1. SARS – A Fast Moving Infectious Disease

   • C. Ruef

   Editorial Pages: 135 - 135

2. An Outbreak of Rubella aboard a Ship of the German Navy

   • C. Ziebold
   • B. Hassenpflug
   • H.J. Schmitt

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 136 - 142

3. Cervical Human Papillomavirus Infection in Tunisian Women

   • E. Hassen
   • A. Chaieb
   • L. Chouchane

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 143 - 148

4. Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection and Restenosis in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

   • R. Krausse
   • J. Leiendecker
   • U. Ullmann

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 149 - 154

5. Stenotrophomonas (Xanthomonas) maltophilia as an Emerging Opportunistic Pathogen in Association with HIV Infection: A 10-Year Surveillance Study

   • L. Calza
   • R. Manfredi
   • F. Chiodo

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 155 - 161

6. Prions and Orthopedic Surgery

   • H.W. Doerr
   • J. Cinatl
   • H.F. Rabenau

   Review Pages: 163 - 171

7. HIV/HTLV Co-infection: Frequency and Epidemiological Characteristics among Patients Admitted to an Italian Hospital

   • E. Quiros-Roldan
   • F. Moretti
   • G. Carosi

   Brief Report Pages: 172 - 173

8. Prognostic Factors for Death from Visceral Leishmaniasis in Teresina, Brazil

   • G.L. Werneck
   • M.S.A. Batista
   • C.H.N. Costa

   Brief Report Pages: 174 - 177

9. Mediastinal Mass with Dysphagia in an Elderly Patient

   • A. Kotanidou
   • I. Andrianakis
   • I. Bellenis

   Case Report Pages: 178 - 180

10. Aortic Homograft Endocarditis Caused by Rhodotorula mucilaginosa

    • M. Maeder
    • P.R. Vogt
    • H.F. Günthard

    Case Report Pages: 181 - 183

11. Pacemaker Endocarditis Due to Propionibacterium acnes

    • K. Zedtwitz-Liebenstein
    • H. Gabriel
    • W. Graninger

    Case Report Pages: 184 - 185

12. Emergency Endovascular Stent-Grafting for Infected Pseudoaneurysm of Brachial Artery

    • Y. Kurimoto
    • Y. Tsuchida
    • Y. Asai

    Case Report Pages: 186 - 188

13. False-Positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis Culture Revealed by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

    • O.D. Schoch
    • G.E. Pfyffer
    • A. Paky

    Case Report Pages: 189 - 191

14. Intestinal Perforations in a Premature Infant Caused by Bacillus cereus

    • M. Girisch
    • M. Ries
    • M. Hofbeck

    Case Report Pages: 192 - 193

15. Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Cancer Risk among HIV-Infected Individuals

    Correspondence Pages: 194 - 196

16. Reply to: K.Wolf et al.

    Correspondence Pages: 197 - 197

17. Comment on: R. Levy's Reply to K.Wolf et al. above

    Correspondence Pages: 198 - 198