefense grant to aid continued development of the GeneCode System
Infectious Disease - First VEB-1-producing Acinetobacter baumannii strain found in French hospital
Infectious Disease Diagnosis - EVIGENE assay provides accurate and convenient MRSA identification
Infectious Disease Diagnosis - Molecular assay can detect and distinguish fecal Giardia duodenalis
Infectious Disease Diagnosis - Molecular blood test suitable for CMV monitoring
Influenza - Adults with asthma fail to follow flu vaccine guidelines
Legionnaires Disease - Link found to hot water pipes
Leishmania Donovani - Hepatic granuloma may be antileishmania defense; IL-4, receptor may be involved
Malaria - Telomerase assay detects activity in P. falciparum
Malaria Research - Aotus infulatus monkeys useful for studying malaria-related anemia
Malaria Therapy - Hydroxychloroquine should not be used to treat chloroquine-resistant malaria
Malaria Therapy - Novel culture augments Artemisia annua artemisinin production
Malaria Therapy - Polyamine analogues active against resistant P. falciparum
Malaria Therapy - Quinacrine binds to cellular prion protein's C-terminal helix
Metapneumovirus - Newly discovered bug ubiquitous in society
Microarray Technology - Nanogen teams to develop infectious disease diagnostics
Mosquito-borne Disease - Anopheles gambiae GST gene mutations can confer DDT resistance
Opportunistic Infection - T-cell costimulatory molecule function may determine PCP susceptibility
Otitis Media - Augmentin ES-600T more effective than Zithromax in study
Outbreaks - High-dose steroids, CPAP, strict quarantine helped control Chinese SARS outbreak
Q Fever - An animal model is found for Q fever endocarditis
SARS - Chinese province designates 158 hospitals for treating possible future victims
Smallpox - SBIR grant awarded to develop anti-smallpox therapeutics
Spinal Tuberculosis - First report of combined spinal subdural tuberculous empyema and intramedullary tuberculoma
Streptococcus Pneumoniae - Neurogenesis may be induced in hippocampus soon after bacterial meningitis
Streptococcus Pneumoniae - New vaccine reduces antibiotic-resistant infections and protects families
Tuberculosis Immunology - Platelet-activating factor not involved in immune response to TB infection
Tuberculosis Immunology - Role of CCL2 in host tuberculosis defense clarified
Tuberculosis Immunology - Valpha14 NK T cells may help control inflammation during TB infection
Tuberculosis Pathogenesis - M. tuberculosis capable of gene-selective suppression of IFN-gamma-induced transcription
Tuberculosis Proteomics - Mycobacterial Nudix hydrolase characterized
Tuberculosis Screening - TB not always evident at arrival in new country
Tuberculosis Therapy - Anti-tuberculous efficacy of fluoroquinolones compared
Tuberculosis Therapy - Fresh-frozen allografts suitable for spinal tuberculosis treatment
Tularemia - Study evaluates "rabbit fever" as part of biodefense research plan
Typhoid Models - Enterocolitis diarrheal symptom may result from expression of chemokine GROalpha
Varicella - CDC: Chickenpox rates drop in 4 states
West Nile Virus - Clinical trial of West Nile virus patients begins
West Nile Virus - National study planned to evaluate treatment
West Nile Virus - Test helps protects the nation's blood supply
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