Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis & Immunodiagnostics:

9392.  Akcay A, Erdem Y, Altun B, Usalan C, Agca E, Yasavul U, Turgan C, Caglar S. The booster phenomenon in 2-step tuberculin skin testing of patients receiving long-term hemodialysis. Am J Infect Control. 2003 Oct;31(6):371-4.

9393.  Batra A, Tripathi RP. Perfusion magnetic resonance imaging in intracerebral parenchymal tuberculosis: preliminary findings. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2003 Nov-Dec;27(6):882-8.

9394.  Burdz TV, Wolfe J, Kabani A. Evaluation of sputum decontamination methods for Mycobacterium tuberculosis using viable colony counts and flow cytometry. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Nov;47(3):503-9.

9395.  Campos-Outcalt D. Tuberculosis: old problem, new concerns. J Fam Pract. 2003 Oct;52(10):792-8.

9396.  Capuano SV 3rd, Croix DA, Pawar S, Zinovik A, Myers A, Lin PL, Bissel S, Fuhrman C, Klein E, Flynn JL. Experimental Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection of cynomolgus macaques closely resembles the various manifestations of human M. tuberculosis infection. Infect Immun. 2003 Oct;71(10):5831-44.

9397.  Cardona PJ, Gordillo S, Diaz J, Tapia G, Amat I, Pallares A, Vilaplana C, Ariza A, Ausina V. Widespread bronchogenic dissemination makes DBA/2 mice more susceptible than C57BL/6 mice to experimental aerosol infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infect Immun. 2003 Oct;71(10):5845-54.

9398.  Crump JA, Reller LB. Two decades of disseminated tuberculosis at a university medical center: the expanding role of mycobacterial blood culture. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Oct 15;37(8):1037-43. Epub 2003 Sep 24.

9399.  Dong WG, Sun XM, Yu BP, Luo HS, Yu JP. Role of VEGF and CD44v6 in differentiating benign from malignant ascites. World J Gastroenterol. 2003 Nov;9(11):2596-600.

9400.  Drosten C, Panning M, Kramme S. Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by real-time PCR using pan-mycobacterial primers and a pair of fluorescence resonance energy transfer probes specific for the M. tuberculosis complex. Clin Chem. 2003 Oct;49(10):1659-61.

9401.  Dubaniewicz A, Moszkowska G, Szczerkowska Z, Hoppe A. Analysis of DQB1 allele frequencies in pulmonary tuberculosis: preliminary report. Thorax. 2003 Oct;58(10):890-1.

9402.  Fietta A, Meloni F, Cascina A, Morosini M, Marena C, Troupioti P, Mangiarotti P, Casali L. Comparison of a whole-blood interferon-gamma assay and tuberculin skin testing in patients with active tuberculosis and individuals at high or low risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Am J Infect Control. 2003 Oct;31(6):347-53.

9403.  Gandhi G, Sandhu JS, Sagoo RS.  Preliminary studies on tuberculosis patients using the single cell gel electrophoresis assay.  Indian J phys Anthrop Hum Genet 2003;  22(1): 15-32.

9404.  Golpe R, Mateos A. Rifampicin induced pneumonitis or bronchogenic spread of tuberculous empyema through a bronchopleural fistula? Thorax. 2003 Oct;58(10):910.

9405.  Gupta S, Bagga G, Gupta A, Gupta M.  Serodiagnostic potential of IgM antibodies for antigen-60 in childhood tuberculosis.  Curr med Trends 2002; 6(2): 1148-53.  (ISA 0019-6339, Vol 39, No 21, November 1, 2023)

9406.  Hasaneen NA, Zaki ME, Shalaby HM, El-Morsi AS. Polymerase chain reaction of pleural biopsy is a rapid and sensitive method for the diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion. Chest. 2003 Dec;124(6):2105-11.

9407.  Hsu K, Christiansen D, O'Connor D, Bernardo J, Hacker K. Self-assessment of tuberculosis infection risk by urban adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003 Dec;157(12):1227-31.

9408.  Huang WT, Wang CC, Chen WJ, Cheng YF, Eng HL. The nodular form of hepatic tuberculosis: a review with five additional new cases. J Clin Pathol. 2003 Nov;56(11):835-9.

9409.  Hussain H, Akhtar S, Nanan D. Prevalence of and risk factors associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in prisoners, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Int J Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;32(5):794-9.

