Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Reviews

Get checked abstract Jan Walther-Rasmussen and Niels Høiby

OXA-type carbapenemases
JAC Advance Access published on January 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 373-383; doi:10.1093/jac/dki482 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. Charlier, E. Hart, A. Lefort, P. Ribaud, F. Dromer, D. W. Denning, and O. Lortholary

Fluconazole for the management of invasive candidiasis: where do we stand after 15 years?
JAC Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 384-410; doi:10.1093/jac/dki473 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Osmond J. D'Cruz and Fatih M. Uckun

Dawn of non-nucleoside inhibitor-based anti-HIV microbicides
JAC Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 411-423; doi:10.1093/jac/dki464 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles

Get checked abstract Lin-Hui Su, Hsiu-Ling Chen, Ju-Hsin Chia, Shu-Ying Liu, Chishih Chu, Tsu-Lan Wu, and Cheng-Hsun Chiu

Distribution of a transposon-like element carrying bla_CMY-2 among Salmonella and other Enterobacteriaceae
JAC Advance Access published on January 5, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 424-429; doi:10.1093/jac/dki478 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antje Preisler, Mobarak Abu Mraheil, and Peter Heisig

Role of novel gyrA mutations in the suppression of the fluoroquinolone resistance genotype of vaccine strain Salmonella Typhimurium vacT (gyrA D87G)
JAC Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 430-436; doi:10.1093/jac/dki475 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Todd A. Davies, Y. Cheung Yee, Raul Goldschmidt, Karen Bush, Daniel F. Sahm, and Alan Evangelista

Infrequent occurrence of single mutations in topoisomerase IV and DNA gyrase genes among US levofloxacin-susceptible clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae from nine institutions (1999–2003)
JAC Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 437-442; doi:10.1093/jac/dki487 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maria Rosario Amezaga and Hamish McKenzie

Molecular epidemiology of macrolide resistance in ß-haemolytic streptococci of Lancefield groups A, B, C and G and evidence for a new mef element in group G streptococci that carries allelic variants of mef and msr(D)
JAC Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 443-449; doi:10.1093/jac/dki490 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John Elmerdahl Olsen, Henrik Christensen, and Frank Møller Aarestrup

Diversity and evolution of blaZ from Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococci
JAC Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 450-460; doi:10.1093/jac/dki492 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [ Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Birgit Strommenger, Corinna Kehrenberg, Christiane Kettlitz, Christa Cuny, Jutta Verspohl, Wolfgang Witte, and Stefan Schwarz

Molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains from pet animals and their relationship to human isolates
JAC Advance Access published on December 30, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 461-465; doi:10.1093/jac/dki471 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chih-Ho Lai, Chun-Hsien Kuo, Pei-Yu Chen, Sek-Kwong Poon, Chi-Sen Chang, and Wen-Ching Wang

Association of antibiotic resistance and higher internalization activity in resistant Helicobacter pylori isolates
JAC Advance Access published on January 5, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 466-471; doi:10.1093/jac/dki479 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jan Balzarini, Els Keyaerts, Leen Vijgen, Frank Vandermeer, Miguel Stevens, Erik De Clercq, Herman Egberink, and Marc Van Ranst

Pyridine N-oxide derivatives are inhibitory to the human SARS and feline infectious peritonitis coronavirus in cell culture
JAC Advance Access published on December 30, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 472-481; doi:10.1093/jac/dki481 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francisca Palomares, Guadalupe Palencia, Javier R. Ambrosio, Alma Ortiz, and Helgi Jung-Cook

Evaluation of the efficacy of albendazole sulphoxide and praziquantel in combination on Taenia crassiceps cysts: in vitro studies
JAC Advance Access published on January 12, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 482-488; doi:10.1093/jac/dki484 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nassira Mahmoudi, Jesus-Vicente de Julián-Ortiz, Liliane Ciceron, Jorge Gálvez, Dominique Mazier, Martin Danis, Francis Derouin, and Ramón García-Domenech

Identification of new antimalarial drugs by linear discriminant analysis and topological virtual screening
JAC Advance Access published on January 13, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 489-497; doi:10.1093/jac/dki470 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Göran Kronvall, Inga Karlsson, Mats Walder, Mikael Sörberg, and Lennart E. Nilsson

Epidemiological MIC cut-off values for tigecycline calculated from Etest MIC values using normalized resistance interpretation
JAC Advance Access published on January 12, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 498-505; doi:10.1093/jac/dki489 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jérôme Robert, Roland Bismuth, and Vincent Jarlier

Decreased susceptibility to glycopeptides in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a 20 year study in a large French teaching hospital, 1983–2002
JAC Advance Access published on January 12, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 506-510; doi:10.1093/jac/dki486 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chi-Tai Fang, Wen-Yi Shau, Po-Ren Hsueh, Yee-Chun Chen, Jann-Tay Wang, Chien-Ching Hung, Loreen Y. L. Huang, and Shan-Chwen Chang

