TUBERCULOSIS

( SEVAMED 2003)

(Diagnosis, Diagnostics, Immunodiagnosis, Immunodiagnostics, Pathogenesis, Vaccines & Drugs)

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January 2003

6311.      Anuradha S, Ravinder Kaur, Singh NP, Baveja UK. Serodiagnosis of extra pulmonary tuberculosis using A-60 antigen. J Common Dis. 2001; 33(1): 12-16.

6312.      Baker CA, Cartwright CP, Williams DN, Nelson SM, Peterson PK. Early detection of central nervous system tuberculosis with the gen-probe nucleic Acid amplification assay: utility in an inner city hospital. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Aug 1;35(3):339-42.

6313.      Burgess LJ, Reuter H, Carstens ME, Taljaard JJ, Doubell AF. The use of adenosine deaminase and interferon-gamma as diagnostic tools for tuberculous pericarditis. Chest. 2002 Sep;122(3):900-5.

6314.      Cavusoglu C, Cicek-Saydam C, Karasu Z, Karaca Y, Ozkahya M, Toz H, Tokat Y, Bilgic A. Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and laboratory diagnosis in solid-organ transplant recipients. Clin Transplant. 2002 Aug;16(4):257-61.

6315.      Chandramuki A, Lyashchenko K, Kumari HB, Khanna N, Brusasca P, Gourie-Devi M, Satishchandra P, Shankar SK, Ravi V, Alcabes P, Kanaujia GV, Gennaro ML. Detection of antibody to Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein antigens in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with tuberculous meningitis. J Infect Dis. 2002 Sep 1;186(5):678-83.

6316.      Conde MB, Marinho SR, Pereira Mde F, Lapa e Silva JR, Saad MH, Sales CL, Ho JL, Kritski AL. The usefulness of serum adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2) activity in adults for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. Respir Med. 2002 Aug;96(8):607-10.

6317.      Dhar S; Dhar S. Histopathological features of granulomatous skin diseases : an analysis of 22 skin biopsies Indian Journal of Dermatology . 2002; 47(2): 88-90.

6318.      Dilmac A, Ucoluk GO, Ugurman F, Gozu A, Akkalyoncu B, Eryilmaz T, Samurkasoglu B. The diagnostic value of adenosine deaminase activity in sputum in pulmonary tuberculosis. Respir Med. 2002 Aug;96(8):632-4.

6319.      Eugen-Olsen J, Gustafson P, Sidenius N, Fischer TK, Parner J, Aaby P, Gomes VF, Lisse I. The serum level of soluble urokinase receptor is elevated in tuberculosis patients and predicts mortality during treatment: a community study from Guinea-Bissau. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2002 Aug;6(8):686-92.

6320.      Florio W, Bottai D, Batoni G, Esin S, Pardini M, Maisetta G, Campa M. Identification, Molecular Cloning, and Evaluation of Potential Use of Isocitrate Dehydrogenase II of Mycobacterium bovis BCG in Serodiagnosis of Tuberculosis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2002 Jul;9(4):846-51.

6321.      Gayathri Devi DR; Belwadi S; Beena PM. Department of Microbiology, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore-560002 Diagnostic value of IgA in tuberculosis Indian Practitioner. 2002 Feb; 55(2): 97-9

6322.      Handa U, Palta A, Mohan H, Punia RP. Fine needle aspiration diagnosis of tuberculous lymphadenitis. Trop Doct. 2002 Jul;32(3):147-9.

6323.      Houghton RL, Lodes MJ, Dillon DC, Reynolds LD, Day CH, McNeill PD, Hendrickson RC, Skeiky YA, Sampaio DP, Badaro R, Lyashchenko KP, Reed SG. Use of multiepitope polyproteins in serodiagnosis of active tuberculosis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2002 Jul;9(4):883-91.

6324.      Hrabec E, Strek M, Zieba M, Kwiatkowska S, Hrabec Z. Circulation level of matrix metalloproteinase-9 is correlated with disease severity in tuberculosis patients. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2002 Aug;6(8):713-9.

6325.      Iyer Ranganathan N, Menon MM. Evaluation of varies modalities for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in body fluids. Indian J Path Microbiol. 1999; 42(4): 435-9.

6326.      Kafwabulula M, Ahmed K, Nagatake T, Gotoh J, Mitarai S, Oizumi K, Zumla A. Evaluation of PCR-based methods for the diagnosis of tuberculosis by identification of mycobacterial DNA in urine samples. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2002 Aug;6(8):732-7.

6327.      Kaminogo M, Ishimaru H, Morikawa M, Suzuki Y, Shibata S. Proton MR spectroscopy and diffusion-weighted MR imaging for the diagnosis of intracranial tuberculomas. Report of two cases. Neurol Res. 2002 Sep;24(6):537-43.

6328.      Kejariwal D, Sarkar N, Chakraborti SK, Agarwal V, Roy S. Pyrexia study of 100 cases. J Postgrad Med 2001; 47 (2): 104-107.

6329.      Kruuner A, Pehme L, Ghebremichael S, Koivula T, Hoffner SE, Mikelsaar M. Use of molecular techniques to distinguish between treatment failure and exogenous reinfection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 15;35(2):146-55.

6330.      Kumar P, Sharma N, Sharma NC, Patnaik S. Clinical profile of tuberculosis in patients with HIV Infection/AIDS. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2002 Jul-Sep;44(3):159-63.

6331.      Maheshwari V, Srivastava VK, Prasad S, Alam K. Tuberculoma--A significant diagnostic entity in brain biopsies of intracranial space occupying lesions in children. J Trop Pediatr. 2002 Aug;48(4):242-4.

6332.      Mathew S, Paramasivan C N. Use of vancomycin in the culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from gastric lavage. Indian J med Res 2001; 113(Apr), 125-8.

6333.      Moonan PK, Quitugua T, Cox RA, Weis SE. Associate investigations: detection of tuberculosis infections in children resulting in discovery of undiagnosed tuberculosis in adults. J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2002 Jul;102(7):397-400.

6334.      Muzaffar R, Batool S, Aziz F, Naqvi A, Rizvi A. Evaluation of the FASTPlaqueTB assay for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in sputum specimens. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2002 Jul;6(7):635-40.

6335.      Panda D, Lahiri A, Bharracharya I, Ladiri M, Maitra MK. Humoral immune responses in different clinical forms of tuberculosis. J Indian med Ass 2001; 99(8): 424-7.

6336.      Patzina RA, de Andrade HF Jr, de Brito T, Filho HC, Kauffman MR, Pagliari C, Lucena A, Ribeiro da Matta VL, Seixas Duarte MI. Molecular and standard approaches to the diagnosis of mycobacterial granulomatous lymphadenitis in paraffin-embedded tissue. Lab Invest. 2002 Aug;82(8):1095-7.

