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• • ·Antimicrobial therapy for bacterial endocarditis on native valves

    Page :137-139

    W.A. Littler

    
• • ·Spread of Neisseria meningitidis group A clone III-I meningitis epidemic into Zambia

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    N. Luo, C. Perera, J. Holton, H. Ayles, A. Zumla

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• • ·Effect of faecal consistency on virological diagnosis

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    C. McCaughey, H.J. O'Neill, D.E. Wyatt, S.N. Christie, P.T. Jackson, P.V. Coyle

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• • ·Central nervous system and ophthalmic involvement in nephropathia epidemica (European type of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome)

    Page :149-155

    C. Ahlm, C. Lindén, M. Linderholm, O.A. Alexeyev, J. Billheden, F. Elgh, M. Fagerlund, B. Zetterlund, B. Settergren

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• • ·Childhood bacterial meningitis in Saudi Arabia

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    M. Almuneef, Z. Memish, Y. Khan, A. Kagallwala, M. Alshaalan

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• • ·The rapid diagnosis and clinical features of human herpesvirus 6

    Page :161-165

    R.M. Bland, P.L.K. Mackie, T. Shorts, S. Pate, J.Y. Paton

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• • ·Diffuse necrotic hepatic lesions due to visceral leishmaniasis in AIDS

    Page :167-169

    G. Angarano, P. Maggi, M.A. Rollo, A.M.B. Larocca, M. Quarto, A. Scalone, L. Gradoni

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• • ·The lack of therapeutic effect of Saccharomyces boulardii in the prevention of antibiotic-related diarrhoea in elderly patients

    Page :171-174

    S.J. Lewis, L.F. Potts, R.E. Barry

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• • ·The use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for subdivision Salmonella typhimurium in an outbreak situation

    Page :175-177

    G. Corbett-Feeney, U. Ni Riain

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• • ·Serum hepatitis G virus (HGV) RNA in multitransfused thalassemics from Eastern Sicily

    Page :179-183

    B. Cacopardo, A. Berger, S. Cosentino, S. Lombardo, M.L. Morrone, V. Boscia, G. Vinci, R. Restivo, G. Brancati, H.W. Doerr, A. Nunnari

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• • ·Current use of the TORCH screen in the diagnosis of congenital infection

    Page :185-188

    A. Cullen, S. Brown, M. Cafferkey, N. O'Brien, E. Griffin

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• • ·Epidemiological study of latent and recent infection by Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant women from a regional population in the U.K.

    Page :189-196

    J.-P. Allain, C.R. Palmer, G. Pearson

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• • ·Evaluation of a brucelle enzyme immunoassay test (ELISA) in comparison with bacteriological culture and agglutination

    Page :197-201

    M.O. Gad El-Rab, A.M. Kambal

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• • ·Candidaemia in an Australian teaching hospital: Relationship to central line and TPN use

    Page :203-207

    I. Stratov, T. Gottlieb, R. Bradbury, G.M. O'Kane

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• • ·Acute Herpes zoster in Tayside: Demographic and treatment details in immunocompetent patients 1989–1992

    Page :209-214

    J. Torrens, D. Nathwani, T. MacDonald, P.G. Davey

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• • ·Bilateral deafness due to congenital CMV and not rubella reinfection

    Page :215-217

    G. Enders, S. Strobel, U. Bäder

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• • ·Visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) in two patients with HIV-1 infection: Atypical features and response to therapy

    Page :217-220

    A.A. Hamour, R. Skelly, S.N. Jowitt, G.E. Wilson, A. Curry, E.G.L. Wilkins, B.K. Mandal

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• • ·Cryptococcosis: An unusual opportunistic infection complicating B cell lymphoproliferative disorders

    Page :220-222

    M. Melzer, M. Colbridge, F. Keenan, D. Stainsby, E.L.C. Ong

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• • ·Enterocytozoon bieneusi multiorgan microsporidiosis in a HIV-infected patient

    Page :223-225

    E. Georges, C. Rabaud, C. Amiel, L. Kurès, J.-C. Guedenet, E. Allamagny, T. May, P. Canton

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• • ·Epstein-Barr (EB) monoarthritis leading to ruptured Baker's cyst

