Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Editorials:

C. W. E. Drummond and David S. Reeves

Reduced time to publication and increased rejection rate
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 815-816; doi:10.1093/jac/dki121 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leading articles:

Robert W. Shafer and Jonathan M. Schapiro

Drug resistance and antiretroviral drug development
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 817-820; doi:10.1093/jac/dki127 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Franco Maggiolo, Diego Ripamonti, and Fredy Suter

Switch strategies in patients on effective HAART
JAC Advance Access published on April 22, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 821-823; doi:10.1093/jac/dki119 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angel Luis Ballesteros, Daniel Fuster, Ramon Planas, Bonaventura Clotet, and Cristina Tural

Role of viral kinetics under HCV therapy in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients
JAC Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 824-827; doi:10.1093/jac/dki142 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ramazan Idilman

Lamivudine prophylaxis in HBV carriers with haemato-oncological malignancies who receive chemotherapy
JAC Advance Access published on April 22, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 828-831; doi:10.1093/jac/dki114 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

Dominic Granger, Geneviève Boily-Larouche, Pierre Turgeon, Karl Weiss, and Michel Roger

Genetic analysis of pbp2x in clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Quebec, Canada
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 832-839; doi:10.1093/jac/dki118 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. L. Ho, Alex Y. M. Ho, K. H. Chow, River C. W. Wong, R. S. Duan, W. L. Ho, Gannon C. Mak, Kenneth W. Tsang, W. C. Yam, and K. Y. Yuen

Occurrence and molecular analysis of extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Proteus mirabilis in Hong Kong, 1999–2002
JAC Advance Access published on April 27, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 840-845; doi:10.1093/jac/dki135 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lin-Hui Su, Tsu-Lan Wu, Ju-Hsin Chia, Chishih Chu, An-Jing Kuo, and Cheng-Hsun Chiu

Increasing ceftriaxone resistance in Salmonella isolates from a university hospital in Taiwan
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 846-852; doi:10.1093/jac/dki116 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Xiang Y. Han and Roberto A. Andrade

Brevundimonas diminuta infections and its resistance to fluoroquinolones
JAC Advance Access published on May 9, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 853-859; doi:10.1093/jac/dki139 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mateu Espasa, Julián González-Martín, Fernando Alcaide, Lina Marcela Aragón, Joan Lonca, Joxe Mari Manterola, Margarita Salvadó, Griselda Tudó, Pilar Orús, and Pere Coll

Direct detection in clinical samples of multiple gene mutations causing resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to isoniazid and rifampicin using fluorogenic probes
JAC Advance Access published on May 6, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 860-865; doi:10.1093/jac/dki132 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Roch and M. Maurin

Antibiotic susceptibilities of Legionella pneumophila strain Paris in THP-1 cells as determined by real-time PCR assay
JAC Advance Access published on May 9, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 866-871; doi:10.1093/jac/dki141 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefano Aquaro, Valentina Svicher, Francesca Ceccherini-Silberstein, Alessandra Cenci, Fabbio Marcuccilli, Sara Giannella, Luisa Marcon, Raffaele Caliò, Jan Balzarini, and Carlo-Federico Perno

Limited development and progression of resistance of HIV-1 to the nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor lamivudine in human primary macrophages
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 872-878; doi:10.1093/jac/dki104 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Margarita Gomez Escalada, J. L. Harwood, J.-Y. Maillard, and D. Ochs

Triclosan inhibition of fatty acid synthesis and its effect on growth of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
JAC Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 879-882; doi:10.1093/jac/dki123 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sonja Frölich, Carola Schubert, Ulrich Bienzle, and Kristina Jenett-Siems

In vitro antiplasmodial activity of prenylated chalcone derivatives of hops (Humulus lupulus) and their interaction with haemin
JAC Advance Access published on April 11, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 883-887; doi:10.1093/jac/dki099 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kazuhisa Ouhara, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Sakuo Yamada, Hideki Shiba, Tamaki Fujiwara, Masaru Ohara, Koji Sayama, Koji Hashimoto, Hidemi Kurihara, and Motoyuki Sugai

Susceptibilities of periodontopathogenic and cariogenic bacteria to antibacterial peptides, ß-defensins and LL37, produced by human epithelial cells
JAC Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 888-896; doi:10.1093/jac/dki103 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandrine Lemaire, Françoise Van Bambeke, Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq, and Paul M. Tulkens

Activity of three ß-lactams (ertapenem, meropenem and ampicillin) against intraphagocytic Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 897-904; doi:10.1093/jac/dki094 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ritu Pasrija, Shankarling Krishnamurthy, Tulika Prasad, Joachim F. Ernst, and Rajendra Prasad

