1. Endotoxemia in febrile patients with hematological malignancies. Relationship of type of bacteremia, clinical findings and serum cytokine pattern

   • P. Engervall
   • M. Björkholm
   • B. Andersson

   Originalia Pages: 2 - 7

2. Candidemia in intensive care unit patients: Risk factors for mortality

   • A. Voss
   • J. F. G. M. Meis
   • N. A. Foudraine

   Originalia Pages: 8 - 11

3. Food-borne and air-borne streptococcal pharyngitis — A clinical comparison

   • Y. Bar-Dayan
   • J. Shemer
   • Yosefa Bar-Dayan

   Originalia Pages: 12 - 15

4. A randomized comparison of two clarithromycin doses for treatment ofMycobacterium avium complex infections

   • B. Dautzenberg
   • Chantal Truffot-Pernot
   • C. Chastang

   Originalia Pages: 16 - 21

5. Native and prosthetic valve endocarditis caused byRothia dentocariosa: Diagnostic and therapeutic considerations

   • D. Binder
   • U. Widmer
   • R. Zbinden

   Originalia Pages: 22 - 26

6. In vivo andin vitro antifungal activity of the polyene derivative SPA-S-753 against encapsulated form ofCryptococcus neoformans

   • V. Strippoli
   • D. Basti
   • T. Bruzzese

   Originalia Pages: 27 - 31

7. Parvovirus B19 diagnosis in pregnant women — quantification of IgG antibody levels (IU/ml) with reference to the international parvovirus B19 standard serum

   • Karen Searle
   • Carola Guilliard
   • Gisela Enders

   Brief Report Pages: 32 - 34

8. Zidovudine and thymus humoral factor gamma-2 in the treatment of HIV infection: Preliminary clinical experience

   • F. Maggiolo
   • A. Taras
   • Antonella Ingrosso

   Brief Report Pages: 35 - 38

9. Severe pancreatitis as first symptom of mumps complicated with pseudocyst and abscess of pancreas

   • T. Šušković
   • D. Vukičević-Baudoin
   • I. Holjevac

   Case Report Pages: 39 - 40

10. Tick-borne encephalitis: Possibly a fatal disease in its acute stage. PCR amplification of TBE RNA from postmortem brain tissue

    • J. Tomažič
    • Mojca Matičič
    • Nina Gale

    Case Report Pages: 41 - 43

11. Parenteral ganciclovir treatment of acute CMV infection in the immunocompetent host

    • R. B. S. Laing
    • R. S. Dykhuizen
    • Pamela J. Molyneaux

    Case Report Pages: 44 - 46

12. Book review

    • L. Gürtler

    BookReview Pages: 46 - 46

13. Successful treatment of severe streptococcal toxic shock syndrome with a combination of intravenous immunoglobulin, dexamethasone and antibiotics

    • C. H. Chiu
    • T. Y. Lin
    • K. S. S. Chang

    Correspondence Pages: 47 - 48

14. Prevalence of anti-HCV antibodies in chronic liver disease in the Czech Republic

    • J. Stránsky
    • M. Hořejšová
    • V. Němeček

    Correspondence Pages: 49 - 50

15. Meetings

    Events Pages: 50 - 50

16. Bacteremia due to teicoplanin-resistant and vancomycin-susceptibleStaphylococcus haemolyticus in seven patients with acute leukemia and neutropenia receiving prophylaxis with ofloxacin

    • V. Krčméry Jr
    • J. Trupl
    • S. Špànik

    Correspondence Pages: 51 - 52

17. Increased frequency of sister chromatid exchange inHelicobacter pylori infection

    • Y. :Ozku
    • H. Dönmez
    • K. Güven

    Correspondence Pages: 53 - 54

18. Introduction

    • Bernhard Ruf
    • Dirk Schürmann

    Special Addendum Pages: 55 - 55

19. Epidemiological and clinical aspects of mycobacterial infections

    • M. Opravil

    Special Addendum Pages: 56 - 59

20. Diagnosis of tuberculosis and other diseases caused by mycobacteria

    • M. Salfinger

    Special Addendum Pages: 60 - 62

21. The use of rifabutin in Europe for the treatment of mycobacterial infection in AIDS patients

    • B. Dautzenberg

    Special Addendum Pages: 63 - 66

22. Prophylaxis againstMycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex infections in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients

    • S. D. Nightingale

    Special Addendum Pages: 67 - 70