Annals ofInfectology

Volume: 5 - Number: 51 - July 15, 2005

Outstanding

Abnormal Radiological Findings and a Decreased Carbon Monoxide Transfer Factor Can Persist Long after the Acute Phase of Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia

Clinafloxacin for the Treatment of Bacterial Endocarditis

Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Adults and Children in Community and Family Settings

Editorial Commentary: Clindamycin, Cephalosporins, Fluoroquinolones, and Clostridium difficileAssociated Diarrhea: This Is an Antimicrobial Resistance Problem

AGING AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Prognostic Scoring Systems for Infectious Diseases: Their Applicability to the Care of Older Adults

Brief Reports

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome without Respiratory Symptoms or Abnormal Chest Radiograph Findings

Poor Validity of Self-Reported Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Vaccination Status among Young Drug Users

Serologic Response and Antibody-Titer Decay in Adults with Pertussis

Use of a T CellBased Assay for Monitoring Efficacy of Antituberculosis Therapy

Editorial Commentary: Counting Antigen-Specific T Cells: A New Approach for Monitoring Response to Tuberculosis Treatment?

Detection of Influenza Antigen with Rapid Antibody-Based Tests after Intranasal Influenza Vaccination (FluMist)

EMERGING INFECTIONS

Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and the Acquired and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies

Food safety

Hepatitis A Transmitted by Food

HIV/Aids

The Effect of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on Dermatologic Disease in a Longitudinal Study of HIV Type 1Infected Women

Effect of Prenatal Vitamin Supplementation on Lower-Genital Levels of HIV Type 1 and Interleukin Type 1 at 36 Weeks of Gestation

Long-Term Efficacy of Routine Access to Antiretroviral-Resistance Testing in HIV Type 1Infected Patients: Results of the Clinical Efficacy of Resistance Testing Trial

Risk Factors for Relapse and Acquired Rifamycin Resistance after Directly Observed Tuberculosis Treatment: A Comparison by HIV Serostatus and Rifamycin Use

Antiretroviral Therapy and the Clinical Evolution of Human PapillomavirusAssociated Genital Lesions in HIV-Positive Women

The Cellular Pharmacology of Nucleoside- and Nucleotide-Analogue Reverse-Transcriptase Inhibitors and Its Relationship to Clinical Toxicities

Major Articles

Abnormal Radiological Findings and a Decreased Carbon Monoxide Transfer Factor Can Persist Long after the Acute Phase of Legionella pneumophila Pneumonia

Conflict and Kala-Azar: Determinants of Adverse Outcomes of Kala-Azar among Patients in Southern Sudan

Clinafloxacin for the Treatment of Bacterial Endocarditis

Nasopharyngeal Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae by Adults and Children in Community and Family Settings

Outbreak of Clostridium difficile Infection in a Long-Term Care Facility: Association with Gatifloxacin Use

Editorial Commentary: Clindamycin, Cephalosporins, Fluoroquinolones, and Clostridium difficileAssociated Diarrhea: This Is an Antimicrobial Resistance Problem

The Epidemiology of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Hawaii, 2001

Longitudinal Trends in Fluoroquinolone Resistance among Enterobacteriaceae Isolates from Inpatients and Outpatients, 19892000: Differences in the Emergence and Epidemiology of Resistance across Organisms

Gentamicin and Tetracyclines for the Treatment of Human Plague: Review of 75 Cases in New Mexico, 19851999

Acquisition of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Patients in Intensive Care Units: Role of Antibiotics with Antipseudomonal Activity

Review

Inactivated Influenza Virus Vaccines in Children

Editorial Commentary: Influenza Vaccine for Children