    Page :225-226

    S. Conway, G. Huston

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• • ·Failure of intravenous ribavirin in the treatment of invasive adenovirus infection following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation: A case report

    Page :227-228

    D. Mann, J. Moreb, S. Smith, V. Gian

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• • ·Acute exacerbation of vasculitis during interferon-α therapy for hepatitis C-associated cryoglobulinaemia

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    A.C.H. Gordon, J.D.M. Edgar, R.G. Finch

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• • ·Meningitis due to a combined infection with Cryptococcus neoformans and Streptococcus pneumoniae in an AIDS patient

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    M.-A. John, Y. Coovadia

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• • ·Genital recurrent infection occurring 6 months after meningitis due to the same herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) strain evidenced by restriction endonuclease analysis

    Page :233-235

    C. Venot, A. Beby, A. Bourgoin, G. Giraudeau, B. Becq-Giraudon, G. Agius

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• • ·Massive hepatosplenomegaly, jaundice and pancytopenia in miliary tuberculosis

    Page :236-239

    R.H. Evans, M. Evans, N.K. Harrison, D.E. Price, A.R. Freedman

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• • ·High influenza morbidity and mortality in unvaccinated elderly people in Curaçao

    Page :241-242

    J. Groen, E.C.J. Claas, E. Balentien, D. Braakman, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus

    
• • ·Primary peritonitis due to Lactobacillus fermentum

    Page :242-243

    J.R. Greig, I.J. Eltringham, K. Birthistle

    
• • ·Detection of HTLV-II proviral sequences in HIV-immunosuppressed patients with HTLV indeterminate serological patterns

    Page :243-244

    V. Soriano, M. Gutiérrez, J. González-Lahoz

    
• • ·Chlamydia trachomatis and bronchiolitis

    Page :244-245

    J. Gray, M. Thompson, G. Jones

    
• • ·Chlamydia pneumoniae in the female genital tract

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    A. Whyte, P. Garnett, C. Thompson, P. McMullen

    
• • ·Lack of activity of an association of detergent and germicidal agents on the infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

    Page :245-247

    S. Vassal, L. Favennec, J.-J. Ballet, P. Brasseur

    
• • ·A case of urinary tract infection caused by Bacillus cereus

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    K. Sato, S. Ichiyama, M. Ohmura, M. Takashi, N. Agata, M. Ohta, N. Nakashima

    
• • ·Gestational parvovirus infection in United Arab Emirates

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    S.A. Uduman, R.M. Kumar, M.K. Ijaz, J. Kochiyil

    
• • ·The subtleties of antimicrobial resistance

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    Ian Phillips

    
• • ·Global overview of the resurgence of tuberculosis

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    Janet Darbyshire

    
• • ·Mycobacteria: new molecular methods for diagnosis and drug resistance

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    Francis Drobniewski

    
• • ·Unusual mycobacterioses

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    John M Grange

    
• • ·Pathology of tropical infections

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    Sebastian Lucas

    
• • ·Blood borne virus infections in health care workers

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    Barry Evans

    
• • ·Neurological manifestations of retroviruses

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    Mike Harrison

    
• • ·Rabies: An increasing risk

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    David Warrell

    
• • ·Zoonoses

    Page :A6

    Marian McEvoy, Patrick Wall

    
• • ·Infection control: what is the evidence?

    Page :A6

    Jenner Elizabeth A, Scott Geoff M

    
• • ·Predictions about global warming

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    Geoffrey Pasvol

    
• • ·Predictions about HIV

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    David Mabey, Angus Nicoll

    
• • ·Global warming and surveillance of infectious diseases: Will we see it coming?

