Infection

Evidence of Recent Progress in Clinical Practice and Research in Infectious Disease without Official Measures or Meddling – An Example for Germany*

W. Marget

Franz Daschner and Dieter Adam Mentors for Infectious Diseases

Dutch Guideline for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Highly Resistant Microorganisms (HRMO)

M. F. Q. Kluytmans–VandenBergh, J. A. J. W. Kluytmans, A. Voss

Low Rate of Clinical Consequences Derived from Results of Blood Cultures Obtained in an Internal Medicine Emergency Department

B. P. Ehrenstein, T. Jarry, H. J. Linde, J. Schölmerich, T. Glück

Antibiotic-Resistant Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Patients: Specific Risk Factors in a High–Risk Population?

Heike von Baum, J. F. Ober, C. Wendt, R. P. Wenzel, M. B. Edmond

Risk Factors for Colonization with Third–Generation Cephalosporin–Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

C. Wendt, D. Lin, H. von Baum

Antibiotic Use in Non–University Regional Acute Care General Hospitals in Southwestern Germany, 2001–2002

W. V. Kern, Katja de With, Michaela Steib–Bauert, M. Fellhauer, A. Plangger, W. Probst

Prevalence of Clostridium difficile Toxins A and B and Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin A in Stool Samples of Patients with Antibiotic–Associated Diarrhea

M. M. Heimesaat, K. Granzow, H. Leidinger, O. Liesenfeld

Incidence and Prognosis of CMV Disease in HIV–Infected Patients before and after Introduction of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy

B. Salzberger, P. Hartmann, F. Hanses, B. Uyanik, O. A. Cornely, A. Wöhrmann, G. Fätkenheuer

Prospective Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections in a Swiss NICU: Low Risk of Pneumonia on Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure?

J. Hentschel, B. Brüngger, K. Stüdi, K. Mühlemann

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains from Nosocomial Pneumonia Are More Serum Resistant than P. aeruginosa Strains from Noninfectious Respiratory Colonization Processes

A. Vitkauskiene, S. Scheuß, R. Sakalauskas, V. Dudzevicius, H. Sahly

Silencing of Bak Ameliorates Apoptosis of Human Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells by Escherichia coli–Derived Shiga Toxin 2

C. Wilson, G. H. Foster, M. Bitzan

Inducible Metronidazole Resistance in nim–Positive and nim–Negative Bacteroides fragilis Group Strains after Several Passages Metronidazole Containing Columbia Agar Plates

R. Schaumann, S. Petzold, M. Fille, A. C. Rodloff

Analysis of the Specific Immune Response against Capsular Polysaccharides of Two Patients with Systemic Enterococcal Infections

M. Hufnagel, J. Huebner

In vitro Assessment of the Host Response against Enterococcus faecalis Used in Probiotic Preparations

A. Kropec, M. Hufnagel, K. Zimmermann, J. Huebner

Interleukin–8 Serum Levels at Fever Onset in Patients with Neutropenia Predict Early Medical Complications

A. Engel, Stefanie Knoll, P. Kern, W. V. Kern

Fatal Outcome of a Hyperinfection Syndrome despite Successful Eradication of Strongyloides with Subcutaneous Ivermectin

H. P. Hauber, J. Galle, P. L. Chiodini, J. Rupp, R. Birke, E. Vollmer, P. Zabel, C. Lange

Aortitis Diagnosed by F–18–Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in a Patient with Syphilis and HIV Coinfection

K. Kösters, C. P. Bleeker–Rovers, R. van Crevel, W. J. G. Oyen, A. J. A. M. van der Ven

Peritonitis Due to Neisseria mucosa in an Adolescent Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis

A. K. Shetty, S. K. Nagaraj, W. B. Lorentz, M. Bitzan

Landouzy Septicemia (Sepsis Tuberculosa Acutissima) Due to Mycobacterium microti in an Immunocompetent Man

H. K. Geiss, Rita Feldhues, S. Niemann, O. Nolte, R. Rieker

Breakthrough Invasive Infection Due to Debaryomyces hansenii (teleomorph Candida famata) and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis in a Stem Cell Transplant Patient Receiving Liposomal Amphotericin B and Caspofungin for Suspected Aspergillosis

D. Wagner, Anna Sander, H. Bertz, J. Finke, W. V. Kern

What's New in HIV/AIDS? Neutralizing HIV Antibodies: Do they Really Protect?

B. Jülg, F. D. Goebel

What’s New in HIV/AIDS? Chemokine Receptor Antagonists: A New Era of HIV Therapy?

B. Jülg, F. D. Goebel