1. Evidence of Recent Progress in Clinical Practice and Research in Infectious Disease without Official Measures or Meddling – An Example for Germany*

   • W. Marget

   Editorial Pages: 305 - 306

2. Franz Daschner and Dieter Adam Mentors for Infectious Diseases

   Guest Editorial Pages: 307 - 308

3. Dutch Guideline for Preventing Nosocomial Transmission of Highly Resistant Microorganisms (HRMO)

   • M. F. Q. Kluytmans–VandenBergh
   • J. A. J. W. Kluytmans
   • A. Voss

   Review Pages: 309 - 313

4. Low Rate of Clinical Consequences Derived from Results of Blood Cultures Obtained in an Internal Medicine Emergency Department

   • B. P. Ehrenstein
   • T. Jarry
   • T. Glück

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 314 - 319

5. Antibiotic-Resistant Bloodstream Infections in Hospitalized Patients: Specific Risk Factors in a High–Risk Population?

   • Heike von Baum
   • J. F. Ober
   • M. B. Edmond

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 320 - 326

6. Risk Factors for Colonization with Third–Generation Cephalosporin–Resistant Enterobacteriaceae

   • C. Wendt
   • D. Lin
   • H. von Baum

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 327 - 332

7. Antibiotic Use in Non–University Regional Acute Care General Hospitals in Southwestern Germany, 2001–2002

   • W. V. Kern
   • Katja de With
   • and the MABUSE–INTERREGIO–II Project Team*

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 333 - 339

8. Prevalence of Clostridium difficile Toxins A and B and Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxin A in Stool Samples of Patients with Antibiotic–Associated Diarrhea

   • M. M. Heimesaat
   • K. Granzow
   • O. Liesenfeld

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 340 - 344

9. Incidence and Prognosis of CMV Disease in HIV–Infected Patients before and after Introduction of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy

   • B. Salzberger
   • P. Hartmann
   • G. Fätkenheuer

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 345 - 349

10. Prospective Surveillance of Nosocomial Infections in a Swiss NICU: Low Risk of Pneumonia on Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure?

    • J. Hentschel
    • B. Brüngger
    • K. Mühlemann

    Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 350 - 355

11. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains from Nosocomial Pneumonia Are More Serum Resistant than P. aeruginosa Strains from Noninfectious Respiratory Colonization Processes

    • A. Vitkauskiene
    • S. Scheuß
    • H. Sahly

    Clinical and Epidemiological Study Pages: 356 - 361

12. Silencing of Bak Ameliorates Apoptosis of Human Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells by Escherichia coli–Derived Shiga Toxin 2

    • C. Wilson
    • G. H. Foster
    • M. Bitzan

    Experimental Study Pages: 362 - 367

13. Inducible Metronidazole Resistance in nim–Positive and nim–Negative Bacteroides fragilis Group Strains after Several Passages Metronidazole Containing Columbia Agar Plates

    • R. Schaumann
    • S. Petzold
    • A. C. Rodloff

    Brief Report Pages: 368 - 372

14. Analysis of the Specific Immune Response against Capsular Polysaccharides of Two Patients with Systemic Enterococcal Infections

    • M. Hufnagel
    • J. Huebner

    Brief Report Pages: 373 - 376

15. In vitro Assessment of the Host Response against Enterococcus faecalis Used in Probiotic Preparations

    • A. Kropec
    • M. Hufnagel
    • J. Huebner

    Brief Report Pages: 377 - 379

16. Interleukin–8 Serum Levels at Fever Onset in Patients with Neutropenia Predict Early Medical Complications

    • A. Engel
    • Stefanie Knoll
    • W. V. Kern

    Brief Report Pages: 380 - 382

17. Fatal Outcome of a Hyperinfection Syndrome despite Successful Eradication of Strongyloides with Subcutaneous Ivermectin

    • H. P. Hauber
    • J. Galle
    • C. Lange

    Case Report Pages: 383 - 386

18. Aortitis Diagnosed by F–18–Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in a Patient with Syphilis and HIV Coinfection

    • K. Kösters
    • C. P. Bleeker–Rovers
    • A. J. A. M. van der Ven

    Case Report Pages: 387 - 389

19. Peritonitis Due to Neisseria mucosa in an Adolescent Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis

    • A. K. Shetty
    • S. K. Nagaraj
    • M. Bitzan

    Case Report Pages: 390 - 392

20. Landouzy Septicemia (Sepsis Tuberculosa Acutissima) Due to Mycobacterium microti in an Immunocompetent Man

    • H. K. Geiss
    • Rita Feldhues
    • R. Rieker

    Case Report Pages: 393 - 396

21. Breakthrough Invasive Infection Due to Debaryomyces hansenii (teleomorph Candida famata) and Scopulariopsis brevicaulis in a Stem Cell Transplant Patient Receiving Liposomal Amphotericin B and Caspofungin for Suspected Aspergillosis

    • D. Wagner
    • Anna Sander
    • W. V. Kern

    Case Report Pages: 397 - 400

22. What's New in HIV/AIDS? Neutralizing HIV Antibodies: Do they Really Protect?

    • B. Jülg
    • F. D. Goebel

    HIV/AIDS Pages: 405 - 407

23. What’s New in HIV/AIDS? Chemokine Receptor Antagonists: A New Era of HIV Therapy?

    • B. Jülg
    • F. D. Goebel

    HIV/AIDS Pages: 408 - 410