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 8 (August)

1. Immune responses to tuberculosis in developing countries: implications for new vaccines.
   Nat Rev Immunol, 5(8): 661-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Therapeutic effects of Ag85B and MPT64 DNA vaccines in a murine model of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
   Vaccine, 23(37): 4619-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Rapid differentiation of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis based on a 12.7-kb fragment by a single tube multiplex-PCR.
   Vet Microbiol, 109(3): 211-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Evaluation of the discriminatory power of variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) typing of Mycobacterium bovis strains.
   Vet Microbiol, 109(3): 217-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. New genetic approaches shed light on TB virulence.
   Trends Microbiol, 13(8): 366-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. The success and failure of BCG - implications for a novel tuberculosis vaccine.
   Nat Rev Microbiol, 3(8): 656-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Deletion of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis pknH gene confers a higher bacillary load during the chronic phase of infection in BALB/c mice.
   J Bacteriol, 187(16): 5751-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Inverse association between Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and atopic rhinitis in children.
   Allergy, 60(9): 1121-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. When "the program is good, but the disease is better": lessons from Peru on drug-resistant tuberculosis.
   Med Anthropol, 24(3): 265-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. In vivo and in vitro studies of a novel cytokine, interleukin 4delta2, in pulmonary tuberculosis.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 172(4): 501-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Tuberculosis in pregnancy.
    Clin Perinatol, 32(3): 739-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Antituberculosis drug resistance and anonymous HIV surveillance in tuberculosis patients in Botswana, 2002.
    Lancet, 366(9484): 488-90. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Review of epidemiological studies on the occupational risk of tuberculosis in low-incidence areas.
    Respiration, 72(4): 431-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. The role of routine culture for tuberculosis during bronchoscopy examination of lung masses.
    Respiration, 72(4): 402-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Psychotherapy improves compliance with tuberculosis treatment.
    Respiration, 72(4): 375-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Response to empirical anti-tuberculosis treatment in patients with sputum smear-negative presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis.
    Respiration, 72(4): 369-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Lack of an association between interleukin-12 receptor beta1 polymorphisms and tuberculosis in Koreans.
    Respiration, 72(4): 365-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Paradoxical intracranial tuberculoma requiring surgical treatment.
    Pediatr Neurosurg, 41(4): 201-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Simultaneous choroidal tuberculoma and epididymo-orchitis caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    Am J Ophthalmol, 140(2): 310-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Interleukin-6 and human immunodeficiency virus load, but not plasma leptin concentration, predict anorexia and wasting in adults with pulmonary tuberculosis in Malawi.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(8): 4771-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Cerebrospinal fluid adenosine deaminase levels and adverse neurological outcome in pediatric tuberculous meningitis.
    Infection, 33(4): 264-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Assessment of possible tuberculous lymphadenopathy by PCR compared to non-molecular methods.
    J Med Microbiol, 54: 873-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Attenuated response to purified protein derivative in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: study in a population with a high prevalence of tuberculosis.
    Ann Rheum Dis, 64(9): 1360-1. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Proinflammatory cytokines, transforming growth factor-beta1, and fibrinolytic enzymes in loculated and free-flowing pleural exudates.
    Chest, 128(2): 690-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Melatonin-selenium nanoparticles inhibit oxidative stress and protect against hepatic injury induced by Bacillus Calmette-Guérin/lipopolysaccharide in mice.
    J Pineal Res, 39(2): 156-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Polarized helper T cells in tubercular pleural effusion: phenotypic identity and selective recruitment.
    Eur J Immunol, 35(8): 2367-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Requisite role for complement C5 and the C5a receptor in granulomatous response to mycobacterial glycolipid trehalose 6,6'-dimycolate.
    Scand J Immunol, 62(2): 123-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Genetic resistance to bovine tuberculosis in the Iberian wild boar.
    Mol Ecol, 14(10): 3209-17. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Tuberculous meningitis in Turkish children: an evaluation of 38 cases.
    Trop Doct, 35(3): 183-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Medical interns knowledge of TB in Pakistan.
    Trop Doct, 35(3): 144-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Impact of an effective multidrug-resistant tuberculosis control programme in the setting of an immature HIV epidemic: system dynamics simulation model.
    Int J STD AIDS, 16(8): 560-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Predictive value of soluble haemoglobin scavenger receptor CD163 serum levels for survival in verified tuberculosis patients.
    Clin Microbiol Infect, 11(9): 730-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Tuberculous epididymitis: a case report and literature review.
    Asian J Androl, 7(3): 329-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Analysis of cellular phenotypes that mediate genetic resistance to tuberculosis using a radiation bone marrow chimera approach.
    Infect Immun, 73(9): 6174-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Anamnestic responses of mice following Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
    Infect Immun, 73(9): 6110-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Therapeutic efficacy of high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in mice.
    Infect Immun, 73(9): 6101-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Cationic liposomes containing mycobacterial lipids: a new powerful Th1 adjuvant system.
    Infect Immun, 73(9): 5817-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Tracking antigen-specific CD8 T lymphocytes in the lungs of mice vaccinated with the Mtb72F polyprotein.
    Infect Immun, 73(9): 5809-16. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Optimization of codon usage enhances the immunogenicity of a DNA vaccine encoding mycobacterial antigen Ag85B.
    Infect Immun, 73(9): 5666-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis organisms for 8 days in fresh lung tissue from an exhumed body.
    Hum Pathol, 36(8): 915-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Routine hospital use of a new commercial whole blood interferon-gamma assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 172(5): 631-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Reinfection and mixed infection cause changing Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-resistance patterns.
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 172(5): 636-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. The 19-kDa antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a major adhesin that binds the mannose receptor of THP-1 monocytic cells and promotes phagocytosis of mycobacteria.
    Microb Pathog, 39(3): 97-107. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Absence of complement receptor 3 results in reduced binding and ingestion of Mycobacterium tuberculosis but has no significant effect on the induction of reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates or on the survival of the bacteria in resident and interferon-gamma activated macrophages.
    Microb Pathog, 39(3): 57-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Spatial relationship between Mycobacterium bovis strains in cattle and badgers in four areas in Ireland.
    Prev Vet Med, 71(1): 57-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Acute abdomen: an unusual case of ruptured tuberculous mesenteric abscess.
    Surg Infect (Larchmt), 6(2): 259-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Peritoneal tuberculosis in a 15-month-old male: surgical diagnosis of an insidious disease.
    Surg Infect (Larchmt), 6(2): 255-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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