AIDS Weekly articles from November 1993

AIDS Weekly archives from November 1993

CD4 response to AZT may predict course of AIDS. (CD4 lymphocytes, John Hopkins University)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: Johns Hopkins University Data from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) indicate that HIV-infected individuals whose CD4 T -lymphocyte counts increase early in the course of treatment with AZT develop AIDS symptoms more...

Agency searches for a safe foam or gel to kill HIV in vagina. (World Health Organization)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO), in a new research strategy it says could revolutionize AIDS prevention, is searching for a safe foam or gel to kill HIV inside a woman's vagina. The U.N. health agency held out...

Contraceptive device kills HIV in vagina. (University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: University of Kentucky A contraceptive capsule that kills HIV has been developed by a University of Kentucky (UK), Lexington, Kentucky, researcher. George A. Digenis, a UK College of Pharmacy faculty member, combined the...

AIDS royalties renegotiated despite ruling. (France wants more royalties for its role in discovering HIV)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: France France restated its determination to win a greater share of royalties for discovery of HIV, a day after the U.S. government dropped allegations of misconduct against an American researcher. Dr. Robert Gallo, who...

ORI drops charges against Gallo. (Public Health Service's Office of Research Integrity)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: U.S. NCI The U.S. government was forced to drop charges of misconduct against AIDS researcher Robert Gallo because there was not enough evidence to prove the case, a lawyer says. Joseph Onek, an attorney representing...

Candidate AIDS vaccines fail key test. (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: U.S. NIH Promising vaccines against HIV have failed in key laboratory tests, raising the possibility that large -scale trials may be delayed, researchers report. Several vaccines had triggered neutralizing antibodies in...

Congress approves measure that could delay AIDS vaccine trial. (U.S. Army)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: U.S. Army Congress has given U.S. government scientists more time to consider whether it is wise to spend $20 million solely on testing a single vaccine manufactured by MicroGeneSys Inc., Meriden, Connecticut. The...

Experts emphasize need for nutrition therapy in AIDS. (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: U.S. NIH HIV may destroy the ability of the body to process a corrosive type of oxygen molecule, leading to an acceleration of the fatal disease. The solution may be some type of vitamin therapy, experts say. Scientists...

$15 million to be paid to those who got AIDS by transfusion. (Germany)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: Germany Germany will pay $15 million in aid until 1996 to AIDS patients infected from transfusions, officials said, as the government moved to counter criticism of its handling of tainted blood cases. Germany's health...

Newborn babies may have received AIDS-tainted blood. (Germany)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: Germany The AIDS scare sweeping Germany worsened with the announcement by health officials that at least 50 premature newborns may have received AIDS-tainted plasma during treatment in Bavarian clinics. The report is...

Further arrests in Germany's HIV-blood testing scandal. (Germany)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: Germany German authorities arrested two employees of a plasma company in connection with a growing scandal over charges the nation's blood products supply was not screened adequately for HIV. The new arrests bring to...

Two Austrian blood products banned. (France)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: France The French ministry of health announced November 6, 1993, that it had banned two blood products made by Immuno GmbH of Austria, because they may have been derived from plasma provided by the German firm UB Plasma. ...

"Time to Act" theme of World AIDS Day, December 1, 1993. (World Health Organization)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has selected the theme "Time To Act" for the sixth annual World AIDS Day, December 1, 1993. The theme focuses on the need for action against the world pandemic of HIV infection...

State bar recommends new protections for people with AIDS. (New York)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: New York Sweeping legislative changes that would give HIV -infected people new protections before the courts, on the job and at home were recommended by the New York State Bar Association. The association's...

Postal worker says mailbox needlestick made him threaten supervisor. (Tennessee)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: Tennessee A postal worker pricked by a hypodermic needle in a mailbox says he is living in fear of AIDS, and he thinks the stress may have prompted him to threaten his supervisor. The postal worker, 41, was suspended...

Some partners of those infected try to contract AIDS. (Washington state)
November 22, 1993... DATELINE: Washington It is tragic by any standard, but counselors say some men and women have taken to infecting themselves with HIV rather than continue living after watching a loved one die from the disease. For some, the desire...

Nutrition intervention and fad diets among AIDS patients. (Research Report)
November 22, 1993... AUTHORS: S. Singla and S. Marcuard. University Medical Center of Eastern Carolina, Greenville, North Carolina. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Dietetic Association held...

Factors associated with malnutrition among HIV+ individuals. (Research Report)
November 22, 1993... AUTHORS: I. Mercado and V. Sharp. The Spellman Center for HIV-Related Disease, St. Clare's Hospital, New York, New York. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 76th Annual Meeting of the American Dietetic Association...