6337.      S. Banerjee, S. Gupta , N. Shende, S. Kumar & B.C. Harinath, Cocktail of ES-31 and ES-41 antigens for screening of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis  Biomedical Research 2002; 13(2).

6338.      Selvakumar N, Gomathi M, Rehman F, Narayanan PR. Evaluation of a two-reagent cold staining method for detection of acid-fast bacilli. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2002 Aug;6(8):728-31.

6339.      Selvakumar N, Rahman F, Garg R, Rajasekaran S, Mohan NS, Thyagarajan K, Sundaram V, Santha T, Frieden TR, Narayanan PR. Evaluation of the phenol ammonium sulfate sedimentation smear microscopy method for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Aug;40(8):3017-20.

6340.      Shenai S, Rodrigues C, Almeida A, Mehta A. Rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis using transcription mediated amplification. Indian J med Microbiol. 2001; 19(4): 184-9.

6341.      Southey A, Costello E, Gormley E. Detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection and production of interleukin-2 by in vitro stimulation of badger lymphocytes. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2002 Aug;87(1-2):73-8.

6342.      Sriram U, Selvaraj P, Kurian S M, Reetha A M, Narayanan P R. HLA-DR2 subtypes and immune responses in pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J med Res 2001, 113(Apr), 117-24.

6343.      Srivastava L, Srivastava VK. Detection of mycobacterial antigen in circulating immune complexes in patients with chidhood tuberculosis. Indian J Path Microbiol. 1999; 42(4): 405-09.

6344.      Walravens K, Marche S, Rosseels V, Wellemans V, Boelaert F, Huygen K, Godfroid J. IFN-gamma diagnostic tests in the context of bovine mycobacterial infections in Belgium. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2002 Sep 10;87(3-4):401-6.

6345.      Yilmaz T, Sever A, Gur S, Killi R, Elmas N. CT findings of abdominal tuberculosis in 12 patients. Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2002 Sep-Oct;26(5):321.

Pahtogenesis:

6346.      Ameixa C, Friedland JS. Interleukin-8 secretion from Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected monocytes is regulated by protein tyrosine kinases but not by ERK1/2 or p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases. Infect Immun. 2002 Aug;70(8):4743-6.

6347.      Boechat N, Lagier-Roger B, Petit S, Bordat Y, Rauzier J, Hance AJ, Gicquel B, Reyrat JM. Disruption of the gene homologous to mammalian Nramp1 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis does not affect virulence in mice. Infect Immun. 2002 Aug;70(8):4124-31.

6348.      Chackerian AA, Alt JM, Perera TV, Dascher CC, Behar SM. Dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is influenced by host factors and precedes the initiation of T-cell immunity. Infect Immun. 2002 Aug;70(8):4501-9.

6349.      Fisher MA, Plikaytis BB, Shinnick TM. Microarray analysis of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptional response to the acidic conditions found in phagosomes. J Bacteriol. 2002 Jul;184(14):4025-32.

6350.      Garton NJ, Gilleron M, Brando T, Dan HH, Giguere S, Puzo G, Prescott JF, Sutcliffe IC. A novel lipoarabinomannan from the equine pathogen Rhodococcus equi. Structure and effect on macrophage cytokine production. J Biol Chem. 2002 Aug 30;277(35):31722-33.

6351.      Heldwein KA, Fenton MJ. The role of Toll-like receptors in immunity against mycobacterial infection. Microbes Infect. 2002 Jul;4(9):937-44. Review.

6352.      Johansen IS, Lundgren BH, Thyssen JP, Thomsen VO. Rapid differentiation between clinically relevant mycobacteria in microscopy positive clinical specimens and mycobacterial isolates by line probe assay. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2002 Aug;43(4):297-302.

6353.      Kinjo Y, Kawakami K, Uezu K, Yara S, Miyagi K, Koguchi Y, Hoshino T, Okamoto M, Kawase Y, Yokota K, Yoshino K, Takeda K, Akira S, Saito A. Contribution of IL-18 to Th1 response and host defense against infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a comparative study with IL-12p40. J Immunol. 2002 Jul 1;169(1):323-9.

6354.      Kisich KO, Higgins M, Diamond G, Heifets L. Tumor necrosis factor alpha stimulates killing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by human neutrophils. Infect Immun. 2002 Aug;70(8):4591-9.

6355.      Mokrousov I, Otten T, Filipenko M, Vyazovaya A, Chrapov E, Limeschenko E, Steklova L, Vyshnevskiy B, Narvskaya O. Detection of isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by a multiplex allele-specific PCR assay targeting katG codon 315 variation. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Jul;40(7):2509-12.

6356.      Nathan C. Inducible nitric oxide synthase in the tuberculous human lung. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Jul 15;166(2):130-1.

6357.      Paine K, Flower DR. Bacterial bioinformatics: pathogenesis and the genome. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol. 2002 Jul;4(4):357-65.

6358.      Pathania R, Navani NK, Gardner AM, Gardner PR, Dikshit KL. Nitric oxide scavenging and detoxification by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis haemoglobin, HbN in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol. 2002 Sep;45(5):1303-14.

6359.      Repique CJ, Li A, Collins FM, Morris SL. DNA immunization in a mouse model of latent tuberculosis: effect of DNA vaccination on reactivation of disease and on reinfection with a secondary challenge. Infect Immun. 2002 Jul;70(7):3318-23.

6360.      Sanchez-Rodriguez C, Estrada-Chavez C, Garcia-Vigil J, Laredo-Sanchez F, Halabe-Cherem J, Pereira-Suarez A, Mancilla R. An IgG antibody response to the antigen 85 complex is associated with good outcome in Mexican Totonaca Indians with pulmonary tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2002 Aug;6(8):706-12.

6361.      Soborg C, Andersen AB, Madsen HO, Kok-Jensen A, Skinhoj P, Garred P. Natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 1 polymorphisms are associated with microscopy-positive tuberculosis. J Infect Dis. 2002 Aug 15;186(4):517-21.

6362.      Verreck FA, de Boer T, Hoeve M, van Dissel JT, Sanal O, Kurimoto M, Ottenhoff TH. Human host defense and cytokines in mycobacterial infectious diseases: interleukin-18 cannot compensate for genetic defects in the interleukin-12 system. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jul 15;35(2):210-2.

6363.      von Reyn CF, Vuola JM. New vaccines for the prevention of tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Aug 15;35(4):465-74.

Vaccines:

6364.      Cheon SH, Kampmann B, Hise AG, Phillips M, Song HY, Landen K, Li Q, Larkin R, Ellner JJ, Silver RF, Hoft DF, Wallis RS. Bactericidal activity in whole blood as a potential surrogate marker of immunity after vaccination against tuberculosis. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2002 Jul;9(4):901-7.

6365.      D'Souza S, Rosseels V, Denis O, Tanghe A, De Smet N, Jurion F, Palfliet K, Castiglioni N, Vanonckelen A, Wheeler C, Huygen K. Improved tuberculosis DNA vaccines by formulation in cationic lipids. Infect Immun. 2002 Jul;70(7):3681-8.