9410.  Jain VK. Clinico-radiological  & bacillary spectrum in newly diagnosed cases of pulmonary tuberculosis in new millennium.  Curr med Trends 2002; 6(2): 1140-7.

9411.  Johnson J, Kagal A, Bharadwaj R.  Factors associated with drug resistance in pulmonary tuberculosis.  Indian J Chest Dis all Sci 2003; 45(2): 105-09.

9412.  Lalvani A. Spotting latent infection: the path to better tuberculosis control. Thorax. 2003 Nov;58(11):916-8.

9413.  Lee HN, Embi CS, Vigeland KM, White CR Jr. Concomitant pulmonary tuberculosis and leprosy. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003 Oct;49(4):755-7.

9414.  Long R, Houston S, Hershfield E; Canadian Tuberculosis Committee of the Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada. Recommendations for screening and prevention of tuberculosis in patients with HIV and for screening for HIV in patients with tuberculosis and their contacts. CMAJ. 2003 Oct 14;169(8):789-91.

9415.  Mathale, Rajkumari R, Kuruvilla PJ, Kirubakaran H, Brahmadathan KN Inbamalar, Abraham OC.  Evaluation of serological tests for the diagnosis of tuberculosis.  J Path Microbiol 2002; 45(4): 439-41.

9416.  Menzies D; Immigration Subcommittee, Canadian Tuberculosis Committee. Screening immigrants to Canada for tuberculosis: chest radiography or tuberculin skin testing? CMAJ. 2003 Nov 11;169(10):1035-6.

9417.  Meyer M, Clarke P, O'Regan AW. Utility of the lateral chest radiograph in the evaluation of patients with a positive tuberculin skin test result. Chest. 2003 Nov;124(5):1824-7.

9418.  Narayan S, Mahadevan S, Serane VT.  Keith edwards score for diagnosis of Tuberculosis.  Indian  J Pediat 2003; 70(6): 467-9.  (ISA 0019-6339, Vol 39, No 17, September 1, 2023)

9419.  Pai M, Flores LL, Pai N, Hubbard A, Riley LW, Colford JM Jr. Diagnostic accuracy of nucleic acid amplification tests for tuberculous meningitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;3(10):633-43. Review.

9420.  Paterson R. Screening immigrants for infectious diseases. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Nov;3(11):681.

9421.  Roberts RJ. Tuberculin testing before BCG vaccination: effect of age on adverse effects has not been made clear. BMJ. 2003 Oct 18;327(7420):932.

9422.  Roy H, Roy S, Roy S.  Use of polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of endometrial tuberculosis in high risk subfertile women in an endemic Zone.  J Obstet Gynaec India 2003; 53(3): 260-3.

9423.  Sawlani V, Chandra T, Mishra RN, Aggarwal A, Jain UK, Gujral RB. MRI features of tuberculosis of peripheral joints. Clin Radiol. 2003 Oct;58(10):755-62. Review.

9424.  Seiler P, Ulrichs T, Bandermann S, Pradl L, Jorg S, Krenn V, Morawietz L, Kaufmann SH, Aichele P. Cell-wall alterations as an attribute of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in latent infection. J Infect Dis. 2003 Nov 1;188(9):1326-31. Epub 2003 Oct 28.

9425.  Shingadia D, Novelli V. Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis in children. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;3(10):624-32. Review.

9426.  Spira A, Carroll JD, Liu G, Aziz Z, Shah V, Kornfeld H, Keane J. Apoptosis genes in human alveolar macrophages infected with virulent or attenuated Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a pivotal role for tumor necrosis factor. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2003 Nov;29(5):545-51. Epub 2003 May 14.

9427.  Srivastava T, Kochar DK. Asymptomatic spinal arachnoiditis in patients with tuberculous meningitis. Neuroradiology. 2003 Oct;45(10):727-9. Epub 2003 Sep 20.

9428.  Subramanyam SG, Kilpadi AB, Sunder N. Ileo-caecal tuberculosis presenting as abdominal wall sinus. Trop Doct. 2003 Oct;33(4):246.

9429.  Sun XM, Dong WG, Yu BP, Luo HS, Yu JP. Detection of type IV collagenase activity in malignant ascites. World J Gastroenterol. 2003 Nov;9(11):2592-5.

