1. The role of CD14 and lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) in the activation of different cell types by endotoxin

   • Ralf R. Schumann
   • Ernst T. Rietschel
   • Harald Loppnow

   Mini Review Pages: 279 - 297

2. Protective immunity to the group A Streptococcus may be only strain specific

   • Sheree A. de Malmanche
   • Diana R. Martin

   Original Investigations Pages: 299 - 306

3. Use of polymerase chain reaction and specific monoclonal antibodies as rapid method to recognize Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii and B. afzelii among Italian isolates of B. burgdorferi

   • Marina Cinco
   • Christiano Costantini
   • Fiorella Florian

   Original Investigations Pages: 307 - 313

4. Immunization with recombinant protein: conditions for cytotoxic T cell and/or antibody induction

   • Martin F. Bachmann
   • Hans Hengartner
   • Rolf M. Zinkernagel

   Original Investigations Pages: 315 - 324

5. Taxonomic classification of 29 Borrelia burgdorferi strains isolated from patients with Lyme borreliosis: a comparison of five different phenotypic and genotypic typing schemes

   • Anne-Mette Lebech
   • Klaus Hansen
   • Michael Theisen

   Original Investigations Pages: 325 - 341

6. Proteinaceous bacterial toxins and pathogenesis of sepsis syndrome and septic shock: the unknown connection

   • Sucharit Bhakdi
   • Friedrich Grimminger
   • Werner Seeger

   Erratum Pages: 343 - 344