Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003: Vol 36 Table of Contents

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Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume 36 * Number 1 1 January 2003
1 January News
MAJOR ARTICLES
1 Respiratory Virus Infections i in Adults with eanenntee ane A Precpectave Seay
Rodrigo Martino, Elena Ramila, Nuria Rabella, José Manuel Munoz
High Rate of Invasive rae sree anne Nemanyelnanhative ageete Tenn
Elisabeth A. Hagen, Hillary Stern, David Porter, Kathleen Duffy, Karer ( elina e
and Mindy G. Sch
Improved Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Peruvian Children by Use of a Heminested IS6110
heesargcrien C hain Reaction Assay
Sonia H. Mo negro, Hobert H. Gilman, Patricia oneer Rosa Cama ICY wviede ] Vi Mopper, A ard mber ind Richard A
Serum Cytokine Concentrations Do Not Parallel Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Induced Cytokine Production
in Reeee with Tuberculosis
Ramakrishna Vankayalapati, Benjamin W
Cluster of Cases of Acute Hepatitis Associated with Hepatitis IE Vii rus infection nae in ' The Netherlands
_ Alain Widdowson, Wim J. M. Jaspers, Wim H. M. van der Poe Kje V Ana Marta Roda Hu
and WV
Population-Based Surveillance and a Case-Control Study of Risk Factors for Endemic Lymphocutaneous
opened in pare
G. M. Lyon, S. Zurita, J.
n Peru uae gatior
Broad-Range Bacterial Polymerase Chin Reaction for ' Baaly Detection of Bacterial Meningitis
Louis D. Saravolati dette Mar Nancy VanderVelde, Joan Pawlak
Trends in Risk Profiles for and Mortality Associated with Invasive Aspergillosis among Liver Transplant
Recipients
Nina Singh, Robin k
David L. Patersor hah Husalr Shimon Kusne. and Peter
Comparison of Mortality Associated with Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus
aureus Bacteremia: A Meta-analysis
SaraE . Cosgrove, George Sakoulas, Eli N. Perencevich, \
VIEWPOINTS
60 Management of Rabies in Hemens
Alan C. Jackson, Mary J. Warre harles E. Ruppr
William H. Wunner, Thomas P. Bleck, and Henr
MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
= DDaiviadg nRo. sMiusrd ocotf Legionella Infection
HIV/AIDS
70 Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Patients in the Developing World Who Have Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome
David T. Fisk, Steven Meshnick, and Powel H. Kazanjiar
Natural History of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease in Southern India
N. Kumarasamy, Suniti Solomon, Timothy P. Flanigan, R. Hemalatha, S. P. Thyagarajan, and Kenneth H. Mayer
Prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Related Opportunistic Infections in France:
A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Y. Yazdanpanah, S. J. Goldie, A. D. Paltiel, E. Losina, L. Coudeville, M. C. Weinstein, Y. Gerard, A. D. Kimmel, H. Zhang, R. Salamon, Y. Mouton
and K. A. Freedberg
Hepatitis C Virus and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection in an Urban Population: Low Eligibility
for Interferon Treatment
Catherine A. Fleming, Donald E. Craven, David Thornton, Sheila Tumilty, and David Nunes
Knowledge of Genotypic Resistance Mutations Among Providers of Care to Patients with Human
Immunodeficiency Virus
Carlos Salama, Maurice Policar, and Christina Cerveré
105 Recurrent Kawasaki Disease—like sacle in a Patient with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Jennifer N. Blanchard, Henry C. Powell, William R. Freeman, Scott Letendre, Daniel Blanchard, Chisato Shimizu, and Jane C. Burns
BRIEF REPORTS
112 Rapid wageneie of Acute Salmonella Gastrointestinal Infection
3rzegorz Oracz, Wojciech Feleszko, Dorota Golicka, Joanna Maksymiuk, Agnieszka Klonowska, and Hanna Szajewska
116 Minocycline-Ethylenediaminetetraacetate Lock Solution for the Prevention of Implantable Port Infections
in Children with Cancer
loannis Chatzinikol slaou, Theodore F. Zipf, Hend Hanna, Jan Umphrey, W. Mark Roberts, Robert Sherertz, Ray Hachem, and Issam Raad
Human Herpesvirus 6B Infection of the ewig: Intestine of Patients with Diarrhea
Kiyoko Amo, Keiko Tanaka-Taya, Reiko Inagi, Hiromi Miy va, Hiroko Miyoshi, Ikuko Okusu, Junji Sashihara, Junichi Hara, Masahiro Nakayama
Koichi Yamanishi, and Shintaro Okada
CORRESPONDENCE
i24 Linezolid to Decrease Length of Stay in the Hospital for Patients with Methicillin-Resistant
one aureus Infection
R bert E Si gel
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Signs of Meningeal Irritation: What Is Their Diagnostic Accuracy?
