Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Original articles:

Anja S. Schmidt, Morten S. Bruun, Jens L. Larsen, and Inger Dalsgaard

Characterization of class 1 integrons associated with R-plasmids in clinical Aeromonas salmonicida isolates from various geographical areas
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 735-743; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.735 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine S. Higgins, Matthew B. Avison, Lee Jamieson, Alan M. Simm, Peter M. Bennett, and Timothy R. Walsh

Characterization, cloning and sequence analysis of the inducible Ochrobactrum anthropi AmpC ß-lactamase
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 745-754; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.745 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tsu-Lan Wu, L. K. Siu, Lin-Hui Su, T. L. Lauderdale, F. M. Lin, Hsieh-Shong Leu, Tzou-Yien Lin, and Monto Ho

Outer membrane protein change combined with co-existing TEM-1 and SHV-1 ß-lactamases lead to false identification of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 755-761; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.755 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. E. van den Bogaard, N. London, C. Driessen, and E. E. Stobberingh

Antibiotic resistance of faecal Escherichia coli in poultry, poultry farmers and poultry slaughterers
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 763-771; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.763 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katarzyna Hryniewicz, Katarzyna Szczypa, Agnieszka Sulikowska, Krzysztof Jankowski, Katarzyna Betlejewska, and Waleria Hryniewicz

Antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial strains isolated from urinary tract infections in Poland
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 773-780; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.773 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Douglas T. Steinke, R. Andrew Seaton, Gabrielle Phillips, Thomas M. MacDonald, and Peter G. Davey

Prior trimethoprim use and trimethoprim-resistant urinary tract infection: a nested case–control study with multivariate analysis for other risk factors
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 781-787; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.781 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caroline J. Henwood, David M. Livermore, Dorothy James, Marina Warner, and the Pseudomonas Study Group

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: results of a UK survey and evaluation of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy disc susceptibility test
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 789-799; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.789 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jerry J. S. Snell and Derek F. J. Brown

External quality assessment of antimicrobial susceptibility testing in Europe
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 801-810; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.801 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philip D. Lister and Christine C. Sanders

Pharmacodynamics of moxifloxacin, levofloxacin and sparfloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 811-818; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.811 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luigia Rossi, Sonja Serafini, Loredana Cappellacci, Emanuela Balestra, Giorgio Brandi, Giuditta F. Schiavano, Palmarisa Franchetti, Mario Grifantini, Carlo-Federico Perno, and Mauro Magnani

Erythrocyte-mediated delivery of a new homodinucleotide active against human immunodeficiency virus and herpes simplex virus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 819-827; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.819 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manisha Dutt and G. K. Khuller

Chemotherapy of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in mice with a combination of isoniazid and rifampicin entrapped in Poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 829-835; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.829 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

O. A. Khair, J. M. Andrews, D. Honeybourne, G. Jevons, F. Vacheron, and R. Wise

Lung concentrations of telithromycin after oral dosing
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 837-840; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.837 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gudrun Fleischhack, Claudia Hartmann, Arne Simon, Beate Wulff, Werner Havers, Guenter Marklein, Carola Hasan, and Udo Bode

Meropenem versus ceftazidime as empirical monotherapy in febrile neutropenia of paediatric patients with cancer
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 841-853; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.841 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Höglund, P. Ljungman, and S. Weller

Comparable aciclovir exposures produced by oral valaciclovir and intravenous aciclovir in immunocompromised cancer patients
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 855-861; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.855 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cristina Seral, F. Javier Castillo, M. Carmen Rubio-Calvo, Asunción Fenoll, Concepción García, and Rafael Gómez-Lus

Distribution of resistance genes tet(M), aph3'-III, catpC194 and the integrase gene of Tn1545 in clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae harbouring erm(B) and mef(A) genes in Spain
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 863-866; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.863 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports:

