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• • ·Lessons from Similarities between SLE and HIV Infection

    Page :67-72

    I Sekigawa, M Okada, H Ogasawara, T Naito, H Kaneko, T Hishikawa, N Iida, H Hashimoto

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Latency and Reactivation of Human Cytomegalovirus

    Page :73-77

    J.G.P Sissons, M Bain, M.R Wills

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Clinical Aspects and Management of Cytomegalovirus Infection

    Page :78-83

    J.G.P Sissons, A.J Carmichael

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Epidemiology of Pneumonia Hospitalizations in Spain, 1995–1998

    Page :84-87

    A Gil, M San-Martı́n, P Carrasco, A González

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Low Prevalence of Antiretroviral Drug Resistance among HIV-1 Seroconverters in London, 1984–1991

    Page :88-91

    P.J Easterbrook, K Hertogs, A Waters, B Wills, B.G Gazzard, B Larder

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Treatment of Severe Infectious Mononucleosis with Famciclovir

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    Luciano Z Goldani

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Meningococcal Disease Presenting as Bronchiolitis

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    R Hameed, F.Andrew I Riordan

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·A Case of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection Caused by Neisseria weaveri and Review of the Literature

    Page :96-98

    S Panagea, R Bijoux, J.E Corkill, F Al Rashidi, C.A Hart

    Résumé Résumé
• • ·Abstract of the Eighth Conference of the Federation of Infection Societies, 2001

    Page :99-103

    
• • ·Clinical microbiology — something old, something PNEU, something bacteraemic, & something blue

    Page :104

    Mark H. Wilcox

    
• • ·Clinical virology

    Page :104

    W.L. Irving

    
• • ·Review of veterinary infections 2001

    Page :104

    Mac Johnston

    
• • ·Infection control aspects of viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs)

    Page :104-105

    Adriano G. Dusé

    
• • ·Self-defence against meningococcal disease

    Page :105

    Karen Robinson

    
• • ·Neurosurgical infection

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    Erwin Brown

    
• • ·Use of antifungals in the ICU

    Page :105

    Rosemary A. Barnes

    
• • ·Sexually transmitted infections. Syphilis in Manchester

    Page :106

    Cathy Ison

    
• • ·Recurrent coagulase negative staphylococcal bacteraemia in neonates

    Page :106

    C.M. Jukka, T.J. Neal, J.E. Corkill, C.W. Yoxall

    
• • ·Predicting post herpetic neuralgia following herpes zoster

    Page :106

    J. Breuer, F. Scott, M. Leedham-Green, K. Hawrami

    
• • ·Re-emerging syphilis in the North West of England: Lessons from the Manchester outbreak

    Page :106

    Penny A. Cook, Pete Clark, Mark A. Bellis

    
• • ·Association and linkage of the factor H NFκB responsive element polymorphism with susceptibility to meningococcal disease

    Page :107

    S. Dolly, E. Haralambous, M. Levin, M. Hibberd

    
• • ·Adverse drug reactions to the new triazole, voriconazole — the need for therapeutic drug monitoring

    Page :107

    A.E. Boyd, S. Modi, C.B. Moore, S. Howard, D.W. Denning

    
• • ·The epidemiology of Candida bloodstream infections (BSI) in a University hospital in N. Ireland

    Page :107

    R. McMullan, R. McClurg, M. Crowe, S. Hedderwick

    
• • ·Brucella abortus: An outbreak in Northern Ireland

    Page :107

    D. Orr, B. Smyth, S. Hedderwick

    
• • ·Characterisation of an immunogenic autotansporter protein in Neisseria meningitidis — a new virulence factor?

