Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Leading articles:

Johannes A. Bogaards and Jaap Goudsmit

Meeting the immense need for HAART in resource-poor settings
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 743-746; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg454 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anthony Kebba

Antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: myth or reality?
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 747-749; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg453 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

A. D. Russell

Similarities and differences in the responses of microorganisms to biocides
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 750-763; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg422 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Craig Ramsay, Erwin Brown, Giles Hartman, and Peter Davey on behalf of the joint BSAC/HIS Working Party on Optimization of Antibiotic Prescribing in Hospitals

Room for improvement: a systematic review of the quality of evaluations of interventions to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 764-771; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg460 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

Gessica Foglia, Maria Del Grosso, Carla Vignaroli, Patrizia Bagnarelli, Pietro E. Varaldo, Annalisa Pantosti, and Francesca Biavasco

Molecular analysis of Tn1546-like elements mediating high-level vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus gallinarum
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 772-775; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg445 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luigia Scudeller, Carlo Torti, Eugenia Quiros-Roldan, Andrea Patroni, Sergio Lo Caputo, Francesca Moretti, Francesco Mazzotta, Elisa Donati, Angela Vivarelli, and Giampiero Carosi on behalf of the GenPheRex Group of the MASTER Cohort

HIV susceptibility to amprenavir: phenotype-based versus rules-based interpretations
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 776-781; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg456 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

H. Koo, M. F. Hayacibara, B. D. Schobel, J. A. Cury, P. L. Rosalen, Y. K. Park, A. M. Vacca-Smith, and W. H. Bowen

Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans biofilm accumulation and polysaccharide production by apigenin and tt-farnesol
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 782-789; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg449 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ying Zhang, Mary Margaret Wade, Angelo Scorpio, Hao Zhang, and Zhonghe Sun

Mode of action of pyrazinamide: disruption of Mycobacterium tuberculosis membrane transport and energetics by pyrazinoic acid
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 790-795; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg446 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elena Banfi, Giuditta Scialino, and Carlo Monti-Bragadin

Development of a microdilution method to evaluate Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug susceptibility
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 796-800; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg439 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Esther W. Barrow, Louise Westbrook, Namita Bansal, William J. Suling, Joseph A. Maddry, William B. Parker, and William W. Barrow

Antimycobacterial activity of 2-methyl-adenosine
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 801-808; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg444 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael R. Jacobs, Saralee Bajaksouzian, and Peter C. Appelbaum

Telithromycin post-antibiotic and post-antibiotic sub-MIC effects for 10 Gram-positive cocci
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 809-812; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg437 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jesús Fortún, Pilar Martín-Dávila, Santiago Moreno, Rafael Bárcena, Emilio de Vicente, Alberto Honrubia, Miguel García, Javier Nuño, Angel Candela, María Uriarte, and Vicente Pintado

Prevention of invasive fungal infections in liver transplant recipients: the role of prophylaxis with lipid formulations of amphotericin B in high-risk patients
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 813-819; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg450 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dragana Drinkovic, Arthur J. Morris, Sudha Pottumarthy, Donald MacCulloch, and Teena West

Bacteriological outcome of combination versus single-agent treatment for staphylococcal endocarditis
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 820-825; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg440 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Javier Garau, Monique Twynholm, Elena Garcia-Mendez, Bartolome Siquier, Antonio Rivero, and the 557 Clinical Study Group

Oral pharmacokinetically enhanced co-amoxiclav 2000/125 mg, twice daily, compared with co-amoxiclav 875/125 mg, three times daily, in the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in European adults
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 826-836; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg458 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chaveewan Ratanajamit, Mette Vinther Skriver, Mette Nørgaard, Peter Jepsen, Henrik Carl Schønheyder, and Henrik Toft Sørensen

Adverse pregnancy outcome in users of sulfamethizole during pregnancy: a population-based observational study
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 837-841; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg438 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Faranak Ansari, Kirsteen Gray, Dilip Nathwani, Gabby Phillips, Simon Ogston, Craig Ramsay, and Peter Davey

Outcomes of an intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing: interrupted time series with segmented regression analysis
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 842-848; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg459 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alberto Corona, Guido Bertolini, Anna Maria Ricotta, A. J. Peter Wilson, and Mervyn Singer

Variability of treatment duration for bacteraemia in the critically ill: a multinational survey
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 849-852; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg447 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports:

Hein P. Stallmann, Christopher Faber, Eveline T. Slotema, D. M. Lyaruu, Antonius L. J. J. Bronckers, Arie V. Nieuw Amerongen, and Paul I. J. M. Wuisman

Continuous-release or burst-release of the antimicrobial peptide human lactoferrin 1-11 (hLF1-11) from calcium phosphate bone substitutes
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 853-855; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg443 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tiffany R. Shultz, John W. Tapsall, Peter A. White, Catherine S. Ryan, Dena Lyras, Julian I. Rood, Enzo Binotto, and Christopher J. L. Richardson

Chloramphenicol-resistant Neisseria meningitidis containing catP isolated in Australia
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 856-859; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg452 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. G. White, A. Datta, P. McDermott, S. Friedman, S. Qaiyumi, S. Ayers, L. English, S. McDermott, D. D. Wagner, and S. Zhao

Antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic relatedness of Salmonella serovars isolated from animal-derived dog treats in the USA
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 860-863; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg441 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bülent Bozdogan, Duygu Esel, Cynthia Whitener, Frederick A. Browne, and Peter C. Appelbaum

Antibacterial susceptibility of a vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain isolated at the Hershey Medical Center
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 864-868; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg457 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Silvana Noviello, Filomena Ianniello, Sebastiano Leone, and Silvano Esposito

Comparative activity of garenoxacin and other agents by susceptibility and time–kill testing against Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes and respiratory pathogens
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 869-872; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg429 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. J. Paterson, S. Seaton, H. G. Prentice, and C. C. Kibbler

Treatment failure in invasive aspergillosis: susceptibility of deep tissue isolates following treatment with amphotericin B
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 873-876; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg434 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. A. T. Sandoe, B. Kumar, B. Stoddart, R. Milton, J. Dave, U. R. Nair, and M. H. Wilcox

Effect of extended perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis on intravascular catheter colonization and infection in cardiothoracic surgery patients
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2003
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 877-879; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg442 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book reviews:

Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics. Milestones in Drug Therapy
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 880; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg451 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum:

Gessica Foglia, Maria Del Grosso, Carla Vignaroli, Patrizia Bagnarelli, Pietro E. Varaldo, Annalisa Pantosti, and Francesca Biavasco

Molecular analysis of Tn1546-like elements mediating high-level vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus gallinarum
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 52: 881; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg491 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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