1. Activity of teicoplanin and vancomycin against penicillin-resistant pneumococci

   • K. P. Klugman

   Editorial Pages: 1 - 2

2. Controlled study of fluconazole in the prevention of fungal infections in neutropenic patients with haematological malignancies and bone marrow transplant recipients

   • M. E. Ellis
   • H. Clink
   • W. Greer

   Article Pages: 3 - 11

3. Infectious complications in 100 consecutive heart transplant recipients

   • M. Waser
   • M. Maggiorini
   • A. Gallino

   Article Pages: 12 - 18

4. Gram-negative bacillary cellulitis in patients with hepatic cirrhosis

   • J. M. Corredoira
   • J. Ariza
   • F. Gudiol

   Article Pages: 19 - 24

5. A case ofAspergillus fumigatus peritonitis complicating liver transplantation

   • J. S. Sartin
   • M. P. Wilhelm
   • R. A. F. Krom

   Notes Pages: 25 - 28

6. Evaluation of two commercial blood culture media for the detection of blood-borne pathogens

   • P. Rohner
   • B. Pepey
   • R. Auckenthaler

   Notes Pages: 28 - 32

7. Comparative activity of teicoplanin and vancomycin against 400 penicillin susceptible and resistantStreptococcus pneumoniae

   • F. W. Goldstein
   • P. Geslin
   • the French Study Group

   Notes Pages: 33 - 34

8. Value of the Chlamydiazyme confirmatory assay

   • A. Mehl
   • S. A. Nordbø
   • I. S. Samdal Vik

   Letters Pages: 35 - 36

9. Isolation ofCorynebacterium striatum from three hospital patients

   • V. Peiris
   • S. Fraser
   • C. Bennett

   Letters Pages: 36 - 38

10. Prevalence of hepatitis C, B and D markers in cancer patients in Turkey

    • A. Topeli
    • Ö. Özyılkan
    • D. Fırat

    Letters Pages: 38 - 40

11. Penicillinase-producingNeisseria gonorrhoeae strains showing two beta-lactamase bands

    • J. A. Vázquez
    • L. De La Fuente
    • C. Roy

    Letters Pages: 40 - 41

12. Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus: A continuing infection control challenge

    • J. M. Boyce

    Current Topic: Editorial Pages: 45 - 49

13. Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus in Europe

    • A. Voss
    • D. Milatovic
    • I. Braveny

    Article Pages: 50 - 55

14. National survey of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus in Belgian hospitals: Detection methods, prevalence trends and infection control measures

    • M. J. Struelens
    • R. Mertens
    • the Groupement pour le Dépistage, l'Etude et la Prévention des Infections Hospitalières

    Article Pages: 56 - 63

15. Methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus disease in a portuguese hospital: Characterization of clonal types by a combination of DNA typing methods

    • H. de Lencastre
    • I. Couto
    • A. Tomasz

    Article Pages: 64 - 73

16. Prospective study of infection, colonization and carriage of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus in an outbreak affecting 990 patients

    • R. Coello
    • J. Jiménez
    • C. Gaspar

    Article Pages: 74 - 81

17. Control of methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in high-risk areas

    • L. H. Blumberg
    • K. P. Klugman

    Article Pages: 82 - 85

18. Use of commercial particle agglutination systems for the rapid identification of methicillin-susceptible and methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus

    • J. Adams
    • R. Van Enk

    Article Pages: 86 - 89

19. Long-term efficacy of a program to control methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus

    • V. Valls
    • P. Gómez-Herruz
    • J. Ena

    Article Pages: 90 - 95

20. Risk factors for nosocomial bacteremia due to methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus

    • M. Pujol
    • C. Peña
    • F. Gudiol

    Article Pages: 96 - 102

21. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 103 - 104