    Page :108

    D. Turner, K. Wooldridge, D. Ala'Aldeen

    
• • ·Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) outbreak, Kosovo 2001

    Page :108

    G.L. Thomson, Salih Ahmeti

    
• • ·A continuing outbreak of isoniazid resistant tuberculosis in North London

    Page :108

    M.C.P. Ruddy, A.P. Davies, M.D. Yates, F.A. Drobniewski, B. Patel, S. Yates, S. Balasegaram, S. Lozewicz, S. Sen, Y. Drabu, G. Duckworth, J. Watson, M. Piper, H. Maguire

    
• • ·Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in meningococcal disease in children

    Page :108

    S.J. Hackett, P. Newland, A.P.J. Thomson, C.A. Hart

    
• • ·Non-culture based characterisation of Neisseria meningitidis to guide public health interventions and vaccine development

    Page :109

    E.B. Kaczmarski, A. Birtles, M. Guiver, R. Borrow, S.J. Gray, S. Cook, A.J. Fox

    
• • ·Peritoneal dialysis associated peritonitis — changing patterns of infection and resistance

    Page :109

    F.J. Cooke, B. Palmer, W. Lawson, J. McGrory, M. Dunne, E.J. Clutterbuck, K.B. Bamford

    
• • ·Effect of CFTR and nitric oxide on pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis in human respiratory epithelial cells

    Page :109

    K.E.A. Darling, T.J. Evans

    
• • ·Improved detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in clinical material using real-time PCR

    Page :109

    G.J.A. Eltringham, A.M. Kearns, J. Heatherington, D. Burdess, J.G. Magee, R. Freeman

    
• • ·An outbreak of hepatitis A in injection drug users

    Page :110

    A. Cadwgan, R. Laing, P. Molyneaux, D. Robson, M. Beadsworth, A. Mackenzie, G. Douglas

    
• • ·Intradermal polylactic acid (Newfill®) for treatment of severe HIV — associated facial lipoatrophy

    Page :110

    J.N. Day, A. Raabe, A.M. Shiner, E.G.L. Wilkins

    
• • ·Development of a novel quality of life questionnaire to assess the impact of polylactic acid treatment for HIV-associated facial lipoatrophy

    Page :110

    A.M. Shiner, J.N. Day, E.G.L. Wilkins

    
• • ·A retrospective study on complications of HAART in North East England

    Page :110

    M. Mustafa, D.A. Price, M. Schmid, M. Snow, E.L.C. Ong

    
• • ·Assessment of antiretroviral adherence in a cohort of HIV positive patients

    Page :111

    A. Fragoyannis, D. Robson, A.M. Cadwgan, R.B.S. Laing

    
• • ·An assessment of the potential impact of molecular diagnosis on the management of patients with enteroviral meninigitis

    Page :111

    S. Majumdar, J. Cheesbrough

    
• • ·Trends in the incidence of opportunistic infections in HIV patients, North Manchester General Hospital (NMGH), 1997–2001

    Page :111

    B.M. Clark, F.J. Vilar, E.G.L. Wilkins

    
• • ·Nevirapine rash is associated with a high plasma HIV viral load

    Page :111

    B.M. Clark, A. Alonso, F.J. Vilar, E.G.L. Wilkins

    
• • ·The introduction of antenatal HIV testing in Ireland

    Page :112

    A.M. Dillon, G. Keohane, M. Horgan

    
• • ·Out-patient and home parenteral antibiotic therapy (OHPAT): Evaluation of the first nine months of a service in Glasgow

    Page :112

    N. Bodasing, E. Bell, L. Semple, E. Peters, Y. Gourlay, J. Brown, R.A. Seaton

    
• • ·Penetration of linezolid into osteoarticular tissues

    Page :112

    B. Rana, I. Butcher, R.A. Seaton, C. Murnaghan, C. Tobin, P. Grigoris

    
• • ·Vancomycin-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus in Salford, UK

    Page :112

    J.A. Barker, P.R. Chadwick

    
• • ·Survey of antimicrobial prescribing in West Glasgow hospitals

    Page :113

    N. Bodasing, S. Cahill, R.A. Seaton

    
• • ·Efflux-mediated fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus oralis

    Page :113

    D.K. Dobie, N.P. Brenwald, M.J. Gill

    
• • ·Impact of changes in antibiotic policy on Clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea over a 5-year period in a district general hospital

