05 September 1998 (Vol 317, Issue 7159)

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Editor's Choice

Bugs and drugs

BMJ 1998;317:0.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Bugs and drugs

BMJ 1998;317:0.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

News

Surgical specimens to be tested for new variant CJD

BMJ 1998;317:617.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

Role of nurses to expand in Australia

BMJ 1998;317:617.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Trials sponsored by drug companies: review ordered

BMJ 1998;317:618.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

Waiting lists respond to cash boost

BMJ 1998;317:618.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Repeated miscarriages may be explained by deficient T cells

BMJ 1998;317:619.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

New, more virulent strain of HIV found

BMJ 1998;317:619.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Facing the microbial threat

BMJ 1998;317:620.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

Editorials

Antimicrobial resistance

BMJ 1998;317:609 (Published 5 September 1998)

Antimicrobial resistance: a veterinary perspective

BMJ 1998;317:610 (Published 5 September 1998)

Antimicrobial resistance: bacteria on the defence

BMJ 1998;317:612 (Published 5 September 1998)

Control of antimicrobial resistance: time for action

BMJ 1998;317:613 (Published 5 September 1998)

Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance

BMJ 1998;317:614 (Published 5 September 1998)

Letters

This week's Letters section

Hypoxic responses in infants

BMJ 1998;317:675 (Published 5 September 1998)

Ecological studies are a poor means of testing aetiological hypotheses

BMJ 1998;317:678.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

Studies must establish whether prolonged QTc interval in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes is reversible

BMJ 1998;317:678.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Helicobacter pylori and surgery

BMJ 1998;317:679 (Published 5 September 1998)

Relation between birth weight and blood pressure is independent of maternal blood pressure

BMJ 1998;317:680.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis

BMJ 1998;317:680.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Other amputees are the greatest help in dealing with limb loss

BMJ 1998;317:682.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

Long term follow up of children with recurrent abdominal pain

BMJ 1998;317:682.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Letters - continued

Central venous catheters and infection

BMJ 1998;317:683 (Published 5 September 1998)

Effects of ambulance response times are being evaluated

BMJ 1998;317:684.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

Clinical Review

Science, medicine, and the future

BMJ 1998;317:643 (Published 5 September 1998)

Minerva

Minerva

BMJ 1998;317:690 (Published 5 September 1998)

This Week In the BMJ

Chemoprophylaxis may be overused in meningococcal disease

BMJ 1998;317:0.3 (Published 5 September 1998)

Preventive treatment for tuberculosis in adults infected with HIV does confer benefits

BMJ 1998;317:0.4 (Published 5 September 1998)

Quarter of the enterococci responsible for endocarditis are resistant

BMJ 1998;317:0.7 (Published 5 September 1998)

Editorial

Lessons from New York's tuberculosis epidemic

BMJ 1998;317:616 (Published 5 September 1998)

This week is in BMJ

Multidrug resistant TB in France is associated with HIV

BMJ 1998;317:0.8 (Published 5 September 1998)

More evidence of ineffectiveness will not reduce antibiotic prescribing for sore throat

BMJ 1998;317:0.6 (Published 5 September 1998)

Amoxycillin and folate inhibitors are as effective as newer antibiotics in acute sinusitis

BMJ 1998;317:0.5 (Published 5 September 1998)

News extra [these stories appear only on the web]

Precise cause of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome found

BMJ 1998;317:620.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Vaccine delivery system using safe bacteria invented

BMJ 1998;317:620.3 (Published 5 September 1998)

Papers

Which contacts of patients with meningococcal disease carry the pathogenic strain of Neisseria meningitidis? A population based study

BMJ 1998;317:621 (Published 5 September 1998)

Effect of preventive treatment for tuberculosis in adults infected with HIV: systematic review of randomised placebo controlled trials

BMJ 1998;317:625 (Published 5 September 1998)

Antibiotic resistance among enterococci causing endocarditis in the UK: analysis of isolates referred to a reference laboratory

BMJ 1998;317:629 (Published 5 September 1998)

Multidrug resistant tuberculosis in France 1992-4: two case-control studies

BMJ 1998;317:630 (Published 5 September 1998)

General Practice

Are amoxycillin and folate inhibitors as effective as other antibiotics for acute sinusitis? A meta-analysis

BMJ 1998;317:632 (Published 5 September 1998)

Understanding the culture of prescribing: qualitative study of general practitioners' and patients' perceptions of antibiotics for sore throats

BMJ 1998;317:637 (Published 5 September 1998)

Education and debate

What can be done about resistance to antibiotics?

BMJ 1998;317:645 (Published 5 September 1998)

Antimicrobial resistance in developing countries

BMJ 1998;317:647 (Published 5 September 1998)

Surveillance of antimicrobial resistancean international perspective

BMJ 1998;317:651 (Published 5 September 1998)

Education and debate - continued

The epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in hospital acquired infections: problems and possible solutions

BMJ 1998;317:652 (Published 5 September 1998)

Community acquired infections and bacterial resistance

BMJ 1998;317:654 (Published 5 September 1998)

The origins and molecular basis of antibiotic resistance

BMJ 1998;317:657 (Published 5 September 1998)

Antiviral drug resistance

BMJ 1998;317:660 (Published 5 September 1998)

Regulating the use of antibiotics in the community

BMJ 1998;317:663 (Published 5 September 1998)

Use of antimicrobial drugs in veterinary practice

BMJ 1998;317:665 (Published 5 September 1998)

Strategies for promoting judicious use of antibiotics by doctors and patients

BMJ 1998;317:668 (Published 5 September 1998)

Community based approaches to the control of multidrug resistant tuberculosis: introducing “DOTS-plus”

BMJ 1998;317:671 (Published 5 September 1998)

Soundings

Some experience necessary

BMJ 1998;317:687.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

Personal View

The government's initiative may be stillborn

BMJ 1998;317:687.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Filler

Grapes

BMJ 1998;317:688 (Published 5 September 1998)

Medicine and books

Emerging Infections

BMJ 1998;317:689.1 (Published 5 September 1998)

Effective Commissioning: Lessons from Purchasing in American Managed Care

BMJ 1998;317:689.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Career focus

Developing the medical mind

BMJ 1998;317:S2-7159 (Published 5 September 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3-7159 (Published 5 September 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3a-7159 (Published 5 September 1998)

Briefing

BMJ 1998;317:S3b-7159 (Published 5 September 1998)

Correction

Confidential inquiry into quality of care before admission to intensive care

BMJ 1998;317:631 (Published 5 September 1998)

The hot air on passive smoking

BMJ 1998;317:684.2 (Published 5 September 1998)

Obituary

This week's Obituary section

Arnold ApplebyAlasdair Patrick BardenBenjamin Tillett DavisWilliam FergusonKenneth Macrae LeightonHarry Naftali LevittFrederick (“Fred”) Smart MelvilleKevin Lorne MerrettJohn Sinclair MillerHerbert Jan PenkalaPhilip Vernon Reading

BMJ 1998;317:685 (Published 5 September 1998)