Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Leading articles:

Eugènia Negredo, Anna Bonjoch, and Bonaventura Clotet

Benefits and concerns of simplification strategies in HIV-infected patients
JAC Advance Access published on June 27, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 235-242; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl191 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews:

Amera Gibreel and Diane E. Taylor

Macrolide resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 243-255; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl210 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kenneth N. Agwuh and Alasdair MacGowan

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the tetracyclines including glycylcyclines
JAC Advance Access published on July 1, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 256-265; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl224 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matthew E. Falagas, Gregoria I. Betsi, and Stavros Athanasiou

Probiotics for prevention of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis: a review
JAC Advance Access published on June 21, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 266-272; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic reviews:

Matthew E. Falagas, Katerina G. Manta, Fotinie Ntziora, and Konstantinos Z. Vardakas

Linezolid for the treatment of patients with endocarditis: a systematic review of the published evidence
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 273-280; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl219 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kwok M. Ho and Edward Litton

Use of chlorhexidine-impregnated dressing to prevent vascular and epidural catheter colonization and infection: a meta-analysis
JAC Advance Access published on June 6, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 281-287; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl234 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

Jing-Cao Pan, Rong Ye, Dong-Mei Meng, Wei Zhang, Hao-Qiu Wang, and Ke-Zhou Liu

Molecular characteristics of class 1 and class 2 integrons and their relationships to antibiotic resistance in clinical isolates of Shigella sonnei and Shigella flexneri
JAC Advance Access published on June 9, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 288-296; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl228 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Patrícia Antunes, Jorge Machado, and Luísa Peixe

Characterization of antimicrobial resistance and class 1 and 2 integrons in Salmonella enterica isolates from different sources in Portugal
JAC Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 297-304; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl242 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gisele Peirano, Yvonne Agersø, Frank M. Aarestrup, Eliane Moura Falavina dos Reis, and Dalia dos Prazeres Rodrigues

Occurrence of integrons and antimicrobial resistance genes among Salmonella enterica from Brazil
JAC Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 305-309; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl248 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Pilar Soler, Rubén González-Sanz, María J. Bleda, Gloria Hernández, Aurora Echeíta, and Miguel A. Usera

Antimicrobial resistance in non-typhoidal Salmonella from human sources, Spain, 2001–2003
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 310-314; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl223 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Il Kwon Bae, Byung Ho Lee, Hyun Yong Hwang, Seok Hoon Jeong, Seong Geun Hong, