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List of journal publications related to tuberculosis in Hong Kong

(Note: The list below is for quick and easy reference only, and cannot meant to be comprehensive.)

1990

Chan SL, Reggiardo Z, Daniel TM, Girling DJ, Mitchison DA. Serodiagnosis of tuberculosis using an ELISA with antigen 5 and a hemagglutination assay with glycolipid antigens - results in patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis ranging in extent of disease from minimal to extensive. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990;142:385-90.
Chan HS, Pang J. Vasculitis in tuberculous infection. Chest 1990;98:511.
Kwan SY, Yew WW, Chan SL. Nosocomial tuberculosis in hospital staff. The size of the problem in a Hong Kong chest hospital. Chin Med J (Engl) 1990;103:909-14.
Wu JC, Lee SD, Yeh PF, Chan CY, Wang YJ, Huang YS, Tsai YT, Lee PY, Ting LP, Lo KJ. Isoniazid-rifampin-induced hepatitis in hepatitis B carriers. Gastroenterology 1990;98:502-4.
Yew WW, Kwan SY, Ma WK, Lui KS, Suen HC. Ofloxacin therapy of Mycobacterium fortuitum infection: further experience. J Antimicrob Chemother 1990;25:880-1.
Yew WW, Kwan SY, Ma WK, Khin MA, Chau PY. In-vitro activity of ofloxacin against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its clinical efficacy in multiply resistant pulmonary tuberculosis. J Antimicrob Chemother. 1990;26:227-36.
Chan SL. Editorial - Tuberculosis in Hong Kong - update. J Hong Kong Med Ass 1990;42:1.
Chan HS, Sun AJ, Hoheisel GB. Bronchoscopic aspiration and bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Lung 1990;168:215-20.
Chan SL. Short course chemotherapy of tuberculosis. Medical Progress 1990;March:7-10.
Chan HS, Sun A, Hoheisel GB. Endobronchial tuberculosis--is corticosteroid treatment useful? A report of 8 cases and review of the literature. Postgrad Med J 1990;66:822-6.
Yew WW, Kwan SY, Wong PC, Lee J. Ofloxacin and imipenem in the treatment of Mycobacterium fortuitum and Mycobacterium chelonae lung infections. Tubercle 1990;71:131-3.
Humphries MJ, Teoh R, Lau J, Gabriel M. Factors of prognostic significance in Chinese children with tuberculous meningitis. Tubercle 1990;71:161-8.
Yew WW, Kwan SY, Ma WK, Lui KS .Minimal bactericidal and inhibitory concentrations of ofloxacin on Mycobacterium fortuitum at pH 7 and 5: therapeutic implications. Tubercle 1990;71:205-8.

1989

A controlled trial of 3-month, 4-month, and 6-month regimens of chemotherapy for sputum-smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Results at 5 years. Hong Kong Chest Service/ Tuberculosis Research Centre, Madras/ British Medical Research Council. Am Rev Respir Dis 1989;139:871-6.
Acceptability, compliance, and adverse reactions when isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide are given as a combined formulation or separately during three-times-weekly antituberculosis chemotherapy. Hong Kong Chest Service/ British Medical Research Council. Am Rev Respir Dis 1989;140:1618-22.
Pang JA, Chan HS, Chan CY, Cheung SW, French GL. A tuberculostearic acid assay in the diagnosis of sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. A prospective study of bronchoscopic aspirate and lavage specimens. Ann Intern Med 1989;111(8):650-4.
Yew WW, Kwan SY, Ma WK, Khin MA, Mok CK. Single daily-dose ofloxacin monotherapy for Mycobacterium fortuitum sternotomy infection. Chest 1989;96:1150-2.
Chan HS, Pang JA. Effect of corticosteroids on deterioration of endobronchial tuberculosis during chemotherapy. Chest 1989;96:1195-6.
Chan HS, Pang J. Isolated giant tuberculomata of the liver detected by computed tomography. Gastrointest Radiol 1989;14:305-7.

1988

Hawkins BR, Higgins DA, Chan SL, Lowrie DB, Mitchison DA, Girling DJ. HLA typing in the Hong Kong Chest Service/ British Medical Research Council study of factors associated with the breakdown to active tuberculosis of inactive pulmonary lesions. Am Rev Respir Dis 1988;138:1616-21.
Anti-TB regimens of chemotherapy - Recommendations from the Committee on treatment of the International Union against TB and lung disease. Bulletin of the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (June 1988);63:60-64.
Woo J, Leung A, Chan K, Lai KN, Teoh R. Pyrazinamide and rifampicin regimens for patients on maintenance dialysis. Int J Artif Organs 1988;11:181-5.
Arnold M, Chan CY, Cheung SW, Van Hasselt CA, French GL. Diagnosis of nasopharyngeal tuberculosis by detection of tuberculostearic acid in formalin fixed, paraffin wax embedded tissue biopsy specimens. J Clin Pathol 1988;41:1334-6.