Spinello Antinori
Reply
Vincent U Quag Naretlo
Comments on the Review of a Book Entitled Bacterial Pathogenesis: A Molecular Approach
David A. Watson
A Regimen Containing Rifabutin for the Treatment of Tuberculosis in Patients Intolerant to Rifampin
Pierre Tattevin, Mathieu Revest, Mathieu Dupont, Cédric Arvieux, and Christian Michelet
Association of TT Virus Primary Infection with Rhinitis in a Newborn
Philippe Biagini, Rémi N. Charrel, Philippe de Micco, and Xavier de Lamballerie
ELECTRONIC ARTICLES
Carotid Artery Dissection as a Possible Severe Complication of Pertussis in an Adult: Clinical Case
Report and Review
Danuta M. Skowronski, Jane A. Buxton, Morris Hestrin, Robert D. Keyes, Kevin Lynch, and ScottA . Halperin
Borderline Tuberculoid Leprosy: An Immune Reconstitution Phenomenon in a Human Immunodeficiency
Virus—Infected Person
S. D. Lawn, C. Wood, and D. N. Lockwood
A Positive Enzyme-Linked Immunoelectro-transfer Blot Assay Result for a Patient without Evidence
of Cyeticenconie
Erna M. Kojic and A. Clinton White, Jr
Isolated Splenic Cat Scratch Disease in an Immunocompetent Adult Woman
Jacob Gilad, Arik Wolak, Abraham Borer, Daniel Benharroch, Boaz Avidor, Michael Giladi, and Francisc Schlaeffer
Volume 36 * Number 2 15 January 2003
i 15 January News
MAJOR ARTICLES
131 Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence
and Risk Racers
Cassandra D. Salgado, Barry M. Farr, and David P. Calfee
nes of Bacille Calmette- Guérin (BCG) Infection after Intravesical BCG epee
Omare e Y. a Gonza iniel AAN NA she «tic\kdirea rs B‘rBaire , GaSaetths Furgeson,n m MMaahah a A BOKto wa septimu Richacrnadrd H am nd cdward 4 A
Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Gram-Positive Coccal Infections in Neutropenia: Toward a More Targeted
—_—— nee
Catherine Cordonr 1 Buzyn, Guy Leverger, Raoul Herbrecht, Mathilde Hunault, Roland Leclerca, and Sylvie Bast jarin, for the Club de Réflexior
sur les Infect
Linezolid for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant, Gram-Positive Infections: Experience
from a C ers dearer ~s ea den opel
Recognizing Influenza in Older Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Who Have
amen Influenza Vaccine
Kathleen M. Neu: 2. O'Conn
Leeman agi Caused by Foodborne Group A Streptococcus: A Prison-Based Outbreak
Michael |
Susceptibility of Antimicrobial-Resistant Urinary Escherichia coli Isolates to Fluoroquinolones
= Nitrofurantoin
James A. Karlowsky y Thornsberry, Mark E
PHOTO QUIZ
188 A 17-Year-Old Patient with Pulmonary Infiltrate and Rash
CLINICAL PRACTICE
189 misaentions for the Immunological Evaluation of Patients with Meningitis
Gary D. Ove
HIV/AIDS
195 Assisted mapraauane ae for Men and Women Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
Anthony Al-Khan, Jose Col Vidya Palta, and Arlene Bardegue
201 Scientific and Ethical Considerations in Trial Design for Investigational Agents for the Treatment of Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
Judith Feinberg and Anthony J pour
A Prospective Study of Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection in Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Type 1 ship )-Seropositive Women: Correlations with eg Cell Count and Plasma HIV-1 RNA Level
Patty W. Wright, Craig J. Hoesley, Kathleen E. Sq JUIres Ange sla Croom-Rive eid We and John W Gnann, Jr
