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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·A. M. L. Lever

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• • ·Central nervous sytem tuberculosis — the paradox of the host immune response

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    B.G. Marshall, M.A. Chambers

    
• • ·Bacteriophages show promise as antimicrobial agents

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    J. Alisky, K. Iczkowski, A. Rapoport, N. Troitsky

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• • ·An economic evaluation of vaccination against hepatitis A for frequent travellers

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    P. Fenn, A. McGuire, A. Gray

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• • ·The bacteriological screening of donated human milk: Laboratory experience of British Paediatric Association's published guidelines

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    K.C. Wright, A.M. Feeney

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• • ·Ganciclovir and foscarnet efficacy in AIDS-related CMV polyradiculopathy

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    H.J. Anders, N. Weiss, J.R. Bogner, F.D. Goebel

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• • ·Prospective randomized study to compare imipenem 1.5 grams per day vs. 3.0. grams per day in infections of granulocytopenic patients

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    A. Böhme, P.M. Shah, W. Stille, D. Hoelzer

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• • ·Acanthamoeba castellanii: Growth, encystment, excystment and biocide susceptibility

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    W. Khunkitti, D. Lloyd, J.R. Furr, A.D. Russell

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• • ·Association of Neisseria cinerea with ocular infections in paediatric patients

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    J. Dolter, J. Wong, J.M. Janda

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• • ·Prevalence of antibodies against varicella zoster, herpes simplex (types 1 and 2), hepatitis B and hepatitis A viruses among Spanish adolescents

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    A. Gil, A. González, R. Dal-Ré, P. Ortega, V. Dominguez

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• • ·Variation in morphotype, karyotype and DNA type of fluconazole resistant Candida albicans from an AIDS patient

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    T. Takasuka, G.G. Baily, M. Birch, M.J. Anderson, D. Law, D.W. Denning

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• • ·Correlation of leucocyte count and erythrocyte sedimentation rate with the day of illness in presumed bacterial pneumonia of childhood

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    M.G. Triga, G.A. Syrogiannopoulos, K.D. Thoma, I.B. Fezoulidis, V.G. Pastromas, N.G. Beratis

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• • ·Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a questionnaire and microbiological survey of nursing and residential homes in barking, havering and brentwood

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    S. Namnyak, Z. Adhami, M. Wilmore, H. Keynes, K. Hampton, E. Mercieca, K. Roker

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• • ·Ototoxicity resulting from intracochlear perfusion of Streptococcus pneumoniae in the guinea pig is modified by cefotaxime or amoxycillin pretreatment

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    A.J. Winter, S.D. Comis, M.P. Osborne, T.L. Hayward, J. Stephen, M.J. Tarlow

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• • ·Antibodies to Mycoplasma fermentans in HIV-positive heterosexual patients: Seroprevalence and association with AIDS

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    S. Horowitz, J. Horowitz, L. Hou, E. Fuchs, B. Rager-Zisman, E. Jacobs, M. Alkan

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• • ·Multivariate model for predicting relapse in human brucellosis

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    J. Solera, E. Martínez-Alfaro, A. Espinosa, M.L. Castillejos, P. Geijo, M. Rodríguez-Zapata

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• • ·Escherichia coli bacteraemia in patients with and without haematological malignancies: A study of strain characters and recurrent episodes

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    B. Olesen, H.J. Kolmos, F. Ørskov, I. Ørskov

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• • ·Detection of adenovirus outbreak at a municipal swimming pool by nested PCR amplification

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    M. Papapetropoulou, A.C. Vantarakis

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• • ·Nested primers improve sensitivity in the detection of Helicobacter pylori by the polymerase chain reaction

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    K.B. Bamford, D.A. Lutton, B. O'Loughlin, W.A. Coulter, J.S.A. Collins

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• • ·Prostatitis and hepatitis due to Brucella melitensis: A case report

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    B. Aygen, B. Sümerkan, M. Doğanay, E. Sehmen

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• • ·Successful treatment of disseminated coccidioidomycosis with amphotericin B lipid complex

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    A.P. Koehler, A.F.B. Cheng, K.C. Chu, C.H.S. Chan, A.S.S. Ho, D.J. Lyon

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• • ·Group A streptococcal meningitis: Report of two cases

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    A.E. Moses, M. Beeri, D. Engelhard

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• • ·A child case of haemophagocytic syndrome associated with cryptococcal meningoencephalitis

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    K. Numata, H. Tsutsumi, S. Wakai, N. Tachi, S. Chiba

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• • ·Disseminated neonatal Trichosporon beigelii infection: Successful treatment with liposomal amphotericin B

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    D. Sweet, M. Reid

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• • ·Phaehyphomycotic ulcer caused by Phialophora verrucosa: Successful treatment with itraconazole

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    U.M. Tendolkar, P. Kerkar, H. Jerajani, A. Gogate, A.A. Padhye

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• • ·Aspergillus flavus endocarditis in a child with neuroblastoma

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    H.F. Kennedy, E.M. Simpson, N. Wilson, M.D. Richardson, J.R. Michie

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• • ·Disseminated granuloma inguinale secondary to cervical infection

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    S. Cliff, A. Wilson, M. Wansborough-Jones, S. Ash

    
• • ·Brain abscess caused by infection with Moraxella catarrhalis following a penetrating injury

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    G.M. Viagappan, S. Cudlip, P.Y.C. Lee, N. Kitchens, B.A. Bell

    
• • ·New cholera phages for Vibro cholerae serovar 0139

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    A.K. Chakrabarti, A.N. Ghosh, B.L. Sarkar

    
• • ·Melioidosis: Problems in treatment

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    R.K. Patel, M.D. Smith, D. Rimmer, M.A. Hanid

    
• • ·Two cases of Vancomycin-resistant enterococci from Singapore

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    Y.-F. Chiew, M.-L. Ling

    
• • ·Capnocytophaga canimorsus in the oral flora of dogs and cats

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    P. Blanche, E. Bloch, D. Sicard

    
• • ·Disseminated Rhodococcus equi and Nocardia farcinica infection in a patient with sarcoidosis

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    I. Mohammedi, J.M. Vedrinne, B. Floccard, M.E. Reverdy, S. Duperret, J. Motin

    
• • ·A search for Chlamydia psittaci in products of conception

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    I.E. Lowles, M.L. Brown