Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Appreciation:

David Reeves

Dr Leslie Owen White
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 887; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf096 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leading articles:

David W. Denning

Echinocandins: a new class of antifungal
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 889-891; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf045 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Heather J. Smith, Kimberly A. Nichol, Daryl J. Hoban, and George G. Zhanel

Dual activity of fluoroquinolones against Streptococcus pneumoniae: the facts behind the claims
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 893-895; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf047 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Przemyslaw Kardas

Patient compliance with antibiotic treatment for respiratory tract infections
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 897-903; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf046 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

Liang Zhang, Yan Zhang, Yiming Zhou, Shuang An, Yuxiang Zhou, and Jing Cheng

Response of gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to amphotericin B and nystatin measured by microarrays
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 905-915; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf001 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Lampidis, Dirk Kostrewa, and Herbert Hof

Molecular characterization of the genes encoding DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV of Listeria monocytogenes
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 917-924; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf065 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Keith Miller, Alexander John O’Neill, and Ian Chopra

Response of Escherichia coli hypermutators to selection pressure with antimicrobial agents from different classes
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 925-934; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf044 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brigitte Malbruny, Kensuke Nagai, Maëlle Coquemont, Bülent Bozdogan, Arjana Tambic Andrasevic, Helena Hupkova, Roland Leclercq, and Peter C. Appelbaum

Resistance to macrolides in clinical isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes due to ribosomal mutations
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 935-939; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf038 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael R. Hamblin, David A. O’Donnell, Naveen Murthy, Krishnan Rajagopalan, Norman Michaud, Margaret E. Sherwood, and Tayyaba Hasan

Polycationic photosensitizer conjugates: effects of chain length and Gram classification on the photodynamic inactivation of bacteria
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 941-951; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf053 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Koichi Hotta, Masayuki Niwa, Masao Hirota, Yutaka Kanamori, Hiroyuki Matsuno, Osamu Kozawa, Takanobu Otsuka, Nobuo Matsui, and Toshihiko Uematsu

Regulation of fluoroquinolone uptake by human neutrophils: involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinase
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 953-959; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf042 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cyril Guyard, Nathalie Séguy, Jean-Charles Cailliez, Hervé Drobecq, Luciano Polonelli, Eduardo Dei-Cas, Annick Mercenier, and Franco D. Menozzi

Characterization of a Williopsis saturnus var. mrakii high molecular weight secreted killer toxin with broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 961-971; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf040 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gordon Ramage, Stefano Bachmann, Thomas F. Patterson, Brian L. Wickes, and José L. López-Ribot

Investigation of multidrug efflux pumps in relation to fluconazole resistance in Candida albicans biofilms
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 973-980; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf049 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Laura Rodero, Guillermo García-Effrón, and Juan L. Rodriguez-Tudela

Antifungal susceptibilities of Candida spp. isolated from blood in Spain and Argentina, 1996–1999
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 981-987; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf060 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Montserrat Sabaté, Elisenda Miró, Ferran Navarro, Clara Vergés, Roxana Aliaga, Beatriz Mirelis, and Guillermo Prats

ß-Lactamases involved in resistance to broad-spectrum cephalosporins in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. clinical isolates collected between 1994 and 1996, in Barcelona (Spain)
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 989-997; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf057 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eileen M. Graffunder and Richard A. Venezia

Risk factors associated with nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection including previous use of antimicrobials
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 999-1005; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports:

C. Imbert, C. Kauffmann-Lacroix, G. Daniault, J. L. Jacquemin, and M. H. Rodier

Effect of matrix metalloprotease inhibitors on the 95 kDa metallopeptidase of Candida albicans
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1007-1010; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf059 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nancy D. Hanson, Ellen S. Moland, Ashfaque Hossain, Stephen A. Neville, Iain B. Gosbell, and Kenneth S. Thomson

Unusual Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium isolate producing CMY-7, SHV-9 and OXA-30 ß-lactamases
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1011-1014; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf052 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ralf René Reinert, Adnan Al-Lahham, Rudolf Lütticken, Mechthild Boos, and Franz-Josef Schmitz

Characterization of clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae strains from Germany with decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1015-1018; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf036 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tamara R. Anderegg, Douglas J. Biedenbach, and Ronald N. Jones

In vitro evaluation of AZD2563, a new oxazolidinone, tested against ß-haemolytic and viridans group streptococci
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1019-1021; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf039 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zmira Samra, Haim Shmuely, Yaron Niv, Gabriel Dinari, Douglas J. Passaro, Alex Geler, Eyal Gal, Michal Fishman, Jacklin Bachor, and Jacob Yahav

Resistance of Helicobacter pylori isolated in Israel to metronidazole, clarithromycin, tetracycline, amoxicillin and cefixime
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1023-1026; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf041 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Takaya Tsueshita, Salil Gandhi, and Israel Rubinstein

Effects of quinupristin/dalfopristin on vasomotor tone in the intact peripheral microcirculation
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1027-1030; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf051 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elena Ortega, Mª Antonia Escobar, and Gerardo Alvarez de Cienfuegos

In vitro and ex vivo effects of erythromycin A, azithromycin and josamycin on the splenic response to specific antigens and mitogens
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1031-1034; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf054 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Namour, E. Sultan, M. H. Pascual, and B. Lenfant

Penetration of telithromycin (HMR 3647), a new ketolide antimicrobial, into inflammatory blister fluid following oral administration
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1035-1038; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf062 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Mayumi Tanaka, Emiko Isogai, Hiroshi Isogai, Shunji Hayashi, Kimiharu Hirose, Koichi Kimura, Toshiro Sugiyama, and Kenichi Sato

Synergic effect of quinolone antibacterial agents and proton pump inhibitors on Helicobacter pylori
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1039-1040; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf055 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. M. Andrews and R. Wise

Susceptibility testing of Bacillus species
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1040-1042; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf063 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. L. Ho, Terence K. M. Cheung, R. Kinoshita, Cindy W. S. Tse, K. Y. Yuen, and P. Y. Chau

Activity of five fluoroquinolones against 71 isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1042-1044; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf035 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wei Ning Chen, Chong Jin Oon, and Gek Keow Lim

Hepatitis B virus surface antigen mutants persist in chronic carriers receiving lamivudine therapy in Singapore
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1044-1046; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf061 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book review:

S. G. B. Amyes

Bacterial Resistance to Antimicrobials
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1047; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf056 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Jennifer M. Andrews

Determination of minimum inhibitory concentrations
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1049; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf083 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer M. Andrews and for the BSAC Working Party on Susceptibility Testing

BSAC standardized disc susceptibility testing method
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1049; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf084 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna King

Recommendations for susceptibility tests on fastidious organisms and those requiring special handling
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2002 49: 1050; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf082 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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