The methods accepted to determine antimicrobial drug susceptibility of mycobacteria are based on the determination of the microorganisms' growth on solid or liquid medium containing a specified concentration of a single drug.

Detection of bacterial growth by measuring the release of (14)CO(2) from the metabolism of uniformly labeled (14)C-glucose has proven to be accurate, sensitive, and rapid. The inhibition of glucose metabolism by antibiotics as an index of bacterial susceptibility was evaluated based on radiometric methodology. Bacterial dose-response curves to antibiotics were defined. The susceptibility to dru...

Social Engineering is an undeniable and pervasive threat to the security of information systems of an organization due to its reliance on social nature of human beings. Social engineering uses dynamic art of manipulating social behavior of human relationships to obtain unauthorized and privileged information. Corporations have pressing need to design and implement reasonable countermeasures and...

This prospective study examined the influence of perceived susceptibility to breast cancer on nonadherence to recommended mammography screening guidelines. The study population included 1,229 African American and White women ages 40 to 79 years who obtained an index mammography screening examination at one of five urban hospitals in Connecticut between October 1996 and January 1998. Information...

BACKGROUND The Philippines has an extremely high rate of tuberculosis but little is known about M. tuberculosis genotypes and transmission dynamics in this country. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of household contacts who develop active TB due to direct transmission from an index case in that household. METHODS Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from household contacts...

Selection for drought tolerance typically involves evaluating genotypes for either high yield potential or stable performance under drought stress. In order to select drought tolerant land races of bread wheat an experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications under two different rainfed and irrigated conditions during the growing season 2010-2011. ...