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    Julius Weinberg

    
• • ·Aspects of global warming

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    David Parker

    
• • ·Climate and malaria: scales, processes and species

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    David Bradley

    
• • ·Putative phase variable virulence determinants of helicobacter pylori identified in the whole genome : , JF Peden², DW Hood¹ and ER Moxon. Molecular Infectious Diseases Group¹ and Molecular Biology Data Centre², University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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• • ·Inhibition of HIV-1 replication in lymphoid cell lines by expression of antisense RNA to the 5′ leader region

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    David Chadwick, Andrew Lever

    
• • ·Relative fitness of rpoB mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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    Owen Billington, Timothy D McHugh, Stephen H Gillespie

    
• • ·A genome-wide search for genes involved in host susceptibility to human tuberculosis : , C. Ruwende^1,2, H. Whittle² and A.V.S. Hill¹. Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford University¹ and M.R.C. Labs, The Gambia²

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• • ·Molecular typing of multiresistant serogroup 19 streptococcus pneumoniae in Singapore : ^*, L-H Sng and C. Ngan, Diagnostic Bacteriology, Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore (^*Present Address: Department of Medical Microbiology, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, United Kingdom)

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• • ·Diagnosis of penicillin resistant S. pneumoniae by PCR-based methods

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    A-M O'Neill, GC Whiting, TD McHugh, SH Gillespie

    
• • ·Emergence of multiresistant Salmonella paratyphi A in Pakistan

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    KA Karamat, SH Mirza, NJ Beeching

    
• • ·Response of chemostat cultures of Helicobacter pylori NCTC 11637 to antimicrobial agents : , R.M. Stark, J. Greenman¹ and M.R. Millar. Dept. Microbiology BRI Bristol and Faculty of Applied Sciences UWE Bristol¹

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• • ·The disposition of intravenous pyrimethamine in healthy normal volunteers

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    D.S. Almond, I.S.F. Szwandt, P.A. Winstanley

    
• • ·Meningococcal carriage in Gambian children at the start of a meningococcal group A epidemic

    Page :A10

    J. MacLennan, S. Obaro, D.W. Crook, G.M. Carlone, B.M. Greenwood, E.R. Moxon

    
• • ·Infective endocarditis: Evaluation of the duke criteria and transoesophageal echocardiography for the diagnosis of endocarditis

    Page :A10

    A Gilleece, A Buckley, P Quigley, L Fenelon

    
• • ·Campylobacter — A major cause of diarrhoeal disease in England and Wales: Rising trend and risk factors : , P. Wall¹ and J.A. Frost², PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre¹ and Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens², London UK

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• • ·Evidence for the positive impact of combination antiretroviral therapy on HIV in Scotland: The role of National Immunological Surveillance data

    Page :A11

    J McMenamin, G Allardice, D Goldberg

    
• • ·Epidemiological investigation of an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in North Thames : on behalf of the Incident Management Team, PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, Cambridge CB2 2SR UK

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• • ·Clinical and in vitro studies of chronic fatigue syndrome : HB Gimenez¹, ², P Cash¹, RS Dykhuizen², JG Douglas². Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Aberdeen¹ and The Infection Unit, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary², Scotland

    Page :A11

    
• • ·Health preparation for travel and travellers' diarrhoea in British package holiday tourists : D. Shickle¹, ² and M. Z. Nolan-Farrell², Centre for Applied Public Health Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine¹ and Department of Public Health, Bro Taf Health Authority², Cardiff CF1 3NW

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• • ·Enhancement of rotavirus latex detection by ultrasonic standing wave treatment : , J.G.M. Hastings^*, M.A. Sobanski⁺. ^*Department of Clinical Microbiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH and ⁺School of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Wales Cardiff College, Cathays Park, Cardiff

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• • ·The detection of Aspergillus fumigatus DNA by PCR-ELISA : , R. C. Barton¹, P. E. Verweij², J. F. G. M. Meis², E. G. V. Evans¹. Departments of Microbiology¹ University of Leeds, Leeds, England and of Medical Microbiology², University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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• • ·PCR in the diagnosis of TB meningitis

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    A. Bonington, J.I.G. Strang, P.E. Klapper, SV Hood, E.G.L. Wilkins

    
• • ·The role of β lactamase in biofilm cultures of and : R.K. Budhani and , Department of Medical Microbiology, MRI, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• • ·A prospective cohort study on invasive pneumococcal disease : , D. Griffiths and Oxford Pneumococcal Surveillance Group. Oxford Vaccine Group, Oxford University, Oxford

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• • ·Rationalisation of antenatal rubella screening

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    Deirdre Power, Pat Nair

    
• • ·Measles — Forgotten but not gone

    Page :A13

    Y. Young, C. Piper, K. Bumke, M. Sharland, M. Ramsay

    
• • ·Collaborative approach for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis infection in a low prevalence district