9430.  Verettas D, Kazakos C, Tilkeridis C, Dermon A, Petrou H, Galanis V.  Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in synovial fluid, tissue samples, bone marrow aspirate and peripheral blood. Acta Orthop Belg. 2003 Oct;69(5):396-9.

9431.  Villena V, Lopez-Encuentra A, Pozo F, Echave-Sustaeta J, Ortuno-de-Solo B, Estenoz-Alfaro J, Martin-Escribano P. Interferon gamma levels in pleural fluid for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Am J Med. 2003 Oct 1;115(5):365-70.

9432.  Watson WW. Immigrants and tuberculosis. CMAJ. 2003 Nov 11;169(10):1005.

9433.  Weir RE, Fine PE, Nazareth B, Floyd S, Black GF, King E, Stanley C, Bliss L, Branson K, Dockrell HM.  Interferon-gamma and skin test responses of schoolchildren in southeast England to purified protein derivatives from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other species of mycobacteria. Clin Exp Immunol. 2003 Nov;134(2):285-94.

9434.  Yassin MA, Cuevas LE. How many sputum smears are necessary for case finding in pulmonary tuberculosis? Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Oct;8(10):927-32.

           Pathogenesis:

9435.  Al-Attiyah R, Mustafa AS, Abal AT, Madi NM, Andersen P. Restoration of mycobacterial antigen-induced proliferation and interferon-gamma responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of tuberculosis patients upon effective chemotherapy. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2003 Oct 15;38(3):249-56.

9436.  Bieber J, Kavanaugh A. Cigarette smoking, TB, and TNF inhibitors. Ann Rheum Dis. 2003 Nov;62(11):1118-9.

9437.  Boelaert JR, Gomes MS, Gordeuk VR. Smoking, iron, and tuberculosis. Lancet. 2003 Oct 11;362(9391):1243-4.

9438.  Carr MD, Bloemink MJ, Dentten E, Whelan AO, Gordon SV, Kelly G, Frenkiel TA, Hewinson RG, Williamson RA. Solution structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex protein MPB70: from tuberculosis pathogenesis to inherited human corneal desease. J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 31;278(44):43736-43. Epub 2003 Aug 12.

9439.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Public health dispatch: tuberculosis outbreak among homeless persons—King County, Washington, 2002-2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 Dec 12;52(49):1209-10.

9440.  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Public health dispatch: tuberculosis outbreak in a homeless population--Portland, Maine, 2002-2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 Dec 5;52(48):1184.

9441.  Guwatudde D, Nakakeeto M, Jones-Lopez EC, Maganda A, Chiunda A, Mugerwa RD, Ellner JJ, Bukenya G, Whalen CC. Tuberculosis in household contacts of infectious cases in Kampala, Uganda. Am J Epidemiol. 2003 Nov 1;158(9):887-98.

9442.  Hesseling AC, Schaaf HS, Hanekom WA, Beyers N, Cotton MF, Gie RP, Marais BJ, van Helden P, Warren RM. Danish bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine-induced disease in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Nov 1;37(9):1226-33. Epub 2003 Oct 06.

9443.  Hingley-Wilson SM, Sambandamurthy VK, Jacobs WR Jr. Survival perspectives from the world's most successful pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Immunol. 2003 Oct;4(10):949-55. Review.

9444.  Inigo J, Arce A, Martin-Moreno JM, Herruzo R, Palenque E, Chaves F. Recent transmission of tuberculosis in Madrid: application of capture-recapture analysis to conventional and molecular epidemiology. Int J Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;32(5):763-9.

9445.  Jenkin GA, Stinear TP, Johnson PD, Davies JK. Subtractive hybridization reveals a type I polyketide synthase locus specific to Mycobacterium ulcerans. J Bacteriol. 2003 Dec;185(23):6870-82.

9446.  Khanna P, Panjabi C, Maurya V, Shah A. Isoniazid associated, painful, bilateral gynaecomastia. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2003 Oct-Dec;45(4):277-9.

9447.  Kim SY, Park YJ, Kim WI, Lee SH, Ludgerus Chang C, Kang SJ, Kang CS. Molecular analysis of isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates recovered from South Korea. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Nov;47(3):497-502.

9448.  Long MC, Escuyer V, Parker WB. Identification and characterization of a unique adenosine kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Bacteriol. 2003 Nov;185(22):6548-55.

