1. Value of measurement of C-reactive protein in febrile patients with hematological malignancies

   • E. Rintala
   • K. Irjala
   • J. Nikoskelainen

   Article Pages: 973 - 978

2. Comparison of the autoSCAN-W/A and Vitek automicrobic systems for identification and susceptibility testing of bacteria

   • M. R. Visser
   • L. Bogaards
   • J. Verhoef

   Article Pages: 979 - 984

3. Association betweenStaphylococcus aureus nasopharyngeal colonization and septicemia in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus

   • T. Weinke
   • R. Schiller
   • H. D. Pohle

   Article Pages: 985 - 989

4. Widespread occurrence of multiple drug-resistantSalmonella typhi in India

   • E. J. Threlfall
   • L. R. Ward
   • P. Lemmens

   Note Pages: 990 - 993

5. Introduction

   • H. Pichler

   Current Topic: Introduction Pages: 997 - 998

6. Current antimicrobial therapy of anaerobic infections

   • C. V. Sanders
   • K. E. Aldridge

   Current Topic: Review Pages: 999 - 1011

7. Role of human microflora in health and disease

   • C. Tancrède

   Current Topic: Review Pages: 1012 - 1015

8. Resistance of anaerobic bacteria to antimicrobial agents in Spain

   • F. Baquero
   • M. Reig

   Current Topic: Review Pages: 1016 - 1020

9. Clinical relevance of antimicrobial susceptibility testing

   • S. M. Finegold

   Current Topic: Review Pages: 1021 - 1024

10. Review of methods for susceptibility testing of anaerobes

    • R. J. Zabransky

    Current Topic: Review Pages: 1025 - 1031

11. Chromosomal gene transfer elements of theBacteroides group

    • A. A. Salyers
    • N. B. Shoemaker

    Current Topic: Review Pages: 1032 - 1038

12. Methods for the isolation and identification of obligate anaerobes

    • A. B. Onderdonk

    Current Topic: Review Pages: 1039 - 1043

13. Virulence factors in anaerobic bacteri

    • T. Hofstad

    Current Topic: Review Pages: 1044 - 1048

14. Epidemiological aspects of infections caused byBacteroides fragilis andClostridium difficile

    • S. Tabaqchali
    • M. Wilks

    Current Topic: Review Pages: 1049 - 1057

15. Clinical importance ofBilophila wadsworthia

    • S. Finegold
    • P. Summanen
    • E. Baron

    Current Topic: Review Pages: 1058 - 1063

16. Role of fibrin deposition in the pathogenesis of intraabdominal infection

    • O. D. Rotstein

    Current Topic: Review Pages: 1064 - 1068

17. In vitro susceptibility of clinical isolates ofBacteroides fragilis andBacteroides thetaiotaomicron in Japan

    • K. Watanabe
    • K. Ueno
    • K. Hara

    Current Topic: Article Pages: 1069 - 1073

18. German multicentre study on the in vitro susceptibility ofBacteroides species

    • A. C. Rodloff
    • H. Werner
    • the German Bacteroides Study Group

    Current Topic: Article Pages: 1074 - 1080

19. Beta-lactamase production and susceptibility of US and European anaerobic gram-negative bacilli to beta-lactams and other agents

    • M. R. Jacobs
    • S. K. Spangler
    • P. C. Appelbaum

    Current Topic: Article Pages: 1081 - 1093

20. Survey of the susceptibility patterns ofBacteroides fragilis group strains in France from 1977 to 1992

    • L. Dubreuil
    • J. Breuil
    • A. Sedallian

    Current Topic: Article Pages: 1094 - 1099

21. Effect of beta-lactamase inhibitors on beta-lactamases from anaerobic bacteria

    • M. Hedberg
    • L. Lindqvist
    • C. E. Nord

    Current Topic: Article Pages: 1100 - 1104

22. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 1105 - 1106