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The Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections in United States Hospitals: Possible Role of the House Staff-Patient Transfer Circuit

• ROBERT W. HALEY,
• ALLEN W. HIGHTOWER,
• RIMA F. KHABBAZ,
• CLYDE THORNSBERRY,
• WILLIAM J. MARTONE,
• JAMES R. ALLEN,
• and JAMES M. HUGHES

Epidemiology of Nosocomial Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• ROBERT L. THOMPSON,
• IGNACIO CABEZUDO,
• and RICHARD P. WENZEL

Multiply Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Introduction, Transmission, and Evolution of Nosocomial Infection

• RICHARD M. LOCKSLEY,
• MITCHELL L. COHEN,
• THOMAS C. QUINN,
• LUCY S. TOMPKINS,
• MARIE B. COYLE,
• JEAN M. KIRIHARA,
• and GEORGE W. COUNTS

Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections: A New Source for Nosocomial Outbreaks

• LOUIS D. SARAVOLATZ,
• DONALD J. POHLOD,
• and LUCILLE M. ARKING

Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis in the Detroit Medical Center

• DONALD P. LEVINE,
• RALPH D. CUSHING,
• JONATHAN JUI,
• and WILLIAM J. BROWN

Mechanisms of Resistance to Beta-lactam Antibiotics in Strains of Staphylococcus aureus

• L. D. SABATH

Vancomycin Therapy for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• TANIA C. SORRELL,
• DONALD R. PACKHAM,
• SIVARAJ SHANKER,
• MARY FOLDES,
• and ROSEMARY MUNRO

Ursodeoxycholic Acid: A Safe and Effective Agent for Dissolving Cholesterol Gallstones

• G. STEPHEN TINT,
• GERALD SALEN,
• ANTHONY COLALILLO,
• DAVID GRABER,
• DIANE VERGA,
• JEFFREY SPECK,
• and SARAH SHEFER

Effect of Oral Zinc Therapy on Gonadal Function in Hemodialysis Patients: A Double-Blind Study

• SUDESH K. MAHAJAN,
• ALI A. ABBASI,
• ANANDA S. PRASAD,
• PARVIZ RABBANI,
• WILLIAM A. BRIGGS,
• and FRANKLIN D. McDONALD

The Prevention of Hepatitis B with Vaccine: Report of the Centers for Disease Control Multi-Center Efficacy Trial Among Homosexual Men

• DONALD P. FRANCIS,
• STEPHEN C. HADLER,
• SUMNER E. THOMPSON,
• JAMES E. MAYNARD,
• DAVID G. OSTROW,
• NORMAN ALTMAN,
• ERWIN H. BRAFF,
• PAUL O'MALLEY,
• DONALD HAWKINS,
• FRANKLYN N. JUDSON,
• KENT PENLEY,
• THOM NYLUND,
• GRAHAM CHRISTIE,
• FRANK MEYERS,
• JOSEPH N. MOORE, Jr,
• ANN GARDNER,
• IRENE L. DOTO,
• JOE H. MILLER,
• GLADYS H. REYNOLDS,
• BERT L. MURPHY,
• CHARLES A. SCHABLE,
• BRIAN T. CLARK,
• JAMES W. CURRAN,
• and ALLAN G. REDEKER

Phlegmonous Gastritis After Endoscopic Polypectomy

• LESTER J. LIFTON and
• DAVID SCHLOSSBERG

Cimetidine-Induced Anaphylaxis

• ALBERT B. KNAPP,
• ROBERT S. GRIMSHAW, Jr.,
• JOEL P. GOLDFARB,
• PAUL S. FARKAS,
• MARK RUBIN,
• and DAVID L. ROSENSTREICH

Variability in Physician Bioethical Decision-Making: A Case Study of Euthanasia

• ROBERT A. PEARLMAN,
• THOMAS S. INUI,
• and WILLIAM B. CARTER

Treatment of Infections Due to Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• CHATRCHAI WATANAKUNAKORN

Inactivated Hepatitis B Virus Vaccine: Recommendation of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee

Diagnostic Decision: Use of the Treadmill Test in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Chest Pain

• NORA GOLDSCHLAGER

Medical Responsibility and Thermonuclear War

• CHRISTINE CASSEL and
• ANDREW JAMETON

The Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

• RICHARD P. WENZEL

Prevention of Hepatitis B Through the Use of Vaccine

• JAMES E. MAYNARD

Help with Diagnostic Decisions

• SANKEY V. WILLIAMS and
• JOHN M. EISENBERG

The Road Away from Nuclear War

When Asked . . .

