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Tuberculosis Therapy: New tuberculosis therapy data have been reported by researchers at University Estadual da Paraiba
Today's Medical & Research News Tuberculosis Therapy New tuberculosis therapy data have been reported by researchers at University Estadual da Paraiba March 18th, 2010 Printer-Friendly Version City:Campina Grande Country:Brazil Tuberculosis...
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New TB Booster Shows Promise
A booster shot appears to improve tuberculosis (TB) resistance in previously vaccinated adults, according to new research in South Africa.The study has been published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of...
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New TB Booster Shows Promise
A booster shot appears to improve tuberculosis (TB) resistance in previously vaccinated adults, according to new research in South Africa.The study has been published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of...
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Combined drug therapy to treat TB and HIV significantly improves survival
Initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) during tuberculosis therapy significantly reduced mortality rates by 56 percent in a randomised clinical trial of 642 patients co-infected with HIV and tuberculosis.The study, which provides further impetus for the...
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FDA Looks to Streamline Rules for New Drug Cocktails
Getting one drug through the FDA approval process is hard enough but getting the go-ahead for multiple medicines at once so they can be used together in so-called drug cocktails can be Herculean.Now the agency is devising guidelines to speed up testing and...
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Medical News: Cases Of Tuberculosis Continue To Increase, UK
Provisional figures released by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show that cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the UK have increased by 5.5%, from 8,679 reported in 2008 to 9,153 in 2009.Medical News: Cases Of Tuberculosis Continue To Increase, UK.
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Cases Of Tuberculosis Continue To Increase, UK
Provisional figures released by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show that cases of tuberculosis (TB) in the UK have increased by 5.5%, from 8,679 reported in 2008 to 9,153 in 2009.The figures, released in the agency's annual TB newsletter ahead of World...
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Booster shot appears to improve TB resistance in previously vaccinated adults
A booster shot appears to improve tuberculosis (TB) resistance in previously vaccinated adults, according to new research in South Africa.The study has been published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of...
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Tuberculosis cases up by 5% in year
The Health Protection Agency has warned people to be vigilant after latest figures revealed the number of cases of tuberculosis rose by more than 5% last year.Figures from the HPA showed there were 9,153 cases across the UK last year, compared with 8,679 in...
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In vitro activity of a new Isothiazoloquinolone (ACH-702) against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other mycobac
Antimicrob.Agents Chemother. doi:10.1128/AAC.01603-09 Copyright (c) 2010, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. Carmen A. Molina-Torres, Jorge Ocampo-Candiani, Adrian Rendn, Michael J. Pucci,...
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NBA Legends Bob Lanier and Nick Anderson Join Vaccines For Teens Educational Campaign To Help Local Teens Take Their Best Shot at Health
-- ideally, during the routine 11- or 12-year-old check-up.Pertussis, Commonly Called "Whooping Cough" Pertussis is one of the most common respiratory diseases in American teens and adults. It causes a prolonged cough that can last weeks or months and can...
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UNAIDS and Private sector meet to explore collaboration towards virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission (AEGiS.org)
UNAIDS and Private sector meet to explore collaboration towards virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission UNAIDS - 16 March 2010 http://www.aegis.org/news/unaids/2010/UN100321.html On 15 March 2010, UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibe met with...
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Predictors of HIV Testing among Patients with Tuberculosis in North West Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study
The acceptance of HIV testing among patients with tuberculosis (TB) is low in Ethiopia.The purpose of this study was to assess predictors of acceptance of HIV testing among patients with TB in North Ethiopia. Methods A case control study was conducted in...
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
'.On March 8, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria launched its report, The Global Fund 2010: Innovation and Impact, presenting results so far and outlining challenges and new strategies.Since its inception in 2002, the Fund has...
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A Fatal Case of Spinal Tuberculosis Mistaken for Metastatic Lung Cancer: Recalling Ancient Pott's Disease
_ A Fatal Case of Spinal Tuberculosis Mistaken for Metastatic Lung Cancer: Recalling Ancient Pott's Disease.
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Identification of katG mutations associated with high-level isoniazid resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Hiroki Ando, Yuji Kondo, Toshinori Suetake, Emiko Toyota, Seiya Kato, Toru Mori, and Teruo Kirikae* Department of Infectious Diseases, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan; Third Department,...
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A Fatal Case of Spinal Tuberculosis Mistaken for Metastatic Lung Cancer: Recalling Ancient Pott's Disease
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Global Fund 2010:
On March 8, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria launched its report, The Innovation and Impact , presenting results so far and outlining challenges and new strategies.Since its inception in 2002, the Fund has grown into an...
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Acute Tuberculosis
Schlossberg D Tuberculosis should always be included in the initial differential diagnosis, and suspicion should be heightened by a variety of clinical and epid Acute Tuberculosis.
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CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update 03/11/2010 (AEGiS)
CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update For Thursday, March 11, 2010 The CDC National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention provides the following information as a public service only.Providing synopses of key scientific articles and lay media...
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Malaria, AIDS, TB could be eradicated in 10 years, says Global Fund
Also, a new study published in PLoS Medicine has warned that problems controlling common diseases like HIV/AIDS, heart disease and diabetes in poor countries could be hindering Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to meet the world's key child health and...
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PSI Ambassador Debra Messing Testifies Before House Foreign Relations Committee
Calls for Increased Funding for HIV Prevention and Treatment in Developing Countries WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Actress and PSI Ambassador Debra Messing testified today before the House Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global...
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Pharmacokinetics of Antituberculosis Drugs in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Ruslami R et al.Pharmacokinetics of Antituberculosis Drugs in Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.
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British government, HIV/AIDS advocates warn decreased aid budgets could lead to reversals in HIV/AIDS treatment progress
Recent gains in the global fight against HIV/AIDS could be reversed as the "global economic downturn pinches poor countries' budgets and donors show signs of backing away from their promise to provide universal access to AIDS treatment," the British government...
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Tuberculosis Reinfection Rates Are Higher in HIV-Infected Patients
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