Annals ofInfectology

Volume: 2 - Number: 22 - October 15, 2002

Outstanding

Guide to Development of Practice Guidelines

Pneumococcal Disease among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Persons: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Vaccination

Do Guidelines for Community-Acquired Pneumonia Improve the Cost-Effectiveness of Hospital Care?

Uninspiring Aspiring Fellows (UNAFs): An Emerging Infectious Disease

Articles

Arthralgias and Myalgias Related to Quinupristin-Dalfopristin Administration

Transepithelial Intestinal Excretion of Ciprofloxacin in Humans

Evaluation of Binax NOW, an Assay for the Detection of Pneumococcal Antigen in Urine Samples, Performed among Pediatric Patients

Effectiveness of Gloves in the Prevention of Hand Carriage of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Species by Health Care Workers after Patient Care

Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C with Amantadine Hydrochloride in Patients Who Had Not Responded to Previous Treatment with Interferon-ÎSUP Responded to Previous Treatment with Interferon-α and/or Ribavirin

Prediction of Gram-Negative Bacteremia in Patients with Cancer and Febrile Neutropenia by Means of Interleukin-8 Levels in Serum: Targeting Empirical Monotherapy versus Combination Therapy

Inactivated Pronase as the Cause of False-Positive Results of Serum Cryptococcal Antigen Tests

Effect of Antipyretic Drugs in Children with Malaria

Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Individuals with First-Episode Schizophrenia

Severe Hepatic Injury Associated with Lipid Formulations of Amphotericin B

Spinal Epidural Lipomatosis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive Patient Receiving Steroids and Protease Inhibitor Therapy

Gonococcemia Associated with Fatal Septic Shock

Neonatal Sepsis by Campylobacter jejuni: Genetically Proven Transmission from a Household Puppy

Guidelines and Clinical Assays

Guide to Development of Practice Guidelines

HIV/Aids

Use of Cytokines in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patients: Colony-Stimulating Factors, Erythropoietin, and Interleukin-2

Clinical Use of Genotypic and Phenotypic Drug Resistance Testing to Monitor Antiretroviral Chemotherapy

Preevaluation of Clinical Trial Data: The Case of Preemptive Cytomegalovirus Therapy in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Pneumococcal Disease among Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Persons: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Impact of Vaccination

Screening for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Transmitted Diseases in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive Patients in Peru Reveals an Absence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Identifies Trichomonas vaginalis in Pharyngeal Speci

Recurrences of Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Patient, Despite Potent Antiretroviral Therapy and Apparent Immune Reconstitution

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Into the WEB

Internet and Computer-Based Resources for Travel Medicine Practitioners

Points of Look

Do Guidelines for Community-Acquired Pneumonia Improve the Cost-Effectiveness of Hospital Care?

Preemptive Therapy Versus Universal Prophylaxis with Ganciclovir for Cytomegalovirus in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Uninspiring Aspiring Fellows (UNAFs): An Emerging Infectious Disease

Counterpoint: UNAFs Perspective and Prevention

Principal's Articles

Mortality and Costs of Acute Renal Failure Associated with Amphotericin B Therapy

Outbreak of Adenovirus Genome Type 7d2 Infection in a Pediatric Chronic-Care Facility and Tertiary-Care Hospital

Risk Factors for Acquisition of Levofloxacin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Case-Control Study

Risk Factors for Severe Pulmonary and Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis: Kern County, California, 1995-1996

Reviews and Trials

Infectious Diseases: Considerations for the 21st Century

Reappraisal of Lung Tap: Review of an Old Method for Better Etiologic Diagnosis of Childhood Pneumonia

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