6366.      Lalvani A. CD8 cytotoxic T cells and the development of new tuberculosis vaccines. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Sep 15;166(6):789-90.

Therapy:

6367.      Abel B, Thieblemont N, Quesniaux VJ, Brown N, Mpagi J, Miyake K, Bihl F, Ryffel B. Toll-like receptor 4 expression is required to control chronic Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice. J Immunol. 2002 Sep 15;169(6):3155-62.

6368.      Sanklecha M. B.C.G. and T.T. Indian Pediatr. 2002 Sep;39(9):880-1; discussion 881.

6369.      Shiffman J, Beer T, Wu Y. The emergence of global disease control priorities. Health Policy Plan. 2002 Sep;17(3):225-34.

6370.      Singh N, Wagener MM, Gayowski T. Safety and efficacy of isoniazid chemoprophylaxis administered during liver transplant candidacy for the prevention of posttransplant tuberculosis. Transplantation. 2002 Sep 27;74(6):892-5.

6371.      Tuberculosis Research Centre. Shortening short course chemotherapy: a randomised clinical trial for treatment of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis with regimens using ofloxacin in the intensive phase Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 2002 Jan; 49(1): 27-38.

 April 2003

6903.      Agrawala S Abdominal Tuberculosis .Hosp Today 2002 ,7(2),65-70.

6904.      Agrawala S. Childhood  Tuberculosis: surgical aspects . Hosp Today 2002 ,7(2),81-7.

6905.      Ariyurek MO, Karcaaltincaba M, Demirkazik FB, Akay H, Gedikoglu G, Emri S. Bilateral multiple pulmonary tuberculous nodules mimicking metastatic disease. Eur J Radiol. 2002 Oct;44(1):33-6.

6906.      Asnis DS, Cherian S, Sun T, Shrestha S, Santucci T Jr.Pulmonary tuberculosis presenting as community-acquired pneumonia. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Dec 15;35(12):1574-5.

6907.      Barrett A, Magee JG, Freeman R. An evaluation of the BD ProbeTec ET system for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory samples. J Med Microbiol. 2002 Oct;51(10):895-8.

6908.      Beg  M,Singh M,Azhari S, Bhargav R ,Ali A .Comparative analysis of immunological diagnostic test of mycobactorium tuberculosis .Indian med Gaz 2001 ,135(7),210-13

6909.      Biswas D; Agarwal M; Ali A; Bhargava R.Antigen ES-31 : observation from use of antigen, antibody and immune complexed antigen in sero-diagnosis of tuberculosis Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 2002 Jul; 49(3): 129-31

6910.      Bose M. Genomics and tuberculosis. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2002 Oct-Dec;44(4):221-3.

6911.      Deivanayagam CN, Rajasekaran S, Venkatesan R, Mahilmaran A, Ahmed PR, Annadurai S, Kumar S, Chandrasekar C, Ravichandran N, Pencillaiah R. Prevalence of acquired MDR-TB and HIV co-infection. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2002 Oct-Dec;44(4):237-42.

6912.      Deodhar  L ,Goghate A .HIV status of culture positive  tuberculosis cases.Indian  J med  Microbiol 1998,16(2).84-5.

6913.      Dhar S; Dhar S.Histopathological features of granulomatous skin diseases : an analysis of 22 skin biopsies Indian Journal of Dermatology . 2002; 47(2): 88-90

6914.      Efrati O, Barak A. Pleural effusions in the pediatric population. Pediatr Rev. 2002 Dec;23(12):417-26.

6915.      Furst DE, Cush J, Kaufmann S, Siegel J, Kurth R.Preliminary guidelines for diagnosing and treating tuberculosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in immunosuppressive trials or being treated with biological agents. Ann Rheum Dis. 2002 Nov;61 Suppl 2:ii62-3.

6916.      Gayathri Devi DR; Belwadi S; Beena PM..Diagnostic value of IgA in tuberculosis Indian Practitioner. 2002 Feb; 55(2): 97-9

6917.      Goel A Seth A . Genitourinary Tuberculosis .Hosp Today 2002,7(2),75-8

6918.      Gupta S; Shende N; Banerjee S; Kumar S; Reddy MVR; Harinath BC. Analysis of seva TBES-31 antigen specific immunoglobulins IgM, IgA and IgG in sera of sputum and culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry. 2002 Jan; 17(1): 5-8

6919.      Hancox M.Cattle TB crisis--cause and cure, and further risk to human health. Respir Med. 2002 Oct;96(10):842-5.

6920.      Jasmer RM, Gotway MB, Creasman JM, Webb WR, Edinburgh KJ, Huang L.Clinical and radiographic predictors of the etiology of computed tomography-diagnosed intrathoracic lymphadenopathy in HIV-infected patients. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2002 Nov 1;31(3):291-8.

6921.      Jasmer RM, Nahid P, Hopewell PC. Clinical practice. Latent tuberculosis infection. N Engl J Med. 2002 Dec 5;347(23):1860-6.

6922.      Jasmer RM, Saukkonen JJ, Blumberg HM, Daley CL, Bernardo J, Vittinghoff E, King MD, Kawamura LM, Hopewell PC.Short-course rifampin and pyrazinamide compared with isoniazid for latent tuberculosis infection: a multicenter clinical trial. Ann Intern Med. 2002 Oct 15;137(8):640-7.

6923.      Julian E, Matas L, Perez A, Alcaide J, Laneelle MA, Luquin M. Serodiagnosis of tuberculosis: comparison of immunoglobulin A (IgA) response to sulfolipid I with IgG and IgM responses to 2,3-diacyltrehalose, 2,3,6-triacyltrehalose, and cord factor antigens. J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Oct;40(10):3782-8.

6924.      Kang EY, Choi JA, Seo BK, Oh YW, Lee CK, Shim JJ.Utility of polymerase chain reaction for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in specimens from percutaneous transthoracic needle aspiration. Radiology. 2002 Oct;225(1):205-9.

6925.      Khan K, Muennig P, Behta M, Zivin JG.Global drug-resistance patterns and the management of latent tuberculosis infection in immigrants to the United States. N Engl J Med. 2002 Dec 5;347(23):1850-9.

6926.      Khan SA, Zahid M, Asif N, Hasan AS.Tuberculosis of the sternoclavicular joint. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2002 Oct-Dec;44(4):271-3.

6927.      Khare K C , Datawani N .HIV infection amongest pulmonary tuberculosis.Hosp Today 2002,7(2),91-3

6928.      Khatri GR, Frieden TR. Controlling tuberculosis in India. N Engl J Med. 2002 Oct 31;347(18):1420-5.

6929.      Kitada S, Maekura R, Toyoshima N, Fujiwara N, Yano I, Ogura T, Ito M, Kobayashi K. Serodiagnosis of pulmonary disease due to Mycobacterium avium complex with an enzyme immunoassay that uses a mixture of glycopeptidolipid antigens. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Dec 1;35(11):1328-35.