    Page :113

    R. Khan, J. Cheesbrough, C. Durband

    
• • ·Immunomodulating effects of isoniazid

    Page :113

    H. Ziglam, I. Daniels, R. Finch

    
• • ·Investigation of the bactericidal activity of linezolid against the viridans group streptococci

    Page :114

    C. Auckland, A. Johnson

    
• • ·Timing and aetiology of bacterial and fungal infections in a liver intensive care unit

    Page :114

    J.J. Wade, N. Rolando, N. Wendon, R. Williams

    
• • ·The use of PCR for rapid identification of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from positive blood cultures

    Page :114

    T.Y. Tan, R. Barnes, S. Corden

    
• • ·Methods for the detection and susceptibility testing of glycopeptide intermediates strains of EMRSA-17

    Page :114

    R. Manuel, A. Tuck, A. Lowes, A. Johnson, B. Cookson, T. Walsh

    
• • ·Significance and prognosis of sustained Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB): A prospective study

    Page :115

    O. Lesens, E. Brannigan, S. Hopkins, C. Keane, C. Bergin

    
• • ·Human meningeal-derived cells defend themselves against meningococci

    Page :115

    K. Robinson, D. Wells, P. Tighe, K. Wooldridge, D. Ala'Aldeen

    
• • ·Real-time PCR-based detection of pneumococci and penicillin susceptibility in children with culture-negative empyema

    Page :115

    A.M. Kearns, G.J. Eltringham, K.M. Eastham, R. Freeman, D. Spencer, J. Clarke

    
• • ·Rapid serodiagnosis of gram-positive bacterial endocarditis

    Page :115

    S. Lang, M. Connaughton, P.A. Lambert, W.A. Littler, T.S.J. Elliott

    
• • ·Rapid determination of HHV-6 viral load by real-time PCR

    Page :116

    G.J.A. Eltringham, A.M. Kearns, A. Turner, C. Taylor, R. Freeman, A. Gennery

    
• • ·Needlestick injuries amongst surgeons in the West midlands

    Page :116

    S. Bhaduri, A. Miller, J. Stockley, C.E. Constantine

    
• • ·Development of an E-learning package to support training in infection control

    Page :116

    P.R. Chadwick, A. Trail, C. Howard, M.G.L. Keaney, A. Cockcroft, J. Callaghan, A. Drury

    
• • ·Potential utility of differential HHV-6 loads determined by QPCR in paediatric transplantation - a diagnostic model

    Page :116

    R.L.R. Hill, A.M. Kearns, A.R. Gennery, A. Verma, C.E. Taylor, A.J.L. Turner

    
• • ·Needleless connectors - the way forward in the prevention of catheter-related infections

    Page :117

    A. Casey, T. Worthington, P. Lambert, M. Faroqui, T. Elliott

    
• • ·The use of side & isolation room facilities in an UK teaching hospital

    Page :117

    G.D. Barlow, J. Knight, G. Orange, I. McKay, S. Kite, J. Morrison, A.J. France, D. Nathwani

    
• • ·Plastic drapes in total hip arthroplasty

    Page :117

    G.E. Bartlett, T.C.B. Pollard, K.E. Bowker, G.C. Bannister

    
• • ·Environmental organisms from clinical units of differing antibiotic exposure in a hospital

    Page :117

    S.J. Dancer, J. Raeside, M. Boothman

    
• • ·Characterisation of gonococci from repeatedly culture positive patients attending a South London gum clinic

    Page :118

    M.A. Graver, J.J. Wade, D. Lewis

    
• • ·Randomised comparison of penicillin & metronidazole for the treatment of tetanus

    Page :118

    L.M. Yen, Delia Bethell, H.T. Loan, N.T.N. Nga, N.T.T. Mai, L.M. Dao, N.T. Binh, N.J. White, Nicholas P.J. Day

    
• • ·Strongloidiasis in adults at the hospital for tropical diseases

    Page :118

    R. Stümpfle, R. Ellman, S. Parton, M. Armstrong, C. Whitty, P. Chiodini

    
• • ·Epidemiology and antifungal susceptibilities of Cryptococcus neoformans in Entebbe, Uganda