Squalene epoxidase encoded by ERG1 affects morphogenesis and drug susceptibilities of Candida albicans
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 905-913; doi:10.1093/jac/dki112 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Suganthini Krishnan, Elias K. Manavathu, and Pranatharthi H. Chandrasekar

A comparative study of fungicidal activities of voriconazole and amphotericin B against hyphae of Aspergillus fumigatus
JAC Advance Access published on April 11, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 914-920; doi:10.1093/jac/dki100 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. E. Foweraker, C. R. Laughton, D. F. J. Brown, and D. Bilton

Phenotypic variability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in sputa from patients with acute infective exacerbation of cystic fibrosis and its impact on the validity of antimicrobial susceptibility testing
JAC Advance Access published on May 9, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 921-927; doi:10.1093/jac/dki146 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Landgren, H. Odén, I. Kühn, A. Österlund, and G. Kahlmeter

Diversity among 2481 Escherichia coli from women with community-acquired lower urinary tract infections in 17 countries
JAC Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 928-937; doi:10.1093/jac/dki122 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Linda L. Marcusson, Sara K. Olofsson, Patricia Komp Lindgren, Otto Cars, and Diarmaid Hughes

Mutant prevention concentrations of ciprofloxacin for urinary tract infection isolates of Escherichia coli
JAC Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 938-943; doi:10.1093/jac/dki136 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Steven D. Brown and Maria M. Traczewski

Comparative in vitro antimicrobial activity of a new carbapenem, doripenem: tentative disc diffusion criteria and quality control
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 944-949; doi:10.1093/jac/dki134 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Remedios Guna, Carlos Muñoz, Victoria Domínguez, Ángeles García-García, Jorge Gálvez, Jesús-Vicente de Julián-Ortiz, and Rafael Borrás

In vitro activity of linezolid, clarithromycin and moxifloxacin against clinical isolates of Mycobacterium kansasii
JAC Advance Access published on April 11, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 950-953; doi:10.1093/jac/dki111 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David Landman, Simona Bratu, Maqsood Alam, and John Quale

Citywide emergence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains with reduced susceptibility to polymyxin B
JAC Advance Access published on May 9, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 954-957; doi:10.1093/jac/dki153 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Momtaz O. Wasfy, Guillermo Pimentel, Mohammed Abdel-Maksoud, Kevin L. Russell, Christopher P. Barrozo, John D. Klena, Kenneth Earhart, and Rana Hajjeh

Antimicrobial susceptibility and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae causing meningitis in Egypt, 1998–2003
JAC Advance Access published on April 8, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 958-964; doi:10.1093/jac/dki101 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David L. Paterson, Flávia Rossi, Fernando Baquero, Po-Ren Hsueh, Gail L. Woods, Vilas Satishchandran, Theresa A. Snyder, Charlotte M. Harvey, Hedy Teppler, Mark J. DiNubile, and Joseph W. Chow

In vitro susceptibilities of aerobic and facultative Gram-negative bacilli isolated from patients with intra-abdominal infections worldwide: the 2003 Study for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance Trends (SMART)
JAC Advance Access published on April 22, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 965-973; doi:10.1093/jac/dki117 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Simon D. Baines, Jane Freeman, and Mark H. Wilcox

Effects of piperacillin/tazobactam on Clostridium difficile growth and toxin production in a human gut model
JAC Advance Access published on April 28, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 974-982; doi:10.1093/jac/dki120 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bruce L. Geller, Jesse Deere, Lucas Tilley, and Patrick L. Iversen

Antisense phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer inhibits viability of Escherichia coli in pure culture and in mouse peritonitis
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 983-988; doi:10.1093/jac/dki129 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

B. Godin, E. Touitou, E. Rubinstein, A. Athamna, and M. Athamna

A new approach for treatment of deep skin infections by an ethosomal antibiotic preparation: an in vivo study
JAC Advance Access published on April 27, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 989-994; doi:10.1093/jac/dki125 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Li-Yan Yin, Luca Lazzarini, Fan Li, C. Melinda Stevens, and Jason H. Calhoun

Comparative evaluation of tigecycline and vancomycin, with and without rifampicin, in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus experimental osteomyelitis in a rabbit model
JAC Advance Access published on April 27, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 995-1002; doi:10.1093/jac/dki109 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marco Bongiovanni, Elisabetta Chiesa, Antonio Di Biagio, Paola Meraviglia, Amedeo Capetti, Federica Tordato, Paola Cicconi, Patrizia Biasi, Teresa Bini, and Antonella d'Arminio Monforte

