First Quarter, 2000
Anonymous. Neutralizing chemical and biological warfare agents - a new approach. J Environ Health 1999;62:52.
Anonymous. Rapid sensors to detect chemical and biological warfare agents. Trac-Trend. In: Anal Chem 2000;19:IV-IV.
Abelson PH. Biological warfare. Science 1999;286:1677.
Akimitsu N, Hamamoto H, Inoue R, Shoji M, Akamine A, Takemori K, Hamasaki N, Sekimizu K. Increase in resistance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to beta-lactams caused by mutations conferring resistance to benzalkonium chloride, a disinfectant widely used in hospitals. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999;43:3042-43.
Al-Jama AA, Borgio FG, Al-Qatari KM. Patterns of resistance to antituberculous drugs in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Medical Journal 1999;20:927-30.
Alt E, Leipold F, Milatovic D, Lehmann G, Heinz S, Schomig A. Hydrogen peroxide for prevention of bacterial growth on polymer biomaterials. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;68:2123-28.
Argy G, Bricout F, d'Hermies F, Cheymol A. Study of prophylaxis by didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride against herpes simplex virus infection in Nude mice. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Série III-Sciences De La Vie-Life Sciences 1999;322:863-70.
Avery CM, Gallagher P, Birnbaum W. Double gloving and a glove perforation indication system during the dental treatment of HIV-positive patients: are they necessary? Br Dent J 1999;186:27-9.
Barakate MS, Harris JP, West RP, Alison VM, Sharp CA, MacLeod C, Benn RA. A prospective survey of current methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus control measures. Aust N Z J Surg 1999;69:712-16.
Baron H, Safar J, Groth D, DeArmond SJ, Prusiner SB. Biosafety issues in prion diseases. Prion Biol Dis 1999;38:743-77.
Bernard L, Kereveur A, Durand D, Gonot J, Goldstein F, Mainardi JL, Acar J, Carlet J. Bacterial contamination of hospital physicians' stethoscopes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:626-28.
Birkness KA, Deslauriers M, Bartlett JH, White EH, King CH, Quinn FD. An in vitro tissue culture bilayer model to examine early events in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Infect Immun 1999;67:653-58.
Bishop J, Bahr RH, Gelfer MP. Near-field speech intelligibility in chemical-biological warfare masks. Mil Med 1999;164:543-50.
Brooke CJ, Riley TV. Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae: bacteriology, epidemiology and clinical manifestations of an occupational pathogen. J Med Microbiol 1999;48:789-99.
Burrows WD, Renner SE. Biological warfare agents as threats to potable water. Environ Health Perspect 1999;107:975-84.
Buttner C, Bandte M. Investigations on the efficiency of disinfectants to eliminate virus contamination by using Menno-Florades. Gartenbauwissenschaft 1999;64:214-19.
Campbell J, Francesconi S, Boyd J, Worth L, Moshier T. Environmental air sampling to detect biological warfare agents. Mil Med 1999;164:541-42.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rapidly growing mycobacterial infection following liposuction and liposculpture - Caracas, Venezuela, 1996-1998. JAMA 1999;281:504-05.
Chu NS, Chan-Myers H, Ghazanfari N, Antonoplos P. Levels of naturally occurring microorganisms on surgical instruments after clinical use and after washing. Am J Infec Control 1999;27:315-19.
DaSilva E, Iaccarino M. Emerging diseases: a global threat. Biotechnol Advances 1999;17:363-84.
Dauendorffer JN, Laurain C, Weber M, Dailloux M. Effect of methodology on the tuberculocidal activity of a glutaraldehyde-based disinfectant. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999;65:4239-40.
De la Pena J, Hernandez ES, Rivero M, Arguelles BM, Mazarrasa C, Horna R, Romero FP. Cleaning and disinfection of gastrointestinal endoscopes. Comparative analysis of two disinfectants. Rev Esp Enferm Dig 1999;91:493-96.
Desselberger U. Rotavirus infections - guidelines for treatment and prevention. Drugs 1999;58:447-52.
Dillow AK, Dehghani F, Hrkach JS, Foster NR, Langer R. Bacterial inactivation by using near- and supercritical carbon dioxide. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1999;96:10344-48.
Donnelly CA, MaWhinney S, Anderson RM. A review of the BSE epidemic in British cattle. Ecosystem Health 1999;5:164-73.
Dragon DC, Elkin BT, Nishi JS, Ellsworth TR. A review of anthrax in Canada and implications for research on the disease in northern bison. J Applied Microbiol 1999;87:208-13.
Drobnik J. Genetically modified organisms (GMO) in bioremediation and legislation. Int Biodeterior Biodegrad 1999;44:3-6.
Duan Y, Dinehart K, Hickey J, Panicucci R, Kessler J, Gottardi W. Properties of an enzyme-based low-level iodine disinfectant. J Hosp Infect 1999;43:219-29.
Duschet P. The threat of biological warfare. Arch Dermatol 1999;135:1417-18.
Garbisu C, Alkorta I. Utilization of genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs) for bioremediation. J Chem Technol Biotechnol 1999;74:599-606.
Gordon SM. The threat of bioterrorism: a reason to learn more about anthrax and smallpox. Cleve Clin J Med 1999;66:592.
Hail AS, Rossi CA, Ludwig GV, Ivins BE, Tammariello RF, Henchal EA. Comparison of noninvasive sampling sites for early detection of Bacillus anthracis spores from rhesus monkeys after aerosol exposure. Mil Med 1999;164:833-37.
Hamouda T, Hayes MM, Cao ZY, Tonda R, Johnson K, Wright DC, Brisker J, Baker JR. A novel surfactant nanoemulsion with broad-spectrum sporicidal activity against Bacillus species. J Infect Dis 1999;180:1939-49.
Herath G, Yamamoto K, Urase T. Removal of viruses by microfiltration membranes at different solution environments. Water Sci Technol 1999;40:331-38.
Kang DH, Siragusa GR. Agar underlay method for recovery of sublethally heat-injured bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999;65:5334-37.
Kool JL, Bergmire-Sweat D, Butler JC, Brown EW, Peabody DJ, Massi DS, Carpenter JC, Pruckler JM, Benson RF, Fields BS. Hospital characteristics associated with colonization of water systems by Legionella and risk of nosocomial Legionnaires' disease: a cohort study of 15 hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:798-805.
Kuo JF, Yamashita L. Disinfection and antimicrobial processes. Water Environment Research 1999;71:685-92.
Larson E. Skin hygiene and infection prevention: more of the same or different approaches? Clin Infect Dis 1999;29:1287-94.
Leontiou AP, Coogan MM, Aspinall S. Disinfection of dental diamond burs contaminated with hepatitis B virus. J Prosthet Dent 1999;82:332-35.
Lewis AM, Gammon J, Hosein I. The pros and cons of isolation and containment. J Hosp Infect 1999;43:19-24.
Lisle JT, Pyle BH, McFeters GA. The use of multiple indices of physiological activity to access viability in chlorine disinfected Escherichia coli O157:H7. Letters In: Appl Microbiol 1999;29:42-7.
Mahanty S, Kalwar R, Rollin PE. Cytokine measurement in biological samples after physicochemical treatment for inactivation of biosafety level 4 viral agents. J Med Virol 1999;59:341-45.
Mariscal A, Carnero-Vario M, Gomez-Aracena J, Fernandez-Crehuet J. Development and testing of a microbiological assay to detect residual effects of disinfectant on hard surfaces. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999;65:3717-20.
Marolda CL, Hauroder B, John MA, Michel R, Valvano MA. Intracellular survival and saprophytic growth of isolates from the Burkholderia cepacia complex in free-living amoebae. Microbiology-UK 1999;145:1509-17.