Prevalence of asymptomatic HSV (herpes simplex virus) type 2 shedding among HIV-1 infected women. (Research Report)
November 22, 1993... AUTHORS: M. Augenbraun, L. Clarke, M. Sierra, H. Minkoff and J. Dehovitz. The Women's AIDS Cohort Study, State University of New York-HSC at Brooklyn, New York. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 33rd...

Treatment with high dose penicillin G of persons with symptomatic central nervous system (CNS) invasion by Treponema pallidum with concurrent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. (Research Report)
November 22, 1993... AUTHORS: S. Gordon, M. Eaton, S. Larsen, R. George and S. Thompson. Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the...

Issues for HIV-infected pregnant women. (Research Report)
November 22, 1993... AUTHORS: A.M.M. Phoya. According to an abstract presented by the author during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and Mothers held September 7-10, 1993, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, "Global...

HIV and pregnancy: double trouble. (Research Report)
November 22, 1993... AUTHORS: M. Temmerman. Department OB/GYN, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. According to an abstract presented by the author during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and Mothers held...

Treatment of HIV disease in pregnancy - developed countries. (Research Report)
November 22, 1993... AUTHORS: R. Sperling. According to an abstract presented by the author during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and Mothers held September 7-10, 1993, in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, "HIV-infected...

Chemoprophylaxis in the prevention of HIV-related tuberculosis in Zambia. (Research Report)
November 22, 1993... AUTHORS: A. Mwinga 1, J. Pobee 1, N. Luo 1, J. Porter 2 and K.P.W.J. McAdam 2. 1University Teaching Hospital, Lusaka, and 2London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. According to an abstract submitted by the...

Increased mortality associated with vitamin A deficiency during human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. (Periodical Report)
November 22, 1993... SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, September 27, 1993;153:2149-2154. Vitamin A deficiency is associated with decreases in circulating CD4 cells and increased mortality in HIV -positive patients, report researchers from Johns...

Pharmacokinetics and bioavailability of fluconazole in patients with AIDS. (Periodical Report)
November 22, 1993... SOURCE: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 1993;37(10):2187-2192. A team of American researchers found no difference in the pharmacokinetic parameters of fluconazole administered intravenously (i.v.) or orally (p.o). ...

Effects of standard breakfast on pharmacokinetics of oral zidovudine in patients with AIDS. (AZT, Periodical Report)
November 22, 1993... SOURCE: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, October 1993;37(10):2153-2158. Breakfasting had a marked influence on AZT absorption in this German study, suggesting that the drug should be taken in a fasting state. Markus...

Novel assay for the detection of immunoglobulin G antihuman immunodeficiency virus in untreated saliva and urine. (Periodical Report)
November 22, 1993... SOURCE: Journal of Medical Virology, October 1993;41(2):159-164. An IgG antibody capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (GACELISA) provides an accurate alternative to the conventional anti-HIV test of blood, report researchers from...

Screening for human immunodeficiency virus: a survey British pharmacology units. (Periodical Report)
November 22, 1993... SOURCE: British Journal of Pharmacology, October 1993;36(4):293-296. A survey of HIV screening practices employed by clinical pharmacology units performing Phase I and II studies found the indirect methods are more appropriate than...

Resting energy expenditure and weight loss in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients. (Periodical Report)
November 22, 1993... SOURCE: Metabolism, September 1993;42(9):1173-1179. Increased resting energy expenditure (REE) in HIV -infected patients represents an inadequate adjustment to malnutrition and contributes to wasting, German researchers report. ...

Use of Pharmos adjuvant to improve delivery of HIV vaccine. (Pharmos Corp.'s adjuvant using SubMicron Emulsion technology) (Walter Reed Army Institute)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: Walter Reed Army Institute Colonel George Lowell of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research presented the results of studies on a novel formulation of the HIV gp160 vaccine at the Conference on Advancements in AIDS Vaccine...

Two new studies show AIDS vaccine helps immune system. (VaxSyn gp 160) (Sweden)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: Sweden MicroGeneSys Inc.'s, Meriden, Connecticut, AIDS vaccine can help afflicted patients regain the ability to fight off other germs and protect them from attacks on their immune system, two new studies indicate. The...

United Biomedical begins global trials of AIDS vaccine. (China and Australia)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: China and Australia United Biomedical Inc. (UBI), Hauppauge, New York, has begun clinical trials of its prototype synthetic AIDS vaccine in international sites of China and Australia. Dr. Li DeFu, director of the...