6930.      Kulkarni AG; Prabhu VV. Tuberculosis presenting as carpal tunnel syndrome: a case report with review of literature Bombay Hospital Journal. 2002 Jan; 44(1): 102-3

6931.      Kurth R, Haas WH.Epidemiology, diagnostic possibilities, and treatment of tuberculosis.Ann Rheum Dis. 2002 Nov;61 Suppl 2:ii59-61.

6932.      Larsen NM, Biddle CL, Sotir MJ, White N, Parrott P, Blumberg HM. Risk of tuberculin skin test conversion among health care workers: occupational versus community exposure and infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Oct 1;35(7):796-801.

6933.      Lee JH, Lee CW, Lee SG, Yang HS, Hong MK, Kim JJ, Park SW, Chi HS, Park SJ. Comparison of polymerase chain reaction with adenosine deaminase activity in pericardial fluid for the diagnosis of tuberculous pericarditis. Am J Med. 2002 Oct 15;113(6):519-21.

6934.      McCaughan F, Holmes A, Lynn WA, Friedland JS.Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection complicated by Eales disease with peripheral neuropathy. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Oct 15;35(8):e89-91.

6935.      Michael JS; Lalitha MK; Cherian T; Thomas K; Mathai D; Abraham OC; Brahmadattan KN Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis meningitis Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 2002 Jul; 49(3): 133-7

6936.      Mohapatra PR, Janmeja AK, Saini V, Das SK, Deb A.Second-line treatment for chronic tuberculosis.Lancet. 2002 Nov 2;360(9343):1430.

6937.      Mwinga A, Nunn A, Ngwira B, Chintu C, Warndorff D, Fine P, Darbyshire J, Zumla A. Mycobacterium vaccae (SRL172) immunotherapy as an adjunct to standard antituberculosis treatment in HIV-infected adults with pulmonary tuberculosis: a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2002 Oct 5;360(9339):1050-5.

6938.      Raut WK; Sawaitu VK; Bobhate SK; Fule RP; Salodkar AD.Acute miliary tuberculosis of skin-a case report and review of literature Indian Journal of Dermatology . 2002 Jan-Mar; 47(1): 57-9

6939.      Rege SA; Umman P; Nunes Q; Joshi A; Rohandia O.Rectal tuberculosis simulating malignancy: a case report and review Bombay Hospital Journal. 2002 Apr; 44(2): 280-1 .

6940.      Senthil Kumar KS, Uma Devi KR, Alamelu R.Isolation and evaluation of diagnostic value of two major secreted proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2002 Oct-Dec;44(4):225-32.

6941.      Shenai S; Rodrigues C.Evaluation a new phage amplification technology for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2002 Oct; 20(4): 194-90

6942.      Venugopal P; Karunakaran R. Alappuzha Imaging diagnosis: a case report Indian Practitioner. 2002 Jan; 55(1): 46-8

Pathogenesis :

6943.      Chan ED, Iseman MD. Current medical treatment for tuberculosis.BMJ  2002 Nov 30;325(7375):1282-6

6944.      Cockle PJ, Gordon SV, Lalvani A, Buddle BM, Hewinson RG, Vordermeier HM. Identification of novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens with potential as diagnostic reagents or subunit vaccine candidates by comparative genomics. Infect Immun  2002 Dec;70(12):6996-7003

6945.      Gordon S.Positive about HIV--an immunological education project in South Africa. Nat Immunol  2002 Dec;3(12):1115-7 

6946.      Hughes-Davies TH. Changes in the transmission of tuberculosis in New York. N Engl J Med  2002 Oct 31;347(18):1453-5

6947.      Larsen MH, Vilcheze C, Kremer L, Besra GS, Parsons L, Salfinger M, Heifets L, Hazbon MH, Alland D, Sacchettini JC, Jacobs WR Jr. Overexpression of inhA, but not kasA, confers resistance to isoniazid and ethionamide in Mycobacterium smegmatis, M. bovis BCG and M. tuberculosis. Mol Microbiol  2002 Oct;46(2):453-66

6948.      Orellana C. Immune system stimulator shows promise against uberculosis. Lancet Infect Dis  2002 Dec;2(12):711

6949.      Quintana FJ, Carmi P, Cohen IR. DNA vaccination with heat shock protein 60 inhibits cyclophosphamide-accelerated diabetes. J Immunol  2002 Nov 15;169(10):6030-5

Vaccines :

6950.      Hoft DF, Worku S, Kampmann B, Whalen CC, Ellner JJ, Hirsch CS, Brown RB, Larkin R, Li Q, Yun H, Silver RF. Investigation of the relationships between immune-mediated inhibition of mycobacterial growth and other potential surrogate arkers of protective Mycobacterium tuberculosis immunity. J Infect Dis. 2002 Nov 15;186(10):1448-57.

Therapy :

6951.      Biet F, Kremer L, Wolowczuk I, Delacre M, Locht C.Mycobacterium bovis BCG producing interleukin-18 increases antigen-specific gamma interferon production in mice. Infect Immun. 2002 Dec;70(12):6549-57.

6952.      Bose M. Genomics and tuberculosis. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci. 2002 Oct-Dec;44(4):221-3.

6953.      Collins CD, Green AT, Newell JN. The relationship between disease control strategies and health system development: the case of TB. Health Policy. 2002 Nov;62(2):141-60.

6954.      Kang EY, Choi JA, Seo BK, Oh YW, Lee CK, Shim JJ. Utility of polymerase chain reaction for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis in specimens from percutaneous transthoracic needle aspiration. Radiology. 2002 Oct;225(1):205-9.

6955.      Narita M, Kellman M, Franchini DL, McMillan ME, Hollender ES, Ashkin D. Short-course rifamycin and pyrazinamide treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in patients with HIV infection: the 2-year experience of a comprehensive community-based program in Broward County, Florida.Chest. 2002 Oct;122(4):1292-8.

6956.      Shukla SJ, Warren DK, Woeltje KF, Gruber CA, Fraser VJ.Factors associated with the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection among health-care workers at a midwestern teaching hospital. Chest. 2002 Nov;122(5):1609-14.  

July 2003

7484.   Agyekum S, Church A, Sohail M, Krausz T, Van Noorden S, Polak J, Cohen J.  Expression of lymphotoxin-beta (LT-beta) in chronic inflammatory conditions. J Pathol. 2003 Jan;199(1):115-21.

7485.   Ahmed Z, Sachan A S, Gupta R K. comparative evaluation of Elisa (A-60 test) with FNAC and mantoux test in the diagnosis  of tuberculosis lymphadenitis. Indian med Gaz 2002, 136(2), 64-7.