    Page :118

    K. Gray, N. French, C. Gilks, J. Whitworth, C.A. Hart

    
• • ·Presumptions of consumption

    Page :119

    M.E. Lilley, M. Bond, D. Power, P. Nair

    
• • ·Two types of host response to infection of diabetic foot ulcers by S. Aureus and coliforms

    Page :119

    I. Mantey, R.L.R. Hill, A.V.F. Foster, R. Phelan, M. Bates, M. Doxford, M.E. Edmonds, J.J. Wade

    
• • ·Outcome of meningococcal disease in adults and children within Northern NHS Region 1998–2000

    Page :119

    K.M.B. Ajdukiewicz, V.A. Hollyoak, B. Fulton, D.A. Price, M.L. Schmid

    
• • ·Out of hours positive blood cultures: Do they matter?

    Page :119

    F. Fitzpatrick, S. Corcoran, A. Liew, H. Humphreys, E.G. Smyth

    
• • ·Meningococcal C conjugate vaccines in children and adolescents: The effect of prior, concurrent or subsequent administration of DT vaccine

    Page :120

    A. Robinson, R. Borrow, N. Andrews, J. Southern, J. Findlow, S. Martin, C. Thornton, M. Burrage, D. Goldblatt, P. Richmond, E. Miller

    
• • ·Meningococcal serogroup a avidity indices as a surrogate marker of priming for the induction of immunological memory following vaccination with a meningococcal A/C conjugate vaccine in infants

    Page :120

    H. Joseph, R. Borrow, M. Dawson, E. Miller

    
• • ·Is there a role for latex agglutination testing of serum for meningococcal infection?

    Page :120

    M. Snape, K. Pysden, D. Burgner, A. Jepson, S. Nadel

    
• • ·Meningococcal outer membrane vesicle (OMV) antibody avidity indices as a surrogate marker of priming for the induction of immunological memory following vaccination with a meningococcal hexavalent PorA OMV vaccine

    Page :120

    E. Longworth, R. Borrow, D. Goldblatt, P. Balmer, M. Dawson, N. Andrews, E. Miller, K. Cartwright

    
• • ·Cellular immune responses elicited by meningococcal carriage and disease

    Page :121

    K. Robinson, A. Hasan, A. Robins, I. Todd, D. Ala'Aldeen

    
• • ·Childhood meningitis — review of pathogens and outcome

    Page :121

    M. Ghazavi, J.E. Clark

    
• • ·Severe vivax malaria in a traveller

    Page :121

    B.J. Angus, R. Price

    
• • ·Validation of a scoring system to predict the outcome of stool culture in patients presenting with diarrhoea

    Page :121

    A. Cadwgan, R. Laing, D. Robson

    
• • ·Economic burden to the hospital of an outbreak of Norwalk virus diarrhoea

    Page :122

    S. Dealler, V. Parkin, D. Wood, A. Anderson

    
• • ·Nosocomial transmission of rubella on a special care baby unit: Case report and results of a look back exercise

    Page :122

    E.A. Sheridan, M. Hird, C. Aitken

    
• • ·Recurrent masseter spasm (trismus) can be the only presenting sign of tetanus

    Page :122

    W.J. Olver, D. Hinchcliffe, V.C. Weston, H. Grundmann, W.A. Wallace

    
• • ·EMRSAs resistant to polyunsaturated fatty acids which are present in dust

    Page :122

    
• • ·Attitudes towards an AIDS hospice in Malaysia

    Page :123

    C. Goh, D. Robson, A.M. Cadwgan, C. Lee, R.B.S. Laing

    
• • ·Incidence of toxin B producing strains of clostridium difficile and enterotoxigenic strains of clostridium perfringens in patients with antibiotic associated diarrhoea

    Page :123

    K. Reid, S.N. Hoque, M. Collins

    
• • ·Use of surveillance to influence the design of a haematology unit in a large acute NHS trust

