Advances and controversies in the antiviral therapy of herpes zoster A. L. CunninghamD. E. Dwyer Editorial Pages: 273 - 275
Control of enterohaemorrhagicEscherichia coli infection: The need for a network involving microbiological laboratories and clinical and public health institutions H. Karch Editorial Pages: 276 - 280
Predominant pathogens found in the European prevalence of infection in intensive care study R. C. Spencer Article Pages: 281 - 285
Delay in appropriate therapy ofLegionella pneumonia associated with increased mortality C. H. HeathD. I. GroveD. F. M. Looke Article Pages: 286 - 290
Prospective study of 288 episodes of bacteremia in neutropenic cancer patients in a single institution E. González-BarcaA. Fernández-SevillaF. Gudiol Article Pages: 291 - 296
Rapid genotyping ofEscherichia coli O157 isolates by random amplification of polymorphic DNA M. BirchD. W. DenningD. Law Article Pages: 297 - 302
Evaluation of the ability of a commercial system to identifyAcinetobacter genomic species A. T. BernardsJ. van der ToornL. Dijkshoorn Article Pages: 303 - 308
PrecipitatingPseudomonas aeruginosa antibodies and antimicrobial therapy in cystic fibrosis patients M. TrancassiniD. de VitoP. Cipriani Article Pages: 309 - 312
Molecular characterization ofBorrelia burgdorferi sensu lato from Slovenia revealing significant differences between tick and human isolates R. N. PickenY. ChengG. M. Trenholme Article Pages: 313 - 323
Acquisition of syncytium-inducing HIV-1 strains during therapy with zidovudine alone or combined with alpha interferon or didanosine Y. TorresM. LealE. Lissen Notes Pages: 324 - 327
Detection of vertical transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 by a commercial polymerase chain reaction assay P. BermúdezP. MorenoA. R. Noriega Notes Pages: 327 - 330
Role of culture and toxin detection in laboratory testing for diagnosis ofClostridium difficile-associated diarrhea L. R. PetersonP. J. KellyH. A. Nordbrock Notes Pages: 330 - 336
Comparison of an automated enzyme immunoassay with a direct fluorescent antibody test and polymerase chain reaction for the detection ofChlamydia trachomatis in diagnostic specimens from male patients C. Y. W. TongC. ValentineO. P. Arya Notes Pages: 336 - 340
Types of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus associated with high mortality in patients with bacteremia T. NadaS. IchiyamaN. Nakashima Notes Pages: 340 - 343
In vitro activity of ceftizoxime, ceftazidime, cefuroxime, ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, and penicillin againstStreptococcus pneumoniae as determined by three quantitative methods A. L. BarryS. D. BrownP. C. Fuchs Notes Pages: 344 - 346
Endocarditis and acute renal failure due toErysipelothrix rhusiopathiae M. GiménezP. FernándezV. Ausina Letters Pages: 347 - 348
Infection with ciprofloxacin-resistantCampylobacter jejuni in travellers returning from Asia M. A. SlavinI. JennensW. Tee Letters Pages: 348 - 350
Torsades de pointe probably related to sparfloxacin H. DupontJ. F. TimsitB. Regnier Letters Pages: 350 - 351
Antimicrobial susceptibility ofEscherichia coli O157 and other enterohaemorrhagicEscherichia coli isolated in Italy C. FarinaA. GoglioA. Caprioli Letters Pages: 351 - 353