Greater Effect of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on Survival in People Aged =50 Years Compared
with ana People in an Urban Observational Cohort
John L. Perez and Richard D. Moc
ANSWER TO PHOTO QUIZ
219 A 17-Year-Old Patient with Pulmonary Infiltrate and Rash
BRIEF REPORTS
221 Geographical Differences in Human Oral Yeast Flora
Jianping Xu and Thomas G. Mitchell
Pneumonitis Associated with Ureaplasma urealyticum in Children with Cancer
Steven C. Buckingham, Dennis T. Crouse, Katherine M. Knapp, and Christian C. Patrick
Severe Prolonged Red Blood Cell Aplasia and Thrombocytopenia Induced by Parvovirus B19 Infection
in a Patient with Sarcoidosis
Jean-Francois Viallard, Marie Parrens, Olivier Hermine, Jean-Michel Boiron, Marie-Edith Lafon, Gérald Marit, Josy Reiffers, and Jean-Luc Pellegrin
CORRESPONDENCE
Medical and Social Analysis of Prisoners with Tuberculosis in a Russian Prison Colony:
An Observational Study
Francis Drobniewski, Yanina Balabanova, Michael Ruddy, Ivan Fedorin, Alexander Melentyev, Evgeny Mutovkin, and Sergey Kuznetzov
Choosing an Optimal Strategy to Assess and Treat Adults with Pharyngitis
Jerome R. Hoffman, Richelle J. Cooper, and Ralph Gonzales
Linezolid versus Vancomycin for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections
James R. Johns
BOOK REVIEWS
238 The Antibiotic Paradox: How the Misuse of Antibiotics Destroys Their Curative Powers, 2nd Edition
Written by Stuart B. Levy
Reviewed by Michael M. Bergman
Polymicrobial Diseases
Edited by Kim A. Brogden and Janet M. Guthmiller
RRoevviioeww ed b)y Jana n Kimmnpee n
Immunotherapy for Infectious Diseases
offroy AA
Infectious Diseases in Primary Care
ted by Charles S. Bryan
New Books Received
Erratum
ELECTRONIC ARTICLES
Candida lusitaniae Infections in the Era of Fluconazole Availability
J—im my L. Hdaawwkkiinnes anandd Lalarrrryy fM . Baddddoo ur
Macrolide-Resistant Pneumococcal Endocarditis and Epidural Abscess that Develop during Erythromycin
Therapy
Jay C. Butler, Jeffrey L. Lennox, Linda K. McDougal, Joyce A. Sutcliffe, Amelia Tait-Kamradt, and Fred C. Tenover
Asymptomatic Nasal Carriage of Mupirocin-Resistant, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
in a Pet Dog Associated with MRSA Infection in Household Contacts
Farrin A. Manian
Postmalaria Neurological Syndrome: Two Cases from The Gambia
Stephen D. Lawn, Katie L. Flanagan, Stephen G. Wright, Tom F. Doherty, and Peter Godfrey-Faussett
Cerebellar Brain Abscess Associated with Tongue Piercing
Richard A. Martinello and Elizabeth L. Cooney
Volume 36 * Supplement 1 15 January 2003
MICROBIAL RESISTANCE: BACTERIA AND MORE
Tribute to Martin Wood
Introduction: Microbial Resistance: Bacteria and More
Martin J. Wood and Robert C. Moellering, Jr
The Global py off ae: Resistance
David H. Howard } ) t Randall Packard, and DeAnr
Bacterial Resistance: Origins, Epidemiology, and Impact
David M. Livermore
Tuberculosis Deny Resistance: A Global Threat
Jean B. Nachega and
Antifungal Drug Resistance
Juergen
Prevention of Resistance: A Goal for Dose Selection for Antimicrobial Agents
ruSal
Volume 36 * Number 3 1 February 2003
i 1 February News
MAJOR ARTICLES
Epidemic Rift Valley Fever in Saudi Arabia: A Clinical Study of Severe Illness in Humans
NA- .