9449.  McKinney JD, Gomez JE. Life on the inside for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Med. 2003 Nov;9(11):1356-7.

9450.  Newport MJ, Awomoyi AA, Blackwell JM. Polymorphism in the interferon-gamma receptor-1 gene and susceptibility to pulmonary tuberculosis in The Gambia. Scand J Immunol. 2003 Oct;58(4):383-5.

9451.  Okkels LM, Brock I, Follmann F, Agger EM, Arend SM, Ottenhoff TH, Oftung F, Rosenkrands I, Andersen P. PPE protein (Rv3873) from DNA segment RD1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: strong recognition of both specific T-cell epitopes and epitopes conserved within the PPE family. Infect Immun. 2003 Nov;71(11):6116-23.

9452.  Rosenblum LS, Navin TR, Crawford JT. Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis. N Engl J Med. 2003 Dec 11;349(24):2364.

9453.  Scarpellini P, Carrera P, Cichero P, Gelfi C, Gori A, Ferrari M, Zingale A, Lazzarin A. Detection of resistance to isoniazid by denaturing gradient-gel electrophoresis DNA sequencing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates. New Microbiol. 2003 Oct;26(4):345-51.

9454.  Song CH, Lee JS, Kim HJ, Park JK, Paik TH, Jo EK. Interleukin-8 is differentially expressed by human-derived monocytic cell line U937 infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and Mycobacterium marinum. Infect Immun. 2003 Oct;71(10):5480-7.

9455.  Toossi Z. Virological and immunological impact of tuberculosis on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 disease. J Infect Dis. 2003 Oct 15;188(8):1146-55. Epub 2003 Sep 30. Review.

9456.  Vernon AA, McNabb MS. Commentary: Can capture-recapture analysis of epidemiological and molecular data help us understand recent tuberculosis transmission? Int J Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;32(5):770-1.

Vaccines:

9457.  Wald E. Question from the clinician: tuberculosis prophylaxis. Pediatr Rev. 2003 Oct;24(10):355.

Therapy:

9458.  Al-Attiyah R, Mustafa AS, Abal AT, Madi NM, Andersen P. Restoration of mycobacterial antigen-induced proliferation and interferon-gamma responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of tuberculosis patients upon effective chemotherapy. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol. 2003 Oct 15;38(3):249-56.

9459.  Cope GF, Whitfield R. Urine color testing and isoniazid monitoring. Chest. 2003 Dec;124(6):2405.

9460.  Hargreaves S. Time to prioritise tuberculosis laboratory services. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Oct;3(10):606.

9461.  Huff B. TB treatment evolves. GMHC Treat Issues. 2003 Oct;17(10):4-5.

9462.  Khanna P, Panjabi C, Maurya V, Shah A. Isoniazid associated, painful, bilateral gynaecomastia. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2003 Oct-Dec;45(4):277-9.

9463.  Mohapatra PR. Control of tuberculosis in India. Lancet. 2003 Oct 11;362(9391):1243.

9464.  Okkels LM, Brock I, Follmann F, Agger EM, Arend SM, Ottenhoff TH, Oftung F, Rosenkrands I, Andersen P. PPE protein (Rv3873) from DNA segment RD1 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: strong recognition of both specific T-cell epitopes and epitopes conserved within the PPE family. Infect Immun. 2003 Nov;71(11):6116-23.

9465.  Panigrahi MK. Craniocervical tuberculosis: protocol of surgical management. Neurosurgery. 2003 Oct;53(4):1009-10.

9466.  Piana A, Orru M, Masia MD, Sotgiu G, Muresu E, Maida A. Detection of isoniazid and rifampin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis and restriction fragment length polymorphism. New Microbiol. 2003 Oct;26(4):375-81.

9467.  Portero JL, Rubio M. Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis. N Engl J Med. 2003 Dec 11;349(24):2364.

9468.  Ruiz P, Rodriguez-Cano F, Zerolo FJ, Casal M. Current interest of isoniazid in the chemotherapy of tuberculosis in the light of its in vitro activity. Microb Drug Resist. 2003 Fall;9(3):313-6.

9469.  White MC. Commentary: Evaluating the tuberculosis burden in prisoners in Pakistan. Int J Epidemiol. 2003 Oct;32(5):799-801.