tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post3534787389421795176..comments2023-08-24T08:30:25.608-07:00Comments on Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You: Tuberculosis, XDR-TB and Personalized Medicine!!Steve Murphy MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11774190000307343476noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-25754829342545620742007-06-02T06:34:00.000-07:002007-06-02T06:34:00.000-07:00Another personalized medicine angle is that your g...Another personalized medicine angle is that <a href="http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=15815631" rel="nofollow">your genetics</a> greatly influences your susceptibility to TB and leprosy (another mycobacterial disease). In the long term these genes may give important hints to mycrobacterial pathogenic behavior & therefore suggestions for therapeutic approaches.Keith Robisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765318239070312590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-27486640259740601042007-06-02T14:58:00.000-07:002007-06-02T14:58:00.000-07:00Keith,I totally agree with you. A friend of mine M...Keith,<br>I totally agree with you. A friend of mine Mike Murray illustrates this point in a case of community acquired pneumonia, bacterial resistance to quinolones, host susceptibility to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and sepsis. I think once we have all of these pieces together we will see quite a revolution in hospital care.<br>Thanks<br>-SteveSteve Murphy MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11774190000307343476noreply@blogger.com