1. Turning hand hygiene into a habit: the need is obvious

   • C. Ruef

   Editorial 21 September 2010 Pages: 347 - 347

2. Educating healthcare workers to optimal hand hygiene practices: addressing the need

   • E. Mathai
   • B. Allegranzi
   • D. Pittet

   Review 21 September 2010 Pages: 349 - 356

3. Practice patterns for antibiotic de-escalation in culture-negative healthcare-associated pneumonia

   • M. Schlueter
   • C. James
   • G. Seymann

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Open access 21 July 2010 Pages: 357 - 362

   

4. Long-term persistence of MRSA in re-admitted patients

   • F. Mattner
   • F. Biertz
   • I. F. Chaberny

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study Open access 03 July 2010 Pages: 363 - 371

   

5. Cryptococcosis and tuberculosis co-infection at a university hospital in Taiwan, 1993–2006

   • C.-T. Huang
   • Y.-J. Tsai
   • C.-J. Yu

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study 27 July 2010 Pages: 373 - 379

6. Seroepidemiology of parvovirus B19 in the Frankfurt am Main area, Germany: evaluation of risk factors

   • C. Reinheimer
   • R. Allwinn
   • M. Wittek

   Clinical and Epidemiological Study 17 June 2010 Pages: 381 - 385

   

7. Candida rugosa: a possible emerging cause of candidaemia in trauma patients

   • B. Behera
   • R. I. Singh
   • M. C. Misra

   Brief Report 24 July 2010 Pages: 387 - 393

   

8. Long-term protection against hepatitis B after newborn vaccination: 20-year follow-up

   • L. Roznovsky
   • I. Orsagova
   • L. Pliskova

   Brief Report 30 June 2010 Pages: 395 - 400

   

9. Impact of herpes simplex virus detection in respiratory specimens of patients with suspected viral pneumonia

   • S. Scheithauer
   • A. K. Manemann
   • M. Kleines

   Brief Report 30 June 2010 Pages: 401 - 405

10. Posttraumatic ankle arthritis due to a novel Nocardia species

    • I. Uçkay
    • K. Bouchuiguir-Wafa
    • J. Schrenzel

    Case Report 28 May 2010 Pages: 407 - 412

11. Acute transverse myelitis in Lyme neuroborreliosis

    • S. Bigi
    • C. Aebi
    • M. Steinlin

    Case Report 27 May 2010 Pages: 413 - 416

    

12. Molecular characterization of occult and overt hepatitis B (HBV) infection in an HIV-infected person with reactivation of HBV after antiretroviral treatment interruption

    • S. Bagaglio
    • L. Porrino
    • G. Morsica

    Case Report 09 June 2010 Pages: 417 - 421

    

13. Hemophagocytic syndrome caused by primary herpes simplex virus 1 infection: report of a first case

    • A. Cusini
    • H. F. Günthard
    • A. Rudiger

    Case Report 03 July 2010 Pages: 423 - 426

    

14. Lemierre syndrome caused by co-infection by Arcanobacterium haemolyticum and Fusobacterium necrophorum

    • K. Lundblom
    • K. Jung
    • M. Kalin

    Correspondence 27 July 2010 Pages: 427 - 429