Early empirical glycopeptide therapy for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: impact on the outcome
JAC Advance Access published on January 27, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 511-519; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl006 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrea Boschi, Carmine Tinelli, Patrizia Ortolani, and Massimo Arlotti

Safety and factors predicting the duration of first and second treatment interruptions guided by CD4+ cell counts in patients with chronic HIV infection
JAC Advance Access published on December 30, 2005
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 520-526; doi:10.1093/jac/dki472 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andreas H. Groll, Andishe Attarbaschi, Friedhelm R. Schuster, Nadine Herzog, Lorenz Grigull, Michael N. Dworzak, Karin Beutel, Hans-Jürgen Laws, and Thomas Lehrnbecher

Treatment with caspofungin in immunocompromised paediatric patients: a multicentre survey
JAC Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 527-535; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl009 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Siquier, J. Sánchez-Alvarez, E. García-Mendez, M. Sabriá, J. Santos, R. Pallarés, M. Twynholm, and R. Dal-Ré on behalf of the 620 Clinical Study Group

Efficacy and safety of twice-daily pharmacokinetically enhanced amoxicillin/clavulanate (2000/125 mg) in the treatment of adults with community-acquired pneumonia in a country with a high prevalence of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
JAC Advance Access published on January 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 536-545; doi:10.1093/jac/dki480 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antimicrobial practice

Get checked abstract Céline Pulcini, Christian Pradier, Corinne Samat-Long, Hervé Hyvernat, Gilles Bernardin, Carole Ichai, Pierre Dellamonica, and Pierre-Marie Roger

Factors associated with adherence to infectious diseases advice in two intensive care units
JAC Advance Access published on January 31, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 546-550; doi:10.1093/jac/dki483 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laura Galatti, Aurelio Sessa, Giampiero Mazzaglia, Serena Pecchioli, Alessandro Rossi, Claudio Cricelli, Gian Carlo Schito, Giuseppe Nicoletti, and Achille P. Caputi

Antibiotic prescribing for acute and recurrent cystitis in primary care: a 4 year descriptive study
JAC Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 551-556; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl008 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports

Get checked abstract S. Pournaras, A. Markogiannakis, A. Ikonomidis, L. Kondyli, K. Bethimouti, A. N. Maniatis, N. J. Legakis, and A. Tsakris

Outbreak of multiple clones of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates expressing OXA-58 carbapenemase in an intensive care unit
JAC Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 557-561; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl004 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hany Sahly, Sabine Schubert, Jürgen Harder, Michael Kleine, Dorthe Sandvang, Uwe Ullmann, Jens M. Schröder, and Rainer Podschun

Activity of human ß-defensins 2 and 3 against ESBL-producing Klebsiella strains
JAC Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 562-565; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl003 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Mosca, F. Russo, and G. Miragliotta

In vitro antimicrobial activity of benzalkonium chloride against clinical isolates of Streptococcus agalactiae
JAC Advance Access published on January 5, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 566-568; doi:10.1093/jac/dki474 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antti J. Hakanen, Pirkko Kotilainen, Susa Pitkänen, Solja Huikko, Anja Siitonen, and Pentti Huovinen

Reduction in fluoroquinolone susceptibility among non-typhoidal strains of Salmonella enterica isolated from Finnish patients
JAC Advance Access published on January 25, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 569-572; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter J. Petersen, Ponpen Labthavikul, C. Hal Jones, and Patricia A. Bradford

In vitro antibacterial activities of tigecycline in combination with other antimicrobial agents determined by chequerboard and time-kill kinetic analysis
JAC Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 573-576; doi:10.1093/jac/dki477 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence

J. M. Rodríguez-Martínez, L. López, I. García, and A. Pascual

Characterization of a clinical isolate of Haemophilus influenzae with a high level of fluoroquinolone resistance
JAC Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 577-578; doi:10.1093/jac/dki488 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vanessa Op De Beeck, Nadia Dhif, Joëlle Philipp, and David De Bels

Comment on: Linezolid use in sepsis due to methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on January 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 577; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl001 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amir Kazory, Kourosh Dibadj, and I. David Weiner

Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure in a patient treated with daptomycin
JAC Advance Access published on January 12, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 578-579; doi:10.1093/jac/dki476 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Salvador Resino, José M^a Bellón, and M^a Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández on behalf of the Spanish Group of HIV Infection

Antiretroviral activity and safety of lopinavir/ritonavir in protease inhibitor-experienced HIV-infected children with severe-moderate immunodeficiency
JAC Advance Access published on January 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 579-582; doi:10.1093/jac/dki469 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata

Fabien Garnier, Delphine Chainier, Timothy Walsh, Asa Karlsson, Anne Bolmström, Carole Grelaud, Marcelle Mounier, François Denis, and Marie-Cécile Ploy

A 1 year surveillance study of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strains in a French hospital
JAC Advance Access published on January 27, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 583; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl018 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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