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 4 (2007), Issue 4 (April)

1. Sensitivity of a whole-blood interferon-gamma assay among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and variations in T-cell responses during anti-tuberculosis treatment.
   Infection, 35(2): 98-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Clinical predictors for death in HIV-positive and HIV-negative tuberculosis patients in Guinea-Bissau.
   Infection, 35(2): 69-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. TB in a low-incidence country: differences between new immigrants, foreign-born residents and native residents.
   Am J Med, 120(4): 350-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Individuals with pulmonary tuberculosis have lower levels of circulating CD1d-restricted NKT cells.
   J Infect Dis, 195(9): 1361-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Mechanisms of polymorphonuclear neutrophil-mediated induction of HIV-1 replication in macrophages during pulmonary tuberculosis.
   J Infect Dis, 195(9): 1303-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Evaluation of a novel vaccine (HVJ-liposome/HSP65 DNA+IL-12 DNA) against tuberculosis using the cynomolgus monkey model of TB.
   Vaccine, 25(16): 2990-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Smoking and tuberculosis among silicotic patients.
   Eur Respir J, 29(4): 745-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Association between passive smoking and infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis in children.
   Pediatrics, 119(4): 734-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. SP110 polymorphisms are not associated with pulmonary tuberculosis in a South African population.
   Hum Genet, 121(3): 521-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Perinatal tuberculosis a case series.
    J Trop Pediatr, 53(2): 135-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Tuberculosis of the breast in an adolescent girl: a rare presentation.
    J Trop Pediatr, 53(2): 133-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. A case of scrotal sarcoidosis that mimicked tuberculosis.
    Nat Clin Pract Urol, 4(4): 227-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Superior sagittal sinus thrombosis caused by calvarial tuberculosis: case report.
    Neurosurgery, 60(4): E776; discussion E776. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Mycobacterium simiae cervical lymphadenitis.
    Pediatr Infect Dis J, 26(4): 362-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Active tuberculosis among adolescents in toronto, Canada: clinical features and delays in diagnosis.
    Pediatr Infect Dis J, 26(4): 355-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. The clinical management of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 13(3): 212-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Tuberculosis and pregnancy.
    Curr Opin Pulm Med, 13(3): 205-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Comparison of Mantoux and QuantiFERON TB Gold tests for diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in Army personnel.
    Clin Vaccine Immunol, 14(4): 477-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Acute phase markers for the differentiation of infectious and malignant pleural effusions.
    Respir Med, 101(5): 910-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Diagnostic value of interferon-gamma in tuberculous pleurisy: a metaanalysis.
    Chest, 131(4): 1133-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Pleural tuberculosis in the United States: incidence and drug resistance.
    Chest, 131(4): 1125-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Human immunodeficiency virus counseling, testing, and referral of close contacts to patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: feasibility and costs.
    J Public Health Manag Pract, 13(3): 252-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Tuberculin testing to detect latent tuberculosis in developing countries.
    Epidemiology, 18(3): 348-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Risk factors for positive tuberculin skin test in Guinea-Bissau.
    Epidemiology, 18(3): 340-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Clinicoradiological features of tuberculous meningitis in patients over 50 years of age.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 78(5): 536-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Drug-induced lupus associated with synthetic conjugated estrogens.
    Ann Pharmacother, 41(4): 702-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Bronchoalveolar neutrophils, interferon gamma-inducible protein 10 and interleukin-7 in AIDS-associated tuberculosis.
    Clin Exp Immunol, 148(2): 254-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Pancreatic tuberculosis with a pancreaticobiliary fistula.
    Dig Dis Sci, 52(5): 1225-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Modulation of gamma interferon receptor 1 by Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a potential immune response evasive mechanism.
    Infect Immun, 75(5): 2500-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Gamma interferon responses of CD4 and CD8 T-cell subsets are quantitatively different and independent of each other during pulmonary Mycobacterium bovis BCG infection.
    Infect Immun, 75(5): 2244-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Modulation of naive CD4+ T-cell responses to an airway antigen during pulmonary mycobacterial infection.
