TUBERCULOSIS
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Barreto
ML, Cunha SS, Pereira SM, Genser B, Hijjar MA, Yury Ichihara M, de Brito
SC, Dourado I, Cruz A, Santa'Ana C, Rodrigues LC. Neonatal BCG protection
against tuberculosis lasts for 20 years in Brazil. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis.
2005 Oct;9(10):1171-3. Instituto
de Saude Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil.
mauricio@ufba.br
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Bavdekar
SB, Pawar M. Evaluation of an Internet delivered pediatric diagnosis
support system (ISABEL) in a tertiary care center in India. Indian Pediatr.
2005 Nov;42(11):1086-91. Department
of Pediatrics, Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400
012, India. drsbavdekar@vsnl.com BACKGROUND: Young graduates manning the emergency rooms in public hospitals often need guidance in diagnosing critically ill patients due to their limited clinical experience. Textbooks, manuals and several websites are of limited assistance, as they do not generate patient-specific advice. ISABEL diagnostic tool, an Internet-delivered pediatric diagnosis support system that provides such information has not been evaluated in developing countries. AIM: To study the sensitivity of the ISABEL diagnostic tool. MATERIAL AND METHOD: Records of patients admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit in a metropolitan hospital in India during January 2000-July 2002 were retrieved. Resident medical officers wrote key clinical and laboratory findings on the basis of admission notes and results of investigations carried out within 30 min of admission. The list of diagnoses generated by the diagnostic tool at the ISABEL site after submission of these terms was entered in a performa. The presence of final diagnosis in the list generated by the ISABEL was the outcome measure studied. RESULTS: Records of 200 subjects (boys 111, girls 89, aged 28 days-12 years) were analyzed. Congenital heart disease, respiratory tract infections, meningitis, tetanus and septicemia were the most frequently encountered diagnoses. The diagnostic tool missed 27 diagnoses (such as septicemia, tuberculosis and seizures) in 39 subjects providing a sensitivity of 80.5%. CONCLUSION: Even without any training offered to the users, ISABEL provided a reasonable sensitivity of 80.5%. The tool holds promise of being useful in the developing countries. |
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Bonnet
M, Sizaire V, Kebede Y, Janin A, Doshetov D, Mirzoian B, Arzumanian A,
Muminov T, Iona E, Rigouts L, Rusch-Gerdes S, Varaine F. Does one size fit
all? Drug resistance and standard treatments: results of six tuberculosis
programmes in former Soviet countries. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2005
Oct;9(10):1147-54. Medecins
Sans Frontieres, Paris, France. maryline.bonnet@geneva.msf.org |
4. |
Griffith
R, Tengnah C. Public health 2: Criminal liability for spreading disease.
Br J Community Nurs. 2005 Oct;10(10):475-8. Review. School
of Health Science, Swansea University. richard.griffith@swan.ac.uk Last month's article considered the role of the law in preventing the spread of infectious disease in cases such as tuberculosis and SARS where isolation, quarantine and treatment are effective in controlling the outbreak. Other forms of infectious disease that district nurses encounter--such as hepatitis B and C and the HIV virus that are spread through contact with blood or sexual intercourse--rely far more on the infected individual to act responsibly in preventing others from being infected. This month's article considers whether those who act recklessly and put others at risk of infection should be held criminally liable and prosecuted for their actions. |
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Nicolls
DJ, King M, Holland D, Bala J, del Rio C. Intracranial tuberculomas
developing while on therapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. Lancet Infect Dis.
2005 Dec;5(12):795-801. Division
of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta,
Georgia, USA. dnicoll@emory.edu |
Diagnosis, Diagnostics,
Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics: |
14123.
Banerjee S, Banerjee M. Diabetes and tuberculosis interface. J Indian
medAss 2005; 103(6): 318-22,332-5. 14124.
Da Silva BB, Dos Santos LG, Costa PV, Pires CG, Borges AS. Primary
tuberculosis of the breast mimicking carcinoma. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2005
Nov;73(5):975-6. 14125.
