Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Leading articles:

DJ Leaper

Use of antibiotic prophylaxis in clean non-implant wounds
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 501-504; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.501 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

TR Shryock, JE Mortensen, and M Baumholtz

The effects of macrolides on the expression of bacterial virulence mechanisms
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 505-512; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.505 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Barchiesi, D Arzeni, MS Del Prete, A Sinicco, L Falconi Di Francesco, MB Pasticci, L Lamura, MM Nuzzo, F Burzacchini, S Coppola, F Chiodo, and G Scalise

Fluconazole susceptibility and strain variation of Candida albicans isolates from HIV-infected patients with oropharyngeal candidosis [published erratum appears in J Antimicrob Chemother 1998 Sep;42(3):413]
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 541-548; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.541 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

R Fontana, M Altamura, F Arcamone, A Mazzariol, G Morandotti, R Sperning, and G Cornaglia

MEN 10700, a new penem antibiotic: in-vitro activity and its correlation with beta-lactamase stability, PBP affinity and diffusion through the bacterial cell wall
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 513-525; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.513 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Yuan, H Aucken, LM Hall, TL Pitt, and DM Livermore

Epidemiological typing of klebsiellae with extended-spectrum beta- lactamases from European intensive care units
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 527-539; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.527 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Soltz-Szots, S Tyring, PL Andersen, RF Lucht, MW McKendrick, JL Diaz Perez, S Shukla, and AP Fiddian

A randomized controlled trial of acyclovir versus netivudine for treatment of herpes zoster. International Zoster Study Group
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 549-556; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.549 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JM Rajyaguru, DS Torres, E Abel, MC Richardson, and MJ Muszynski

Application of X-ray micrography and imaging to study the effect of gentamicin on Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 557-561; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.557 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Kontiokari, M Uhari, and M Koskela

Antiadhesive effects of xylitol on otopathogenic bacteria
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 563-565; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.563 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PM Rath

Susceptibility of Aspergillus strains from culture collections to amphotericin B and itraconazole
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 567-570; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.567 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

P Gilbert and MR Brown

Biofilms and beta-lactam activity
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 571-572; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.571 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CJ Thomson, PM Shanahan, and SG Amyes

Nucleotide sequences of inhibitor-resistant TEM beta-lactamases
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 572-573; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.572 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Domingo, T Alarcon, JC Sanz, I Sanchez, and M Lopez-Brea

High frequency of mutations at position 2144 of the 23S rRNA gene in clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori strains isolated in Spain
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 573-574; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.573 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MJ Weinbren, AP Johnson, ME Kaufmann, and DM Livermore

Acinetobacter spp. isolates with reduced susceptibilities to carbapenems in a UK burns unit
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 574-576; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.574 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Afzal-Shah and DM Livermore

Worldwide emergence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter spp.
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 576-577; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.576 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Fitch and AP Johnson

Reduced susceptibility to teicoplanin in a methicillin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 41: 578; doi:10.1093/jac/41.5.578 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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