• M. DAVID WARD

Waiting Room

• H. CLARKE

Visiting Hours Are Now Over

• M. DAVID WARD

Accidental Hepatitis-B-Surface-Antigen-Positive Inoculations: Use of e Antigen to Estimate Infectivity

• BARBARA G. WERNER and
• GEORGE F. GRADY

Ketoconazole Blocks Adrenal Steroid Synthesis

• ALLAN PONT,
• PAUL L. WILLIAMS,
• DAVID S. LOOSE,
• DAVID FELDMAN,
• RICHARD E. REITZ,
• CHARLOTTE BOCHRA,
• and DAVID A. STEVENS

Peptide Radioimmunoassays in Clinical Medicine

• MICHAEL C. GEOKAS,
• ROSALYN S. YALOW,
• EUGENE W. STRAUS,
• and ERNEST M. GOLD

The New Beta-Lactamase-Stable Cephalosporins

• HAROLD C. NEU

The Need for Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography in Valvular Heart Disease is NotDisproven

• SHAHBUDIN H. RAHIMTOOLA

The Medical Consequences of Radiation Accidents and Nuclear War

• HEALTH POLICY COMMITTEE

Hepatitis B Virus Vaccine

• ARLENE A. MCLEAN and
• RAYMOND SHAW, JR.

Hepatitis B Virus Infection and Cyclophosphamide

• MARIA CHIARAMONTE,
• ANNAROSA FLOREANI,
• DIEGO MARTINES,
• FRANCA DE LAZZARI,
• and REMO NACCARATO

Nitrofurantoin and Chronic Active Hepatitis

• ALASTAIR R.O. MILLER,
• BRUCE J. ADDIS,
• and PAUL D. CLARKE

Chenodiol and Gallstones

• DAVID CUNDIFF

Pancreatitis and Cancer Chemotherapy

• JAMES B. PUCKETT,
• BUTLER WILLIAM M.,
• and JAMES A. MCFARLAND

Immunoblastic Lymphoma, Infectious Mononucleosis, and Rheumatoid Arthritis

• CHEUNG CHO YUE

Zomepirac, Interstitial Nephritis, and Renal Failure

• PHILIP J. MEASE,
• ALLAN J. ELLSWORTH,
• PAUL D. KILLEN,
• and ROBERT F. WILLKENS

Therapies for Lupus Nephritis

• DAVID KAPLAN

Nadolol and Papilledema

• SANJIV KAUL,
• MAYLENE WONG,
• BRAMAH N. SINGH,
• and ROBERT S. HEPLER

Diltiazem and Raynaud's Syndrome

• MATOBA TSUNETAKA,
• MASAHIKO OGATA,
• and HIROSHI KUWAHARA

Pheochromocytoma, Prazosin, and Hypotension

• ALLAN R. GLASS and
• RIPLEY BALLOU

Naloxone and Alcoholic Intoxication

• HERVÉ LIGNIAN,
• JEANINE FONTAINE,
• and ROBERT ASKENASI

Clay Ingestion and Iron Deficiency Anemia

• WILLIAM H. CROSBY

MEDLINE Changes

• FRED SCHNEIWEISS

Emotional Conflicts in the Resident

• JON D. HODGIN

The Do-Not-Resuscitate Order in a Teaching Hospital

• H. THOMAS FOLEY

Correction: Toxic Shock Article

Correction: Reference Citations in Article on Arthritis and Renal Disease

Correction: Book Review of Clinical Skills

Correction: Publisher of Hurst's The Heart

Hematology: An Annotated Bibliography of Recent Literature: References to Journal Articles and Other Papers

• HEMATOLOGY COMMITTEE

Clinical Pharmacology: An Annotated Bibliography of Recent Literature: References to Journal Articles and Other Papers

• CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY COMMITTEE

Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine.

Medical Thinking, A Historical Preface.

Studying a Study and Testing a Test. How to Read the Medical Literature.

Toxicologic Emergencies. A Comprehensive Handbook in Problem Solving.

Psychosocial Family Interventions in Chronic Pediatric Illness.

Cutaneous Aspects of Internal Disease.

Andrews' Diseases of the Skin.

Skin Diseases: Diagnosis and Management in Clinical Practice.

Dermatology Update. Reviews for Physicians.

Clinical Approach to Infection in the Compromised Host.

Communicable and Infectious Diseases.

The Heart. Arteries and Veins.

Hemodynamics.

Clinics in Chest Medicine. Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

Diagnosis and Management of Pulmonary Disease in Primary Practice.

Pulmonary Disease Reviews.

Clinical Radiology in Gastroenterology.

Hematology.