Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

For debate:

S. J. Dancer

The problem with cephalosporins
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 463-478; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.463 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

Monalisa Chatterji, Shyam Unniraman, Sethuraman Mahadevan, and Valakunja Nagaraja

Effect of different classes of inhibitors on DNA gyrase from Mycobacterium smegmatis
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 479-485; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.479 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hisanori Akiyama, Kazuyasu Fujii, Osamu Yamasaki, Takashi Oono, and Keiji Iwatsuki

Antibacterial action of several tannins against Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 487-491; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.487 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Helga Schumacher, Steen Hoffmann, Charlotte Holmboe, and Jens Kjølseth Møller

A procedure for evaluation and documentation of susceptibility test methods using the susceptibility of Klebsiella pneumoniae to ciprofloxacin as a model
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 493-500; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.493 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stéphane Bronner, Davide Pompei, Hassan Elkhaïli, Nathalie Dhoyen, Henri Monteil, and François Jehl

Ex vivo 12 h bactericidal activity of oral co-amoxiclav (1.125 g) against ß-lactamase-producing Haemophilus influenzae
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 501-506; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.501 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Franck S. Rousseau, James O. Kahn, Melanie Thompson, Donna Mildvan, David Shepp, Jean-Pierre Sommadossi, John Delehanty, Jeffrey N. Simpson, Laurene H. Wang, Joseph B. Quinn, Charles Wakeford, and Charles van der Horst

Prototype trial design for rapid dose selection of antiretroviral drugs: an example using emtricitabine (Coviracil)
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 507-513; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.507 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Solari, S. Ortíz, A. Soto, C. Arancibia, R. Campillay, M. Contreras, P. Salinas, A. Rojas, and H. Schenone

Treatment of Trypanosoma cruzi-infected children with nifurtimox: a 3 year follow-up by PCR
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 515-519; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.515 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vladimir Krcmery, Maria Huttova, Frantisek Mateicka, Ladislav Laho, Ludovit Jurga, Adriana Ondrusova, Zuzana Tarekova, Karol Kralinsky, Juraj Hanzen, Anna Liskova, Mariana Mrazova, Alex Sabo, Maria Pisarcikova, Gabriela Kovacicova, Darina Chovancova, and Zuzana Szovenyiova

Breakthrough fungaemia in neonates and infants caused by Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis susceptible to fluconazole in vitro
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 521-525; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.521 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Cordero, E. Bouza, I. Ruiz, and J. Pachon

Cefepime versus cefotaxime for empirical treatment of bacterial pneumonia in HIV-infected patients: an open, randomized trial
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 527-534; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.527 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Leibovici, R. Berger, T. Gruenewald, J. Yahav, Y. Yehezkelli, G. Milo, M. Paul, Z. Samra, and S. D. Pitlik

Departmental consumption of antibiotic drugs and subsequent resistance: a quantitative link
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 535-540; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.535 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports:

D. J. Farrell, I. Morrissey, S. Bakker, and D. Felmingham

Detection of macrolide resistance mechanisms in Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes using a multiplex rapid cycle PCR with microwell-format probe hybridization
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 541-544; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.541 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joaquim Ruiz, Angels Jurado, Elena Garcia-Méndez, Francesc Marco, Lorenzo Aguilar, M. T. Jiménez de Anta, and Jordi Vila

Frequency of selection of fluoroquinolone-resistant mutants of Neisseria gonorrhoeae exposed to gemifloxacin and four other quinolones
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 545-548; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.545 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Li Zhang, Xian-Zhi Li, and Keith Poole

Fluoroquinolone susceptibilities of efflux-mediated multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Burkholderia cepacia
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 549-552; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.549 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Le Thomas, G. Couetdic, O. Clermont, N. Brahimi, P. Plésiat, and E. Bingen

In vivo selection of a target/efflux double mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by ciprofloxacin therapy
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 553-555; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.553 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter C. Fuchs, Arthur L. Barry, and Steven D. Brown

Evaluation of daptomycin susceptibility testing by Etest and the effect of different batches of media
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 557-561; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.557 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Wise, J. M. Andrews, and J. P. Ashby

Activity of daptomycin against Gram-positive pathogens: a comparison with other agents and the determination of a tentative breakpoint
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 563-567; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.563 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hanne H. Haukland and Lars H. Vorland

Post-antibiotic effect of the antimicrobial peptide lactoferricin on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 569-571; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.569 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Osamu Yamasaki, Hisanori Akiyama, Yoichiro Toi, and Jirô Arata

A combination of roxithromycin and imipenem as an antimicrobial strategy against biofilms formed by Staphylococcus aureus
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 573-577; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.573 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kousaku Matsubara, Yasunobu Nishiyama, Kazuaki Katayama, Gou Yamamoto, Masako Sugiyama, Teiko Murai, and Kunizo Baba

Change of antimicrobial susceptibility of group B streptococci over 15 years in Japan
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 579-582; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.579 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Mosquera, P. A. Warn, J. L. Rodriguez-Tudela, and D. W. Denning

Treatment of Absidia corymbifera infection in mice with amphotericin B and itraconazole
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 583-586; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.583 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Martin Cormican, Victoria Buckley, Geraldine Corbett-Feeney, and Fergal Sheridan

Antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolates from turkeys and hens in Ireland
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 587-588; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.587 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Franz-Josef Schmitz, Mechthild Boos, Harold Jagusch, Susanne Mayer, Ad C. Fluit, and Dieter Hafner

Induction of in vitro resistance to BMS-284756 by Streptococcus pneumoniae
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 588-590; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.588 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. L. Ho, T. K. Ng, R. W. H. Yung, T. L. Que, Eric K. T. Yip, C. W. S. Tse, and K. Y. Yuen

Activity of linezolid against levofloxacin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Hong Kong
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 590-592; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.590 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Aracil, M. Miñambres, J. Oteo, C. Torres, J. L. Gómez-Garcés, and J. I. Alós

High prevalence of erythromycin-resistant and clindamycin-susceptible (M phenotype) viridans group streptococci from pharyngeal samples: a reservoir of mef genes in commensal bacteria
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 592-594; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.592 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Yuste, M. J. Giménez, I. Jado, A. Fenoll, L. Aguilar, and J. Casal

Enhanced decrease of blood colony counts by specific anti-pneumococcal antibodies in the presence of sub-inhibitory concentrations of amoxicillin
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2001 48: 594-595; doi:10.1093/jac/48.4.594 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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