1987

Five-year follow-up of a controlled trial of five 6-month regimens of chemotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. Hong Kong Chest Service/ British Medical Research Council. Am Rev Respir Dis 1987;136:1339-42.
Woo J, Wong CL, Teoh R, Chan K. Liquid chromatographic assay for the simultaneous determination of pyrazinamide and rifampicin in serum samples from patients with tuberculous meningitis. J Chromatogr. 1987;420:73-80.
French GL, Chan CY, Cheung SW, Oo KT. Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by detection of tuberculostearic acid in sputum by using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with selected ion monitoring. J Infect Dis 1987;156:356-62.
French GL, Teoh R, Chan CY, Humphries MJ, Cheung SW, O'Mahony G. Diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis by detection of tuberculostearic acid in cerebrospinal fluid. Lancet 1987;2:117-9.

1986

Ellard GA, Ellard DR, Allen BW, Girling DJ, Nunn AJ, Teo SK, Tan TH, Ng HK, Chan SL. The bioavailability of isoniazid, rifampin, and pyrazinamide in two commercially available combined formulations designed for use in the short-course treatment of tuberculosis. Am Rev Respir Dis 1986;133:1076-80.
Yuen WC, Chan YF, Loke SL, Seto WH, Poon GP, Wong KK. Chronic lymphadenopathy caused by Penicillium marneffei: a condition mimicking tuberculous lymphadenopathy. Br J Surg 1986;73:1007-8.
A controlled trial of six-month and nine-month regimens of chemotherapy in patients undergoing radical surgery for tuberculosis of the spine in Hong Kong. Tenth report of the Medical Research Council Working Party on Tuberculosis of the Spine. Tubercle 1986;67:243-59.

1984

Hong Kong Chest Service/ Tuberculosis Research Centre, Madras/ British medical Research Council. A controlled trial of 2-month, 3-month, and 12-month regimens of chemotherapy for sputum-smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Results at 60months. Am Rev Respir Dis 1984;130:23-8.
Wong SH, Lau WY, Ho KK, Fan ST, Yiu TF, Chan SL. The management of urinary tuberculosis--a logical approach. Br J Urol 1984;56:349-53.
Wong SH, Lau WY, Poon GP, Fan ST, Ho KK, Yiu TF, Chan SL. The treatment of urinary tuberculosis. J Urol 1984;131:297-301
Hong Kong Chest Service/ BMRC. Study of a fully supervised programme of chemotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis given once weekly in the continuation phase in the rural areas of Hong Kong. Tubercle 1984;65:5-15.
Survey of the previous investigation and treatment by private practitioners of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis attending government chest clinics in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Chest Service/ British Medical Research Council. Tubercle 1984;65:161-71.
Survey of patients presenting to the government chest service in Hong Kong and the effects of active tuberculosis case-finding by publicity campaigns. Hong Kong Chest Service/ British Medical Research Council. Tubercle 1984;65:173-84
Hong Kong Chest Service/ BMRC Survey of deaths in Hong Kong attributed to tuberculosis during a five-year period. Tubercle 1984;65:253-61

1983

Fox W. Compliance of patients and physicians: experience and lessons from tuberculosis-I. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed). 1983 Jul 2;287(6384):33-5.
Allen BW, Mitchison DA, Darbyshire J, Chew WW, Gabriel M. Examination of operation specimens from patients with spinal tuberculosis for tubercle bacilli. J Clin Pathol. 1983 Jun;36(6):662-6.
Allen BW, Mitchison DA, Chan YC, Yew WW, Allan WG, Girling DJ. Amikacin in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. Tubercle 1983;64:111-8.

1982

A 10-year assessment of a controlled trial comparing debridement and anterior spinal fusion in the management of tuberculosis of the spine in patients on standard chemotherapy in Hong Kong. Eighth Report of the Medical Research Council Working Party on Tuberculosis of the Spine.
J Bone Joint Surg Br 1982;64:393-8.
Controlled trial of 4 three-times-weekly regimens and a daily regimen all given for 6 months for pulmonary tuberculosis. Second report: the results up to 24 months. Hong Kong Chest Service/ British Medical Research Council. Tubercle 1982;63:89-98.

