Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Appreciation:

J. M. T. Hamilton-Miller

Dr Norman Heatley
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 691-692; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh220 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leading articles:

A. D. Russell

Whither triclosan?
JAC Advance Access published on April 8, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 693-695; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh171 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David R. Bangsberg, Andrew R. Moss, and Steven G. Deeks

Paradoxes of adherence and drug resistance to HIV antiretroviral therapy
JAC Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 696-699; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh162 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. K. Rockstroh and S. Mauss

Clinical perspective of fusion inhibitors for treatment of HIV
JAC Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 700-702; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh161 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Spotswood L. Spruance and Joanne Hill

Clinical significance of antiviral therapy for episodic treatment of herpes labialis: exploratory analyses of the combined data from two valaciclovir trials
JAC Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 703-707; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh154 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

Silvia Fargion, Anna Ludovica Fracanzani, and Luca Valenti

Treatment choices for people infected with HCV
JAC Advance Access published on April 8, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 708-712; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh170 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

J. M. Andrews for the BSAC Working Party on Susceptibility Testing

BSAC standardized disc susceptibility testing method (version 3)
JAC Advance Access published on March 17, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 713-728; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh113 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. A. C. Potz, S. Mushtaq, A. P. Johnson, C. J. Henwood, R. A. Walker, E. Varey, M. Warner, D. James, and D. M. Livermore

Reliability of routine disc susceptibility testing by the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) method
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 729-738; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh212 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. C. Serrano, M. Ramírez, D. Morilla, A. Valverde, M. Chávez, A. Espinel-Ingroff, R. Claro, A. Fernández, C. Almeida, and E. Martín-Mazuelos

A comparative study of the disc diffusion method with the broth microdilution and Etest methods for voriconazole susceptibility testing of Aspergillus spp.
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 739-742; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh172 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter A. Warn, A. Sharp, J. Guinea, and David W. Denning

Effect of hypoxic conditions on in vitro susceptibility testing of amphotericin B, itraconazole and micafungin against Aspergillus and Candida
JAC Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 743-749; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh153 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Guo-Xian Wei and Libuse A. Bobek

In vitro synergic antifungal effect of MUC7 12-mer with histatin-5 12-mer or miconazole
JAC Advance Access published on April 8, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 750-758; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh181 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine I. Thompson, Wendy S. Barclay, and Maria C. Zambon

Changes in in vitro susceptibility of influenza A H3N2 viruses to a neuraminidase inhibitor drug during evolution in the human host
JAC Advance Access published on March 17, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 759-765; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh155 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefania Paolucci, Fausto Baldanti, Maurizio Zavattoni, and Giuseppe Gerna

Novel recombinant phenotypic assay for clonal analysis of reverse transcriptase mutations conferring drug resistance to HIV-1 variants
JAC Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 766-771; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh165 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew J. McBain, Ruth G. Ledder, Prem Sreenivasan, and Peter Gilbert

Selection for high-level resistance by chronic triclosan exposure is not universal
JAC Advance Access published on April 7, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 772-777; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh168 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger Bayston, Waheed Ashraf, and Catherine Bhundia

Mode of action of an antimicrobial biomaterial for use in hydrocephalus shunts
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 778-782; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh183 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. J. Harnett, A. P. Fraise, J. M. Andrews, G. Jevons, N. P. Brenwald, and R. Wise

Comparative study of the in vitro activity of a new fluoroquinolone, ABT-492
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 783-792; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh180 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Fiona Walsh, Francis Carnegy, Joanne Willcock, and Sebastian Amyes

Comparative in vitro activity of telithromycin against macrolide-resistant and -susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae, Moraxella catarrhalis and Haemophilus influenzae
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 793-796; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh178 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anna King, Ian Phillips, and Koné Kaniga

Comparative in vitro activity of telavancin (TD-6424), a rapidly bactericidal, concentration-dependent anti-infective with multiple mechanisms of action against Gram-positive bacteria
JAC Advance Access published on March 17, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 797-803; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh156 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ronald N. Jones, Gary J. Moet, Helio S. Sader, and Thomas R. Fritsche

Potential utility of a peptide deformylase inhibitor (NVP PDF-713) against oxazolidinone-resistant or streptogramin-resistant Gram-positive organism isolates
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 804-807; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh184 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pierre-Yves Donnio, Laure Preney, Anne-Lise Gautier-Lerestif, Jean-Loup Avril, and Nathalie Lafforgue

Changes in staphylococcal cassette chromosome type and antibiotic resistance profile in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a French hospital over an 11 year period
JAC Advance Access published on April 8, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 808-813; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh185 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Spiliopoulou, E. Petinaki, P. Papandreou, and G. Dimitracopoulos

erm(C) is the predominant genetic determinant for the expression of resistance to macrolides among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in Greece
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 814-817; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh197 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kevin P. Shannon and Gary L. French

Increasing resistance to antimicrobial agents of Gram-negative organisms isolated at a London teaching hospital, 1995–2000
JAC Advance Access published on March 17, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 818-825; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh135 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pamela Rendi-Wagner, Apostolos Georgopoulos, Michael Kundi, Ingomar Mutz, Markus Mattauch, Jacek Nowak, Andrea Mikolasek, Andreas Vecsei, and Herwig Kollaritsch