Experimental AIDS compound effective in lab tests against AZT- and ddI-resistant and non-resistant HIV. (935U83; zidovudine, didanosine) (Burroughs Wellcome Co.)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: Burroughs Wellcome Company In laboratory tests, the experimental anti-AIDS compound 935U83 has shown activity against strains of HIV resistant to AZT and ddl, as well as non-resistant strains of the virus. Furthermore,...

AIDS researcher found innocent of misconduct charges. (Dr. Mikulas Popovic) (Washington, D.C.)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: Washington, D.C. The co-author of a pioneering study that established the cause of AIDS was cleared of professional misconduct charges by an appeals board of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Dr....

Parasites in the United States affect millions. (U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: U.S. NIAID Parasitic infections are a major cause of illness in the United States, says an expert from the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). "While such parasitic diseases as malaria,...

Biomune is granted orphan drug designation. (Biomune Systems Inc., Immuno-C for cryptosporidiosis) (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: U.S. FDA Biomune Systems Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, announced that it has been granted Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new drug Immuno-C in the treatment of cryptosporidiosis...

Outbreak illustrates importance of adherence to infection control procedures. (multidrug-resistant tuberculosis) (New York)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: New York A review of a 1992 outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) that occurred at a New York Veterans Affairs hospital found that at least four of the seven patients were exposed because of inadequate...

IDC's Virotech unit secures favorable test results with anti-HIV drug. (IDC Holdings Ltd., Virotech Inc.) (Minnesota)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: Minnesota Virotech Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IDC Holdings Ltd., announced that one of its five anti-HIV drug compounds, presently under development and testing, recently achieved significant...

Immune Response Corporation receives U.S. patent on HIV technology. (California)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: California The Immune Response Corporation, Carlsbad, California, announced the issuance of a United States patent relating to its HIV immunotherapeutic. The U.S. patent, entitled "Retroviral Antigens," names Drs. Jonas...

Biopharmaceutics announces HIV research project. (anti-sense oligonucleotide compound from the Central Research Institute for Chemistry of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) (New York)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: New York Biopharmaceutics Inc. announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Anti-Sense Technologies Ltd. (Anti-Sense), has entered into an agreement to purchase from the Central Research Institute for Chemistry of the...

Tainted blood scandal panics Germans as other countries act. (UB Plasma) (Germany)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: Germany Panicked Germans flooded hospitals and health agencies with calls, fearing they received tainted blood from a company that officials say failed to conduct proper tests for HIV. Authorities in Switzerland and...

Study estimates negligible number of transfusion-AIDS cases during 1986-91, confirms blood safety. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: U.S. CDC A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published in the November/December 1993 issue of Transfusion estimates that from 1986 to 1991, the number of transfusion-associated cases of AIDS dropped...

Isis files IND for antisense drug to treat CMV infections. (Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc.; investigational new drug application; cytomegalovirus) (California)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: California Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc., Carlsbad, California, announced that it has filed an investigational new drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the use of an antisense compound for the...

Genital ulcers are an HIV-related illness, study says. (Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: ICAAC Genital ulcers are part of the spectrum of HIV -related illnesses in women, according to an abstract presented at the 33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held October 17-20,...

Scientists remain cautious over AIDS immunity claim. (natural immunity in prostitutes) (Kenya)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: Kenya The discovery that some Kenyan prostitutes are apparently immune to HIV has led to speculation that a vaccine to combat the disease could be developed, but researchers remain cautious. The controversy began when...

World AIDS Foundation to fund research and education. (Maryland)
November 15, 1993... DATELINE: Maryland The World AIDS Foundation (WAF) announces its intent to support research and education relating to AIDS in the developing world. The goal of the WAF is to facilitate information exchange and to assist developing...

Detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in peritoneal dialysis effluent. (Research Report)
November 15, 1993... AUTHORS: P.J. Scheel, H. Farzadegan, D. Ford, S. Malan and A.J. Watson. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 26th Annual Meeting of the...

Nutrition for persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection. (Research Report)
November 15, 1993... AUTHORS: T. Bridges, M.J. Church and J.K. Kerestes -Smith. Food and Nutrition Services and Biomedical Communications, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 76th...

Tuberculosis (TB) screening at single-room occupancy (SRO) hotels. (Research Report)
November 15, 1993... AUTHORS: M. Layton, M. Cantwell, S. Valway, I. Onorato and T. Frieden. New York City (NYC) Department of Health, New York, and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. According to an abstract submitted by...

