News related to Capastat (Capreomycin) and/or conditions it is approved for
The Unintentional Punishment: Time In Prison Should Not Lead To Infection With HIV Or Tuberculosis
Source: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs News From Medical News Today [2009.10.30]
At any given time, over two million people are imprisoned in penal institutions in Europe. Prisons are extremely high-risk environments for the transmission of infectious diseases because of a high number of risk factors, such as overcrowding, poor nutrition, limited access to health care, continued illicit drug use and unsafe injecting practices, unprotected sex and tattooing.
Chao Center Donates Medications To Combat Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis
Source: MRSA / Drug Resistance News From Medical News Today [2009.09.25]
The Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing officials announced that they will donate about 1,800 bottles of a medication to help fight multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) to Cambodia and Ethiopia. The Chao Center, which is based in the Purdue Research Park, produces and manufactures drugs in smaller quantities that can't be produced in a cost-effective way by larger pharmaceutical companies.
Arthritis Drug Raises Risk of Tuberculosis
Source: MedicineNet Ankylosing Spondylitis Specialty [2009.07.10]
Title: Arthritis Drug Raises Risk of Tuberculosis
Category: Health News
Created: 7/10/2009 7:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/10/2009
Tuberculosis
Source: MedicineNet Erythema Nodosum Specialty [2008.01.17]
Title: Tuberculosis
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 12/31/1997
Last Editorial Review: 1/17/2008
Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)
Source: MedicineNet ICU Psychosis Specialty [2007.05.30]
Title: Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR TB)
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 5/30/2007
Last Editorial Review: 5/30/2007
Need For Gender-Specific Research Highlighted at Women And Cardiovascular Health Conference
Source: Stroke News From Medical News Today [2009.11.02]
Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death for women worldwide, killing more than 8.6 million, more than the total number who die from cancer, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. However, the risk for women is largely under-estimated, by both the general population and often by the medical profession itself.
News Outlets Examine Efforts To Control TB In South Africa
Source: MRSA / Drug Resistance News From Medical News Today [2009.10.15]
Agence France-Presse examines the ongoing fight to control the spread of tuberculosis in South Africa. "The World Health Organisation estimates almost one percent or 461,000 South Africans develop TB annually, with government figures showing that the disease was the country's leading natural cause of death in 2006," the news service writes.
Vets Welcome TB Eradication Group For England Progress Report
Source: Veterinary News From Medical News Today [2009.10.12]
Vets have welcomed the publication of the progress report for the Bovine Tuberculosis Eradication Group for England (TBEG). The British Veterinary Association (BVA) and British Cattle Veterinary Association (BCVA) are pleased at the consensus arrived at by TBEG (made up of representatives from Defra's Food and Farming Group, Animal Health, the farming industry and the veterinary profession), which recognises the limitations of the measures available to the Group.
Wildlife As A Source For Livestock Infections
Source: Veterinary News From Medical News Today [2009.10.08]
A bacterium possibly linked to Crohn's disease could be lurking in wild animals. According to research published in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map), can be transmitted between wildlife and domestic ruminants, supporting the theory of wildlife reservoirs of infection.
Vets Welcome Step Towards Badger Cull In Wales
Source: Veterinary News From Medical News Today [2009.10.02]
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has welcomed the TB Eradication (Wales) Order 2009, laid today, which will give the Welsh Assembly Government the legal powers to use culling and vaccination of badgers as part of the tuberculosis eradication programme in Wales. The move comes after a 14-week public consultation carried out by the Welsh Assembly Government.
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