Prospective surveillance of incidence, serotypes and antimicrobial susceptibility of invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae among hospitalized children in Austria
JAC Advance Access published on April 8, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 826-831; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh211 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yona Shadkchan, Einav Shemesh, David Mirelman, Talia Miron, Aharon Rabinkov, Meir Wilchek, and Nir Osherov

Efficacy of allicin, the reactive molecule of garlic, in inhibiting Aspergillus spp. in vitro, and in a murine model of disseminated aspergillosis
JAC Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 832-836; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh174 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jian Li, Robert W. Milne, Roger L. Nation, John D. Turnidge, Timothy C. Smeaton, and Kingsley Coulthard

Pharmacokinetics of colistin methanesulphonate and colistin in rats following an intravenous dose of colistin methanesulphonate
JAC Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 837-840; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh167 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven P. Conway, Christine Etherington, Daniel G. Peckham, Keith G. Brownlee, Andrew Whitehead, and Helen Cunliffe

Pharmacokinetics and safety of itraconazole in patients with cystic fibrosis
JAC Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 841-847; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh175 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bettina Pfausler, Heinrich Spiss, Peter Dittrich, Markus Zeitlinger, Erich Schmutzhard, and Christian Joukhadar

Concentrations of fosfomycin in the cerebrospinal fluid of neurointensive care patients with ventriculostomy-associated ventriculitis
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 848-852; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh158 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antimicrobial practice:

Paul P. Cook, Paul G. Catrou, John D. Christie, Pamela D. Young, and Ronald E. Polk

Reduction in broad-spectrum antimicrobial use associated with no improvement in hospital antibiogram
JAC Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 853-859; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh163 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports:

Alan P. Johnson, Shazad Mushtaq, Marina Warner, and David M. Livermore

Calcium-supplemented daptomycin Etest strips for susceptibility testing on Iso-Sensitest agar
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 860-862; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh198 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Rossi, G. Brandi, M. Malatesta, S. Serafini, F. Pierigé, A. G. Celeste, G. F. Schiavano, G. Gazzanelli, and M. Magnani

Effect of listeriolysin O-loaded erythrocytes on Mycobacterium avium replication within macrophages
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 863-866; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh164 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Deborah V. Hoyle, Hazel I. Knight, Darren J. Shaw, Kevin Hillman, Michael C. Pearce, J. Chris Low, George J. Gunn, and Mark E. J. Woolhouse

Acquisition and epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in a cohort of newborn calves
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 867-871; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh177 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anne A. Delsol, Julie Sunderland, Martin J. Woodward, Lillian Pumbwe, Laura J. V. Piddock, and John M. Roe

Emergence of fluoroquinolone resistance in the native Campylobacter coli population of pigs exposed to enrofloxacin
JAC Advance Access published on March 17, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 872-874; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh150 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin Wirtz, Jörg Kleeff, Stefanie Swoboda, Irfan Halaceli, Heiko K. Geiss, Torsten Hoppe-Tichy, Markus W. Büchler, and Helmut Friess

Moxifloxacin penetration into human gastrointestinal tissues
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 875-877; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh173 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicholas A. Kartsonis, Alfred Saah, C. Joy Lipka, Arlene Taylor, and Carole A. Sable

Second-line therapy with caspofungin for mucosal or invasive candidiasis: results from the caspofungin compassionate-use study
JAC Advance Access published on March 24, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 878-881; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh179 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark H. Wilcox

Descriptive study of intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of recurrent Clostridium difficile diarrhoea
JAC Advance Access published on April 8, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 882-884; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh176 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

I. Phillips, M. Casewell, T. Cox, B. De Groot, C. Friis, R. Jones, C. Nightingale, R. Preston, and J. Waddell

Antibiotic use in animals
JAC Advance Access published on March 17, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 885; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh149 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Turnidge

Reply
JAC Advance Access published on March 17, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 886; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh148 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Parra-Ruiz, M. Martinez, R. Antelo-Lorenzo, and J. Hernández-Quero

Antimicrobials in the treatment of orthopaedic prosthetic infections
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 886-887; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh186 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Louis Bernard, Pierre Hoffmeyer, Mathieu Assal, Pierre Vaudaux, Jacques Schrenzel, and Daniel Lew

Reply
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 887; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh195 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hideaki Hanaki, Ryoichi Kubo, Tomota Nakano, Makoto Kurihara, and Keisuke Sunagawa

Characterization of HMRZ-86: a novel chromogenic cephalosporin for the detection of extended-spectrum ß-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 888-889; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh166 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. L. Ho, River C. W. Wong, Frankie K. H. Chow, May Y. M. Cheung, Samson S. Y. Wong, W. C. Yam, and T. L. Que

Application of a multiplex pbp2b and pbp2x PCR for prediction of penicillin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
JAC Advance Access published on April 8, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 890-891; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh216 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John E. Moore and Motoo Matsuda

Fluoroquinolone resistance in environmental urease-positive campylobacters: why we don’t see it
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 891-892; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh188 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Velasco, Sonia Perez, M. Angeles Domínguez, Rosa Villanueva, and German Bou

Description of a nosocomial outbreak of infection caused by a vanA-containing strain of Enterococcus faecalis in La Coruña, Spain
JAC Advance Access published on March 31, 2004
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2004 53: 892-893; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh190 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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