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Public Health Service (PHS)
An office within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS). The Public Health Service is composed of several agencies,
including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) that oversee different aspects of health
care in the United States. Guidelines for the management of various
diseases, including HIV infection, are released through the PHS.

PubMed
Database and search engine that provides access to citations
for more than 18 million biomedical articles dating back to the
1950s. The database is maintained by the National Library of
Medicine (NLM). PubMed includes links to free full-text articles,
when available, and also connects users with related resources.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez

Pulmonary
Pertaining to the lungs.

Purified Protein Derivative (PPD)
A substance used in the tuberculin skin test to determine if a person
has been exposed to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium
P that causes tuberculosis (TB). PPD is usually injected just below
the skin. A hard red bump or a swollen area at the injection site
indicates that the person was exposed to the bacterium. Additional
tests are required to determine if the person has active TB infection.
See Also: Tuberculin Skin Test
Tuberculosis (TB)

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