7486.   Akahoshi M, Nakashima H, Miyake K, Inoue Y, Shimizu S, Tanaka Y, Okada K, Otsuka T, Harada M. Influence of interleukin-12 receptor beta1 polymorphisms on tuberculosis. Hum Genet. 2003 Mar;112(3):237-43.

7487.   Aoe K, Hiraki A, Murakami T, Eda R, Maeda T, Sugi K, Takeyama H. Diagnostic significance of interferon-gamma in tuberculous pleural effusions. Chest. 2003 Mar;123(3):740-4.

7488.   Arunkumar M J, Rajshekar V. Intrasellar tuberculoma presenting as pituitary apoplexy. Neurol India 2001, 49(4), 407-10.

7489.   Bardarov S Jr, Dou H, Eisenach K, Banaiee N, Ya S, Chan J, Jacobs WR Jr, Riska PF. Detection and drug-susceptibility testing of M. tuberculosis from sputum samples using luciferase reporter phage: comparison with the Mycobacteria Growth Indicator Tube (MGIT) system. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Jan;45(1):53-61.

7490.   Barthel R, Tsytsykova AV, Barczak AK, Tsai EY, Dascher CC, Brenner MB, Goldfeld AE.  Regulation of tumor necrosis factor alpha gene expression by mycobacteria involves the assembly of a unique enhanceosome dependent on the coactivator proteins CBP/p300. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Jan;23(2):526-33.

7491.   Bhattacharya B, Karak K, Ghosal AG, Roy A, Das S, Dandapat P, Khetawat D, Mondal DK, Bhattacharya S, Chakrabarti S. Development of a new sensitive and efficient multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for identification and differentiation of different mycobacterial species. Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Feb;8(2):150-7.

7492.   Borelli V, Vita F, Shankar S, Soranzo MR, Banfi E, Scialino G, Brochetta C, Zabucchi G. Human eosinophil peroxidase induces surface alteration, killing, and lysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Infect Immun. 2003 Feb;71(2):605-13.

7493.   Byrd RP Jr, Mehta JB, Roy TM. Delay in diagnosis among hospitalized patients with active tuberculosis--predictors and outcomes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Jan 15;167(2):278

7494.   Cherian G, Habashy AG, Uthaman B, Cherian JM, Salama A, Anim JT.  Detection and follow-up of mediastinal lymph node enlargement in tuberculous pericardial effusions using computed tomography. Am J Med. 2003 Mar;114(4):319-22.

7495.   Deswal B S, Bhatnagar D, Kumar D, Deshpande V R. Prevalence of HIV in tuberculosis cases. Indian J Commun Med 2002, 27(2), 80-4.

7496.   Drobniewski FA, Caws M, Gibson A, Young D. Modern laboratory diagnosis of tuberculosis. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Mar;3(3):141-7.

7497.   Dutta B. chatterjee G, Das T K. Primary tuberculosis of the glans penis. Indian J Derm 2001, 46(4), 245-7.

7498.   Eidlitz-Markus T, Zeharia A, Baum G, Mimouni M, Amir J.  Use of the urine color test to monitor compliance with isoniazid treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. Chest. 2003 Mar;123(3):736-9.

7499.   Erdal Yilmal, Gurgoze K M, Ilhan N, Dogan Y, Aydinoglu H. Interleukin-8 levels in children with tuverculosis and aseptic meningitis. Indian J Padiat 2002, 69(3), 219-21.

7500.   Ezung T, Devin N T, Tombi Singh N, Biren Singh T. Pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus- a study. J Indian Med Ass 2002, 100(6), 376-9. Vol 38, No. 20, 16 oct 2002.

7501.   Ferreira WA, Mayrink W, dos Mares-Guia ML, Tavares CA.Detection and characterization of leishmania antigens from an American cutaneous leishmaniasis vaccine for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2003 Jan;45(1):35-43.

7502.   Fritscher-Ravens A, Schirrow L, Pothmann W, Knofel WT, Swain P, Soehendra N. Critical care transesophageal endosonography and guided fine-needle aspiration for diagnosis and management of posterior mediastinitis. Crit Care Med. 2003 Jan;31(1):126-32.

7503.   Gupta R C, Dave L, Gupta M L, Vats M, Gupta N. Primary tuberculosis of middle ear. Antiseptic, Madurai 2002, 99(7), 254.

7504.   Gurbuz AK, Yazgan Y, Ozel MA, Cavuslu S, Altunay H, Yildirim S.  Does high albumin gradient ascites accompany tuberculous peritonitis? J Clin Gastroenterol. 2003 Jan;36(1):82-3.

7505.   Harries AD, Hargreaves NJ, Kwanjana JH, Salaniponi FM. The diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in Malawi. Trop Doct. 2003 Jan;33(1):7-11.

7506.   Hartman EE, Delbanco T. A 52-year-old man with a positive PPD, 1 year later. JAMA. 2003 Jan 22-29;289(4):476.

7507.   Kontos F, Petinaki E, Gitti Z, Costopoulos C, Anagnostou S, Tselentis I,Maniatis AN. Combined use of the fully automated Bactec MGIT 960 system and a PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for routine detection and identification of mycobacteria from clinical samples. J Microbiol Methods. 2003 Jan;52(1):137-40.

7508.   Koppaka VR, Harvey E, Mertz B, Johnson BA.Risk factors associated with tuberculin skin test positivity among university students and the use of such factors in the development of a targeted screening program. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Mar 1;36(5):599-607.

7509.   Kuruvilla A. Ocular tuberculosis. Lancet. 2003 Jan 18;361(9353):260-1;

7510.   Lata Kumar, Singh M. Respiratory allergy. Indian J Padiat 2002, 69(3), 237-44.

7511.   Lewis KN, Liao R, Guinn KM, Hickey MJ, Smith S, Behr MA, Sherman DR. Deletion of RD1 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis mimics bacille Calmette- uerin attenuation. J Infect Dis. 2003 Jan 1;187(1):117-23.

7512.   Magadevan S. Serodiagnosis of tuberculosis is children. J Indian Med Ass 2002, 100(2), 99-102.

7513.   Mazurek GH, Villarino ME. Guidelines for using the QuantiFERON-TB test for diagnosing latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2003 Jan 31;52(RR-2):15-8.

7514.   Menzies D, Fanning A, Yuan L, FitzGerald JM. Factors associated with tuberculin conversion in Canadian microbiology and pathology workers. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Feb 15;167(4):599-602.

7515.   Menzies D. Sputum induction: simpler, cheaper, and safer--but is it better? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Mar 1;167(5):676-7.

7516.   Mishra OP, Batra P, Ali Z, Anupurba S, Das BK. Cerebrospinal fluid lysozyme level for the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis in children.J Trop Pediatr. 2003 Feb;49(1):13-6.

