Short Course Report for 1985

Short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis.

Although short-course, largely twice weekly chemotherapy for treatment of tuberculosis has been shown to be effective in other countries, when given under closely controlled conditions, it has not been adopted in this country where most patients are older and are treated as outpatients. Since January, 1976, 315 patients (mean age 55.5 years) with proven pulmonary tuberculosis have been treated ...

Short-course chemotherapy for silicotuberculosis.

The use of short-course chemotherapy in silicotuberculosis in the goldmining industry in South Africa is described in a comparative trial of 94 cases of silicotuberculosis and two matched-pair control groups with pulmonary tuberculosis only. The theoretical and practical considerations of short-course chemotherapy are discussed. It is concluded that this is an effective means of treatment for p...

Short-course chemotherapy for tuberculosis.

From Guidon to Neomycin and Heracles in Twenty Short Lessons: ORN Final Report 1979-1985

I review the research leading from the GUIDON rule-based tutoring system, including the reconfiguration of MYCIN into NEOMYCIN and NEOMYCIN’s generalization in the heuristic classification shell, HERACLES. The presentation is organized chronologically around pictures and dialogues that represent conceptual turning points and crystallize the basic ideas. My purpose is to collect the important re...

Health Hazard Evaluation Report 1985-0354-1872