Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Leading articles:

Norbert Bräu

Chronic hepatitis C in patients with HIV/AIDS: a new challenge in antiviral therapy
JAC Advance Access published on November 24, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 991-995; doi:10.1093/jac/dki392 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. F. FitzGerald, C. Kelly, and H. Humphreys

Diagnosis and treatment of prosthetic aortic graft infections: confusion and inconsistency in the absence of evidence or consensus
JAC Advance Access published on November 3, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 996-999; doi:10.1093/jac/dki382 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review:

Derek F. J. Brown, David I. Edwards, Peter M. Hawkey, Donald Morrison, Geoffrey L. Ridgway, Kevin J. Towner, and Michael W. D. Wren on behalf of the Joint Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Hospital Infection Society and Infection Control Nurses Association

Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis and susceptibility testing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
JAC Advance Access published on November 17, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1000-1018; doi:10.1093/jac/dki372 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

Marianne Sunde

Prevalence and characterization of class 1 and class 2 integrons in Escherichia coli isolated from meat and meat products of Norwegian origin
JAC Advance Access published on October 20, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1019-1024; doi:10.1093/jac/dki377 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angelika Miko, Karin Pries, Andreas Schroeter, and Reiner Helmuth

Molecular mechanisms of resistance in multidrug-resistant serovars of Salmonella enterica isolated from foods in Germany
JAC Advance Access published on October 14, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1025-1033; doi:10.1093/jac/dki365 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rubem F. S. Menna-Barreto, Andrea Henriques-Pons, Antônio V. Pinto, José A. Morgado-Diaz, Maurilio J. Soares, and Solange L. De Castro

Effect of a ß-lapachone-derived naphthoimidazole on Trypanosoma cruzi: identification of target organelles
JAC Advance Access published on November 3, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1034-1041; doi:10.1093/jac/dki403 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Hope, M. Warner, S. Mushtaq, M. E. Ward, T. Parsons, and D. M. Livermore

Effect of medium type, age and aeration on the MICs of tigecycline and classical tetracyclines
JAC Advance Access published on November 12, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1042-1046; doi:10.1093/jac/dki386 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ronald N. Jones, Thomas R. Fritsche, Yigong Ge, Koné Kaniga, and Helio S. Sader

Evaluation of PPI-0903M (T91825), a novel cephalosporin: bactericidal activity, effects of modifying in vitro testing parameters and optimization of disc diffusion tests
JAC Advance Access published on October 20, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1047-1052; doi:10.1093/jac/dki362 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Futoshi Higa, Morikazu Akamine, Shusaku Haranaga, Masato Tohyama, Takashi Shinzato, Masao Tateyama, Michio Koide, Atsushi Saito, and Jiro Fujita

In vitro activity of pazufloxacin, tosufloxacin and other quinolones against Legionella species
JAC Advance Access published on October 31, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1053-1057; doi:10.1093/jac/dki391 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tsi-Shu Huang, Calvin M. Kunin, Susan Shin-Jung Lee, Yao-Shen Chen, Hui-Zin Tu, and Yung-Ching Liu

Trends in fluoroquinolone resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in a Taiwanese medical centre: 1995–2003
JAC Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1058-1062; doi:10.1093/jac/dki353 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tatu J. Mäkinen, Minna Veiranto, Petteri Lankinen, Niko Moritz, Jari Jalava, Pertti Törmälä, and Hannu T. Aro

In vitro and in vivo release of ciprofloxacin from osteoconductive bone defect filler
JAC Advance Access published on October 18, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1063-1068; doi:10.1093/jac/dki366 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. Piercy, J. Steward, M. S. Lever, and T. J. G. Brooks

In vivo efficacy of fluoroquinolones against systemic tularaemia infection in mice
JAC Advance Access published on October 13, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1069-1073; doi:10.1093/jac/dki359 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Brook, A. Germana, D. E. Giraldo, T. D. Camp-Hyde, D. L. Bolduc, M. A. Foriska, T. B. Elliott, J. H. Thakar, M. O. Shoemaker, W. E. Jackson, and G. D. Ledney

Clindamycin and quinolone therapy for Bacillus anthracis Sterne infection in ⁶⁰Co-gamma-photon-irradiated and sham-irradiated mice
JAC Advance Access published on October 20, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1074-1080; doi:10.1093/jac/dki367 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José Luis Jiménez, Salvador Resino, Alberto Martinez-Colom, José M^a Bellón, and M^a Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández on behalf of the Spanish Group of Paediatric HIV Infection