Marshall BM, Shin-Kim H, Perlov D, Levy SB. Release of bacteria during the purge cycles of steam-jacketed sterilisers. Br J Biomed Sci 1999;56:247-52.
Mengistu Y, Erge W, Bellete B. In vitro susceptibility of gram-negative bacterial isolates to chlorhexidine gluconate. East Afr Med J 1999;76:243-46.
Miyazaki E, Chaisson RE, Bishai WR. Analysis of rifapentine for preventive therapy in the Cornell mouse model of latent tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999;43:2126-30.
Momba MNB, Cloete TE, Venter SN, Kfir R. Examination of the behaviour of Escherichia coli in biofilms established in laboratory-scale units receiving chlorinated and chloraminated water. Water Research 1999;33:2937-40.
Monticello MV, Gaber DJ. Glove resistance to permeation by a 7.5% hydrogen peroxide sterilizing and disinfecting solution. Am J Infec Control 1999;27:364-66.
Moore M, Valway SE, Ihle W, Onorato IM. A train passenger with pulmonary tuberculosis: evidence of limited transmission during travel [see comments]. Clin Infect Dis 1999;28:52-6.
Muscarella LF. What is disinfection, sterilization? Gastrointest Endosc 1999;50:301-03.
Neu N, Saiman L, San-Gabriel P, Whittier S, Knirsch C, Ruzal SC, Della LP. Diagnosis of pediatric tuberculosis in the modern era. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999;18:122-26.
Ohisa N, Sugawara M, Mine H, Isshiki K. Killing Bacillus spores with calcined calcium. Journal of the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology-Nippon Shokuhin Kagaku Kogaku Kaishi 1999;46:613-15.
Ortiz GM, Nixon DF, Trkola A, Binley J, Jin X, Bonhoeffer S, Kuebler PJ, Donahoe SM, Demoitie MA, Kakimoto WM, et al. HIV-1-specific immune responses in subjects who temporarily contain virus replication after discontinuation of highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Clin Invest 1999;104:R13-R18.
Papageorgiou GT, Moce-Llivina L, Christodoulou CG, Lucena F, Akkelidou D, Ioannou E, Jofre J. A simple methodological approach for counting and identifying culturable viruses adsorbed to cellulose nitrate membrane filters. Appl Environ Microbiol 2000;66:194-98.
Perera J, Arachchi DM. The optimum relative centrifugal force and centrifugation time for improved sensitivity of smear and culture for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from sputum. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 1999;93:405-09.
Pesik N, Keim M, Sampson TR. Do US emergency medicine residency programs provide adequate training for bioterrorism? Ann Emerg Med 1999;34:173-76.
Pugh JC, Ijaz MK, Suchmann DB. Use of surrogate models for testing efficacy of disinfectants against hepatitis B virus. Am J Infect Control 1999;27:375-76.
Quiberoni A, Suarez VB, Reinheimer JA. Inactivation of Lactobacillus helveticus bacteriophages by thermal and chemical treatments. J Food Prot 1999;62:894-98.
Regnier B, Brucker G, Carlet J, Gottot S, Deshons JP, Boutin-Tranchant ME, Malaval M, Botherel MH, Brun-Buisson C, Dumay MF, et al. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in French hospitals: a 2-month survey in 43 hospitals, 1995. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:478-86.
Roffe TJ, Olsen SC, Gidlewski T, Jensen AE, Palmer MV, Huber R. Biosafety of parenteral Brucella abortus RB51 vaccine in bison calves. J Wildlife Management 1999;63:950-55.
Rutala WA, Gergen MF, Weber DJ. Sporicidal activity of a new Low-temperature sterilization technology: the Sterrad 50 sterilizer. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:514-16.
Saby S, Leroy P, Block JC. Escherichia coli resistance to chlorine and glutathione synthesis in response to oxygenation and starvation. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999;65:5600-03.