    Page :123

    C. Askew, C. Cook, J. McHugh, J. Atkinson, R.J. Koerner

    
• • ·Surgical marker pens-can the tips act as a source of cross infection

    Page :123

    T.P.C. Kane, M. Greig, M.L. Grover, L.K. Mendham

    
• • ·A question of spores — air sampling during demolition

    Page :124

    D.K. Dobie, E.G. Smith, R. Bache, S. Hinkes

    
• • ·Increasing numbers of infectious syphilis cases in the West Midlands

    Page :124

    T. Gee, J. Shirley, E.G. Smith

    
• • ·Adult echovirus 30 meningitis outbreak

    Page :124

    E.D. Carrol, M. Beadsworth, N. Jenkins, L. Ratcliffe, I. Ashton, B. Crowley, F.J. Nye, N.J. Beeching

    
• • ·An outbreak of a very resistant strain of MRSA (MRSA 17) in a referral hospital

    Page :124

    I. Ugboma, A. Pallett

    
• • ·Cluster of clinical isolates of EMRSA-15 with a negative deoxyribonuclease (DNASE) test - implications for laboratory diagnosis and infection control

    Page :125

    J. Rao, A. Qamruddin, I. Hassan, J. Burnie

    
• • ·Quantitative faecal microflora in infants <1500G and relation to necrotising enterocolitis

    Page :125

    C.M. Hoy, C.M. Wood, J.W.L. Puntis, P.M. Hawkey

    
• • ·Quantitative surveillance blood culture in the management of catheter related bloodstream infection

    Page :125

    C.M. Hoy, P. Kite, G. Abel, K. Eastwood, S. Sugden, J.W.L. Puntis

    
• • ·Sternal wound infection due to pneumococcus

    Page :125

    J. Rao, A. Qamruddin, A. Martinez, I. Hassan, J. Burnie

    
• • ·EBV-associated haemophagocytic syndrome: A successful outcome

    Page :126

    S.E. Peters, S. Waugh, R. Jarett, R.L. Soutar, R.A. Seaton, Brownlee Centre

    
• • ·The role of fungi in chronic refractory sinusitis - A study from an urban hospital in Northern India

    Page :126

    A. Rajgopal, H.R. Ashbee

    
• • ·Listeria meningitis as a complication of chemoprophylaxis against laboratory acquired toxoplasma infection: A case report

    Page :126

    S.E. Peters, Y. Gourlay, A. Seaton

    
• • ·Meningococcal infection in England and Wales: 1999–2001

    Page :126

    E.B. Kaczmarski, S.J. Gray, M. Guiver, R. Borrow, R. Mallard, A.J. Fox, E. Miller, M. Ramsay

    
• • ·The role of E-selectin polymorphism S128R in meningococcal disease

    Page :127

    A. Hosangady, E. Haralambous, M. Levin, M. Hibberd

    
• • ·Is catheter-related staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) so benign?

    Page :127

    O. Lesens, E. Brannigan, S. Hopkins, C. Keane, C. Bergin

    
• • ·Recurrent severe atypical Staphylococcus aureus infection in a patient treated with leflunomide (ARAVA®)

    Page :127

    E. Brannigan, O. Lesens, M. McHenry, E.B. Casey, C. Bergin

    
• • ·Epidemiology of culture-proven tuberculosis infection seen at North Manchester general hospital; A comparison between 1993–1995 & 1999–2001

    Page :127

    G.L. Thomson, G. Faulkner, H. Panigrahi, N. Berry, A. Bonington

    
• • ·Malaria - blame the blood, bags or brush?

