Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Leading articles

Get checked abstract S. F. Stone, P. Price, and M. A. French

Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-specific CD8+ T cells in individuals with HIV infection: correlation with protection from CMV disease
JAC Advance Access published on February 27, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 585-588; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl049 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews

Get checked abstract Curtis G. Gemmell, David I. Edwards, Adam P. Fraise, F. Kate Gould, Geoff L. Ridgway, and Rod E. Warren 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 prophylaxis and treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in the UK
JAC Advance Access published on February 28, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 589-608; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl017 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lígia Rodrigues, Ibrahim M. Banat, José Teixeira, and Rosário Oliveira

Biosurfactants: potential applications in medicine
JAC Advance Access published on February 9, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 609-618; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Verónica Briz, Eva Poveda, and Vincent Soriano

HIV entry inhibitors: mechanisms of action and resistance pathways
JAC Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 619-627; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl027 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic reviews

Get checked abstract E. Geoffrey Playford, Angela C. Webster, Tania C. Sorrell, and Jonathan C. Craig

Antifungal agents for preventing fungal infections in non-neutropenic critically ill and surgical patients: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials
JAC Advance Access published on February 3, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 628-638; doi:10.1093/jac/dki491 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthew E. Falagas, Dimitrios K. Matthaiou, and Ioannis A. Bliziotis

The role of aminoglycosides in combination with a ß-lactam for the treatment of bacterial endocarditis: a meta-analysis of comparative trials
JAC Advance Access published on February 24, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 639-647; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl044 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles

Get checked abstract Henrik Hasman, Frank M. Aarestrup, Anders Dalsgaard, and Luca Guardabassi

Heterologous expression of glycopeptide resistance vanHAX gene clusters from soil bacteria in Enterococcus faecalis
JAC Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 648-653; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl033 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract José María Marimón, Emilio Pérez-Trallero, María Ercibengoa, Alberto Gonzalez, and Asunción Fenoll on behalf of the Spanish Pneumococcal Infection Study Network (G03/103)

Molecular epidemiology and variants of the multidrug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Spain¹⁴-5 international clone among Spanish clinical isolates
JAC Advance Access published on February 16, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 654-660; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl028 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthew T. Blahna, Christy Ann Zalewski, Jennifer Reuer, Gunnar Kahlmeter, Betsy Foxman, and Carl F. Marrs

The role of horizontal gene transfer in the spread of trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole resistance among uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Europe and Canada
JAC Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 666-672; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mark Webber, Anthony M. Buckley, Luke P. Randall, Martin J. Woodward, and Laura J. V. Piddock

Overexpression of marA, soxS and acrB in veterinary isolates of Salmonella enterica rarely correlates with cyclohexane tolerance
JAC Advance Access published on February 21, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 673-679; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl025 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simon Wood, Daniel Metcalf, Deirdre Devine, and Colin Robinson

Erythrosine is a potential photosensitizer for the photodynamic therapy of oral plaque biofilms
JAC Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 680-684; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl021 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [ Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Charles Bodet, Marilou Piché, Fatiha Chandad, and Daniel Grenier

Inhibition of periodontopathogen-derived proteolytic enzymes by a high-molecular-weight fraction isolated from cranberry
JAC Advance Access published on February 10, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 685-690; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl031 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract José A. Castillo, Pere Clapés, M. Rosa Infante, Jaume Comas, and Ángeles Manresa

Comparative study of the antimicrobial activity of bis(N-caproyl-L-arginine)-1,3-propanediamine dihydrochloride and chlorhexidine dihydrochloride against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli
JAC Advance Access published on February 8, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 691-698; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl012 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract George Sakoulas, Howard S. Gold, Robert A. Cohen, Lata Venkataraman, Robert C. Moellering, and George M. Eliopoulos

Effects of prolonged vancomycin administration on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a patient with recurrent bacteraemia
JAC Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 699-704; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl030 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michel Laverdière, Richard G. Lalonde, Jean-Guy Baril, Donald C. Sheppard, Steven Park, and David S. Perlin

Progressive loss of echinocandin activity following prolonged use for treatment of Candida albicans oesophagitis
JAC Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 705-708; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Berta Rodés, Julie Sheldon, Carlos Toro, Victoria Jiménez, Miguel Ángel Álvarez, and Vincent Soriano

Susceptibility to protease inhibitors in HIV-2 primary isolates from patients failing antiretroviral therapy
JAC Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 709-713; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl034 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luis Alou, Lorenzo Aguilar, David Sevillano, María-José Giménez, Fabio Cafini, Eva Valero, María-Teresa Relaño, and José Prieto

Urine bactericidal activity against resistant Escherichia coli in an in vitro pharmacodynamic model simulating urine concentrations obtained after 2000/125 mg sustained-release co-amoxiclav and 400 mg norfloxacin administration
JAC Advance Access published on February 21, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 714-719; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl041 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter Gerber, Armin Stucki, Fernando Acosta, Marianne Cottagnoud, and Philippe Cottagnoud

Daptomycin is more efficacious than vancomycin against a methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in experimental meningitis
JAC Advance Access published on February 3, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 720-723; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Koji Takemoto, Yutaka Yamamoto, Yutaka Ueda, Yoshihiro Sumita, Koichiro Yoshida, and Yoshihito Niki

Comparative study on the efficacy of AmBisome and Fungizone in a mouse model of pulmonary aspergillosis
JAC Advance Access published on January 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 724-731; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl005 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Wim van Vianen, Siem de Marie, Marian T. ten Kate, Ron A. A. Mathot, and Irma A. J. M. Bakker-Woudenberg

