Table Of ContentTUBERCLE
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS
Volume 72 (1991)
Editor: J. M. Grange (UK)
Assistant editor: G. Bothamley (UK)
Editorial consultants: K. P. Goldman (UK) and Annik Rouillon (France)
Advisory editorial committee:
R. Antic (Australia) . G. Khomenko (USSR)
M. Aoki (Japan) . S. Kilpatrick (UK)
O. Babu Swai (Kenya) . Larbaoui (Algeria)
|. Campbell (UK) . R. Nagpaul (/ndia)
T. Daniel (USA) . O'Brien (USA)
D. Enarson (Canada) . Rey Duran (Spain)
P. Eriki (Uganda) . Rodriguez-Castells (Argentina)
G. G. Filho (Brazil) . Styblo (Netherlands)
Guan-qing Kan (People’s)
Republic of China)
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Volume 72 Contents 1991
Leading Articles
The global tuberculosis situation and the new control strategy of the World
Health Organization
A. Kochi
The Koch phenomenon and delayed hypersensitivity 1891—1991
G. H. Bothamley, J. M. Grange
Review article
Cytokines and the Koch phenomenon
G. A. W. Rook, R. Al Attiyah
Original articles
Evaluation of a polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of tuberculosis
N. Manjunath, P. Shankar, L. Rajan, A. Bhargava, S. Saluja, Shriniwas
Sensitivity to sensitins and tuberculin in Swedish children. |. A study of
schoolchildren in an urban area
A. Lind, L. O. Larsson, M. W. Bentzon, M. Magnusson, J. Olofson, |. Sjégren,
|.-L. Strannegard, B.-E. Skoogh
Sensitivity to sensitins and tuberculin in Swedish children. Il. A study of preschool
children
L. O. Larsson, B.-E. Skoogh, M. W. Bentzon, M. Magnusson, J. Olofson, J. Taranger,
A. Lind
Tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia: Epidemiology and incidence of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis and other mycobacterial species
R. Zaman
Tuberculosis in Saudi Arabia: Initial and secondary drug resistance among
indigenous and non-indigenous populations
R. Zaman
Activities of pefloxacin and ofloxacin against mycobacteria: in vitro and mouse
experiments
C. Truffot-Pernot, B. Ji, J. Grosset
Case report
Tuberculous meningiomyeloradiculitis: a report of two cases
D. P. Naidoo, D. Desai, L. Kranidiotis
Letters to the Editor
Selected list of publications
Review article
Skin changes in the tuberculin test
J. Swanson Beck
Original articles
Short-course chemotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis under routine programme
conditions: a comparison of regimens of 28 and 36 weeks duration in Algeria
Algerian Working Group/British Medical Research Council Cooperative Study
The significance of positive Mantoux reactions in BCG-vaccinated children
F. A. Al-Kassimi, A. K. Abdullah, |. O. Al-Orainey, A. B. Benar, M. S. Al-Hajjaj, S. Al-Majed,
A. Al-Wazzan
Susceptibility of captive wildfowl to avian tuberculosis: the importance of genetic
and environmental factors
R. L. Cromie, M. J. Brown, D. J. Price, J. L. Stanford
Efficacy of intermittent pyrazinamide in experimental murine tuberculosis
J. M. Dickinson, D. A. Mitchison
Sustained release of isoniazid in vivo from a single implant of a biodegradable
polymer
P. R. J. Gangadharam, D. R. Ashtekar, D. C. Farhi, D. L.W ise
Association of pulmonary tuberculosis and HLA in South India
V. Brahmajothi, R. M. Pitchappan, V. N. Kakkanaiah, M. Sashidhar, K. Rajaram, S. Ramu,
K. Palanimurugan, C. N. Paramasivan, R. Prabhakar
Spectrum of immune reactivity to mycobacterial (BCG) antigens in healthy
hospital contacts in South India
R. M. Pitchappan, V. Brahmajothi, K. Rajaram, P. Thirumalaikolundu Subramanyam,
K. Balakrishnan, R. Muthuveeralakshmi
Supervised out-patient treatment for tuberculosis: evaluation of a South African
rural programme
M. S. Westaway, P. W. Conradie, L.R emmers
Diagnostic role of fibreoptic bronchoscopy in tuberculosis in the presence of typical
x-ray pictures and adequate sputum
F. A. Al-Kassimi, M. Ahzar, S. Al-Majed, A. D. Al-Wazzan, M. S. Al-Hajjaj, T. Malibary
Case reports
Relapse of tuberculosis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
despite twelve months of antituberculous therapy and continuation of isoniazid
R. W. Shafer, W. D. Jones
Two cases of intestinal obstruction caused by tuberculosis—the role of frozen
section diagnosis