    Infect Immun, 75(5): 2260-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. In vivo adaptation of the Wayne model of latent tuberculosis.
    Infect Immun, 75(5): 2621-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Drug-resistant genital tuberculosis of the penis in a human immunodeficiency virus non-reactive individual.
    J Med Microbiol, 56: 694-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. A paradigm for the molecular identification of Mycobacterium species in a routine diagnostic laboratory.
    J Med Microbiol, 56: 598-602. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. A peptide mimetic of the mycobacterial mannosylated lipoarabinomannan: characterization and potential applications.
    J Med Microbiol, 56: 579-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Association of variants in the IL12B gene with leprosy and tuberculosis.
    Tissue Antigens, 69: 234-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Immunogenetics of mycobacterial infections in the North Indian population.
    Tissue Antigens, 69: 228-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. How to measure the prevalence of tuberculosis in a population.
    Trop Med Int Health, 12(4): 475-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Evaluation of the clinical efficacy of subconjunctival injection of clindamycin in the treatment of naturally occurring infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis.
    Vet Ophthalmol, 10(3): 186-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Increasing rate of childhood tuberculosis in a region of east Croatia.
    Pediatr Int, 49(2): 183-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. MHC class II tetramer guided detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific CD4+ T cells in peripheral blood from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.
    Scand J Immunol, 65(5): 467-78. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Geographic prediction of tuberculosis clusters in Fukuoka, Japan, using the space-time scan statistic.
    BMC Infect Dis, 7: 26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. The PGRS domain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE_PGRS Rv1759c antigen is an efficient subunit vaccine to prevent reactivation in a murine model of chronic tuberculosis.
    Vaccine, 25(18): 3722-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis after declining incidence, New York City, 2001-2003.
    Epidemiol Infect, 135(4): 634-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Bovine tuberculosis in southern African wildlife: a multi-species host-pathogen system.
    Epidemiol Infect, 135(4): 529-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Monitoring treatment responses in patients with pulmonary TB using serial lung gallium-67 scintigraphy.
    AJR Am J Roentgenol, 188(5): W403-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. Recent advances in the diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis.
    Arch Dis Child, 92(5): 446-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Global phylogeography of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and implications for tuberculosis product development.
    Lancet Infect Dis, 7(5): 328-37. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Husbandry practices, badger sett density and habitat composition as risk factors for transient and persistent bovine tuberculosis on UK cattle farms.
    Prev Vet Med, 80(2): 129-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Current status of TB vaccines.
    Vaccine, 25(19): 3742-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Tuberculous meningitis-induced unilateral sensorineural hearing loss: a temporal bone study.
    Acta Otolaryngol, 127(5): 553-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Tc-99m ciprofloxacin scans for detection of tubercular bone infection.
    Clin Nucl Med, 32(5): 367-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Osteopontin and C-reactive protein in Egyptian patients affected with tuberculous and malignant pleural effusion.
    Ann Clin Biochem, 44: 264-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Current survey of urinary tuberculosis in Hokkaido, Japan.
    J Infect Chemother, 13(2): 105-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Comparison distribution of HLA-B alleles in mexican patients with takayasu arteritis and tuberculosis.
    Hum Immunol, 68(5): 449-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Tuberculosis in renal transplant recipients.
    Transpl Infect Dis, 9(2): 97-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Immune reconstitution syndrome in a patient with AIDS with paradoxically deteriorating brain tuberculoma.
    AIDS Patient Care STDS, 21(4): 234-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. Effect of tuberculosis on the survival of women infected with human immunodeficiency virus.
    Am J Epidemiol, 165(10): 1134-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. Cutaneous tuberculosis in Morocco.
    Int J Infect Dis, 11(3): 209-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Coagulant and fibrinolytic status in tuberculous meningitis.
    Pediatr Infect Dis J, 26(5): 428-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Surgery for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis: report of 121 cases receiving community-based treatment in Lima, Peru.
    Thorax, 62(5): 416-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Experimental tuberculosis in the European badger (Meles meles) after endobronchial inoculation of Mycobacterium bovis: I. Pathology and bacteriology.
    Res Vet Sci, 83(1): 53-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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