7517.   Montenegro SH, Gilman RH, Sheen P, Cama R, Caviedes L, Hopper T, Chambers R, Oberhelman RA. Improved detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peruvian children by use of a heminested IS6110 polymerase chain reaction assay. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jan 1;36(1):16-23.

7518.   Mustafa AS, Shaban FA, Al-Attiyah R, Abal AT, El-Shamy AM, Andersen P, Oftung F. Human Th1 cell lines recognize the Mycobacterium tuberculosis ESAT-6 antigen and its peptides in association with frequently expressed HLA class II molecules. Scand J Immunol. 2003 Feb;57(2):125-34.

7519.   Naik M B, Chaturvedi R M. Occupational profile of defaulting tuberculosis patients. Indian J Occup Hlth 2001, 44(4), 175-9.

7520.   Park do Y, Kim JY, Choi KU, Lee JS, Lee CH, Sol MY, Suh KS. Comparison of polymerase chain reaction with histopathologic features for diagnosis of tuberculosis in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded histologic specimens. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2003 Mar;127(3):326-30.

7521.   Perkins MD, Conde MB, Martins M, Kritski AL.Serologic diagnosis of tuberculosis using a simple commercial multiantigen assay. Chest. 2003 Jan;123(1):107-12.

7522.   Rajesh M, Sulochana KN, Sundaram AL, Krishnakumar S, Biswas J, Ramakrishnan S. Presence of a 88 kDa Eales protein in uveitis, tuberculosis, leprosy and rheumatoid arthritis. Med Sci Monit. 2003 Feb;9(2):CR95-9.

7523.   San Gabriel P, Saiman L, Kaye K, Silin M, Onorato I, Schulte J.  Completeness of pediatric TB reporting in New York City. Public Health Rep. 2003 Mar-Apr;118(2):144-53.

7524.   Soman D, Davies SJ. A suspected case of tuberculosis of the temporomandibular joint. Br Dent J. 2003 Jan 11;194(1):23-4.

7525.   Stavri H, Moldovan O, Mihaltan F, Banica D, Doyle RJ. Rapid dot sputum and serum assay in pulmonary tuberculosis. J Microbiol Methods. 2003 Mar;52(3):285-96.

7526.   Tailleux L, Schwartz O, Herrmann JL, Pivert E, Jackson M, Amara A, Legres L, Dreher D, Nicod LP, Gluckman JC, Lagrange PH, Gicquel B, Neyrolles O. DC-SIGN is the major Mycobacterium tuberculosis receptor on human dendritic cells. J Exp Med. 2003 Jan 6;197(1):121-7.

7527.   Underwood BR, White VL, Baker T, Law M, Moore-Gillon JC. Contact tracing and population screening for tuberculosis--who should be assessed? J Public Health Med. 2003 Mar;25(1):59-61.

7528.   Wang LJ, Wu CF, Wong YC, Chuang CK, Chu SH, Chen CJ.  Imaging findings of urinary tuberculosis on excretory urography and computerized tomography. J Urol. 2003 Feb;169(2):524-8.

7529.   Yilmaz E, Balci A, Sal S, Cakmakci H. Tuberculous ileitis in a renal transplant recipient with familial Mediterranean fever: Gray-scale and power Doppler sonographic findings. J Clin Ultrasound. 2003 Jan;31(1):51-4.

7530.   Zacharia TT, Shah JR, Patkar D, Kale H, Sindhwani V. MRI in ankle tuberculosis: Review of 14 cases. Australas Radiol. 2003 Mar;47(1):11-6.

7531.   Zhou D, Lai X, Shen Y, Sehgal P, Shen L, Simon M, Qiu L, Huang D, Du GZ, Wang Q, Letvin NL, Chen ZW. Inhibition of adaptive Vgamma2Vdelta2+ T-cell responses during active mycobacterial coinfection of simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac-infected monkeys. J Virol. 2003 Mar;77(5):2998-3006.

Pathogenesis:

7532.   Berrebi D, Bruscoli S, Cohen N, Foussat A, Migliorati G, Bouchet-Delbos L, Maillot MC, Portier A, Couderc J, Galanaud P, Peuchmaur M, Riccardi C, Emilie D. Synthesis of glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper (GILZ) by macrophages: an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive mechanism shared by glucocorticoids and IL-10. Blood. 2003 Jan 15;101(2):729-38.

7533.   Biswas P, Ferrarini M, Mantelli B, Fortis C, Poli G, Lazzarin A, Manfredi AA.  Double-edged effect of Vgamma9/Vdelta2 T lymphocytes on viral expression in an in vitro model of HIV-1/mycobacteria co-infection. Eur J Immunol. 2003 Jan;33(1):252-63.

7534.   Brown RM, Cruz O, Brennan M, Gennaro ML, Schlesinger L, Skeiky YA, Hoft DF. Lipoarabinomannan-reactive human secretory immunoglobulin A responses induced by mucosal bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccination.J Infect Dis. 2003 Feb 1;187(3):513-7.

7535.   Cheadle EJ, Selby PJ, Jackson AM. Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin-infected dendritic cells potently activate autologous T cells via a B7 and interleukin-12-dependent mechanism. Immunology. 2003 Jan;108(1):79-88.

7536.   Cubillas-Tejeda AC, Ruiz-Arguelles A, Bernal-Fernandez G, Quiroz-Compean L, Lopez-Davila A, Reynaga-Hernandez E, Gonzalez-Amaro R. Cytokine production and expression of leucocyte-differentiation antigens by human mononuclear cells in response to mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens. Scand J Immunol. 2003 Feb;57(2):115-24.

7537.   Day FH, Zhang Y, Clair P, Grabstein KH, Mazel M, Rees AR, Kaczorek M, Temsamani J. Induction of antigen-specific CTL responses using antigens conjugated to short peptide vectors. J Immunol. 2003 Feb 1;170(3):1498-503.

7538.   Fletcher HA, Donoghue HD, Holton J, Pap I, Spigelman M. Widespread occurrence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA from 18th-19th century Hungarians. Am J Phys Anthropol. 2003 Feb;120(2):144-52.

7539.   Fletcher HA, Donoghue HD, Taylor GM, van der Zanden AG, Spigelman M. Molecular analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA from a family of 18th century Hungarians. Microbiology. 2003 Jan;149(Pt 1):143-51.

7540.   Gardam MA, Keystone EC, Menzies R, Manners S, Skamene E, Long R, Vinh DC. Anti-tumour necrosis factor agents and tuberculosis risk: mechanisms of action and clinical management. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 Mar;3(3):148-55.

7541.   Gordon S.  Alternative activation of macrophages. Nat Rev Immunol. 2003 Jan;3(1):23-35.

7542.   Hwang HY, Chang CY, Chang LL, Chang SF, Chang YH, Chen YJ. Characterization of rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Taiwan. J Med Microbiol. 2003 Mar;52(Pt 3):239-45.