Mutations at codons 54 and 82 of HIV protease predict virological response of HIV-infected children on salvage lopinavir/ritonavir therapy
JAC Advance Access published on September 29, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1081-1086; doi:10.1093/jac/dki356 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christoph Stephan, Annemarie Berger, Amina Carlebach, Thomas Lutz, Markus Bickel, Stephan Klauke, Schlomo Staszewski, and Martin Stuermer

Impact of tenofovir-containing antiretroviral therapy on chronic hepatitis B in a cohort co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus
JAC Advance Access published on November 3, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1087-1093; doi:10.1093/jac/dki396 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marjo E. E. van Kasteren, Judith Mannien, Bart-Jan Kullberg, Annette S. de Boer, Nico J. Nagelkerke, Marja Ridderhof, Jan C. Wille, and Inge C. Gyssens

Quality improvement of surgical prophylaxis in Dutch hospitals: evaluation of a multi-site intervention by time series analysis
JAC Advance Access published on October 18, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1094-1102; doi:10.1093/jac/dki374 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. Novais, T. M. Coque, M. J. Costa, J. C. Sousa, F. Baquero, and L. V. Peixe

High occurrence and persistence of antibiotic-resistant enterococci in poultry food samples in Portugal
JAC Advance Access published on October 12, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1139-1143; doi:10.1093/jac/dki360 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports:

O. Denis, A. Deplano, H. De Beenhouwer, M. Hallin, G. Huysmans, M. G. Garrino, Y. Glupczynski, X. Malaviolle, A. Vergison, and M. J. Struelens

Polyclonal emergence and importation of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains harbouring Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes in Belgium
JAC Advance Access published on October 13, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1103-1106; doi:10.1093/jac/dki379 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laura Briñas, Marta Lantero, Isabel de Diego, María Alvarez, Myriam Zarazaga, and Carmen Torres

Mechanisms of resistance to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins in Escherichia coli isolates recovered in a Spanish hospital
JAC Advance Access published on October 20, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1107-1110; doi:10.1093/jac/dki370 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sang-Ho Choi, Jun Hee Woo, Jung Eun Lee, Su Jin Park, Eun Ju Choo, Yee Gyung Kwak, Mi-Na Kim, Myung-Sik Choi, Nam Yong Lee, Bok Kwon Lee, Nam Joong Kim, Jin-Yong Jeong, Jiso Ryu, and Yang Soo Kim

Increasing incidence of quinolone resistance in human non-typhoid Salmonella enterica isolates in Korea and mechanisms involved in quinolone resistance
JAC Advance Access published on October 21, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1111-1114; doi:10.1093/jac/dki369 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John E. Corkill, James J. Anson, and C. Anthony Hart

High prevalence of the plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance determinant qnrA in multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from blood cultures in Liverpool, UK
JAC Advance Access published on October 31, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1115-1117; doi:10.1093/jac/dki388 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laurent Poirel, Alain Liard, Jose-Manuel Rodriguez-Martinez, and Patrice Nordmann

Vibrionaceae as a possible source of Qnr-like quinolone resistance determinants
JAC Advance Access published on October 14, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1118-1121; doi:10.1093/jac/dki371 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bernadette M. Brooks, C. Anthony Hart, and John W. Coleman

Differential effects of ß-lactams on human IFN- activity
JAC Advance Access published on October 20, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1122-1125; doi:10.1093/jac/dki373 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ørjan Samuelsen, Hanne Husom Haukland, Barbara C. Kahl, Christof von Eiff, Richard A. Proctor, Hilde Ulvatne, Kjersti Sandvik, and Lars H. Vorland

Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants are resistant to the antimicrobial peptide lactoferricin B
JAC Advance Access published on November 15, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1126-1129; doi:10.1093/jac/dki385 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adnan Al-Lahham, Noel J. De Souza, Mahesh Patel, and Ralf René Reinert

Activity of the new quinolones WCK 771, WCK 1152 and WCK 1153 against clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Streptococcus pyogenes
JAC Advance Access published on October 20, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1130-1133; doi:10.1093/jac/dki361 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mirva Lehtopolku, Antti J. Hakanen, Anja Siitonen, Pentti Huovinen, and Pirkko Kotilainen

