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Volume 46 Issue 12 June 15, 2008

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News

In the Literature

IDSA Guidelines

    • Stanley W. Chapman,
    • William E. Dismukes,
    • Laurie A. Proia,
    • Robert W. Bradsher,
    • Peter G. Pappas,
    • Michael G. Threlkeld,
    • and Carol A. Kauffman

    Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Blastomycosis: 2008 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1801-1812 doi:10.1086/588300

Articles and Commentaries

Major Articles

    • Ben De Pauw,
    • Thomas J. Walsh,
    • J. Peter Donnelly,
    • David A. Stevens,
    • John E. Edwards,
    • Thierry Calandra,
    • Peter G. Pappas,
    • Johan Maertens,
    • Olivier Lortholary,
    • Carol A. Kauffman,
    • David W. Denning,
    • Thomas F. Patterson,
    • Georg Maschmeyer,
    • Jacques Bille,
    • William E. Dismukes,
    • Raoul Herbrecht,
    • William W. Hope,
    • Christopher C. Kibbler,
    • Bart Jan Kullberg,
    • Kieren A. Marr,
    • Patricia Muñoz,
    • Frank C. Odds,
    • John R. Perfect,
    • Angela Restrepo,
    • Markus Ruhnke,
    • Brahm H. Segal,
    • Jack D. Sobel,
    • Tania C. Sorrell,
    • Claudio Viscoli,
    • John R. Wingard,
    • Theoklis Zaoutis,
    • and John E. Bennett

    Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1813-1821 doi:10.1086/588660
    • Natalie M. Bowman,
    • Vivian Kawai,
    • Michael Z. Levy,
    • Juan Geny Cornejo del Carpio,
    • Lilia Cabrera,
    • F. Delgado,
    • Francisco Malaga,
    • Eleazar Cordova Benzaquen,
    • Viviana V. Pinedo,
    • Francis Steurer,
    • Amy E. Seitz,
    • Robert H. Gilman,
    • and Caryn Bern

    Chagas Disease Transmission in Periurban Communities of Arequipa, Peru

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1822-1828 doi:10.1086/588299
    • Shannon D. Manning,
    • Maggi A. Lewis,
    • A. Cody Springman,
    • Erica Lehotzky,
    • Thomas S. Whittam,
    • and Dele Davies

    Genotypic Diversity and Serotype Distribution of Group B Streptococcus Isolated from Women Before and After Delivery

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1829-1837 doi:10.1086/588296
    • Alex Carignan,
    • Catherine Allard,
    • Jacques Pépin,
    • Benoit Cossette,
    • Vincent Nault,
    • and Louis Valiquette

    Risk of Clostridium difficile Infection after Perioperative Antibacterial Prophylaxis before and during an Outbreak of Infection due to a Hypervirulent Strain

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1838-1843 doi:10.1086/588291
    • Molly F. Franke,
    • Sasha C. Appleton,
    • Jaime Bayona,
    • Fernando Arteaga,
    • Eda Palacios,
    • Karim Llaro,
    • Sonya S. Shin,
    • Mercedes C. Becerra,
    • Megan B. Murray,
    • and Carole D. Mitnick

    Risk Factors and Mortality Associated with Default from Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1844-1851 doi:10.1086/588292
    • Joseph J. Amon,
    • Richard S. Garfein,
    • Linda Ahdieh-Grant,
    • Gregory L. Armstrong,
    • Lawrence J. Ouellet,
    • Mary H. Latka,
    • David Vlahov,
    • Steffanie A. Strathdee,
    • Sharon M. Hudson,
    • Peter Kerndt,
    • Don Des Jarlais,
    • and Ian T. Williams

    Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Injection Drug Users in the United States, 1994–2004

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1852-1858 doi:10.1086/588297
    • Noa B. Ciuraru,
    • Rony Braunstein,
    • Aaron Sulkes,
    • and Salomon M. Stemmer

    The Influence of Mucositis on Oral Thermometry: When Fever May Not Reflect Infection

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1859-1863 doi:10.1086/588290
    • Taminori Obayashi,
    • Kumiko Negishi,
    • Tomokazu Suzuki,
    • and Nobuaki Funata

    Reappraisal of the Serum (1→3)-β-D-Glucan Assay for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections—A Study Based on Autopsy Cases from 6 Years