P. E. Coode, J. Hossain, M. B. Ibrahim
Selected list of publications
Review article
An immunogenetic view of delayed type hypersensitivity
R. R. P. de Vries
Original articles
Rifabutin in combination with clofazimine, isoniazid and ethambutol in the
treatment of AIDS patients with infections due to opportunist mycobacteria
B. Dautzenberg, Ch. Truffot, A.M ignon, W. Rozenbaum, C. Katlama, Ch. Perronne,
R. Parrot, J. Grosset and the GETIM (Groupe d'Etude et de Traitement des Infections
a Mycobacteries Résistantes)
Comparative in vitro and in vivo activity of fleroxacin and ofloxacin against
various mycobacteria
H. Tomioka, K. Sato, H. Saito
In vitro and in vivo activities of sparfloxacin (AT—4140) against
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
B. Ji, C. Truffot-Pernot, J. Grosset
Sensitivity to sensitins and tuberculin in Swedish children. Ill. Sequential
versus simultaneous skin testing
L. O. Larsson, B.-E. Skoogh, M. W. Bentzon, M. Magnusson, J. Olofson, A. Lind
Adenosine deaminase levels in cerebrospinal fluid in tuberculosis and
bacterial meningitis
R. K. Chawla, R. K. Seth, B. Raj, A. S. Saini
Diagnostic value of ascites gamma interferon levels in tuberculous
peritonitis. Comparison with adenosine deaminase activity
E. Ribera, J. M. Martinez Vasquez, |. Ocana, |. Ruiz, J. G. Jiminez, G. Encabo,
R. M. Segura, C. Pascual
A modified broth dilution assaay for antibiotic sensitivity testing of
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare using paraffin slide cultures
R. A. Ollar, S. Brown, J. W. Dale, M. S. Felder, |. N.B rown, F. F. Edwards, D. Armstrong
Differentiation between mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis
complex by pyrolysis mass spectrometry
P. R. Sisson, R. Freeman, J. G. Magee, N. F. Lightfoot
Diagnosis of sputum smear-negative forms of pulmonary tuberculosis
by transthoracic fine-needle aspiration
|. Gomes, E. Trindade, O. Vidal, O. Yeep, |. Amendoeira, A. Marques
Comparison of three methods for decontamination of faeces for isolation
of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
B. W. Allen
Pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium malmoense. Comments on
the possible origin of infection and methods for laboratory diagnosis
F. Portaels, M. Denef, L. Larsson
A guinea pig model of experimental airborne tuberculosis for evaluation
of the response to chemotherapy: the effect on bacilli in the initial phase of
treatment
D. W. Smith, V. Balasubramanian, E. Wiegeshaus
Letter to the Editor
Selected list of publications
Editorial
The changing Tubercle
Review article
Koch’s phenomenon: can it be corrected?
J. L. Stanford
Discussion papers
Processing and presentation of mycobacterial antigens: implications for
the development of a new improved vaccine for tuberculosis control
|. Orme
Mobilising the appropriate T-cell subset: the immune response as taxonomist?
G. A. W. Rook
Original articles
Prevalence of tuberculosis in Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam and
the Philippines
T. Y. Aditama
Factors associated with poor patient compliance with antituberculosis
therapy in Northwest Perak, lalaysia
S. Y. Chuah
Screening for tuberculosis: current practices and attitudes of hospital workers
J. E. Clague, P. Fields, D. R. Graham, P. D. O. Davies
Problems in running a tuberculosis dispensary in a developing country: Turkey
C. Gokce, O. Gokce, Z. Erdogmus, E. Arisoy, S. Arisoy, O. Koldas, M. Altinisik,
M. Tola, F. Goral, H. Asikoglu, N. Arslan, Y. Ciftci, A.O ruc
Tuberculosis in recent Asian immigrants to British Columbia, Canada: 1982—1985
J.-S. Wang, E. A. Allan, D. A. Enarson, S. Grzybowski
Treatment of tuberculosis by private general practitioners in India
M. W. Uplekar, D. S. Shepard
Case reports
Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy associated with rifampicin
M. Ip, K. P. Cheng, W. C. Cheng
Bifacetal dislocation following tuberculosis of the cervical spine
K. M. Al Arabi, M. W. Al Sebai
Diagnostic dilemma and therapeutic non-compliance in intracranial tuberculoma
M. E. Ellis, M. A. Halim, R. K. Coates, A. A. Al-Hokail, S. M. Hussain Qadri, A. El-Yazigi
Letters to the Editor
Selected list of publications
Index
