TB & Outbreaks Week articles from April 2009

TB & Outbreaks Week archives from April 2009

New bacterial meningitis study findings have been published by A. Moghtaderi and colleagues.(Report)
April 7, 2009... According to recent research from Iran, "The objective of this study was to identify independent predictor factors for diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis and develop a clinical prediction tool based upon a set of simple clinical and laboratory...

Reports outline cardiovascular magnetic resonance study results from I. Alnasser et al.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, "Cardiac tuberculosis is rare and usually involves the pericardium. Myocardial tuberculoma is a very rare occurrence and only a few cases were reported." "We describe the use of...

Researchers at University of Copenhagen publish new data on drug resistance.(Report)
April 7, 2009... "There is increasing evidence showing that anti microbial consumption provides a powerful selective force that promotes the emergence of resistance in pathogenic, commensal as well as zoonotic bacteria in animals. The main aim of this study was...

New enzyme research study findings recently were published by researchers at Duke University.
April 7, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) are globally relevant air pollutants that exert a detrimental human health impact. However, mechanisms of damage by DEP exposure to human respiratory health and human...

Studies by J.J. Osterholzer and co-authors describe new findings in enzyme research.
April 7, 2009... "Urease, a major virulence factor for Cryptococcus neoformans, promotes lethal meningitis/encephalitis in mice. The effect of urease within the lung, the primary site of most invasive fungal infections, is unknown," scientists in the United...

Research results from M. Lindgren and colleagues update understanding of infectious diseases.
April 7, 2009... According to recent research published in the Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, "Human intestinal Enterococcus spp. was monitored during a 2-y period after 7 d clindamycin treatment. Consecutive faecal samples were collected from 8...

Studies from Aga Khan University in the area of aneurysm described.
April 21, 2009... "A 28-year-old Pakistani man was admitted with unresolved severe headaches for the past four weeks. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR angiography showed an enhancing mass in the sphenoid sinus, bilateral cerebellar infarcts and aneurysmal...

Reports summarize arthritis research from University of Maryland.
April 21, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Ethnopharmacological relevance: The herbal formula Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan (HLXL) and its modifications have been used in traditional Chinese medicine for about one hundred years to alleviate pain and...

Studies from R.P. Fagan and colleagues reveal new findings on botulism.
April 21, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Persistence of circulating toxin in patients with foodborne botulism is not well characterized. Recommendations for administration of botulinum antitoxin are ambiguous for patients with...

Studies from C.J. Devos and co-researchers update current data on bovine-spongiform encephalopathy.(Report)
April 21, 2009... "The total ban on use of meat and bone meal (MBM) in livestock feed has been very successful in reducing bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) spread, but also implies a waste of high-quality proteins resulting in economic and ecological loss....

Reports from R. Perezpadilla et al highlight recent research in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
April 21, 2009... According to a study from Mexico, "Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is underdiagnosed. One barrier to diagnosis is the limited availability of spirometry testing, but in adults at risk for COPD, a normal pre-bronchodilator (pre-BD)...

Report summarizes clinical infectious diseases study findings from Emory University.(Clinical report)
April 21, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Beta-Hemolytic streptococci of groups other than A and B (NABS) are increasingly recognized as causes of clinically significant disease, but precise information about this heterogeneous group is...

Reports from K.J. Kugeler and colleagues advance knowledge in clinical infectious diseases.
April 21, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "In the United States, tularemia is caused by Francisella tularensis subsps. tularensis (type A) and holarctica (type B). Molecular subtyping has further divided type A into 2 subpopulations, A1 and...

Data on infectious diseases detailed by A. Chakrabarti and co-authors.
April 21, 2009... "Owing to a rise in frequency and change in pattern of cases with fungaemia at our tertiary care centre, we conducted a prospective study for 4 months to understand the epidemiology and outcome of this infection. Detailed case histories...

Investigators at University of Chile release new data on infectious diseases.
April 21, 2009... According to recent research published in the Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, "We determined the serovar distribution and genetic variability of the omp1 gene of C. trachomatis in nasopharyngeal aspirates from consecutive infants...

Studies from A.H. Glenngard and co-researchers update current data on infectious diseases.
April 21, 2009... "The number and costs associated with reported sharps injuries in Swedish hospitals and the potential cost offset by introducing safety devices with needle and syringe was estimated from a health care perspective. Data about reported sharps...

Studies in the area of infectious diseases reported from J.R. Danko and co-researchers.
April 21, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Tumor necrosis factor- inhibitors are important adjunctive therapies for rheumatologic diseases. These agents increase the risk for granulomatous disease." "We present a case of a woman...

Recent findings in ankylosing spondylitis described by R. Aggarwal and colleagues.(Report)
April 28, 2009... According to a study from New Delhi, India, "This study focuses on the causes and consequences of delay in diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Seventy consecutive patients presenting at a rheumatology clinic in India were studied." ...

Vrije University Amsterdam details research in enzyme research.
April 28, 2009... "The diarylquinoline TMC207 kills Mycobacterium tuberculosis by specifically inhibiting ATP synthase. We show here that human mitochondrial ATP synthase (50% inhibitory concentration [IC50] of >200 mc M) displayed more than 20,000-fold lower...

Reports outline Escherichia coli study results from University of Delaware.(Report)
April 28, 2009... According to a study from the United States, "Escherichia coli O157:H7 has been associated with contaminated seed sprout outbreaks. The majority of these outbreaks have been traced to sprout seeds contaminated with low levels of pathogens." ...

Research from University of New Mexico provides new data about hantavirus.(Report)
April 28, 2009... "Andes virus (ANDV) is the predominant etiologic agent of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) in southern South America. In Chile, serologically confirmed human hantavirus infections have occurred throughout a wide latitudinal...

Research from National Taiwan University in the area of hepatitis published.(Clinical report)
April 28, 2009... "The present study prospectively investigated the incidence of and factors associated with hepatitis during antituberculous treatment in patients with tuberculosis and various underlying diseases. The results were compared with those of...

New data from University Hospital illuminate research in venereology.
April 28, 2009... " Sensitive skin appears as a very frequent condition, but there is no comparative data between countries. Objectives To perform an epidemiological approach to skin sensitivity in different European countries," scientists in Brest, France...