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1864-1870 doi:10.1086/588295

Review Article

    • Steven Y. C. Tong,
    • Malcolm I. McDonald,
    • Deborah C. Holt,
    • and Bart J. Currie

    Global Implications of the Emergence of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Indigenous Populations

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1871-1878 doi:10.1086/588301

Viewpoints

    • Stephen G. Baum and
    • Anna Kaltsas

    Guideline Tyranny: Primum non nocere

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1879-1880 doi:10.1086/588302

Brief Reports

    • Theresa J. Ochoa,
    • Elsa Chea-Woo,
    • Miguel Campos,
    • Iris Pecho,
    • Ana Prada,
    • Robert J. McMahon,
    • and Thomas G. Cleary

    Impact of Lactoferrin Supplementation on Growth and Prevalence of Giardia Colonization in Children

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1881-1883 doi:10.1086/588476
    • Pierre Yves Levy,
    • Florence Fenollar,
    • Andreas Stein,
    • Frederic Borrione,
    • Emile Cohen,
    • Bernhard Lebail,
    • and Didier Raoult

    Propionibacterium acnes Postoperative Shoulder Arthritis: An Emerging Clinical Entity

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1884-1886 doi:10.1086/588477

Photo Quiz

Invited Article

Clinical Practice

    • Jose A. Vazquez

    Combination Antifungal Therapy for Mold Infections: Much Ado about Nothing?

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1889 doi:10.1086/588475

HIV/AIDS

Major Articles

    • Antonella Isgrò,
    • Wilma Leti,
    • Wladimiro DeSantis,
    • Marco Marziali,
    • Antonella Esposito,
    • Caterina Fimiani,
    • Giuseppe Luzi,
    • Marcello Pinti,
    • Andrea Cossarizza,
    • Fernando Aiuti,
    • and Ivano Mezzaroma

    Altered Clonogenic Capability and Stromal Cell Function Characterize Bone Marrow of HIV-Infected Subjects with Low CD4+ T Cell Counts Despite Viral Suppression during HAART

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1902-1910 doi:10.1086/588480

Editorial Commentary

    • Raffaele Badolato

    Immunological Nonresponse to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in HIV-Infected Subjects: Is the Bone Marrow Impairment Causing CD4 Lymphopenia?

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1911-1912 doi:10.1086/588481

Major Articles

    • Johnstone J. Kumwenda,
    • Bonus Makanani,
    • Frank Taulo,
    • Chiwawa Nkhoma,
    • George Kafulafula,
    • Qing Li,
    • Newton Kumwenda,
    • and Taha E. Taha

    Natural History and Risk Factors Associated with Early and Established HIV Type 1 Infection among Reproductive-Age Women in Malawi

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1913-1920 doi:10.1086/588478

Brief Report

    • Andri Rauch,
    • David Nolan,
    • Hansjakob Furrer,
    • Elizabeth McKinnon,
    • Mina John,
    • Simon Mallal,
    • Silvana Gaudieri,
    • Huldrych F. Günthard,
    • Patrick Schmid,
    • Manuel Battegay,
    • Bernard Hirschel,
    • Amalio Telenti,
    • Ian James,
    • and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study

    HLA-Bw4 Homozygosity Is Associated with an Impaired CD4 T Cell Recovery after Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1921-1925 doi:10.1086/588479

Answer to the Photo Quiz

    • Emily Cartwright,
    • Nadine Rouphael,
    • Seema Jain,
    • and Nurcan Ilksoy

    Pleural Effusion in a Patient with AIDS

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1926-1927 doi:10.1086/588472

Correspondence

    • Mary L. Pisculli and
    • Paul E. Sax

    Use of a Serum β-Glucan Assay for Diagnosis of HIV-Related Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia in Patients with Negative Microscopic Examination Results

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1928-1930 doi:10.1086/588564
    • Monique A. S. H. Mennink-Kersten,
    • Dorien Ruegebrink,
    • and Paul E. Verweij

    Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a Cause of 1,3-β-d-Glucan Assay Reactivity

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1930-1931 doi:10.1086/588563
    • Laurence Senn and
    • Gilbert Greub

    Local Newspaper as a Diagnostic Aid for Psittacosis: A Case Report

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1931-1932 doi:10.1086/588562
    • Penelope Evagelopoulou,
    • Pavlos Myrianthefs,
    • Antonios Markogiannakis,
    • George Baltopoulos,
    • and Athanassios Tsakris

    Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Mediastinitis Safely and Effectively Treated with Prolonged Administration of Tigecycline

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1932-1933 doi:10.1086/588557
    • Arne Simon,
    • Oliver Schildgen,
    • Marcus Panning,
    • Udo Bode,
    • and Anna Maria Eis-Huebinger

    Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Patients with Cancer: Still More Questions Than Answers

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1933-1934 doi:10.1086/588559
    • Nina Khanna and
    • Hans H. Hirsch

    Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Immunocompromised Patients Revisited

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1934-1935 doi:10.1086/588560
    • Heather C. Yun and
    • Vidhya Prakash

    Transmission of Adenovirus Serotype 14 in the Health Care Setting

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1935-1936 doi:10.1086/588558
    • Agnès Gautheret-Dejean,
    • Serge Mesmin-Poho,
    • Jacques Birguel,
    • Véronique Lemée,
    • Jean-Marie Huraux,
    • and Jean-Christophe Plantier

    Unequal Detection of HIV Type 1 Group O Infection by Simple Rapid Tests

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1936-1937 doi:10.1086/588561
    • Giuseppe Vittorio L. DeSocio,
    • Laura Martinelli,
    • Maurizio Zazzi,
    • and Franco Baldelli

    Acute Meningoencephalitis in Chronic HIV Infection: Clinical Resolution with Lopinavir-Ritonavir–Containing Therapy

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1938 doi:10.1086/588554
    • Elizabeth R. Jenny Avital,
    • ulie Hoffman,
    • Mindy Katz,
    • Jason Leider,
    • and Stephen Apfelroth

    Cerebrospinal Fluid HIV Load in Diverse Clinical Circumstances

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1938-1940 doi:10.1086/588555
    • Scott L. Letendre,
    • J. Allen McCutchan,
    • and Ronald J. Ellis

    Better Biomarkers Are Needed to Improve the Management of the Neurologic Complications of HIV Infection

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1940-1941 doi:10.1086/588556

Book Reviews

    • David J. Ritchie and
    • Gary P. Wormser

    Antimicrobial Pharmacodynamics in Theory and Clinical Practice, Second Edition Edited by Charles H. Nightingale, Paul G. Ambrose, George L. Drusano, and Takeo Murakawa New York: Informa Healthcare USA, 2007. 536 pp., Illustrated. $299.95 (hardcover)

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1942-1943 doi:10.1086/588473
    • Ciara E. O'Reilly

    Foodborne Diseases

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): 1942-1943 doi:10.1086/588474

Author Index to Volume 46

Electronic Articles

Major Article

    • Georgia Vrioni,
    • Georgios Pappas,
    • Efthalia Priavali,
    • Constantina Gartzonika,
    • and Stamatina Levidiotou

    An Eternal Microbe: Brucella DNA Load Persists for Years after Clinical Cure

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): e131-e136 doi:10.1086/588482

Brief Reports

    • Daniel J. Wolter,
    • Dee Acquazzino,
    • Richard V. Goering,
    • Paul Sammut,
    • Noha Khalaf,
    • and Nancy D. Hanson

    Emergence of Carbapenem Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from a Patient with Cystic Fibrosis in the Absence of Carbapenem Therapy

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): e137-e141 doi:10.1086/588484
    • Ryan C. Maves,
    • Edward R. Cachay,
    • Maile Ann Young,
    • and Joshua Fierer

    Secondary Syphilis with Ocular Manifestations in Older Adults

    Clin Infect Dis. (2008) 46(12): e142-e145 doi:10.1086/588483

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June 15, 2008 46 (12)
Clinical Infectious Diseases
  1. In This Issue
  2. News
  3. In the Literature
  4. IDSA Guidelines
  5. Articles and Commentaries
    1. Major Articles
  7. Review Article
  8. Viewpoints
  9. Brief Reports
  10. Photo Quiz
  11. Invited Article
    1. Clinical Practice
  13. HIV/AIDS
    1. Major Articles
    2. Editorial Commentary
    3. Major Articles
    4. Brief Report
  15. Answer to the Photo Quiz
  16. Correspondence
  17. Book Reviews
  18. Author Index to Volume 46
  19. Electronic Articles
    1. Major Article
    2. Brief Reports

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