Tuberculosis Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Tuberculosis, including details on symptoms, causes, treatment, pulmonary, mycobacterium.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 7 (July)

1. The importance of recent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an area with high HIV prevalence: a long-term molecular epidemiological study in Northern Malawi.
   J Infect Dis, 192(3): 480-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. In tuberculous pleural effusions, activated neutrophils undergo apoptosis and acquire a dendritic cell-like phenotype.
   J Infect Dis, 192(3): 399-409. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. The dream of a vaccine against tuberculosis; new vaccines improving or replacing BCG?
   Eur Respir J, 26(1): 162-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Tuberculosis infection in children who are contacts of immigrant tuberculosis patients.
   Eur Respir J, 26(1): 126-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Association between smoking and tuberculosis infection: a population survey in a high tuberculosis incidence area.
   Thorax, 60(7): 555-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Lipopolysaccharide binding protein-deficient mice have a normal defense against pulmonary mycobacterial infection.
   Clin Immunol, 116(2): 174-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Intracranial tuberculoma -- a diagnostic dilemma.
   J Laryngol Otol, 119(6): 486-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Risk and case characteristics of tuberculosis in rheumatoid arthritis associated with tumor necrosis factor antagonists in Sweden.
   Arthritis Rheum, 52(7): 1986-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Cytokines and fibrinolytic enzymes in tuberculous and parapneumonic effusions.
   Clin Immunol, 116(2): 166-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Decision-making for lung resection in patients with empyema and collapsed lung due to tuberculosis.
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 130(1): 131-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. The impact of HIV/AIDS on the control of tuberculosis in India.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(27): 9619-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from human to cattle.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3555-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Improved sensitivity of sputum smear microscopy after processing specimens with C18-carboxypropylbetaine to detect acid-fast bacilli: a study of United States-bound immigrants from Vietnam.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3460-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Drug susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by a nitrate reductase assay applied directly on microscopy-positive sputum samples.
    J Clin Microbiol, 43(7): 3159-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. PCR for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in experimentally infected dogs.
    J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health, 52(4): 165-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Isoniazid hepatotoxicity associated with treatment of latent tuberculosis infection: a 7-year evaluation from a public health tuberculosis clinic.
    Chest, 128(1): 116-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Number of negative acid-fast smears needed to adequately assess infectivity of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
    Chest, 128(1): 108-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Effect of nucleic acid amplification for Mycobacterium tuberculosis on clinical decision making in suspected extrapulmonary tuberculosis.
    Chest, 128(1): 102-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. T cell immune responses to mycobacterial antigens in Brazilian tuberculosis patients and controls.
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 99(9): 699-707. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Diabetes mellitus, tuberculosis and the mycobacteria: two millenia of enigma.
    Med Hypotheses, 65(3): 433-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Synthetic peptide vaccination in cattle: induction of strong cellular immune responses against peptides derived from the Mycobacterium bovis antigen Rv3019c.
    Vaccine, 23(35): 4375-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Parotid mycobacteriosis is frequently caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in advanced AIDS.
    J Oral Pathol Med, 34(7): 407-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Nodular tuberculid in a patient with HIV.
    J Am Acad Dermatol, 53(2): S154-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. A multiplexed and miniaturized serological tuberculosis assay identifies antigens that discriminate maximally between TB and non-TB sera.
    J Immunol Methods, 301(1): 154-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Investigations of cattle herd breakdowns with bovine tuberculosis in four counties of England and Wales using VETNET data.
    Prev Vet Med, 70(3): 293-311. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. In vivo phenotypic dominance in mouse mixed infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates.
    J Infect Dis, 192(4): 600-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. CD4-CD8- T cells control intracellular bacterial infections both in vitro and in vivo.
    J Exp Med, 202(2): 309-19. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Macronodular hepatic tuberculosis associated with portal vein thrombosis and portal hypertension.
    Australas Radiol, 49(4): 322-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Perinatal tuberculosis: implications of failure to isolate the lungs in an infant undergoing thoracotomy.
    Paediatr Anaesth, 15(8): 689-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Measuring the quality of hospital tuberculosis services: a prospective study in four Zimbabwe hospitals.
    Int J Qual Health Care, 17(4): 287-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Knowledge and acceptability of HAART among TB patients in Durban, South Africa.
    AIDS Care, 17(6): 767-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Linezolid for the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.
    J Antimicrob Chemother, 56(1): 180-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Impact of tuberculosis on serum leptin levels in patients with HIV infection.
    Horm Res, 63(5): 228-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Factors associated with severe granulomatous pneumonia in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected mice vaccinated therapeutically with hsp65 DNA.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 5189-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Immunogenicity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE55 (Rv3347c) protein during incipient and clinical tuberculosis.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 5004-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Enhancing the protective efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination against tuberculosis by boosting with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis major secretory protein.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 4676-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Human {beta}-defensin 2 is expressed and associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis during infection of human alveolar epithelial cells.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 4505-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. An ABC transporter containing a forkhead-associated domain interacts with a serine-threonine protein kinase and is required for growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in mice.
    Infect Immun, 73(8): 4471-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Lymphocytic joint fluid in tuberculous arthritis. A review of 30 cases.
    Joint Bone Spine, 72(4): 319-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Detection of in vitro interferon-gamma and serum tumour necrosis factor-alpha in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients.
    Clin Exp Immunol, 141(3): 541-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Exposure to Mycobacterium avium induces low-level protection from Mycobacterium bovis infection but compromises diagnosis of disease in cattle.
    Clin Exp Immunol, 141(3): 432-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Interaction of Rv1625c, a mycobacterial class IIIa adenylyl cyclase, with a mammalian congener.
    Mol Microbiol, 57(3): 667-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Tuberculosis and HIV interaction in sub-Saharan Africa: impact on patients and programmes; implications for policies.
    Trop Med Int Health, 10(8): 734-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Efficacy and safety of two dosages of cotrimoxazole as preventive treatment for HIV-infected Malawian adults with new smear-positive tuberculosis.
    Trop Med Int Health, 10(8): 723-33. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. Part I: recent trends and current status.
    Lancet Infect Dis, 5(8): 481-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Effectiveness of recommendations to prevent reactivation of latent tuberculosis infection in patients treated with tumor necrosis factor antagonists.
    Arthritis Rheum, 52(6): 1766-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Sternal tuberculosis after open heart surgery.
    Scand J Infect Dis, 37(5): 373-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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