    Page :A13

    D.J. Waghorn, P.K. Tucker, Y. Chia, S. Spencer, G.A. Luzzi

    
• • ·High but declining hepatitis C antibody prevalence among IDU in Glasgow : Goldberg D¹, Cameron S², McMenamin J³. The Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health¹, and Regional Virus Laboratory², Ruchill Hospital, Department of Public Health Medicine, University of Glasgow³, Scotland

    Page :A14

    
• • ·Activity of quinupristin/dalfopristin (Synercid) against multi-resistant isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus SPP : , M. Warner and D.C.E. Speller, PHLS Antibiotic Reference Unit, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, London NW9 5HT, UK

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• • ·Adult susceptibility to chickenpox in the tropics is a rural phenomenon from lack of prior exposure : B K Mandal, C Murphy, P Mukherjee North Manchester General Hospital

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• • ·Hepatitis A: Outbreaks and epidemiology, England and Wales 1992–96 : K. Davison. PHLS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, UK

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• • ·Potential methods of treatment for prion disease : S. Dealler, Department of Microbiology, Burnley General Hospital, Burnley, UK

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• • ·Treatment of soft tissue infections and attitudes to outpatient therapy

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    L Anderson, RBS Laing, AR Mackenzie, S Davidson, CC Smith, JG Douglas

    
• • ·Duration of IV therapy according to empirical antimicrobial treatment of respiratory infection : RBS Laing¹, AR Mackenzie¹, H Shaw², IM Gould³, JG Douglas¹. The Infection Unit¹, Pharmacy² and Medical Microbiology³, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Scotland

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• • ·Once daily ceftriaxone & gentamicin (CRO/GEN) in paediatric haematology & oncology patients : and J. Gray, Department of Microbiology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, B16 8ET, UK

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• • ·Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in isolates of H. pylori from dyspeptic patients in Leicester, UK; influence of ethnicity and gender : , Department of Clinical Microbiology and Public Health Laboratory, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, England

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• • ·The Nearchus project: Antibiotic susceptibility of respiratory pathogens and clinical outcome in lower respiratory tract infections at 27 centres in the UK

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    R.N. Grüneberg, D. Felmingham, I. Harding, S.B. Shrimpton, A. Nathwani

    
• • ·Comparison of methods for drug testing of M. tuberculosis : ^1,2, S. Watterson², S. Wilson², F. Drobniewski², LSHTM, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT¹; PHLS MRU, Dulwich Hospital, London SE22 8QF²

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• • ·Pre-emptive treatment with amphotericin B lipid complex (Abelcet) in high-risk liver transplant (LT) recipients — A mycological analysis : ¹, S. Singhal², D.J. Mutimer², J.G.M. Hastings¹, Department of Microbiology¹ and Liver and Hepatobiliary Unit², Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK

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• • ·Antimicrobial use in febrile neutropenia — The reality

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    S.J. Bradley, A.L.T. Wilson, A.H. Goldstone, G.M. Scott

    
• • ·Central venous catheter related sepsis in bone marrow transplant patients with severe childhood primary immunodeficiency : , A Galloway. PHLS General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 6BE

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• • ·UK survey of the incidence and impact of Clostridum difficile infection 1993–96

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    M.H. Wilcox, E.T.M. Smyth

    
• • ·Hospital prepared feeds— A potential source of enterotoxigenic Bacillus species : and J. G. Anderson, Department of Bioscience & Biotechnology, University of Strathclyde, 204 George St., Glasgow G1 1XW, UK

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• • ·Burkholderia cepacia in a regional cystic fibrosis unit : ¹, S. Conway², C. Etherington², T. Pitt³, F. Clode³, D. Tompkins¹, Leeds PHL¹, Regional Cystic Fibrosis² Unit, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds and Laboratory of Hospital Infection³, Central Public Health Laboratory, London

    Page :A18

    
• • ·Invasive isolates tested for reduced vancomycin susceptibility by agar gradient diffusion: An audit : , MJ Raftery², D Ball¹ and E Simpson¹. Medical Microbiology,¹ and Renal and Transplantation² Departments, Royal London Hospital, UK