Use of lopinavir/ritonavir in HIV-infected patients failing a first-line protease-inhibitor-containing HAART
JAC Advance Access published on April 11, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1003-1007; doi:10.1093/jac/dki113 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John Ng and Iain B. Gosbell

Successful oral pristinamycin therapy for osteoarticular infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and other Staphylococcus spp.
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1008-1012; doi:10.1093/jac/dki108 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports:

Jérôme Bredin, Anne Davin-Régli, and Jean-Marie Pagès

Propyl paraben induces potassium efflux in Escherichia coli
JAC Advance Access published on April 11, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1013-1015; doi:10.1093/jac/dki110 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Cristina Gil-Lamaignere, Regina Hess, Stefanie Salvenmoser, Kathrin Heyn, Reinhard Kappe, and Frank-Michael C. Müller

Effect of media composition and in vitro activity of posaconazole, caspofungin and voriconazole against zygomycetes
JAC Advance Access published on May 9, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1016-1019; doi:10.1093/jac/dki140 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Carolina Serena, Marçal Mariné, F. Javier Pastor, Nicole Nolard, and Josep Guarro

In vitro interaction of micafungin with conventional and new antifungals against clinical isolates of Trichosporon, Sporobolomyces and Rhodotorula
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1020-1023; doi:10.1093/jac/dki131 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David R. Snydman, Nilda V. Jacobus, and Laura A. McDermott

Evaluation of the in vitro activity of NVP-LMB415 against clinical anaerobic isolates with emphasis on the Bacteroides fragilis group
JAC Advance Access published on April 11, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1024-1028; doi:10.1093/jac/dki107 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vanaporn Wuthiekanun, Allen C. Cheng, Wirongrong Chierakul, Premjit Amornchai, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Wipada Chaowagul, Andrew J. H. Simpson, Jennifer M. Short, Gumphol Wongsuvan, Bina Maharjan, Nicholas J. White, and Sharon J. Peacock

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole resistance in clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei
JAC Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1029-1031; doi:10.1093/jac/dki151 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandra Prior, Bruno Gander, Juan M. Irache, and Carlos Gamazo

Gentamicin-loaded microspheres for treatment of experimental Brucella abortus infection in mice
JAC Advance Access published on May 9, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1032-1036; doi:10.1093/jac/dki144 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Blessing, L. A. Campbell, M. E. Rosenfeld, B. Chesebro, and C.-C. Kuo

A 6 week course of azithromycin treatment has no beneficial effect on atherosclerotic lesion development in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice chronically infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1037-1040; doi:10.1093/jac/dki128 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tim R. Cressey, Prattana Leenasirimakul, Gonzague Jourdain, Michel Tod, Pra-ornsuda Sukrakanchana, Suparat Kunkeaw, Chutima Puttimit, and Marc Lallemant

Low-doses of indinavir boosted with ritonavir in HIV-infected Thai patients: pharmacokinetics, efficacy and tolerability
JAC Advance Access published on May 9, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1041-1044; doi:10.1093/jac/dki143 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Charlesnika T. Evans, Bridget Smith, Jorge P. Parada, Jibby E. Kurichi, and Frances M. Weaver

Trends in antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infection in veterans with spinal cord injury and disorder
JAC Advance Access published on May 6, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1045-1049; doi:10.1093/jac/dki137 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Barry G. Hall and Miriam Barlow

Revised Ambler classification of ß-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1050-1051; doi:10.1093/jac/dki130 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Marie Frère, Moreno Galleni, Karen Bush, and Otto Dideberg

Is it necessary to change the classification of ß-lactamases?
JAC Advance Access published on May 10, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1051-1053; doi:10.1093/jac/dki155 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rosa del Campo, Juan Carlos Galán, Carmen Tenorio, Patricia Ruiz-Garbajosa, Myriam Zarazaga, Carmen Torres, and Fernando Baquero

New aac(6')-I genes in Enterococcus hirae and Enterococcus durans: effect on ß-lactam/aminoglycoside synergy
JAC Advance Access published on April 22, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1053-1055; doi:10.1093/jac/dki138 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Pournaras, A. Ikonomidis, A. Markogiannakis, A. N. Maniatis, and A. Tsakris

Heteroresistance to carbapenems in Acinetobacter baumannii
JAC Advance Access published on April 11, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1055-1056; doi:10.1093/jac/dki115 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

C. Moubareck, F. Gavini, L. Vaugien, M. J. Butel, and F. Doucet-Populaire

Antimicrobial susceptibility of bifidobacteria
JAC Advance Access published on May 6, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 55: 1057; doi:10.1093/jac/dki162 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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