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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.)

2000

  • Yew WW, Chan CK, Chau CH, Tam CM, Leung CC, Wong PC, Lee J. Outcomes of patients with multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis treated with ofloxacin/levofloxacin-containing regimens. Chest. 2000;117:744-51.
  • Lau YL, Chan GC, Ha SY, Hui YF, Yuen KY. The role of phagocytic respiratory burst in host defense against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Clin Infect Dis 1998;26:226-7.
  • Wong WM, Wu PC, Yuen MF, Cheng CC, Yew WW, Wong PC, Tam CM, Leung CC, Lai CL. Antituberculosis drug-related liver dysfunction in chronic hepatitis B infection. Hepatology 2000; 31:201-6.
  • Lau KK, Yu TS, Chan CK, Tam CM. The use of ethambutol has lowered the 2-year mortality rate in patients with tuberculous meningitis [letter]. Hong Kong Med J 2000;6:329-30.
  • Tam CM, Leung CC. Cessation of the BCG revaccination programme for primary school children in Hong Kong. Public Health & Epidemiology Bulletin Vol. 9 (3), Aug 2000: 25-27.
  • Taylor WR, Zumla A. Referral times of Vietnamese refugees with tuberculosis in camps in Hong Kong. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2000;4:350-5.
  • Espinal MA, Kim SJ, Suarez PG, Kam KM, Khomenko AG, Migliori GB, Baez J, Kochi A, Dye C, Raviglione MC. Standard short-course chemotherapy for drug-resistant tuberculosis: treatment outcomes in 6 countries. JAMA 2000;283:2537-45.
  • Sirgel FA, Donald PR, Odhiambo J, Githui W, Umapathy KC, Paramasivan CN, Tam CM, Kam KM, Lam CW, Sole KM, Mitchison DA. A multicentre study of the early bactericidal activity of anti-tuberculosis drugs. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2000;45:859-70.
  • Tam CM, Chan SL, Kam KM, Sim E, Staples D, Sole KM, Al-Ghusein H, Mitchison DA. Rifapentine and isoniazid in the continuation phase of a 6-month regimen. Interim report: no activity of isoniazid in the continuation phase. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2000;4:262-7.
  • Dye C, Williams BG. Criteria for the control of drug-resistant tuberculosis.Proc Natl Acad Sci 2000;97:8180-5.
  • Chan CK, Leung SM, Lee KC, Li R, Tam CM, Leung CC, Law WS. An unusual case of double tuberculous broncho-oesophageal fistulas in an adult. Respirology 2000;5:397-401.
  • Lee MP, Chan JW, Ng KK, Li PC. Clinical manifestations of tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients. Respirology 2000;5:423-6.
  • Ho PL, Chim CS, Yuen KY. Isolated splenic tuberculosis presenting with pyrexia of unknown origin. Scand J Infect Dis 2000;32:700-1.

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1999

  • Kam KM, Yip CW, Chan MY, Mok CY, Wong WS. IS6110 dot blot hybridization for the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 1999;33:13-8.
  • Yew WW, Chau CH, Lee J, Leung CK. Is inhaled corticosteroid useful as adjunctive management in tuberculous pyrexia? Drugs Exp Clin Res 1999;25:179-84.
  • Yew WW, Cheung SW, Chau CH, Chan CY, Leung CK, Cheng AF, Wong CF. Serum pharmacokinetics of antimycobacterial drugs in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis during therapy. Int J Clin Pharmacol Res 1999;19:65-71.
  • Ho TTY, Wong KH, Lee SS. Low yield of chest radiography in screening for active pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients in Hong Kong. Int J STD AIDS 1999;10:409-12.
  • Dye C, Scheele S, Dolin P, Pathania V, Raviglione MC. Consensus statement. Global burden of tuberculosis: estimated incidence, prevalence, and mortality by country. WHO Global Surveillance and Monitoring Project. JAMA 1999;282:677-86.
  • Leung CC, Tam CM. Guidance notes for notification of tuberculosis. Public Health & Epidemiology Bulletin 1999;8:36-9.
  • Chan TY. Seasonal variations in vitamin D status and the incidence of tuberculosis in different countries. Respiration 1999;66:196.
  • Cheng AF, Tai VH, Li MS, Chan CH, Wong CF, Yew WW, Hui M, Chan CY, Lee JC. Improved recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from pleural aspirates: bedside inoculation, heparinized containers and liquid culture media. Scand J Infect Dis 1999;31:485-7.