In vitro activities of 11 fluoroquinolones against 226 Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from Finnish patients, with special reference to ciprofloxacin resistance
JAC Advance Access published on October 13, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1134-1138; doi:10.1093/jac/dki380 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexander Perkins, Alicia Gomez-Lopez, Emilia Mellado, Juan L. Rodriguez-Tudela, and Manuel Cuenca-Estrella

Rates of antifungal resistance among Spanish clinical isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans var. neoformans
JAC Advance Access published on November 9, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1144-1147; doi:10.1093/jac/dki393 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandre Prehn Zavascki, Patrick Barcelos Gaspareto, Andreza Francisco Martins, Ana Lúcia Gonçalves, and Afonso Luís Barth

Outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing SPM-1 metallo-ß-lactamase in a teaching hospital in southern Brazil
JAC Advance Access published on October 20, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1148-1151; doi:10.1093/jac/dki390 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Elisenda Miró, Beatriz Mirelis, Ferran Navarro, Alba Rivera, Raúl Jesús Mesa, M^a Carme Roig, Laura Gómez, and Pere Coll

Surveillance of extended-spectrum ß-lactamases from clinical samples and faecal carriers in Barcelona, Spain
JAC Advance Access published on October 21, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1152-1155; doi:10.1093/jac/dki395 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Dhammika H. M. L. P. Navarathna, Jacob M. Hornby, Natasha Hoerrmann, Anne M. Parkhurst, Gerald E. Duhamel, and Kenneth W. Nickerson

Enhanced pathogenicity of Candida albicans pre-treated with subinhibitory concentrations of fluconazole in a mouse model of disseminated candidiasis
JAC Advance Access published on October 20, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1156-1159; doi:10.1093/jac/dki383 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vissaria Sakka, Lambrini Galani, Angelos Pefanis, Dimitrios Iliopoulos, George Athanasopoulos, Ismini Donta, and Helen Giamarellou

Successful moxifloxacin prophylaxis against experimental streptococcal aortic valve endocarditis
JAC Advance Access published on October 4, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1160-1162; doi:10.1093/jac/dki363 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sutep Jaruratanasirikul, Nuntida Raungsri, Jarurat Punyo, and Somchai Sriwiriyajan

Pharmacokinetics of imipenem in healthy volunteers following administration by 2 h or 0.5 h infusion
JAC Advance Access published on October 18, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1163-1165; doi:10.1093/jac/dki375 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julian G. Hurdle, Alex J. O'Neill, Lona Mody, Ian Chopra, and Suzanne F. Bradley

In vivo transfer of high-level mupirocin resistance from Staphylococcus epidermidis to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus associated with failure of mupirocin prophylaxis
JAC Advance Access published on November 7, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1166-1168; doi:10.1093/jac/dki387 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen H. Gillespie, Roly D. Gosling, Leonard Uiso, Noel E. Sam, Esther G. Kanduma, and Timothy D. McHugh

Early bactericidal activity of a moxifloxacin and isoniazid combination in smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis
JAC Advance Access published on October 13, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1169-1171; doi:10.1093/jac/dki376 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Youning Liu, Junchang Cui, Rui Wang, Xinjing Wang, Karl Drlica, and Xilin Zhao

Selection of rifampicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus during tuberculosis therapy: concurrent bacterial eradication and acquisition of resistance
JAC Advance Access published on October 5, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1172-1175; doi:10.1093/jac/dki364 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José Antonio Morales-Molina, Javier Mateu-de Antonio, Mónica Marín-Casino, and Santiago Grau

Linezolid-associated serotonin syndrome: what we can learn from cases reported so far
JAC Advance Access published on October 13, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1176-1178; doi:10.1093/jac/dki368 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Elinor D. Reynolds and Jonathan H. Cove

Resistance to telithromycin is conferred by msr(A), msrC and msr(D) in Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on October 13, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1179-1180; doi:10.1093/jac/dki378 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alan P. Johnson, Nicola Potz, Pauline Waight, Usha Gungabissoon, David M. Livermore, Richard Pebody, Elizabeth Miller, and Robert C. George

Susceptibility of pneumococci causing meningitis in England and Wales to first-line antimicrobial agents, 2001–2004
JAC Advance Access published on October 11, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1181-1182; doi:10.1093/jac/dki381 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Acknowledgement of referees:

Acknowledgement of referees
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2005 56: 1183-1188; doi:10.1093/jac/dki449 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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