Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Review:

Ron Dagan, Keith P. Klugman, William A. Craig, and Fernando Baquero

Evidence to support the rationale that bacterial eradication in respiratory tract infection is an important aim of antimicrobial therapy
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 129-140; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.129 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

Robert Krause, Sanda Patruta, Florian Daxböck, Petra Fladerer, and Christoph Wenisch

The effect of fosfomycin on neutrophil function
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 141-146; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.141 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Jonas, Inge Engels, Cornelia Friedhoff, Bettina Spitzmüller, Franz D. Daschner, and Uwe Frank

Efficacy of moxifloxacin, trovafloxacin, clinafloxacin and levofloxacin against intracellular Legionella pneumophila
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 147-152; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.147 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. A. Wichelhaus, V. Schäfer, V. Brade, and B. Böddinghaus

Differential effect of rpoB mutations on antibacterial activities of rifampicin and KRM-1648 against Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 153-156; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.153 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Yagüe Guirao, M. C. Martínez Toldos, B. Mora Peris, M. A. Alonso Manzanares, M. N. Gutiérrez Zufiaurre, J. A. Martínez Andrés, J. L. Muñoz Bellido, J. A. García-Rodríguez, and M. Segovia Hernández

Molecular diversity of quinolone resistance in genetically related clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus and susceptibility to newer quinolones
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 157-161; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.157 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre Vaudaux, Patrice Francois, Brigitte Berger-Bächi, and Daniel P. Lew

In vivo emergence of subpopulations expressing teicoplanin or vancomycin resistance phenotypes in a glycopeptide-susceptible, methicillin-resistant strain of Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 163-170; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.163 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark H. Wilcox, Peter Kite, Kerry Mills, and Sarah Sugden

In situ measurement of linezolid and vancomycin concentrations in intravascular catheter-associated biofilm
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 171-175; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.171 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Frik Sirgel, Amour Venter, and Denis Mitchison

Sources of variation in studies of the early bactericidal activity of antituberculosis drugs
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 177-182; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.177 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karl V. Clemons and David A. Stevens

Efficacy of the partricin derivative SPA-S-753 against systemic murine candidosis
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 183-186; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.183 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports:

Derek F. J. Brown and Enid Walpole

Evaluation of the Mastalex latex agglutination test for methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus grown on different screening media
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 187-189; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.187 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pablo Yagupsky, Orna Katz, and Nechama Peled

Antibiotic susceptibility of Kingella kingae isolates from respiratory carriers and patients with invasive infections
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 191-193; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.191 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Alonso, T. Peláez, M. J. González-Abad, L. Alcalá, P. Muñoz, M. Rodríguez-Créixems, and E. Bouza

In vitro activity of new quinolones against Clostridium difficile
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 195-197; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.195 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. M. Matlola, H. C. Steel, and R. Anderson

Antimycobacterial action of B4128, a novel tetramethylpiperidyl-substituted phenazine
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 199-202; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.199 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suzana David

Synergic activity of D-cycloserine and ß-chloro-D-alanine against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 203-206; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.203 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicolas Fortineau, Laurent Poirel, and Patrice Nordmann

Plasmid-mediated and inducible cephalosporinase DHA-2 from Klebsiella pneumoniae
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 207-210; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.207 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nana Thrane, Charlotte Olesen, Henrik T. Sørensen, and Henrik C. Schønheyder

Individual use of antibiotics and prevalence of ß-lactamase production among bacterial pathogens from middle ear fluid
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 211-214; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.211 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Oteo, J. I. Alós, and J. L. Gómez-Garcés

Antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in 1999 and 2000 in Madrid, Spain: a multicentre surveillance study
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 215-218; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.215 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paola Stefanelli, Cecilia Fazio, Giuseppina La Rosa, Cinzia Marianelli, Michele Muscillo, and Paola Mastrantonio

Rifampicin-resistant meningococci causing invasive disease: detection of point mutations in the rpoB gene and molecular characterization of the strains
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 219-222; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.219 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Boubakar B. Ba, Arnaud Bernard, Athanassios Iliadis, Claudine Quentin, Dominique Ducint, Renaud Etienne, Mathieu Fourtillan, Isabelle Maachi-Guillot, and Marie-Claude Saux

New approach for accurate simulation of human pharmacokinetics in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model: application to ciprofloxacin
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 223-227; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.223 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Friederike Traunmüller, Renate Thalhammer-Scherrer, Gottfried J. Locker, Heidrun Losert, Rainer Schmid, Thomas Staudinger, and Florian Thalhammer

Single-dose pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin during continuous veno-venous haemofiltration in critically ill patients
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 229-231; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.229 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antimicrobial practice:

N. O. A. Palmer, M. V. Martin, R. Pealing, R. S. Ireland, K. Roy, A. Smith, and J. Bagg

Antibiotic prescribing knowledge of National Health Service general dental practitioners in England and Scotland
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 233-237; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.233 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Franz-Josef Schmitz, Angela Krey, Ralf Sadurski, Jan Verhoef, Dana Milatovic, Ad C. Fluit, and for the European SENTRY participants

Resistance to tetracycline and distribution of tetracycline resistance genes in European Staphylococcus aureus isolates
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 239-240; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.239 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Pereyre, B. de Barbeyrac, H. Renaudin, F. Poutiers, C. Bébéar, and C. M. Bébéar

In vitro activity of midecamycin diacetate against Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia pneumoniae
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 240-241; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.240 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philip A. Chambers, Paula S. Duggan, J. Michael Forbes, and John Heritage

A rapid, reliable method for the extraction from avian faeces of total bacterial DNA to be used as a template for the detection of antibiotic resistance genes
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 241-243; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.241 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John J. Docherty, Ming Ming Fu, and Margaret Tsai

Resveratrol selectively inhibits Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 243-244; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.243 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jane Freeman and Mark H. Wilcox

Antibiotic activity against genotypically distinct and indistinguishable Clostridium difficile isolates
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 244-246; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.244 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jann-Tay Wang, Chi-Tai Fang, Yee-Chun Chen, and Shan-Chwen Chang

Necessity of a loading dose when using vancomycin in critically ill patients
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 246; doi:10.1093/jac/47.2.246 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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