Sagripanti JL, Bonifacino A. Bacterial spores survive treatment with commercial sterilants and disinfectants. Appl Environ Microbiol 1999;65:4255-60.
Schmid I, Kunkl A, Nicholson JKA. Biosafety considerations for flow cytometric analysis of human immunodeficiency virus-infected samples. Cytometry 1999;38:195-200.
Shafazand S, Doyle R, Ruoss S, Weinacker A, Raffin TA. Inhalational anthrax - epidemiology, diagnosis, and management. Chest 1999;116:1369-76.
Silverman J, Vazquez JA, Sobel JD, Zervos MJ. Comparative in vitro activity of antiseptics and disinfectants versus clinical isolates of Candida species. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:676-84.
Snyder AP, Maswadeh WM, Parsons JA, Tripathi A, Meuzelaar HLC, Dworzanski JP, Kim MG. Field detection of bacillus spore aerosols with stand-alone pyrolysis-gas chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry. Field Analytical Chemistry and Technology 1999;3:315-26.
Square D. The strange world inside Canada's only level-4 containment laboratory. CMAJ 1999;161:1171-72.
Streether LA. Ebola virus. Br J Biomed Sci 1999;56:280-84.
Suria H, Van Enk R, Gordon R, Mattano LA. Risk of cross-patient infection with clinical use of a needleless injector device. Am J Infect Control 1999;27:444-47.
Talon D. The role of the hospital environment in the epidemiology of multi-resistant bacteria. J Hosp Infect 1999;43:13-7.
Traub WH, Geipel U, Schwarze I, Bauer D. A cluster of nosocomial cross-infection due to multiple antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii: characterization of the strain and antibiotic susceptibility studies. Chemotherapy 1999;45:349-59.
Wallis RS, Patil S, Cheon SH, Edmonds K, Phillips M, Perkins MD, Joloba M, Namale A, Johnson JL, Teixeira L, et al. Drug tolerance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1999;43:2600-06.
Waltimo TMT, Orstavik D, Siren EK, Haapasalo MPP. In vitro susceptibility of Candida albicans to four disinfectants and their combinations. Int Endod J 1999;32:421-29.
Weber DJ, Barbee SL, Sobsey MD, Rutala WA. The effect of blood on the antiviral activity of sodium hypochlorite, a phenolic, and a quaternary ammonium compound. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:821-27.
Weber DJ, Rutala WA. Gene therapy: A new challenge for infection control. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1999;20:530-32.
Weber DJ, Rutala WA, Blanchet CN, Jordan M, Gergen MF. Faucet aerators: a source of patient colonization with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Am J Infect Control 1999;27:59-63.
Weber DJ, Raasch R, Rutala WA. Nosocomial infections in the ICU: the growing importance of antibiotic-resistant pathogens. Chest 1999;115(3 Suppl):34-41.
Wilson APR, Brent D, Beckett G. Bench-top sterilizers and CSSD. J Hosp Infect 1999;43:246-47.
Winiecka-Krusnell J, Linder E. Free-living amoebae protecting Legionella in water: the tip of an iceberg? Scandinavian J Infect Dis 1999;31:383-85.
Zacheus OM, Iivanainen EK, Nissinen TK, Lehtola MJ, Martikainen PJ. Bacterial biofilm formation on polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene and stainless steel exposed to ozonated water. Water Research 2000;34:63-70.
Zayyan KS, Sellu DP. High-level disinfection with 2% alkalinized glutaraldehyde solution for reuse of laparoscopic disposable plastic trocars [letter]. J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A 1999;9:117-18.
Zegers ND, Kluter E, van der Stap H, van Dura E, van Dalen P, Shaw M, Baillie L. Expression of the protective antigen of Bacillus anthracis by Lactobacillus casei: towards the development of an oral vaccine against anthrax. J Appl Microbiol 1999;87:309-14.
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