Comparison of measles antihemolysin test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and hemagglutination inhibition test with neutralization test for determination of …

PW Neumann, JM Weber, AG Jessamine… - Journal of clinical …, 1985 - Am Soc Microbiol
Sera were collected from 238 high-school students in Prince Edward Island for the
determination of immune status before an anticipated measles outbreak. In addition, history of …

Upper lung lobe fibrosis in ankylosing spondylitis.

AG Jessamine - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1968 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Discussion Zorab2 theorized that ankylosing spondylitis could lead to pulmonary disease
because:(1) it creates a predisposition of bronchopulmonary infection;(2) it results in …

Treatment of chronic drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis with rifampin and ethambutol

CWL Jeanes, AG Jessamine, L Eidus - Canadian Medical …, 1972 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Twenty patients with chronic pulmonary tuberculosis completed eight months of rifampin-ethambutol
treatment. Half the patients received daily 600 mg. rifampin and 25 mg./kg. …

A national study to determine the prevalence of drug resistance in newly discovered previously untreated tuberculosis patients as well as in retreatment cases

L Eidus, AG Jessamine, ES Hershfield… - Canadian Journal of …, 1978 - JSTOR
Following mycin, para-aminosalicylic the discovery of strepto-acid mycin, para-aminosalicylic
acid (PAS), and isoniazid (INH), drug resistance to these antituberculous agents emerged …

Trends in ectopic pregnancy in Canada.

JC Hockin, AG Jessamine - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1984 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The incidence in Canada of one complication of sexually transmitted disease, ectopic
pregnancy, was examined by age group for the years 1971 through 1980 by means of hospital …

Specificity of the isoniazid drop test for control of domiciliary treatment of tuberculosis

EJ Hamilton, AG Jessamine, L Eidus - … Medical Association Journal, 1964 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A method for determining N-acetyl isoniazid in urine was found to be specific in a double-blind
experiment on 1673 urine specimens of which 328 were positive and 1345 were negative…

Urine test for phenotyping isoniazid inactivators

…, AMT Harnanansingh, AG Jessamine - American Review of …, 1971 - atsjournals.org
In the last decade, the metabolism of isoniazid (INH) was studied in great detail. It was
found that this drug is acetylated in the liver by the acetyltransferase enzyme. The rate of …

A study of tuberculosis antibodies by bentonite flocculation

…, BB Diena, L Greenberg, AG Jessamine - Canadian Medical …, 1966 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A Study of Tuberculosis Antibodies by Bentonite Flocculation Page 1 Canad. Med. Ass. J. April
30, 1966, vol. 94 Wallace and others: Tuberculosis Antibodies 947 A Study of Tuberculosis …

Circulating antibody response in BCG vaccination, tuberculous infection and sarcoidosis

R Wallace, BB Diena, AG Jessamine… - Canadian Medical …, 1967 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The bentonite flocculation test was used to differentiate antibodies formed by BCG
vaccination from those produced by infections with virulent tubercle bacilli. Of 116 BCG-vaccinated …

Urine tests for phenotyping slow and fast acetylators

AG Jessamine, MM Hodgkin, L Eidus - Canadian Journal of Public Health …, 1974 - JSTOR
Methods To carry out the INH phenotyping tests, 101 volunteers were given a 10 mg/kg dose
of isoniazid orally. After six hours, they voided all urine and two hours later, urine samples …