Anna Kurdowska, James M. Noble, and David E. Griffith

The effect of azithromycin and clarithromycin on ex vivo interleukin-8 (IL-8) release from whole blood and IL-8 production by human alveolar macrophages
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 867-870; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.867 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Markus Nagl, Cornelia Lass-Flörl, Andreas Neher, Andreas Gunkel, and Waldemar Gottardi

Enhanced fungicidal activity of N-chlorotaurine in nasal secretion
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 871-874; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.871 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Louis Saravolatz, Odette Manzor, Christine Check, Joan Pawlak, and Bradley Belian

Antimicrobial activity of moxifloxacin, gatifloxacin and six fluoroquinolones against Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 875-877; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.875 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

W. J. Munckhof, C. Giles, and J. D. Turnidge

Post-antibiotic growth suppression of linezolid against Gram-positive bacteria
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 879-883; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.879 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniëlle Neut, Hilbrand van de Belt, Ietse Stokroos, Jim R. van Horn, Henny C. van der Mei, and Henk J. Busscher

Biomaterial-associated infection of gentamicin-loaded PMMA beads in orthopaedic revision surgery
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 885-891; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.885 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Ronald N. Jones

Conventional dogma applied to quinolones? Time for a change
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 893; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.893 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul B. Iannini

Quinolone-induced QT interval prolongation: a not-so-unexpected class effect
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 893-894; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.893-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Visser, J. L. Hillebrands, and J. Rozing

No evidence that rifampicin has glucocorticoid-like immunosuppressive properties leading to suppression of rat-splenocyte proliferation in vitro
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 894-895; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.894 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susanne Mayer, Mechthild Boos, Andreas Beyer, Ad C. Fluit, and Franz-Josef Schmitz

Distribution of the antiseptic resistance genes qacA, qacB and qacC in 497 methicillin-resistant and -susceptible European isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 896-897; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.896 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. J. Henwood, M. Warner, P. Waight, A. P. Johnson, R. C. George, and D. M. Livermore

Accuracy of routine susceptibility testing of Streptococcus pneumoniae in England and Wales
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 897-900; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.897 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shuichi Miyazaki, Kazuhiro Tateda, Tetsuya Matsumoto, Akira Ohno, Yoshikazu Ishii, Nobuhiko Furuya, and Keizo Yamaguchi

In vitro antimicrobial activities of a novel everninomicin for multiple drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Japan
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 900-901; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.900 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Antón, R. Blázquez, J. L. Gómez-Garcés, and J. I. Alós

Study of vancomycin tolerance in 120 strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated in 1999 in Madrid, Spain
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 902-903; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.902 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alfonso J. Rodríguez, Renald A. Niño Cotrina, Carlos Neyra Pérez, Cruz N. Rodríguez, Rosa Barbella, Mónica Lakatos, Nilda Molina, Ada García, Carmen Duque, and Pilar Meijomil

Comparative study of antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli strains isolated from urinary tract infection in patients from Caracas and Lima
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 903-904; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.903 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Josep M. Sierra, Margarita M. Navia, Martha Vargas, Honorati Urassa, David Schellemberg, Joaquim Gascón, Jordi Vila, and Joaquim Ruiz

In vitro activity of rifaximin against bacterial enteropathogens causing diarrhoea in children under 5 years of age in Ifakara, Tanzania
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 904-905; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.904 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews:

Peter Hawkey

Nocosomial Pneumonia. Lung Biology in Health and Disease, Vol. 150: W. R. Jarvis, Ed., C. Lenfant, Executive Ed. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY, USA, 2000. ISBN 0-8247-0384-7.
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 907-908; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.907 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. R. Bahl

Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Theory and Practice: Kenrad E. Nelson, Carolyn Masters Williams and Neil M. H. Graham. Aspen Publishers Inc, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. ISBN 0-8342-1766-X.
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 908; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.908 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. J. Hay

The Pocket Guide to Fungal Infection: Malcolm Richardson and Elizabeth Johnson. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK, 2000. ISBN 0-632-05325-9. £14.95
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 47: 908-909; doi:10.1093/jac/47.6.908-a [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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