7543.   Jackson CJ, Lamb DC, Marczylo TH, Parker JE, Manning NL, Kelly DE, Kelly SL.  Conservation and cloning of CYP51: a sterol 14 alpha-demethylase from Mycobacterium smegmatis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2003 Feb 7;301(2):558-63.

7544.   Mayer K. Application of the protein truncation test (PTT) for the detection of tuberculosis sclerosis complex type 1 and 2 (TSC1 and TSC2) mutations. Methods Mol Biol. 2003;217:329-44. 65:

7545.   Melmed G, Thomas LS, Lee N, Tesfay SY, Lukasek K, Michelsen KS, Zhou Y, Hu B, Arditi M, Abreu MT. Human intestinal epithelial cells are broadly unresponsive to Toll-like receptor 2-dependent bacterial ligands: implications for host-microbial interactions in the gut.J Immunol. 2003 Feb 1;170(3):1406-15.

7546.   Mirdha BR. Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare in stool in HIV-seropositive man. Indian J Gastroenterol. 2003 Jan-Feb;22(1):25.

7547.   Riendeau CJ, Kornfeld H. THP-1 cell apoptosis in response to Mycobacterial infection. Infect Immun. 2003 Jan;71(1):254-9.

7548.   Sese E, Xiol X, Castellote J, Rodriguez-Farinas E, Tremosa G. Low complement levels and opsonic activity in hepatic hydrothorax: its relationship with spontaneous bacterial empyema. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2003 Jan;36(1):75-7.

7549.   Sieling PA, Chung W, Duong BT, Godowski PJ, Modlin RL. Toll-like receptor 2 ligands as adjuvants for human Th1 responses. J Immunol. 2003 Jan 1;170(1):194-200.

7550.   Sly LM, Hingley-Wilson SM, Reiner NE, McMaster WR. Survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in host macrophages involves resistance to apoptosis dependent upon induction of antiapoptotic Bcl-2 family member Mcl-1.J Immunol. 2003 Jan 1;170(1):430-7.

7551.   Vankayalapati R, Wizel B, Weis SE, Klucar P, Shams H, Samten B, Barnes PF. Serum cytokine concentrations do not parallel Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced cytokine production in patients with tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jan 1;36(1):24-8.

Therapy:

7552.   Hollender ES, Ashkin D, Narita M. Urine color test to monitor isoniazid compliance: "pissin' in the wind"? Chest. 2003 Mar;123(3):668-70.

7553.   Saracli MA, Albay A, Guney C, Alpt A, Ciftci F, Doganci L.  Resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates in the Turkish Army from 1998 to 2000. Mil Med. 2003 Jan;168(1):24-7.

7554. Schafer MP, Martinez KF, Mathews ES.  Rapid detection and determination of the aerodynamic size range of airborne mycobacteria associated with whirlpools. Appl Occup Environ Hyg. 2003 Jan;18(1):41-50.

October 2003

8167.      Agadi S.   Diagnosis of tuberculosis. Lancet. 2003 Jun 14;361(9374):2082; author reply 2082-3.

8168.      Ahmed N, Caviedes L, Alam M, Rao KR, Sangal V, Sheen P, Gilman RH, Hasnain SE. Distinctiveness of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genotypes from human immunodeficiency virus type 1-seropositive and -seronegative patients in Lima, Peru. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Apr;41(4):1712-6. 

8169.      Banerjee S. , Gupta S., Shende N., Satish K & Harinath B.C.. Serodiagnosis of Tuberculosis Using Two ELISA Systems. Indian J of Clin Biochem 2003, 18(2) 48-53.

8170.      Bilen CY, Inci K, Erkan I, Ozen H. The predictive value of purified protein derivative results on complications and prognosis in patients with bladder cancer treated with bacillus Calmette-Guerin. J Urol. 2003 May;169(5):1702-5.

8171.      Bhatia A.S., Satish K. & Harinath B.C. �Immunodiagnosis of tuberculosis: An update, Indian J of Clin Biochem 2003, 18, (2), 1-5.

8172.      Brun V, Revel MP, Danel C, Fournier LS, Souilamas R, Frija G. Case report. Pyothorax-associated lymphoma: Diagnosis at percutaneous core biopsy with CT guidance. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003 Apr;180(4):969-71.

8173.      Candela A, Andujar J, Hernandez L, Martin C, Barroso E, Arriero JM, Romero S. Functional sequelae of tuberculous pleurisy in patients correctly treated. Chest. 2003 Jun;123(6):1996-2000.

8174.      Cataloluk O, Cakmak EA, Buyukberger N, Barlas O. Formalin fixing and paraffin embedding may lead to extra band development in PCR. New Microbiol. 2003 Apr;26(2):193-8.

8175.      Chow KM, Chow VC, Szeto CC. Indication for peritoneal biopsy in tuberculous peritonitis. Am J Surg. 2003 Jun;185(6):567-73. Review.

8176.      Cobos-Marin L, Montes-Vargas J, Rivera-Gutierrez S, Licea-Navarro A, Gonzalez-y-Merchand JA, Estrada-Garcia I. A novel multiplex-PCR for the rapid identification of Mycobacterium bovis in clinical isolates of both veterinary and human origin. Epidemiol Infect. 2003 Jun;130(3):485-90.

8177.      Cohen-Gadol AA, Zikel OM, Miller GM, Aksamit AJ, Scheithauer BW, Krauss WE.  Spinal cord biopsy: a review of 38 cases. Neurosurgery. 2003 Apr;52(4):806-15; discussion 815-6.

8178.      Drancourt M, Carrieri P, Gevaudan MJ, Raoult D. Blood agar and Mycobacterium tuberculosis: the end of a dogma. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Apr;41(4):1710-1.

8179.      Ewer K, Deeks J, Alvarez L, Bryant G, Waller S, Andersen P, Monk P, Lalvani A. Comparison of T-cell-based assay with tuberculin skin test for diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in a school tuberculosis outbreak. Lancet. 2003 Apr 5;361(9364):1168-73.

8180.      Fisk TL, Hon HM, Lennox JL, Fordham von Reyn C, Horsburgh CR Jr. Detection of latent tuberculosis among HIV-infected patients after initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2003 May 2;17(7):1102-4.

8181.      Hoskyns W. Paediatric tuberculosis. Postgrad Med J. 2003 May;79(931):272-8. Review.

8182.      Jain A, Verma RK, Tiwari V, Goel MM. Development of a new antigen detection dot-ELISA for diagnosis of tubercular lymphadenitis in fine needle aspirates. J Microbiol Methods. 2003 Apr;53(1):107-12.

8183.      Janmeja AK; Das SK; Kochhar S; Handa U. Tuberculosis of the parotid gland. Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences. 2003 Jan-Mar; 45(1): 67-9.

8184.      Kerleguer A, Koeck JL, Fabre M, Gerome P, Teyssou R, Herve V. Use of equivocal zone in interpretation of results of the amplified mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test for diagnosis of tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Apr;41(4):1783-4.