Development of a Predictive Index for Picornavirus Infections
A Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation of 7- Valent Pacemococcal Comins: Vaccine ;i n Canada
Proinflammatory Cytokine Reactions in Enterovirus 71 Infections of the Central Nervous System
ang-1eng VVu, and
a eg IS C Virus } Eatection: i| n eresmgnicoe C Hinical Patterns and Evolution in 224 White Children
Raff ellaro, Etienne Sokal, Chiara Azzar
A Aar
Risk of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection after Previous Infection or Colonization
S. Huan
Evaluation of the Immunochromatographic Binax NOW Assay for Detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae
eee oe in a Een Study of er eee Pneumonia in ‘Spain
FeuxX GUUE v iSid 4 5 J JUEezZ, Ant AYyE DR eerrnmaa r J Jra Ledria 3 viirete, G a R y aainidd Alberto WV
Isoniazid ne — Drug Users: The Roleo f — Cc
Alberto Fernaann dez pefia, Rafael Vazquez, Ferr nando ue
Influenza A and B Virus Infections in Children
Ville PeltThoedli Zaieg,le r, and Olli Ruuskanen
Hemophagocytic Syndrome in Children: An Important Diagnostic Consideration in Fever of Unknown Origin
DebraL . Palazzi, Kenneth L. McClain, and Sheldon L. Kaplar
Clinical Experience with Linezolid for the Treatment of Nocardia Infection
Edina H. Moylett, Susan E. Pacheco, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Tracy R. Perry, E. Stephen Buescher, Mary C. Birmingham, Jerome J. Schentag
Jo sigh F Gimbel, Aaron Apodaca, Margot A. Schwartz, Robert M. Rakita, and Richard J. Wallace, Jr
Pneumococcal Septic Arthritis: Review of 190 Cases
John J. Ross, CharlesL . Saltzman, Philip Carling, and Daniel S. Shapiro
JU
Clinical Features that Discriminate Inhalational Anthrax from Other Acute Respiratory Illnesses
Matthew J. Kuehnert, Timothy J. Doyle, Holly A. Hill, Carolyn B. Bridges, John A. Jernigan, Peter M. Dull, Dori B. Reissman, David A. Ashford,
REVIEW ARTICLE
337 +Primary Cane en A Distinct Clinical maar
Ségoléne Neuville, Francoise Dromer, Odile Morin, Bertrand Dupont, Olivier Ronin, Olivier Lortholary, and the French Cryptococco
PHOTO QUIZ
348 Nail Pigmentation and Fatigue in a 39-Year-Old Woman
CLINICAL PRACTICE
349 Clinical Significance of Helicobacter Species Other than Helicobacter pylori
SURFING THE WEB
355 Vaccine and Immunization Resources on the World Wide Web
HIV/AIDS
363 Influence of Coinfection with Hepatitis C Virus on Morbidity and Mortality Due to Human
Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in the Era of Highly Active Antivetroviral Therapy —
Ft llen M.v Te ai RoseK . Bak er, A nne Cc C MVoiov rman.a Ca > } Alzola } JGaUcRk F U er RoJbUeC t v J ye, Kaalt hleuet n v¥\ ue }
the H V Outpatient Study (HC
Editorial Commentary: First Things First: Balancing Hepatitis C and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Camilla <S . Gaer aham Y aanndd AMAaarrgnaarreott Jamry es Kozie
Growth Hormone Receptor (GH)-—Expressing Carcinoid Tumors after Recombinant Human GH Therapy
for Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Related Lipodystrophy
GIILaHUVVIiZ I> Ud a-UdUalit
Methods for Integration of Pharmacokinetic and Phenotypic Information in the Treatment of Infection
with Human Immunodeficiency Virus
EEdowwaarrd P. Ac“oNsC ta and Jennifef or R Kinngo
ANSWER TO PHOTO QUIZ
378 Nail Pigmentation and Fatigue in a 39-Year-Old Woman
BRIEF REPORT
380 ee Resistance in nes eenged
Saannddrraa S. ht Richter, Dananiie l J. Diek| ema, K ris P He
CORRESPONDENCE
384 Optimal Criteria for the Diagnosis of Legionella Coinfection
Riad Khatib and Mohamad G. Fakih
Reply
Michael J. Tan, James S. Tan, anc
Human Herpesvirus 8 Variants in Venezuelan Patients with AIDS-Related Kaposi Sarcoma
Dimas E. Hernandez, Bernard Masquelier, Omidres Pérez, Margarita Oliver, and Hervé J. A. Fleury
ELECTRONIC ARTICLES
Bradycardic Syncope in 2 Patients Who Recently Began Gatifloxacin Treatment
W. J. Nicholson, A. E. Buxton, and 1U.D1. ) 1l taammmmaar o
Female-to-Female Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Helena A. Kwakwa and M. W. Ghobrial
Meningitis Due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus after Receipt of a Dog Bite: Case Report and Review
of the Literature
Enteroviral Meningoencephalitis after Anti-CD20 (Rituximab) Treatment
Alain F
Acute Cerebellitis Caused by Herpes Simplex Virus Type |
Hot Tub—Associated Necrotizing Pneumonia due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Volume 36 * Number 4 15 February 2003
15 February News
MAJOR ARTICLES
389 Addition of a Macrolide to a 8-Lactam—Based Empirical Antibiotic Regimen Is Associated with Lower
In-Hospital Mortality for Patients with Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia
Editorial Commentary: What is Optimal Antimicrobial Therapy for Bacteremic Pneumococcal Pneumonia?
