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VOL 108 / NO 2 / AUGUST 2000 / POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE

SYMPOSIUM ON TUBERCULOSIS

TUBERCULOSIS
Introduction to a four-article symposium
CAPT Angeline Lazarus, MC, USN

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS OF TUBERCULOSIS
Recognition of at-risk patients is key to prompt detection
CDR Gregory Martin, MC, USN, CAPT Angeline Lazarus, MC, USN

TUBERCULOSIS AND HIV INFECTION
How to safely treat both disorders concurrently
Catherine F. Decker, MD, CAPT Angeline Lazarus, MC, USN

MANAGEMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS
Choosing an effective regimen and ensuring compliance
CAPT Angeline Lazarus, MC, USN, LCDR John Sanders, MC, USNR

PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS
Vigilance and infection control strategies are mainstays of efforts
LCDR Melissa Means-Markwell, MC, USNR, CDR Kevin M. O'Neil, MC, USN

CLINICAL ARTICLES

ANTICOAGULANT USE IN NONVALVULAR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
Determining risk and choosing the safest course
Charles C. Gornick, MD

SCREENING FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Identifying, assisting, and empowering adult victims of abuse
Katherine J. Little, MD

Women's Health Series
DYSPAREUNIA IN WOMEN
Breaking the silence is the first step toward treatment
Timothy P. Canavan, MD, Celeste D. Heckman, MD

Procedures in Primary Care
VASECTOMY
A safe, effective, economical means of sterilization
Greg Greek, MD

CONTINUING FEATURES

EDITOR'S NOTE
Combatting the resurgence of TB

GUEST EDITORIAL
Do more than discuss that unusual case
Write it up!
Robert T. Brodell, MD

DIGITAL DOC
What price for your patient data?
Medical record freeware may also become shareware
Bryan P. Bergeron, MD

CURBSIDE CONSULTS
Is prolotherapy safe and effective for back pain?
New treatments for chronic edema in women?

PEARLS IN DERMATOLOGY
Combined classic and iatrogenic Kaposi's sarcoma
Corticosteroid withdrawal can result in remission
George Kroumpouzos, MD, PhD, Thomas Delaney, MD, Tania J. Phillips, MD

PUZZLES IN PRACTICE
A triad of troubling findings
CPT John Godino, MC, USA, MAJ Peter W. K. Wong, MC, USA

PATIENT NOTES
Tuberculosis

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