1. Protection against translocating Salmonella typhimurium infection in mice by feeding the immuno-enhancing probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain HN001

   • Harsharnjit S. Gill
   • Quan Shu
   • Martin L. Cross

   Original investigation Pages: 97 - 104

2. Correlation of biofilm expression types of Staphylococcus epidermidis with polysaccharide intercellular adhesin synthesis: evidence for involvement of icaADBC genotype-independent factors

   • Holger Rohde
   • Johannes K.-M. Knobloch
   • Dietrich Mack

   Original investigation Pages: 105 - 112

3. Enterococcus spp. produces slime and survives in rat peritoneal macrophages

   • Lucilla Baldassarri
   • Roberto Cecchini
   • Roberta Creti

   Original Investigation Pages: 113 - 120

4. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus seroprevalence in selected German patients: evaluation by different test systems

   • W. Preiser
   • N. Szép
   • H. Rabenau

   Original Investigation Pages: 121 - 127

5. Evaluation of the new LCx HIV RNA quantitative assay: comparison with the Cobas Amplicor HIV Monitor assay

   • Annemarie Berger
   • Holger F. Rabenau
   • Hans W. Doerr

   Original Investigation Pages: 129 - 134

6. Relationship between penicillin and cephalosporin resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains and its inflammatory activity in the experimental model of meningitis

   • A. Fernández
   • C. Cabellos
   • F. Gudiol

   Original Investigation Pages: 135 - 138

7. Detection of Chlamydophila pneumoniae DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of blood donors in the north-east of Italy

   • Mario Rassu
   • Federico M. Lauro
   • Giulio Bertoloni

   Original Investigation Pages: 139 - 144

8. Binding inhibition of type 1 fimbriae to human granulocytes: a flow cytometric inhibition assay using trivalent cluster mannosides

   • Andrea Horst
   • Sven Kötter
   • Christoph Wagener

   Original Investigation Pages: 145 - 149