Respiratory Tract Infections in Travelers: A Review of the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network
Infection of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Devices: Three Cases and a Review
of the Literature
Factors Associated with Death among Adults <55 Years of Age Hospitalized for Community-Acquired
Pneumonia
Serotype Distribution, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Genetic Relatedness of Neisseria meningitidis
Strains Recently Isolated in Italy
Epidemiological and Microbiological Characterization of Infections Caused by Staphylococcus aureus
with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin, United States, 1997-2001
Changes in the Prevalence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Response to Antimicrobial Formulary
Interventions: Impact of Progressive Restrictions on Use of Vancomycin and Third-Generation
Cephalosporins
Usefulness of Serologic Analysis as a Predictor of the Infecting Serovar in Patients with Severe Leptospirosis
VIEWPOINTS
453 Nicotinamide: An Oral Antimicrobial Agent with Activity against Both Mycobacterium tuberculosis
and Human Immunodeficiency Virus
a cA
Michael F Murray
PHOTO QUIZ
461 Diffuse White Oral Plaques
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
462 Tetracycline Therapy: Update
aA > he
Viarily noberts
CONFRONTING BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
468 Smallpox Vaccination and Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
orr Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
1 G. Bartlett
REVIEWS OF ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS
472 Introduction
473 Quinupristin-Dalfopristin and Linezolid: Evidence and Opinion
UeOTGe IV
HIV/AIDS
482 Longitudinal Evolution of Bone Mineral Density and Bone Markers in Human Immunodeficiency
Virus—Infected Individuals
Kristin Mondy, Kevin Yarasheski, William G. Powderly, Michael Whyte, Sherry Claxton, Debra DeMarco, Mary Hoffmann, and Pab
Progression of Chronic Hepatitis C to Liver Fibrosis and Cirrhosis in Patients Coinfected with Hepatitis C
Virus a en eapesenmnngsnnnng 4 Virus
1 AcAreinzcnorrrieatak,c s Fernacnedeo WDiiasz, Raftaaenlt R(oeledaln., Leovpeeonilleldn.o MAdamroteiiens- HerreraS,o Eugehnsi o Piéhr caetze- Giuszp meainh, e e aotn d Jhoase é Ai. Giirdnn-Go nzale:
Reduced Testosterone Levels in Human Immunodeficiency Virus—Infected Women with Weight Loss
and Low Weight
Jveanni€é i o. huango n Stephanie J. \ Wilkiae, Sara Dole a Ja—m nm. Rvaallll-a rentn,t Nelognaa r A abhdaaddi MMeega nhanan PF. oCu l
Dermatological Findings of Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-I)—Associated Myelopathy/Tropical
Spastic eee
a ss —e : a a — Dar and Ahelarda O-( Ar
Maria E. R. Lenzi, Tullia Cuzzi-Maya, André L. A. Oliveira, Maria J. Andrada-Serpa, and Abelardo Q.-C. Araujc
Knowledge of Antiretroviral Regimen ee and Aaenence: A re Study
Loren G. Miller, Honghu Liu, Ron D. Hays, Carol E. Golin, Zhishen Ye, C. Keith Beck, Andrew H. Kaplan, and Neil S. Wenger
ANSWER TO PHOTO QUIZ
519 Diffuse White Oral Plaques
BRIEF REPORTS
521 A Case of Plague Successfully Treated with Ciprofloxacin and Sympathetic Blockade
for Treatment of Gangrene
T. Kuberski, L. Robinson, and A. Schurgin
Catheter-Related Bacteremia Caused by the Nocardioform Actinomycete Gordonia terrae
Audrey S. Pham, Indra Dé, Kenneth V. Rolston, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, and Xiang Y. Han
Acute Hepatitis B and C Virus Coinfection: A Virological and Clinical Study of 3 Cases
Nicola Coppola, Cecilia Marrocco, Domenico Di Caprio, Giancarlo Coviello, Carlo Scolastico, Pietro Filippini, and Evangelista Sagnelli
CORRESPONDENCE
533 Infectious Diarrhea in the Southeastern United States, 1998-2000
Amar Safdar
A Case of Malaria from the Afghanistan Region
Ud
Enteric Fever in Mumbai, India: The Good News and the Bad News
Reduced Acquisition of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Gown Effect or Confounding?