1981

A controlled trial of a 2-month, 3-month, and 12-month regimens of chemotherapy for sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis: the results at 30 months. Hong Kong Chest Service/ Tuberculosis Research Centre, Madras/ British Medical Research Council. Am Rev Respir Dis 1981;124:138-42.
Controlled trial of four thrice-weekly regimens and a daily regimen all given for 6 months for pulmonary tuberculosis. Lancet 1981;1(8213):171-4.
Allan WG, Snell NJ, Hill LE, Fayers PM, Scadding JG, Fox W. A survey of deaths in Hong Kong attributed to tuberculosis. Tubercle 1981;62:1-11.
Hong Kong Chest Service/ TB Research Centre, Madras/ BMRC. A study of the characteristics and course of sputum smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Tubercle 1981;62:155-67.
Jenner PJ, Ellard GA, Allan WG, Singh D, Girling DJ, Nunn AJ. Serum uric acid concentrations and arthralgia among patients treated with pyrazinamide-containing regimens in Hong Kong and Singapore. Tubercle 1981;62:175-9.

1980

A service program of antituberculosis chemotherapy with five drugs for four months in the treatment of drug addicts and prisoners with pulmonary tuberculosis in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Chest Service/British Medical Research Council. Am Rev Respir Dis 1980;122:417-24.

1979

Horsfall PA, Plummer J, Allan WG, Girling DJ, Nunn AJ, Fox W. Double blind controlled comparison of aspirin, allopurinol and placebo in the management of arthralgia during pyrazinamide administration. Tubercle. 1979 Mar;60(1):13-24.
Hong Kong Chest Service/ BMRC. Controlled trial of 6-month and 8-month regimens in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis: the results up to 24months. Tubercle 1979;60:201-10.
Allan WG, Girling DJ, Fayers PM, Fox W. The symptoms of newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis and patients' attitudes to the disease and to its treatment in Hong Kong. Tubercle.1979;60:211-23.

1978

Hong Kong Chest Service/ BMRC. Controlled trial of 6-month and 8-month regimens in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. First report. Am Rev Respir Dis 1978;118:219-28.
Five-year assessments of controlled trials of ambulatory treatment, debridement and anterior spinal fusion in the management of tuberculosis of the spine. Studies in Bulawayo (Rhodesia) and in Hong Kong. Sixth report of the Medical Research Council Working Party on Tuberculosis of the Spine. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1978;60:163-77.

1977

Allan WG. Hong Kong tuberculosis treatment services/ British Medical Research Council Study of 6- and 9-month regimens of daily and intermittent streptomycin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide for pulmonary tuberculosis. Bull Int Union Tuberc 1976;51:91-3.
Dickinson JM, Mitchison DA, Lee SK, Ong YY, O'Mahoney MG, Girling DJ, Nunn AJ. Serum rifampicin concentration related to dose size and to the incidence of the 'flu' syndrome during intermittent rifampicin administration. J Antimicrob Chemother 1977;3:445-52.

1976

Allan WG. Hong Kong tuberculosis treatment services/ British Medical Research Council Study of 6- and 9-month regimens of daily and intermittent streptomycin, isoniazid and pyrazinamide for pulmonary tuberculosis. Bull Int Union Tuberc 1976;51:91-3.
Allan WG. A study of BCG at birth in Hong Kong. Bull Int Union Tuberc 1976;51:239-42.
Hong Kong TB Treatment Services, Singapore TB Service, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Brompton Hospital, BMRC. Lack of association between rifampicin-dependent antibodies and bacteriological response during intermittent rifampicin treatment. J Antimicrob Chemother 1976;2:265-70.
Hong Kong TB Treatment Services and East African and BMRC. First-line chemotherapy in the retreatment of bacteriological relapses of pulmonary tuberculosis following a shortcourse regimen. Lancet 1976;1:162-3.
Hong Kong TB Treatment Services/ BMRC. Adverse reactions to short-course regimens containing streptomycin, isoniazid, pyrazinamide and rifampicin in Hong Kong. Tubercle 1976;57:81-95.

1975

Hong Kong TB Treatment Services/ BMRC Investigation. Investigations of allergic status and blood counts in Chinese patients receiving daily or iintermittent rifampicin in Hong Kong. Clin Allergy 1975;5:189-99.
Hong Kong TB Treatment Services/ BMRC. Controlled trial of 6- and 9-month regimens of daily and intermittent streptomycin plus isoniazid plus pyrazinamide for pulmonary tuberculosis in Hong Kong. Tubercle 1975;56:81-96.
The influence of age and sex on the incidence of the 'flu' syndrome and rifampicin dependent antibodies in patients on intermittent rifampicin for tuberculosis. Hong Kong TB Treatment Services/ BMRC. Tubercle 1975;56:173-8.
Hong Kong TB Treatment Services/ Brompton Hospital/ BMRC. A controlled trial of daily and intermittent rifampicin plus ethambutol in the retreatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis: results up to 30 months. Tubercle 1975;56:179-89.

