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In the shadow of TB
Tuberculosis is on the increase, with more than 6,000 new cases reported a year in the UK. Andrew Caunce, formulary pharmacist at Northwick Park, Harrow, investigates this re-emerging disease
To be familiar with the pathophysiology of TB
To be aware of the screening and investigation methods available
To understand the need for prevention and control of TB
To be aware of drug treatment available and associated problems, including resistance
Tubercul ...
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January 29, 1998 (517) 335-6397
Engler Calls for Strategy to Eradicate Tuberculosis in Michigan Wild Deer
Public Food Supply Remains Safe
In an Executive Directive to the Directors of the Departments of Community Health, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Governor John Engler today called for a strategy to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in Michigan wild deer.
"The prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in the deer population in five count ...
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Winter 1995, Volume 3, Number 4
Romance and tragedy of tuberculosis: Edward Archibald's contribution to the surgical treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis
MA Entin
Before streptomycin was discovered in 1945, outbreaks of tuberculosis (TB) were responsible for the destruction of the greatest number of people in history. During the 1960s, `70s and `80s, a continuous decline in the inci ...
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X-ray Structural Studies of M. tuberculosis Antigens.
Mycobacteria secrete the enzyme superoxide dismutase (SOD) which forms part of their resistance to oxidative killing by host phagocytic cells. Professor Douglas Young at St Mary's Medical School (London) has cloned and expressed this enzyme which subsequently crystallised and yielded diffraction data to 2.0 Angstroms. The structure has been refined to an R-factor of 0.167 and shows that this enzyme consists of two domains with the catalytic ...
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Tuberculosis of bone 4-23
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Tuberculosis of the skeleton is a pathology that was rare in recent times, except in those areas where there is recent immigration from the third world. Since more than a third of our catchment population is from Gujerat in India, we are used to seeing tuberculosis of bone. The advent of AIDS means that others are now sharing our experience. Since tuberculosis is a disease of malnutrition or sub-nutrition, we should hope that the demo ...
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