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1998

  • Tocque K, Bellis MA, Tam CM, Chan SL, Syed Q, Remmington T, Davies PD. Long-term trends in tuberculosis. Comparison of age-cohort data between Hong Kong and England and Wales. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;158:484-8.
  • Tam CM, Chan SL, Lam CW, Leung CC, Kam KM, Morris JS, Mitchison DA. Rifapentine and isoniazid in the continuation phase of treating pulmonary tuberculosis. Initial report. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;157:1726-33.
  • Chan CY, Tsang DS, Chan TL, Yew WW, Cheung SW, Cheng AF. Detection of fluoroquinolones in urinary specimens from patients undergoing anti-tuberculous therapy. Chemotherapy 1998;44:7-11. Erratum in: Chemotherapy 1998;44:180.
  • Wong CF, Yew WW, Wong PC, Lee J. A case of concomitant tuberculosis and sarcoidosis with mycobacterial DNA present in the sarcoid lesion. Chest 1998;114:626-9.
  • Yam WC, Yuen KY, Seto WH. Direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory specimens using an automated DNA amplification assay and a single tube nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Clin Chem Lab Med 1998;36:597-9.
  • Tam CM. Rifapentine - a viewpoint. Drugs 1998;56:617.
  • The Tuberculosis Control Coordinating Committee of the Hong Kong Department of Health and the Tuberculosis Subcommittee of the Coordinating Committee in Internal Medicine of the Hospital Authority, Hong Kong. Chemotherapy of tuberculosis in Hong Kong: a consensus statement. Hong Kong Med J 1998;4:315-20.
  • Mak W, Cheung RTF, Ho SL, Tsang KL, Fong GCY. Tuberculous meningitis in Hong Kong: experience in a regional hospital. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1998;2:1040-3.
  • Yew WW, Chau CH. Fluoroquinolones and tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1998;2:1050-2.
  • Wong CF, Yew WW, Chan CY, Au LY, Cheung SW, Cheng AF. Rapid diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis via fibreoptic bronchoscopy: utility of polymerase chain reaction in bronchial aspirates as an adjunct to transbronchial biopsies. Respir Med 1998;92:815-9.
  • Yew WW. Therapeutic drug monitoring in antituberculosis chemotherapy. Ther Drug Monit 1998;20:469-72.

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1997

  • Yew WW, Chau CH Future directions in the development of new antitubercular drugs. Where do we go from here? Drugs Aging 1997;10:405-10.
  • Yew WW, Au KF, Lee J, Chau CH . Levofloxacin in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1997;1:89.
  • Tam CM, Chan SL, Lam CW, Dickinson JM, Mitchison DA. Bioavailability of Chinese rifapentine during a clinical trial in Hong Kong. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 1997;1:411-6.
  • Ho YI, Chan CY, Cheng AF. In-vitro activities of aminoglycoside-aminocyclitols against mycobacteria. J Antimicrob Chemother 1997;40:27-32.
  • Yuen KY, Yam WC, Wong LP, Seto WH. Comparison of two automated DNA amplification systems with a manual one-tube nested PCR assay for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. J Clin Microbiol 1997;35:1385-9.
  • Yuen KY, Chan KS, Chan CM, Ho PL, Ng MH. Monitoring the therapy of pulmonary tuberculosis by nested polymerase chain reaction assay. J Infect 1997;34:29-33.
  • Sun RY, Senok AC, Ho A, Oppenheimer SJ, Davies DP. Meningitis in Hong Kong children, with special reference to the infrequency of haemophilus and meningococcal infection. J Paediatr Child Health 1997;33:296-9.
  • Yuen AP, Wong SH, Tam CM, Chan SL, Wei WI, Lau SK. Prospective randomized study of thrice weekly six-month and nine-month chemotherapy for cervical tuberculous lymphadenopathy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997;116:189-92.

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1996

  • Yew WW, Chau CH, Leung S. Anti-tuberculosis drugs and liver toxicity. Eur Respir J 1996;9:389-90.
  • Woo J, Chan HS, Hazlett CB, Ho SC, Chan R, Sham A, Davies PD. Tuberculosis among elderly Chinese in residential homes: tuberculin reactivity and estimated prevalence. Gerontology 1996;42:155-62.
  • Lau KK, Yuen H. Paradoxical development of brainstem tuberculoma during treatment for tuberculous meningitis. Hong Kong Med J 1996;2:211-2.
  • Chan CM, Yuen KY, Chan KS, Yam WC, Yim KHM, Ng WF, Ng MH. Single-tube nested polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of tuberculosis. J Clin Pathol 1996;49:290-4.
  • Yew WW, Chau CH. New antimycobacterial agents. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 1996;51:394-404.
  • Tam CM. Tuberculosis in Hong Kong. Public Health & Epidemiology Bulletin 1996;5(4):25-8.
  • Yew WW. Pefloxacin and pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberc Lung Dis 1996;77:194.

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