Impact of HIV on clinical manifestations of STDs among women attending Baltimore STD clinics. (Research Report)
November 15, 1993... AUTHORS: A. Rompalo, J. Lawler, B. Williamson, R. Brown, M. Woltmann and J. Zenilman. Johns Hopkins University and Baltimore City Health Dept (BCHD), Baltimore, Maryland. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 33rd...

Neurodevelopmental abnormalities in school-age children with HIV infections. (Research Report)
November 15, 1993... AUTHORS: M. Alvarez, P. Papola and H. Cohen. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on HIV in Children and...

HIV and tuberculosis, a co-epidemic: a description of the TB epidemic in twenty-five urban HIV epicenters in the United States and territories. (Research Report)
November 15, 1993... AUTHORS: E.P. Goosby, A. Macher, A. Eichler, K. Hardwick, D. Parks and G.S. Bowen. Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, Maryland. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the IX International...

Survival of HIV-infected children. (Research Report)
November 15, 1993... AUTHORS: B.W.C. Forsyth, T.Z. O'Conner, L.K. Damour and W.A. Andiman. Department of Pediatrics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the 2nd...

Nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among intravenous drug users with human immunodeficiency virus infection. (Research Report)
November 15, 1993... AUTHORS: V. Coronado, S. Valway, L. Finelli, W. Ihle, V. Daato, J. Crawford et. al. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the IX International...

AIDS, public health, and human rights in Cuba. (Periodical Report)
November 15, 1993... SOURCE: Lancet, October 16, 1993;342(8877):965-967. The Cuban experience with AIDS suggests that traditional methods of controlling sexually transmitted disease may be more effective than the civil libertarian approach favored in most...

Epidemiology and transmission of HIV-2: why there is no HIV-2 pandemic. (Periodical Report)
November 15, 1993... SOURCE: Journal of the American Medical Association, November 3, 1993;270(17):2083-2086. Viral load is lower in HIV-2 infection than in HIV-1 infection, and this difference appears to correlate with lower transmissibility of the...

Factors associated with use of safer sex practices among college freshman. (Periodical Report)
November 15, 1993... SOURCE: Research in Nursing and Health, October 1993;16(5):343-350. Knowledge of AIDS and knowledge of safer sex practices do not predict safer sex behaviors, report researchers from Emory University. Colleen DiIorio and...

Survival and mortality patterns of an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cohort in New York State. (Periodical Report)
November 15, 1993... SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology, September 1, 1993;138(5):341-349. AIDS estimates based on cause of death reporting may underestimate the true extent of the disease, report researchers from the Bureau of Communicable Disease...

Expression of fibroblast growth factors and their receptors in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated Kaposi sarcoma tissue and derived cells. (Periodical Report)
November 15, 1993... SOURCE: Cancer, October 1, 1993;72(7):2253-2259. The expression of fibroblast growth factors (FGF) in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) tumors, accompanied by the expression of FGF receptors, may form the basis for autocrine mechanisms...

Toxic shock syndrome as the AIDS-defining diagnosis. (Periodical Report)
November 15, 1993... SOURCE: Chest, September 1993;104(3):950-951. Patients with nonmenstrual toxic shock syndrome (TSS) who are also in HIV risk groups should be tested for HIV infection, report two Canadian physicians. Sandy Finkelstein and Robert...

Testing of American AIDS vaccine allowed. (US Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: Thailand Thai medical authorities have agreed to allow the testing of a U.S.-made AIDS vaccine, a local newspaper reported. The therapeutic vaccine GP-160 is to be tested under the auspices of the U.S. Armed Forces...

AIDS toll hits 339,250 with influx from expanded definition. (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: U.S. CDC AIDS has become the top killer of American men aged 25 to 44, as expected, and the fourth-leading killer of women in the same age group, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. The...

Researchers identify HIV key receptor CD26. (Pasteur Institute, France)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: France French researchers said they discovered the gateway through which HIV penetrates and infects blood cells, a discovery that could lead to development of a vaccine to lock the virus out. The Pasteur Institute team...

Scientists clone gene for HIV receptor. (Australia)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: Australia Australian scientists have cloned the gene that makes a molecule that serves as the gateway for HIV invasion of healthy cells. The announcement came on October 27, 1993, only two days after French researchers...

HIV-killing cells used as experimental gene therapy. (Targeted Genetics Corp. and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: Washington Targeted Genetics Corp. (TGC), Seattle, Washington announced the start of a gene therapy trial using genetically modified cells that specifically recognize and destroy HIV-infected cells. The trial is a potential...

First volunteer enrolled in HIV gene therapy study. (New York City)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: New York The first volunteer enrolled in a study that uses gene therapy to combat HIV infection says he is racing against time. "It's just a matter of hanging in there," said the 32-year-old New York City resident who in...