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• • ·Surveillance: Is variety the spice of life? : , O Murphy, KE Orr, S Morgan, FK Gould, Infection Control Dept., Freeman Hospital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

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• • ·Successful control of an outbreak of vancomycin resistant enterococcus

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    KE Orr, S Morgan, M Ford, J Perry, FK Gould

    
• • ·Prevalence of glycopeptide resistant coagulase — negative staphylococci (GRCoNS) in patients on oncology, renal and general surgery units : ¹, A Roshan¹, F Donald¹, A Johnson² and ME Kaufman², Department of Microbiology, University of Nottingham¹, and Central Public Health Laboratory², Colindale, London, England

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• • ·Multiply-resistant : Failure to spread in community based elderly care facilities : J Bird, R. Browning, R.P. Hobson, F MacKenzie, J Brand, Medical Microbiology, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen AB25 2ZN

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• • ·Recurrent infection and catheter loss in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis : ¹ and M. Andrews². Departments of Microbiology, Univ Nottingham¹ and Renal Medicine², City Hospital, Nottingham, England

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• • ·Clostridium difficile positivity in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: epidemiology and clinical consequences

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    P. Naha≈Biswas, IF Laurenson

    
• • ·Staff MRSA colonisation: Here today, gone tomorrow? : , S Morgan, J Clarke, S Perry, JC Graham, M Ford, K Orr, FK Gould. Microbiology Dept., Freeman Hospital, Newcastle UK

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• • ·An unexpected outcome from an investigation of suspected nosocomial transmission of tuberculosis

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    MJ Wiselka, M Wilson, D Modha

    
• • ·Audit of MRSA control measures within a district general hospital

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    K.M. AlShafi, C. Birchall

    
• • ·Regional MRSA monitoring — mission impossible? : B Gladstone, OM Murphy, KE Orr, Y Thirkell, S Morgan, FK Gould. Infection Control Dept., Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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• • ·Detection of Staphylococcus aureus in the environment of a new general surgical ward

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    B Marshall, RA Sen, PR Chadwick, MGL Keaney

    
• • ·Surveillance of gram positive pathogens in the UK (1996) : , J.P. Ashby, G. Jevons and R. Wise, Department of Microbiology, City Hospital Trust, Birmingham UK

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• • ·Phenotypic and genotypic diversity among ST South African Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates resistant to extended-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics : , L.M.C. Hall, D.M. Livermore and D.G. Pillay*, Departments of Medical Microbiology, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Turner Street, London, E1 2AD; *University of Natal, P.O. Box 17039, Congella, 4013, South Africa

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• • ·Cytokines and the immunopathology of human neurocysticercosis : ¹, H. H. Garcia², R. H. Gilman², M. Martinez², D. G. Remick³, J. S. Friedland¹. Dept of Infectious Diseases, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK¹; Universidad Cayetano Heredia, Peru²; University of Michigan Medical School, USA³

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• • ·Prognostic laboratory markers in E. coli O157 infection in adults : , W.T.A. Todd, R. Hamill, A.K.R. Chaudhuri, G.A. Jones. Lanarkshire Area Infectious Diseases Unit, Monklands Hospital, Scotland. UK

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• • ·Increasing incidence of coagulase negative staphylococcal endocarditis

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    A Gilleece, L Fenelon

    
• • ·The microbiology and management of primary spinal osteomyelitis in Nottingham

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    V Weston, B Freeman, S Basu, P Ispahani

    
• • ·HGV viraemia in anti-HCV positive patients in Glasgow : ¹, J Pickering², P Karayiannis², J Main², H C Thomas², T Good³ S Cameron³, Dept of Infection and Tropical Medicine¹ and Regional Virus Laboratory³, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow and Dept of Medicine, Imperial College, London²

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• • ·Analysis of 207 patients (mainly injecting drug users) attending a hepatitis C clinic

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    B McCarron, S Cameron, J McMenamin, A Pithie, R Fox

    
• • ·Sero-prevalence of hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV among drug users on Merseyside : , K.H.Lamden^1,2, N.J.Beeching¹, D.Lowe³, H.Mallison² and K.Mutton². Regional Infectious Disease Unit¹, PHLS Laboratory² and Statistics Department³, Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool

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• • ·Risk factors for hepatitis B and hepatitis C infection in drug users

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    K.H. Lamden, N. Kennedy, N.J. Beeching, D. Lowe, C. Morrison, H. Mallison, S. Ruben, K. Mutton

    
• • ·Diagnosis of infection by histology in revision arthroplasty : N Davies,¹ A Gambhir,¹ G Wilson,² M Taylor,³ P Kaye,¹ .⁴ Departments of Orthopaedics,¹ Histopathology,² Microbiology,³ & Infectious Diseases,⁴ North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester M8 6RL

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• • ·Actinomycosis: Difficulties in diagnosis and management : J Walsham¹, N Kanagasundrum,¹ G Tonge,² Smithard DJ,² M Taylor,¹ Wilkins EGL¹ Departments of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester M8 6RL¹ and Medicine, Birch Hill Hospital, Rochdale²

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• • ·Title: Ocular tuberculosis without detectable systemic infection

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    N Sarvananthan, JS Deane, L Thean, M Wiselka, DB Goulstine, K Bibby

    
• • ·Adult varicella pneumonitis (VP) requiring intensive care: A ten year review : P. Narendran,¹ P. Butterworth,² N. Thomas,² .¹ Departments of Infectious Diseases¹ and Radiology,² North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester M8 6RL

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• • ·Novel clinical aspects of invasive aspergillus infection in solid organ transplantation : ¹, NR Ashman², MM Yaqoob² and C Natali³. Medical Microbiology¹, Renal & Transplantation² and Orthopaedic³ Departments, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK

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• • ·The diversity of species causing tinea capitis in London

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    G Midgley, MK Moore, QG Phan, GC Duncan

    
• • ·A review of ultrasound guided biopsy of the gastro-intestinal tract in HIV infected patients : ¹, Dr. P.M. Rodgers² and Dr. M.J. Wiselka³, Departments of Infectious Diseases and Radiology, Leicester Royal Infirmary

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• • ·Nocardial infection in African HIV positive adults — clinical and microbiological features

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• • ·Changing attitudes of antenatal patients to HIV testing : , Beeching NJ, Kirkpatrick U, Patel AG. Infectious Disease Unit, Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool L9 7AL

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• • ·Changing frequencies of opportunistic infections in an HIV cohort 1995–1997: The role of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) : C Murphy, S Hood, J Bond, . Department of Infectious Diseases, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester M8 6RL

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• • ·Correlation of MICs of ketoconazole (KTZ) and itraconazole (ITZ) for C. albicans with clinical outcome of treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis in HIV patients with a population pharmacokinetic analysis

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    S Hood, C Moore, L Aarons, D Denning

    
• • ·Acetylator phenotype in HIV infected patients using dapsone : Vilar FJ¹, Tingle MD², Pirmohamed M², ¹, Park BK² Department of Infectious Diseases, North Manchester General Hospital. Manchester¹ and Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Liverpool²

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• • ·The effect of proteinase inhibitors (PI) on the incidence of oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) in an HIV cohort

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    S. Hood, A. Bonington, J. Evans, D. Denning

    
• • ·Microsporidiosis in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome : A.A. Hamour, B.K. Mandal. Infectious Diseases Unit, North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester, M8 5RB, UK

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• • ·Etiological peculiarities of intestinal infections in patients with AIDS suffered from diarrhoea

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    N Makarova, V Pokrovsky

    
• • ·Most HIV infected patients can tolerate a protease inhibitor : Christos Dimopoulos, Alan Pithie, , Dept of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow

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• • ·Audit of CMV antigenaemia testing in heart/lung and liver transplantation

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    JM Legg, CE Taylor, KE Orr, FK Gould

    
• • ·An audit of urine result turnaround times : and G. Phillips. Department of Medical Microbiology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY

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• • ·Evaluation of MB/BacT™ — an automated liquid culture system for the isolation of mycobacteria : A. Suffield¹, J. Dave¹, N. Andrews², D. Tompkins¹, Leeds PHL¹, Bridle Path, Leeds, PHLS Statistics Unit², CDSC, London

