Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Leading articles:

RG Finch

Antibiotic resistance
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 125-128; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.125 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

P Nordmann and M Guibert

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 128-131; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.128 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T Koga, H Watanabe, H Kawada, K Takahashi, Y Utsui, H Domon, C Ishii, T Narita, and H Yasuda

Interactions of plaunotol with bacterial membranes
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 133-140; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.133 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O Cirioni, A Giacometti, F Barchiesi, and G Scalise

In-vitro activity of lytic peptides, inhibitors of ion transport systems and ionophorous antibiotics against Pneumocystis carinii
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 141-145; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.141 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Bernhardt, K Schulz, K Zimmermann, and M Knoke

Influence of ciprofloxacin and other antimicrobial drugs on different Escherichia coli strains in continuous-flow cultures under aerobic and anaerobic conditions
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 147-152; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.147 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Desai, T Buhler, PH Weller, and MR Brown

Increasing resistance of planktonic and biofilm cultures of Burkholderia cepacia to ciprofloxacin and ceftazidime during exponential growth
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 153-160; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.153 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PE Gosden, JM Andrews, KE Bowker, HA Holt, AP MacGowan, DS Reeves, J Sunderland, and R Wise

Comparison of the modified Stokes' method of susceptibility testing with results obtained using MIC methods and British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy breakpoints
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 161-169; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.161 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RM Richards, VE Hamilton, and MR Thomas

In-vitro investigation of the antibacterial activity of agents which may be used for the oral treatment of lung infections in CF patients
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 171-178; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.171 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

KS Thomson and CC Sanders

The effects of increasing levels of quinolone resistance on in-vitro activity of four quinolones
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 179-187; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.179 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J May, K Shannon, A King, and G French

Glycopeptide tolerance in Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 189-197; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.189 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Hanaki, K Kuwahara-Arai, S Boyle-Vavra, RS Daum, H Labischinski, and K Hiramatsu

Activated cell-wall synthesis is associated with vancomycin resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical strains Mu3 and Mu50
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 199-209; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.199 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TS Yam, JM Hamilton-Miller, and S Shah

The effect of a component of tea (Camellia sinensis) on methicillin resistance, PBP2' synthesis, and beta-lactamase production in Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 211-216; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.211 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

KG Davey, EM Johnson, AD Holmes, A Szekely, and DW Warnock

In-vitro susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans isolates to fluconazole and itraconazole
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 217-220; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.217 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SL Nielsen and FT Black

The effect of dicloxacillin and fusidic acid on the extracellular and intracellular killing of Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 221-226; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.221 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Konig, HP Simmen, and J Blaser

Bacterial concentrations in pus and infected peritoneal fluid-- implications for bactericidal activity of antibiotics
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 227-232; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.227 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

EP Yzerman, HA Boelens, M Vogel, and HA Verbrugh

Efficacy and safety of teicoplanin plus rifampicin in the treatment of bacteraemic infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 233-239; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.233 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LW Kitchen, CM Weston, and SP Day

Diethylcarbamazine-related antimicrobial activity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected blood
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 241-243; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.241 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CL Koch, P Derby, and VR Abratt

In-vitro antibiotic susceptibility and molecular analysis of anaerobic bacteria isolated in Cape Town, South Africa
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 245-248; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.245 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V Tullio, AI Palarchio, A Bonino, and NA Carlone

Sub-MICs of sanfetrinem promote the interaction of human polymorphonuclear granulocytes with a multiply resistant strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 249-252; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.249 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MH Nguyen and CY Yu

Voriconazole against fluconazole-susceptible and resistant candida isolates: in-vitro efficacy compared with that of itraconazole and ketoconazole
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 253-256; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.253 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Barg

Comparison of four antibiotics in a murine model of necrotizing cutaneous infections caused by toxigenic Streptococcus pyogenes and Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 257-260; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.257 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

K Owen

Comparative grepafloxacin phototoxicity in mouse skin
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 261-264; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.261 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

JR Edwards, JS Bradley, and KP Klugman

Current MIC breakpoints may understate the potential efficacies of carbapenems for treatment of patients with infections caused by strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae that are resistant or of intermediate susceptibility to penicillin
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 265-266; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.265 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ML Mezzatesta, G Bonfiglio, L De Angelis, S Stefani, and G Russo

Study on the in-vitro activity of LY333328 against gram-positive cocci
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 266-268; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.266 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H Vahaboglu, S Saribas, H Akbal, R Ozturk, and A Yucel

Activities of cefepime and five other antibiotics against nosocomial PER-1-type and/or OXA-10-type beta-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter spp.
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 269-270; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.269 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C Tascini, F Menichetti, S Bozza, A Del Favero, and F Bistoni

Evaluation of the activities of two-drug combinations of rifampicin, polymyxin B and ampicillin/sulbactam against Acinetobacter baumannii
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 270-271; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.270 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

RA Stunt, CJ Thomson, DJ Payne, and SG Amyes

A study of the mechanisms involved in imipenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Japan
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 272-273; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.272 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

LS Tzouvelekis, M Gazouli, A Markogiannakis, E Paraskaki, NJ Legakis, and E Tzelepi

Emergence of resistance to third-generation cephalosporins amongst Salmonella typhimurium isolates in Greece: report of the first three cases
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 273-275; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.273 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D Mevius, L Devriese, P Butaye, P Vandamme, M Verschure, and K Veldman

Isolation of glycopeptide resistant Streptococcus gallolyticus strains with vanA, vanB, and both vanA and vanB genotypes from faecal samples of veal calves in The Netherlands
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 275-276; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.275 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

BP Goldstein, J Wei, K Greenberg, and R Novick

Activity of nisin against Streptococcus pneumoniae, in vitro, and in a mouse infection model
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 277-278; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.277 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CM Tobin, J Sunderland, LO White, AP MacGowan, and DS Reeves

An isocratic high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) assay for moxifloxacin, a new 8-methoxyquinolone
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 1998 42: 278-279; doi:10.1093/jac/42.2.278 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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