Immunity to cryptosporidiosis may mask water contamination. (33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: ICAAC Long-standing exposure to contaminated water can lead to immunity to cryptosporidiosis, according to an abstract presented at the 33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held...

HIV-infected children shed RSV for as long as six months. (respiratory syncytial virus)(33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: ICAAC Children with advanced HIV infection shed respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) from their noses substantially longer than non-HlV infected children, according to an abstract presented at the 33rd Interscience Conference on...

M. fermentans infection in AIDS patients is not prognostic. (Mycoplasma)(33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: ICAAC The presence of Mycoplasma fermentans infection in AIDS patients is unrelated to clinical stage or CD4(+) lymphocyte count and is not indicative of the progression of disease, according to an abstract presented at the...

Cellular viremia may predict response to antiviral therapy. (33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: ICAAC Cellular viremia may be a useful marker to predict the clinical response to antiviral therapy, according to an abstract presented at the 33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC),...

HIV patients with syphilis respond to standard therapy. (33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: ICAAC Standard treatments are effective against syphilis in HIV-infected patients, according to an abstract presented at the 33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held October 17-20,...

Study on lymphoma in AIDS patients confirms HIV link. (University of California, San Francisco)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: University of California, San Francisco A majority of patients infected with HIV also develop an aggressive form of lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes, that often proves fatal. Now research specialists at the...

Abbott introduces nutritional product for people with HIV infection. (Abbott Laboratories, Anaheim, California)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: California Abbott Laboratories', Anaheim, California, Ross Products Division announced at the 1994 American Dietetic Association Annual Meeting, the introduction of a medical nutritional food product designed specifically for...

Seronegative ehrlichiosis in HIV-infected patient. (University of California, San Francisco)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: University of California, San Francisco Clinicians should strongly consider the possibility of infection with Ehrlichia chaffeensis in certain HIV -infected individuals, reported California researchers. The infection may...

Wellcome group boosts profits by 46 percent. (United Kingdom)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: United Kingdom The British pharmaceutical giant, Wellcome Plc, has reported a 46 percent rise in its annual pre-tax profits to a total of *667 million ($990 million). Sales for the year ended August 31, 1993, grew 20...

Research highlights management of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in AIDS. (33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: ICAAC Dr. Mark Jacobson, University of California, San Francisco associate professor of medicine, reviewed the current state of the art of treatment for AIDS-related disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection...

State imprisons noncompliant TB patients. (tuberculosis)(Alabama)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: Alabama Three Alabama men were confined in 1992 to Kilby State Prison in Mount Meigs, Alabama, for failure to comply with their courses of anti-tuberculosis (TB) therapy. One of them, now confined to an isolation cell...

Court holds parents responsible for HIV transmission to daughter's lover. (France)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: France A French judge has decided to investigate the parents of a girl who transmitted HIV to her boyfriend. Judge Margareth Stagier, in the town of Metz, placed the girl's parents under investigation for failing to warn...

New York study finds HIV-negative patients source of infection for MDR-TB. (multi-drug resistant tuberculosis)(33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: ICAAC The majority of HIV-positive patients who contracted multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) at a New York City hospital appear to have been infected by HIV -negative patients with drug-resistant disease, according...

Characteristics of tuberculosis due to multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among AIDS patients. (Research Report)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: Characteristics of Tuberculosis Due to Multidrug AUTHORS: V. Coronado, C. Beck-Sague, M. Pearson, M. Pineda and W. Jarvis. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia. According to an abstract...

Tuberculosis in health-care workers with AIDS. (Research Report)
November 8, 1993... AUTHORS: C. Ciesielski, J. Jones, P. Fleming and J. Ward. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia. According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 33rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial...

Children with AIDS: autopsy findings of Argentina and Brazil. (Research Report)
November 8, 1993... DATELINE: Tuberculosis in Health-Care Workers with AIDS AUTHORS: A. Peruga 1, D. Menezes 2, M. Siminovich 3, R. Drut 4, J. Golberg 3, A. Greco 5, V. Anderson 6 and M. Weissenbacher 1. 1PAHO/WHO, AIDS Research Unit, USA; 2Departamento...

Characterization of vertically transmitted HIV infection in children in Ireland. (Research Report)
November 8, 1993... AUTHORS: K.M. Butler, E.A. Griffin, T. Conlon, T. Clarke, I.B. Hillary and The Paediatric AIDS Project, Dublin, Ireland. According to an abstract presented by the authors during a plenary session of the 2nd International Conference on...