Caspofungin: antifungal activity in vitro, pharmacokinetics, and effects on fungal load and animal survival in neutropenic rats with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
JAC Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 732-740; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sonja J. Phaff, Harm A. W. M. Tiddens, Henry A. Verbrugh, and Alewijn Ott

Macrolide resistance of Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus species associated with long-term azithromycin use in cystic fibrosis
JAC Advance Access published on February 9, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 741-746; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports

Get checked abstract Bülent Bozdogan, Stephen Tristram, and Peter C. Appelbaum

Combination of altered PBPs and expression of cloned extended-spectrum ß-lactamases confers cefotaxime resistance in Haemophilus influenzae
JAC Advance Access published on February 21, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 747-749; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl039 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gong-Xiang Chen, Rong Zhang, and Hong Wei Zhou

Heterogeneity of metallo-ß-lactamases in clinical isolates of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum from Hangzhou, China
JAC Advance Access published on February 14, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 750-752; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl019 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Pereyre, H. Renaudin, A. Charron, C. Bébéar, and C. M. Bébéar

Emergence of a 23S rRNA mutation in Mycoplasma hominis associated with a loss of the intrinsic resistance to erythromycin and azithromycin
JAC Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 753-756; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Davin-Regli, R. Chollet, J. Bredin, J. Chevalier, F. Lepine, and J. M. Pagès

Enterobacter gergoviae and the prevalence of efflux in parabens resistance
JAC Advance Access published on February 10, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 757-760; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Pendle, A. Ginn, and J. Iredell

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Bartonella henselae using Etest methodology
JAC Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 761-763; doi:10.1093/jac/dki485 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gerda M. Bruinsma, Minie Rustema-Abbing, Henny C. van der Mei, Carol Lakkis, and Henk J. Busscher

Resistance to a polyquaternium-1 lens care solution and isoelectric points of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains
JAC Advance Access published on January 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 764-766; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl011 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jonathan A. T. Sandoe, Joanne Wysome, Andrew P. West, John Heritage, and Mark H. Wilcox

Measurement of ampicillin, vancomycin, linezolid and gentamicin activity against enterococcal biofilms
JAC Advance Access published on February 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 767-770; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl013 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Vincent Malaviolle, Joëlle Frankard, Ricardo de Mendonça, Claire Nonhoff, and Marc J. Struelens

In vitro activity of temocillin against extended spectrum ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli
JAC Advance Access published on February 24, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 771-774; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl046 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maria Stathi, Alexandros Flemetakis, Vivi Miriagou, Helen Avgerinou, Kyriakos P. Kyriakis, Antonios N. Maniatis, and Eva Tzelepi

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Greece: data for the years 1994–2004
JAC Advance Access published on February 21, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 775-779; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl040 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Esther Calbo, Verónica Romaní, Mariona Xercavins, Lucía Gómez, Carolina Garcia Vidal, Salvador Quintana, Jordi Vila, and Javier Garau

Risk factors for community-onset urinary tract infections due to Escherichia coli harbouring extended-spectrum ß-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on February 21, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 780-783; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl035 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jérôme Salomon, Pierre Denys, Corinne Merle, Emmanuel Chartier-Kastler, Christian Perronne, Jean-Louis Gaillard, and Louis Bernard

Prevention of urinary tract infection in spinal cord-injured patients: safety and efficacy of a weekly oral cyclic antibiotic (WOCA) programme with a 2 year follow-up—an observational prospective study
JAC Advance Access published on February 10, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 784-788; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl010 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Silvano Esposito, Silvana Noviello, Gioacchino D'Errico, Gaetano Motta, Desiderio Passali, Claudia Aimoni, Stefano Pilucchi, Stefania Fallani, Maria Iris Cassetta, Teresita Mazzei, and Andrea Novelli

Concentration of moxifloxacin in plasma and tonsillar tissue after multiple administration in adult patients
JAC Advance Access published on February 27, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 789-792; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl050 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence

Lars Bogø Jensen, Henrik Hasman, Yvonne Agersø, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, and Frank M. Aarestrup

First description of an oxyimino-cephalosporin-resistant, ESBL-carrying Escherichia coli isolated from meat sold in Denmark
JAC Advance Access published on February 27, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 793-794; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl048 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anton Y. Peleg, Jan M. Bell, Ann Hofmeyr, and Peter Wiese

Inter-country transfer of Gram-negative organisms carrying the VIM-4 and OXA-58 carbapenem-hydrolysing enzymes
JAC Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 794-795; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl036 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rammurti T. Kamble, Mehdi Hamadani, and George B. Selby

Delayed myeloid engraftment due to vancomycin in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
JAC Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 795-796; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl038 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Caterina Sagnelli, Luca Fumagalli, Anna Prigitano, Paolo Baccari, Patrizia Magnani, and Adriano Lazzarin

Successful voriconazole therapy of disseminated Fusarium verticillioides infection in an immunocompromised patient receiving chemotherapy
JAC Advance Access published on February 9, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 796-798; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl016 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Salvador Resino, Alicia Pérez, Juan Antonio León, M^a Dolores Gurbindo, and M^a Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández

Interleukin-7 levels before highly active antiretroviral therapy may predict CD4+ T-cell recovery and virological failure in HIV-infected children
JAC Advance Access published on February 16, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 798-800; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl032 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book Review

Alan Johnson

Antimicrobial Therapy and Vaccines, Volume II Antimicrobial Agents, Second Edition • V. L. Yu, G. Edwards, P. S. McKinnon, C. Peolquin and G. D. Morse, Eds. • ESun Technologies LLC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 2005. • ISBN 0-9744641-1-2. 1206 pp.
JAC Advance Access published on February 13, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 57: 801; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl029 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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