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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 a 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 VA 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