1. Mycobacterium marinum: ubiquitous agent of waterborne granulomatous skin infections

   • B. Petrini

   Review 19 September 2006 Pages: 609 - 613

   

2. Use of cultures in cellulitis: when, how, and why?

   • L. J. Eron
   • B. A. Lipsky

   Editorial 04 August 2006 Pages: 615 - 617

3. Risk factors for bacteremia in patients with limb cellulitis

   • G. Peralta
   • E. Padrón
   • M. B. Sánchez

   Article 19 September 2006 Pages: 619 - 626

4. A new category — healthcare-associated pneumonia: a good idea, but problems with its execution

   • S. Fujitani
   • V. L. Yu

   Editorial 22 September 2006 Pages: 627 - 631

   

5. Ertapenem versus cefepime for initial empirical treatment of pneumonia acquired in skilled-care facilities or in hospitals outside the intensive care unit

   • S. V. Yakovlev
   • L. S. Stratchounski
   • M. J. DiNubile

   Article 22 September 2006 Pages: 633 - 641

   

6. Prospective controlled study of the diagnostic value of skin biopsy in patients with presumed meningococcal disease

   • S. M. Arend
   • A. P. M. Lavrijsen
   • E. J. Kuijper

   Article 09 September 2006 Pages: 643 - 649

   

7. Association between cardiac disorders and a decades-previous history of diphtheria

   • H. Völzke
   • C. Warnke
   • S. B. Felix

   Article 19 September 2006 Pages: 651 - 656

   

8. Evaluation of a single-locus real-time polymerase chain reaction as a screening test for specific detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ICU patients

   • K. Oberdorfer
   • S. Pohl
   • C. Wendt

   Article 20 September 2006 Pages: 657 - 663

   

9. Detection of imported histoplasmosis in serum of HIV-infected patients using a real-time PCR-based assay

   • M. J. Buitrago
   • J. Berenguer
   • M. Cuenca-Estrella

   Concise Article 26 September 2006 Pages: 665 - 668

10. Comparison of different polymerase chain reaction methods for detection of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 encephalitis

    • I. Altuglu
    • A. Zeytinoglu
    • S. Erensoy

    Brief Report 19 September 2006 Pages: 669 - 671

11. Silica-guanidinium thiocyanate-based nucleic acid isolation protocol does not improve sensitivity of two commercial tests for detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in respiratory samples

    • H. R. van Doorn
    • E. S. Bruijnesteijn van Coppenraet
    • M. D. de Jong

    Brief Report 09 September 2006 Pages: 673 - 675

    

12. Anaplasmataceae in wild rodents and roe deer from Trento Province (northern Italy)

    • T. Beninati
    • G. Piccolo
    • C. Bandi

    Brief Report 19 September 2006 Pages: 677 - 678

13. Announcements

    Announcements 05 October 2006 Pages: 679 - 679