Dhingra VK, Rajpal S, Bhalla P, Yadav A, Jain S k, Hanifm. Prevalence of
initialdrug resistance to M. tuberculosis in new sputum positive
RNTCPpatients. J Commun Dis 2003; 35(2):82-9. 14126.
Devi SB, Naorem S, Singh TJ, Singh Ksh B, Prasad L, Devi Th S. HIV and
TB co-infection (a study from RIMS Hospital, Manipur). Journal,
Indian Academy of Clinical Medicine. 2005 Jul-Sep; 6(3): 220-223 . 14127.
Dewey M, Eddicks S, Hamm B. Images in cardiology: Armoured heart. Heart.
2005 Oct;91(10):1256. 14128.
Dheda K, Booth H, Huggett JF, Johnson MA, Zumla A, Rook GA. Lung
remodeling in pulmonary tuberculosis. J Infect Dis. 2005 Oct
1;192(7):1201-9. Review. 14129.
Heininger U. Diagnosing tuberculosis. Arch Dis Child. 2005
Nov;90(11):1104. Review. 14130.
Jai
Bikhchandani, Malik VK, Kumar V, Sharma S. Hepatic tuberculosis
mimicking carcinoma gall bladder . Indian
Journal of Gastroenterology. 2005 Jan-Feb; 24(1): 25 . 14131.
Kakarala G, Rajan D. Rare presentation of osteoarticular tuberculosis.
Acta Orthop Belg. 2005 Oct;71(5):626-7. 14132.
Lambie D, Campbell P, Strutton GM. Forgotten but not gone: urinary tract
tuberculosis. Pathology. 2005 Oct;37(5):392-3. 14133.
Marais BJ, Gie RP, Obihara CC, Hesseling AC, Schaaf HS, Beyers N.
Well defined symptoms are of value in the diagnosis of
childhood pulmonary tuberculosis. Arch Dis Child. 2005
Nov;90(11):1162-5. 14134.
Meyer D. Eye signs that alert the clinician to a diagnosis of AIDS. SADJ.
2005 Oct;60(9):386-7. 14135.
Pai M. Alternatives to the tuberculin skin test: interferon-gama assays
in the diagnosis of mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Indian
Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2005 Jul; 23(3): 151-158. 14136.
Prasanthi K, Kumari AR . Efficacy of fluorochrome stain in the diagnosis
of pulmonary tuberculosis co-infected with HIV . Indian
Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2005 Jul; 23(3): 179-181. 14137.
Rodrigues J, Pinto R G W, Rodrigues S, Barreto G. A case ofbilateral
tuberculous mastitis. J Cytol 2004; 21(3): 149-51. 14138.
Scherubl H, Zeitz M. Tuberculous colitis. Gut. 2005 Dec;54(12):1820.
14139.
Swingler GH, du Toit G, Andronikou S, van der Merwe L, Zar HJ.
Diagnostic accuracy of chest radiography in detecting mediastinal
lymphadenopathy in suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. Arch Dis Child.
2005 Nov;90(11):1153-6. 14140.
Tripathi D G, Sriram N, Naik VK, Smita P, Seema A, Shakila G, Desai MW.
Efficacy of immunochromatographic techniquesfor the serodiagnosis of
tuberculosis. Indian J med Microbiol 2004; 22(2): 131-2. 14141. Xia H. More innovative strategies needed to achieve the goal of tuberculosis elimination. Am J Public Health. 2005 Oct;95(10):1674-5. |
Pathogenesis: |
14142.
Agarwal
R, Gupta D. TB or TB plus vasculitis: Occam versus Hickam. J Intern Med.
2005 Dec;258(6):581; author reply 582-3. 14143.
Chiang CY, Riley LW. Exogenous reinfection in tuberculosis. Lancet
Infect Dis. 2005 Oct;5(10):629-36. Review. 14144.