    Page :128

    A.E. Boyd, F.J. Vilar

    
• • ·Aminoglycoside and quinolone resistance: Ten year experience in a tertiary referral centre

    Page :128

    F.J. Cooke, S. Want, W. Lawson, B. Dean, T.R. Rogers, K.B. Bamford, A.H. Holmes

    
• • ·Tuberculosis in Sheffield 1999–2000

    Page :128

    R. Gowda, A. Tunbridge, M. McKendrick

    
• • ·Clinical and economic evaluation of sepsis management and switch protocols

    Page :128

    C.M. McLaughlin, C. Fenelon, N. Bodasing, J. Fox, R.A. Seaton

    
• • ·Anal HPV disease and prevention of anal cancer

    Page :129

    M. Nathan

    
• • ·Differentiation of members of the mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using gyrb-based polymorphism analysis

    Page :129

    A.M. Kearns, J. Heatherington, D. Burdess, R. Freeman, J.G. Magee

    
• • ·An unusual case of Group A streptococcal infection

    Page :129

    S. Hegde, J. Clark, M. Ward Platt

    
• • ·The effect of jewellery on surface bacterial counts

    Page :129

    G.E. Bartlett, T.C.B. Pollard, K.E. Bowker, G.C. Bannister

    
• • ·Is rapid diagnosis of enteroviral meningitis in children worth it?

    Page :130

    M. Kalra, J.E. Clark, C. Taylor, A. Turner

    
• • ·Influence of topical mupirocin on the colonisation of central venous cannulae and related bacteraemia

    Page :130

    R.L.R. Hill, R. Ware, J.J. Wade

    
• • ·HAART cessation after treatment of primary HIV infection

    Page :130

    T. Piscopo, A. Miller

    
• • ·Does bronchopneumonia contribute to increased mortality in diabetic foot ulcer patients?

    Page :130

    R.L.R. Hill, N.K. Chammas, J.J. Wade, A.V.M. Foster, M.E. Edmonds

    
• • ·ESBLs - “Seek and ye shall find”

    Page :131

    C.P.K. Subudhi, N. Berry, H. Panigrahi

    
• • ·Listeria hysteria: Review of listeriosis 1992–2001

    Page :131

    N. Berry, C.P.K. Subudhi, B.M. Clark, A. Bonington, H. Panigrahi

    
• • ·MRSA with reduced susceptibility to glycopeptides: Should we use stricter policies for hydrotherapy pools?

    Page :131

    F. El Bakri, A. Pallett

    
• • ·Antimicrobial associated diarrhoea (AAD): ? Role of Candida

    Page :131

    G. Jeremiah, C. Loy, S. Majumdar, H. Panigrahi

    
• • ·Title: Retrospective longitudinal study on infection in voluntary service overseas (VSO) volunteers

    Page :132

    A.C. Casburn-Jones, C. Sabin, S. Maybin, J.N. Zuckerman

    
• • ·Molecular analysis of the 18s rRNA gene fragment of cryptosporidium parasites from persons with or without

    Page :132

    Gatei Wangeci, R.W. Ashford, S.K. Kamwati, L.E. Cuevas, C.A. Hart, N.J. Beeching

    
• • ·Chorioamnionitis and Neonatal Septicaemia Caused by Eikenella corrodens

    Page :133-134

    M.T Andrés, M.C Martı́n, J.F Fierro, F.J Méndez

    
• • ·Congenital and Maternal Cytomegalovirus Infection in a North West Population

    Page :134-136

    B Crowley, M Stainsby-Throng

    
• • ·Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis Associated with Co-infection by Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax

    Page :136-137

    P Maggi, S.L Coppola, V Lamargese, A Lisco, F Tramacere, G Pastore

    
• • ·Hospital-acquired, Native Valve Endocarditis Caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Page :137-139

    T.A Bicanic, S.J Eykyn

    
• • ·A Change in Pattern of Group G Streptococcal Septicaemia?

    Page :139

    J.A Meigh, J.A Wilson, R.E Meigh, S.L Mawer

    
• • ·Epidemic Diseases in Aberdeen and the History of the City Hospital

    Page :140

    I.M. Gould

    
• • ·Methods in Molecular Biology: Epstein-Barr Virus Protocols

    Page :140-141

    A Sergeant

    
• • ·Methods in Molecular Medicine Septic Shock—Methods and Protocols

    Page :141

    S.K. Jackson

    
• • ·Fast Facts—Sexually Transmitted Infections

    Page :141-142

    Moses Kapembwa