1. Literature alert

   Abstract Pages: 412 - 413

2. Web alert

   News Pages: 414 - 414

3. Eradicating nasal carriage of staphylococcus aureus as a strategy for preventing health care-associated infections in nonsurgical patients

   • John A. Jernigan

   Clinical Trials Report Pages: 417 - 419

4. The role of the intestinal tract as a source for transmission of nosocomial pathogens

   • Usha Stiefel
   • Curtis J. Donskey

   OriginalPaper Pages: 420 - 425

5. Current strategies for prevention of surgical site infections

   • Ronald Lee Nichols

   OriginalPaper Pages: 426 - 434

6. Staphylococcus aureus colonization and nosocomial infections: Implications for prevention

   • Philip M. Polgreen
   • Loreen A. Herwaldt

   OriginalPaper Pages: 435 - 441

7. Candida vulvovaginitis in pregnancy

   • Jinping Xu
   • Jack D. Sobel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 445 - 449

8. Vaginal immunity in bacterial vaginosis

   • Sabina Cauci

   OriginalPaper Pages: 450 - 456

9. Antimicrobial selection in the treatment of pyelonephritis

   • Patricia D. Brown

   OriginalPaper Pages: 457 - 461

10. Innate immune system gene polymorphisms in women with vulvovaginal infections

    • Mehmet R. Genç
    • Andrew Onderdonk
    • Steven S. Witkin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 462 - 468

11. The effects of HIV protease inhibitors on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism

    • Grace A. Lee
    • Madhu N. Rao
    • Carl Grunfeld

    OriginalPaper Pages: 471 - 482

12. Illness of immune reconstitution: Recognition and management

    • Edward M. Gardner
    • Elizabeth Connick

    OriginalPaper Pages: 483 - 493