Table of contents

Letters

• Risk of tuberculosis in close contacts of patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis: a nationwide cohort (27 February, 2009)

  A Attamna, D Chemtob, S Attamna, A Fraser, E Rorman, M Paul, L Leibovici
• Aminoglycoside ototoxicity susceptibility in cystic fibrosis (27 February, 2009)

  S A Mulrennan, J Helm, R Bright Thomas, M Dodd, A Jones, K Webb
• Anti-IgE in Churg–Strauss syndrome (27 February, 2009)

  P Giavina-Bianchi, M Giavina-Bianchi, R C Agondi, J Kalil
• Authors’ reply (27 February, 2009)

  C Grohé, S Pabst
• Ventilation-perfusion scans in children treated for empyema (27 February, 2009)

  R C Mew, A Jaffe, L Biassoni, S Sonnappa
• Pleurodesis by talc poudrage under simple medical thoracoscopy: an international opinion (27 February, 2009)

  J M Tschopp, J M Schnyder, P Astoul, M Noppen, M Froudarakis, C T Bolliger, S Gasparini, G F Tassi, F Rodriguez-Panadero, R Loddenkemper, Y Aelony, J P Janssen
• Authors’ reply (27 February, 2009)

  H E Davies, Y C G Lee, R J O Davies
• Progressive diffuse pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis improved by cladribine chemotherapy (27 February, 2009)

  R Lazor, B Etienne-Mastroianni, C Khouatra, A Tazi, V Cottin, J-F Cordier