Da Silva Telles MA, Chimara E, Ferrazoli L, Riley LW. Mycobacterium
kansasii: antibiotic susceptibility and PCR-restriction analysis of
clinical isolates. J Med Microbiol. 2005 Oct;54(Pt 10):975-9. 14145.
Mehta JB. New face of the old foe: central nervous system tuberculosis.
South Med J. 2005 Oct;98(10):965-6. 14146.
Vaerewijck MJ, Huys G, Palomino JC, Swings J, Portaels F. Mycobacteria
in drinking water distribution systems: ecology and significance for
human health. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2005 Nov;29(5):911-34. Review. 14147. Van den Berge M, de Marie S, Kuipers T, Jansz AR, Bravenboer B. Psoas abscess: report of a series and review of the literature. Neth J Med. 2005 Nov;63(10):413-6.
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Vaccines: |
14148.
Kumar R, Dwivedi A, Kumar P, Kohli N. Tuberculous meningitis in BCG
vaccinated and unvaccinated children. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry.
2005 Nov;76(11):1550-4. 14149.
Lang T, Hill AV, McShane H, Shah R, Towse A, Pritchard C, Garau M.
New TB vaccine granted orphan drug status. BMJ. 2005 Dec
17;331(7530):1476. 14150.
Lienhardt C, Zumla A. BCG: the story continues. Lancet. 2005 Oct
22-28;366(9495):1414-6.
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Therapy: |
14151.
Baltussen R, Floyd K, Dye C. Cost effectiveness analysis of strategies
for tuberculosis control in developing countries. BMJ. 2005 Dec
10;331(7529):1364. 14152.
Celik US, Alabaz D, Yildizdas D, Alhan E, Kocabas E, Ulutan S. Cerebral
salt wasting in tuberculous meningitis: treatment with fludrocortisone.
Ann Trop Paediatr. 2005 Dec;25(4):297-302. 14153.
Chi BH, Fusco H, Sinkala M, Goldenberg RL, Stringer JS. Cost and
enrollment implications of targeting different source population for an
HIV treatment program. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Nov
1;40(3):350-5. 14154.
Falkensammer J, Behensky H, Gruber H, Prodinger WM, Fraedrich G.
Successful treatment of a tuberculous vertebral osteomyelitis eroding
the thoracoabdominal aorta: a case report. J Vasc Surg. 2005
Nov;42(5):1010-3. 14155.
Gibbs N. Saving 1 life at a time. Time. 2005 Nov 7;166(19):53-67. 14156.
Golden MP, Vikram HR. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis: an overview. Am Fam
Physician. 2005 Nov 1;72(9):1761-8. Review. 14157.
Kordy FN, Al-Jumaah S, Al-Ghonaim A. Severe CD8 deficiency in a child
with miliary tuberculosis. J Trop Pediatr. 2005 Oct;51(5):316-8. 14158.
Lambert ML, Van der Stuyft P. Delays to tuberculosis treatment: shall we
continue to blame the victim? Trop Med Int Health. 2005
Oct;10(10):945-6. 14159.
Lee GS, Kim SJ, Park IY, Shin JC, Kim SP. Tuberculous peritonitis
in pregnancy. J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2005 Oct;31(5):436-8; discussion
438. 14160.
Markel H. The medical detectives. N Engl J Med. 2005 Dec
8;353(23):2426-8. 14161.
Onyebujoh P, Zumla A, Ribeiro I, Rustomjee R, Mwaba P, Gomes M, Grange
JM. Treatment of tuberculosis: present status and future
prospects. Bull World Health Organ. 2005 Nov;83(11):857-65.
Review. 14162.
Polesky A, Grove W, Bhatia G. Peripheral tuberculous lymphadenitis:
epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome. Medicine (Baltimore).
2005 Nov;84(6):350-62. 14163. Sheff B, Hayes DD. Connecting the DOTS to treat pulmonary TB. Nursing. 2005 Oct;35(10):24-5. |