Volume 24, Issue 3, March 2005

In this issue (15 articles)

1. 

   Article

   Persistent shedding of viable SARS-CoV in urine and stool of SARS patients during the convalescent phase

   D. Xu, Z. Zhang, L. Jin, F. Chu, Y. Mao… Pages 165-171

2. 

   Article

   Prophylactic use of antibiotics for prevention of meningococcal infections: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials

   A. Fraser, A. Gafter-Gvili, M. Paul… Pages 172-181

3. 

   Article

   Accuracy of blood culture for early diagnosis of mediastinitis in febrile patients after cardiac surgery

   R. San Juan, J. M. Aguado, M. J. López… Pages 182-189

4. 

   Article

   Lower mortality among patients with community-acquired pneumonia treated with a macrolide plus a beta-lactam agent versus a beta-lactam agent alone

   E. García Vázquez, J. Mensa, J. A. Martínez… Pages 190-195

5. 

   Article

   Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Brooklyn, New York: molecular epidemiology and in vitro activity of polymyxin B

   S. Bratu, J. Quale, S. Cebular… Pages 196-201

6. 

   Article

   Resistance of multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the Archangel oblast, Russia, to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs

   O. S. Toungoussova, A. O. Mariandyshev… Pages 202-206

7. 

   Article

   Chlamydia trachomatis infections in Greece: first prevalence study using nucleic acid amplification tests

   S. Levidiotou, G. Vrioni, H. Papadogeorgaki… Pages 207-213

8. 

   Concise Article

   Frequency of Norovirus in stool samples from patients with gastrointestinal symptoms in Switzerland

   R. Fretz, L. Herrmann, A. Christen… Pages 214-216

9. 

   Concise Article

   Community-acquired adenovirus pneumonia in a patient with chronic lymphatic leukaemia

   I. K. Larsen, H. Nielsen Pages 217-219

10. 

    Concise Article

    Antimicrobial resistance patterns and serotype distribution among Salmonella enterica strains in Turkey, 2000–2002

    B. Erdem, S. Ercis, G. Hascelik, D. Gur… Pages 220-225

11. 

    Concise Article

    Molecular diagnosis of Fusobacterium necrophorum infection (Lemierre’s syndrome)

    S. H. Aliyu, P. F. K. Yong, M. J. Newport… Pages 226-229

12. 

    Brief Report

    Monitoring treatment response by the hepatitis C virus core antigen assay

    M. Lindh, M. Lagging, J. Westin, R. Wejstål… Pages 230-232

13. 

    Brief Report

    Changes in antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infections in hospitalized children

    M. Fritzsche, R.A. Ammann, S. Droz… Pages 233-235

14. 

    Brief Report

    Chlamydophila pneumoniae antibodies in office workers with and without inflammatory rheumatic diseases in a moisture-damaged building

    M. Seuri, M. Paldanius, M. Leinonen… Pages 236-237

15. 

    Announcements

    March 2005

    Pages 238-239