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• • ·Trends in hospital antibiotic prescribing after 9 years of an antibiotic policy : & B Jappy² Dept. of Microbiology¹ & Pharmacy², Aberdeen Royal Infimrary AB25 2ZN

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• • ·The growth of and in continuous culture biofilms : F. Muli and , Department of Medical Microbiology, the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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• • ·Detection of pneumolysin as a diagnostic test for pneumococcal pneumonia : ¹, M.J.S. Lee², N.H. Piggott², M. Steward² and R. Freeman¹, Public Health Laboratory¹ and Novocastra Laboratories Ltd², Newcastle upon Tyne, England

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• • ·A rapid (3 hour) Mycobacterium tuberculosis PCR

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    AM Kearns, R Freeman, M Steward

    
• • ·Anti-HCV detection using Guthrie card blood spots : ¹, K Wilson², S Cameron², R Fox¹, A Pithie¹, Dept of Infection and Tropical Medicine¹ and Regional Virus Laboratory², Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow

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• • ·Can cytomegalovirus viraemia be used to predict the development of cytomegalovirus disease patients with advanced HIV-disease?

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    MJ Wiselka, KG Nicholson, AE Flower, K Bibby

    
• • ·Limitations of IS6110 typing due to non-random association

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    SH Gillespie, TD McHugh, A Dickens

    
• • ·Detection and characterisation of a meningococcal ultraviolet resistance gene (UvrB) : G. Kizil, K.E. Wilks, H.M. Palmer and , Meningococcal Research Group, Division of Microbiology, University Hospital, Nottingham, NG7 2UH

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• • ·Improved laboratory ascertainment of meningococcal disease using PCR — the first year's experience : , M. Guiver, J. Marsh, R. Borrow, A.J. Fox, Meningococcal Reference Unit, Manchester PHL, Withington Hospital, Manchester M20 2LR

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• • ·Detection, cloning and analysis of the gene encoding glyoxalase I from Neisseria meningitidis : G. Kizil, K.E. Wilks and , Meningococcal Research Group, Division of Microbiology, University Hospital, Nottingham, NG7 2UH

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• • ·Metabolism of chloramphenicol succinate in human bone marrow by enzyme succinate dehydrogenase : , CR Kumana, ^*D Holt, B Cheung, R Liang, J Lee Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong and ^*The Karim Center for Meningitis Research, UK

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• • ·A comparative analysis of DNA repetitivity in whole bacterial genomes : ¹, JF Peden², DW Hood¹ and ER Moxon¹ Molecular Infectious Diseases Group¹ and Molecular Biology Data Centre², University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

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• • ·The genetics of susceptibility to leprosy : Sarah Meisner¹, Ruby Siddiqui¹, Simon Fisher¹, K. Balakrishnan², R.M. Pitchappan², N.P. Shanker Narayan³, Satish Ghei⁴ and Adrian Hill¹ Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Windmill Rd., Oxford OX3 8BA¹. Madurai Kamaraj University, South India², Leprosy Project, Sakthinagar, South India³, Central JALMA Institute for Leprosy, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India⁴

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• • ·Identification of a novel consensus sequence for TN916 with conserved topology : , SJ Hosking², JF Peden³, ME Deadman¹, ER Moxon¹ and NJ High². Molecular Infectious Diseases Group¹ and Molecular Biology Data Centre³, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, and School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

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• • ·Molecular epidemiology of non-fimbrial adhesin genes in uropathogenic Escherichia coli : ¹, M. Khidir¹, K. Jann², J Goldhar³, G Boulnois^{1 1}Dept of Microbiology, University of Leicester; ²Max Planck Institut fur Immunobiologie, Freiburg, Germany and ³Dept of Human Microbiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv, Israel

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• • ·The development of a graphical computer analysis system for whole bacterial genomes : , JF Peden² and ER Moxon¹. Molecular Infectious Diseases Group¹ and Molecular Biology Data Centre², University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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• • ·Time to TB PCR-negativity in TB meningitis : ¹, J.I.G. Strang², P.E. Klapper³, S.V. Hood¹, E.G.L. Wilkins¹. Departments of Infectious Diseases¹ and Pathological Sciences³, Manchester UK. Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, Eastern Cape, South Africa²

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