8185.      Kim SJ, Seok JW, Kim IJ, Kim YK, Kim DS. Multifocal Pott's disease (tuberculous spondylitis) incidentally detected on Tc-99m MDP bone and Ga-67 citrate scintigraphy in a patient with diabetes. Clin Nucl Med. 2003 Apr;28(4):286-9.

8186.      Koguchi Y, Kawakami K, Uezu K, Fukushima K, Kon S, Maeda M, Nakamoto A, Owan I, Kuba M, Kudeken N, Azuma M, Yara S, Shinzato T, Higa F, Tateyama M, Kadota J, Mukae H, Kohno S, Uede T, Saito A. High plasma osteopontin level and its relationship with interleukin-12-mediated type 1 T helper cell response in tuberculosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 May 15;167(10):1355-9. Epub 2003 Feb 05.

8187.      Long R, Gardam M. Tumour necrosis factor-alpha inhibitors and the reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection. CMAJ. 2003 Apr 29;168(9):1153-6. Review.

8188.      Marei AM, El-Behedy EM, Mohtady HA, Afify AF. Evaluation of a rapid bacteriophage-based method for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical samples. J Med Microbiol. 2003 Apr;52(Pt 4):331-5.

8189.      Mazurek GH, LoBue PA, Daley CL, Bernardo J, Lardizabal AA, Iademarco MF.  Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection by whole-blood interferon-gamma release assay. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 May 1;36(9):1207-8; author reply 1209-10.

8190.      Ojha UK, Study of serum magnesium estimation in pulmonary tuberculosis of different severity. Indian med J 2002, 96(9), 245-6.

8191.      Park JS, Kim YS, Jee YK, Myong NH, Lee KY. Interleukin-8 production in tuberculous pleurisy: role of mesothelial cells stimulated by cytokine network involving tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1 beta. Scand J Immunol. 2003 May;57(5):463-9.

8192.      Radford AJ, Rothel JS. Diagnosis of tuberculosis. Lancet. 2003 Jun 14;361(9374):2083.

8193.      Rodger A, Jaffar S, Paynter S, Hayward A, Carless J, Maguire H. Delay in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis, London, 1998-2000: analysis of surveillance data. BMJ. 2003 Apr 26;326(7395):909-10.

8194.      Rothel JS, Radford AJ. Comparison of tuberculosis tests: finding truth or confirming prejudice? Clin Infect Dis. 2003 May 1;36(9):1206-7; author reply 1209-10.

8195.      Shenai S, Rodrigues C, Mehta AP. Evaluation of a new phage amplification technology for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis. Indian J med Microbiol 2002, 20(4), 194-9.

8196.      Siddiqi K, Lambert ML, Walley J. Clinical diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in low-income countries: the current evidence. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 May;3(5):288-96. Review.

8197.      Usha K, Saroja S. Nutritional and Biochemical Profiles in Children afflicated with pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian J Nutr Diet 2002, 39(10), 439-43.

8198.      Wood PR, Jones SL.  Diagnosis of tuberculosis. Lancet. 2003 Jun 14;361(9374):2081-2; author reply 2082-3.

Pathogenesis:

 

8199.      Adams CH, Werely CJ, Victor TC, Hoal EG, Rossouw G, van Helden PD. Allele frequencies for glutathione S-transferase and N-cetyltransferase 2 differ in African population groups and may be associated with oesophageal cancer or tuberculosis incidence. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2003 Apr;41(4):600-5.

8200.      Al-Attiyah R, Shaban FA, Wiker HG, Oftung F, Mustafa AS. Synthetic peptides identify promiscuous human Th1 cell epitopes of the secreted mycobacterial antigen MPB70. Infect Immun. 2003 Apr;71(4):1953-60.

8201.      Corbett EL, Watt CJ, Walker N, Maher D, Williams BG, Raviglione MC, Dye C. The growing burden of tuberculosis: global trends and interactions with the HIV epidemic. Arch Intern Med. 2003 May 12;163(9):1009-21. Review.

8202.      Dale JW, Al-Ghusein H, Al-Hashmi S, Butcher P, Dickens AL, Drobniewski F, Forbes KJ, Gillespie SH, Lamprecht D, McHugh TD, Pitman R, Rastogi N, Smith AT, Sola C, Yesilkaya H. Evolutionary relationships among strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with few copies of IS6110. J Bacteriol. 2003 Apr;185(8):2555-62.

8203.      de Oliveira MM, da Silva Rocha A, Cardoso Oelemann M, Gomes HM, Fonseca L, Werneck-Barreto AM, Valim AM, Rossetti ML, Rossau R, Mijs W, Vanderborght B, Suffys P. Rapid detection of resistance against rifampicin in isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Brazilian patients using a reverse-phase hybridization assay. J Microbiol Methods. 2003 Jun;53(3):335-42.

8204.      Hovell M, Blumberg E, Gil-Trejo L, Vera A, Kelley N, Sipan C, Hofstetter CR, Marshall S, Berg J, Friedman L, Catanzaro A, Moser K.  Predictors of adherence to treatment for latent tuberculosis infection in high-risk Latino adolescents: a behavioral epidemiological analysis. Soc Sci Med. 2003 Apr;56(8):1789-96.

8205.      Mazzarelli G, Rindi L, Piccoli P, Scarparo C, Garzelli C, Tortoli E.  Evaluation of the BDProbeTec ET system for direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in pulmonary and extrapulmonary samples: a multicenter study. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Apr;41(4):1779-82.

8206.      Venketaraman V, Dayaram YK, Amin AG, Ngo R, Green RM, Talaue MT, Mann J, Connell ND. Role of glutathione in macrophage control of mycobacteria. Infect Immun. 2003 Apr;71(4):1864-71.

Vaccines:

8207.      Young DB.  Building a better tuberculosis vaccine. Nat Med. 2003 May;9(5):503-4.

 

 

Therapy:

8208.      Almeida D, Rodrigues C, Udwadia ZF, Lalvani A, Gothi GD, Mehta P, Mehta A.  Incidence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in urban and rural India and implications for prevention. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Jun 15;36(12):e152-4. Epub 2003 Jun 03.

8209.      Praveen Kumar; Niraj Sharma. Primary MDR TB of the breast. Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences. 2003 Jan-Mar; 45(1): 63-5

8210.      Puri MM; Arora VK. Role of gallium arsenide laser irradiation at 890 nm as an adjunctive to anti-tuberculosis drugs in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences. 2003 Jan-Mar; 45(1): 19-23.

8211.      Sharma DC.  India makes poor tuberculosis progress in 2002. Lancet Infect Dis. 2003 May;3(5):265.

8212.      Zittermann A. Vitamin D in preventive medicine: are we ignoring the evidence? Br J Nutr. 2003 May;89(5):552-72. Review.

 

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