Issue 2/2002
Content (10 Articles)
Original Investigation
Treatment with an anti-CD18 monoclonal antibody in rabbits inhibits pneumococcal-induced leukocyte recruitment in the skin, but not in the meninges
Carl Granert, Johan Raud, Lars Lindquist, Lennart Lindbom
Review
Cell adhesion receptors – signaling capacity and exploitation by bacterial pathogens
Christof R. Hauck
Review
Measles virus: immunomodulation and cell tropism as pathogenicity determinants
Sibylle Schneider-Schaulies, Jürgen Schneider-Schaulies, Stefan Niewiesk, Volker ter Meulen
Review
Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
Heinz Feldmann, Markus Czub, Steven Jones, Daryl Dick, Michael Garbutt, Allen Grolla, Harvey Artsob
Original Investigation
Can varicella be eliminated by vaccination? Potential clinical and economic effects of universal childhood varicella immunisation in Germany
Peter Wutzler, Albrecht Neiss, Kurt Banz, Anita Goertz, Helmtrud Bisanz
Original Investigation
Evaluation of different detection methods of biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus
Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, Matthias A. Horstkotte, Holger Rohde, Dietrich Mack
Original Investigation
Minimal attachment killing (MAK): a versatile method for susceptibility testing of attached biofilm-positive and -negative Staphylococcus epidermidis
Johannes K.-M. Knobloch, Heimke von Osten, Matthias A. Horstkotte, Holger Rohde, Dietrich Mack
Original Investigation
Qualitative detection of Legionella species in bronchoalveolar lavages and induced sputa by automated DNA extraction and real-time polymerase chain reaction
R. Raggam, E. Leitner, G. Mühlbauer, J. Berg, M. Stöcher, A. Grisold, E. Marth, H. Kessler
Original Investigation
Acute cytomegalovirus infections in blood donors are indicated by increased serum neopterin concentrations
Harald Schennach, Gerald Hessenberger, Peter Mayersbach, Diether Schönitzer, Dietmar Fuchs