1974

A controlled trial of anterior spinal fusion and debridement in the surgical management of tuberculosis of the spine in patients on standard chemotherapy: a study in Hong Kong. Br J Surg 1974;61:853-66.
A controlled clinical trial of small daily doses of rifampicin in the prevention of adverse reactions to the drug in a once-weekly regimen of chemotherapy. A Hong Kong Tuberculosis Treatment Services-British Medical Research Council Investigation. Clin Allergy 1974;4:1-12.
Allan WG. Practical policies in the control of tuberculosis in Hong Kong. Trop Doct 1974;4:178-83.
A controlled clinical trial of daily and intermittent regimens of rifampicin plus ethambutol in the retreatment of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Hong Kong. A Hong Kong Tuberculosis Treatment Services/ Brompton Hospital/ British Medical Research Council investigation. Tubercle 1974;55:1-27.
A study in Hong Kong to evaluate the role of pretreatment susceptibility tests in the selection of regimens of chemotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis-second report. A Hong Kong Tuberculosis Treatment Services/British Medical Research Council Investigation. Tubercle 1974;55:169-92.
Mitchison DA, Allen BW, Gabriel M, Nunn AJ. Sensitive microbiological method for the detection of rifampicin in urine. Tubercle 1974;55:245-8.

1973

Hong Kong Treatment Services-Royal Postgraduate Medical School-British Medical Research Council co-operative study of rifampicin plus ethambutol in daily and intermittent regimens. Clinical observations on adverse reactions. Scand J Respir Dis Suppl 1973;84:119-24.
Allan WG. Tuberculosis in Hong Kong ten years later. Tubercle 1973;54:234-46.

1972

A study in Hong Kong to evaluate the role of pretreatment susceptibility tests in the selection of regiments of chemotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis. Hong Kong Tuberculosis Treatment Services-British Medical Research Council Investigation. Am Rev Respir Dis 1972;106:1-22.
Aquinas M, Allan WG, Horsfall PA, Jenkins PK, Hung-Yan W, Girling D, Tall R, Fox W. Adverse reactions to daily and intermittent rifampicin regimens for pulmonary tuberculosis in Hong Kong. Br Med J 1972;1:765-71.

1971

Aquinas M, Allan WG, Horsfall PA, Jenkins PK, Hung-Yan W, Girling D, Tall R, Fox W. Adverse reactions to daily and intermittent rifampicin regimens for pulmonary tuberculosis in Hong Kong. Br Med J 1972;1:765-71.
Allan WG, Tanaka A. A comparative study of different techniques of giving BCG vaccination to newborn infants in Hong Kong. Tubercle 1971;52:247-57.

1970

Mitchison DA, Allen BW, Miller AB. Detection of rifampicin in urine by a simple microbiological assay. Tubercle 1970;51:300-4.

1968

Hong Kong Anti-TB Association and Government TB Service/ BMRC investigation. A controlled comparison of thiacetazone (thioacetazone) plus isoniazid with PAS plus isoniazid in Hong Kong. Tubercle 1968;49:243-80.

1967

Moodie AS. Mass ambulatory chemotherapy in the treatment of tuberculosis in a predominantly urban community. Am Rev Respir Dis 1967;95:384-97.

1964

Pines A, Richardson RJ. Drug-resistance in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis presenting at chest clinics in Hong Kong. Tubercle 1964;45:77-95.
A report from the Research Committee of the British TB Association and the TB Treatment Services in Hong Kong. A controlled trial of ethionamide with isoniazid in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis in Hong Kong. Tubercle 1964;45:299-320.
Mitchison DA, Lloyd J. Comparison of the sensitivity to thiacetazone of tubercle bacilli from patients in Britain, east Africa, south India and Hong Kong. Tubercle 1964;45:360-9.

1963

Moodie AS. Tuberculosis in Hong Kong. Tubercle 1963;44:334-45.

1951

Moodie AS. Analysis and evaluation of tuberculosis in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. WHO/TBC/44;1951: P1-37.

1950

Lee HL. BCG vaccination against tuberculosis. Bull Hong Kong Chinese Med Ass 1950;43-8.