Reply
Acetazolamide Therapy and Intracranial Pressure
sat Patel Fd
ELECTRONIC ARTICLES
Pasteurella multocida Urinary Tract Infection with Molecular Evidence of Zoonotic Transmission
VV
Clostridium difficile Colitis after Forced Anal-Receptive Intercourse
Successful Treatment of Trichosporon mucoides Infection with Fluconazole in a Heart and Kidney
Transplant Recipient
Volume 36 * Number 5 1 March 2003
i 1 March News
MAJOR ARTICLES
541 A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Trial of Tafenoquine for Weekly
Prophylaxis against Plasmodium falciparum
A
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Adenovirus Type 21—Associated Acute Flaccid Paralysis during an Outbreak of Hand-Foot-and-Mouth
Disease in Sarawak, Malaysia
\A
Two Doses of a Lipid Formulation of Amphotericin B for the Treatment of Mediterranean
Visceral Leishmaniasis
Acute Encephalopathy Associated with Influenza A Virus Infection
Klebsiella Infection in Patients with Thalassemia
Recurrent Clostridium difficile Colitis: Case Series Involving 18 Patients Treated with Donor Stool
Administered via a Nasogastric Tube
Chlamydia Antibody Response in Healthy Volunteers Immunized with Nonchlamydial Antigens:
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study
ouine OnnseE L J 12 olaneK KA + . Not
Adverse Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Methicillin Resistance among Patients
with Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Site Infection
John J. Engemann, Yehuda Carmeli, Sara E. Cosgrove, Vance G. Fowler,
and Keith S. Kaye
599 Risk Factors Associated with Tuberculin Skin Test Positivity among University Students and the Use of Such
Factors in the Development of a Targeted Screening Program
Venkatarama Rao Koppaka, Eric Harvey, Beth Mertz, and Betty Anne Johnson
PHOTO QUIZ
608 A Man with a Prosthetic Aortic Valve and Subacute Calf Pain
AGING AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
609 Sexually Transmitted Diseases Other than Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Older Adults
Helene M. Calvet
CLINICAL PRACTICE
615 Combination Antibiotic Therapy for Infective Endocarditis
Thuan Le and Arnold S. Bayer
CONFRONTING BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
622 Can Postexposure Vaccination against Smallpox Succeed?
Philip P. Mortimer
REVIEWS OF ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS
630 Voriconazole: A New Triazole Antifungal Agent
Leonard B. Johnson and Carol A. Kauffman
VACCINES
638 Key Issues for a Potential Human Seen eny Virus Vaccine
Dale J H ¥, Vihtaae rRl.e Vistek . Bradford0 G Rbaarr thal; dq d } y nL Ma
HIV/AIDS
645 Discontinuation of Secondary Prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia in Human Immunodeficiency
Virus-Infected Patients: A ene Trial ga the CIOP at ee
Cristina Mussini, Patrizio Pezzotti, Andrea Antinori, Va Borghi, A ella d’Armin
Review of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1—-Related Opportunistic Infections in Sub-Saharan Africa
Elena Losina, Rochelle P. Walensky, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, and Kennett
Bacterial Vaginosis Is a Strong Predictor of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis Infection
ANSWER TO PHOTO QUIZ
669 A Man with a Prosthetic Aortic Valve and Subacute Calf Pain
CORRESPONDENCE
671 Diverse Etiologies for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
672 Reply
MA Koelle. SSee rne Rar >» RR t n ce
673 ean Hospitalization as a Barrier to Immunization
OdSe andd q J T. RobO KE
674 Reply
Gregory A. Pro !and
674 Diagnosis of Rabies by Use otB rain Tissue Dried on Filter Paper
2
Supaporn Wacharapluesadee, Patta Phur Boonlert Lumlertdaecha, and Thiravat Hemachudha
675 Persistent MRSA Bacteremia in a Patient with Low Linezolid Levels
Steven J. Sperber, JeromeF Levine, and Peter A. Gross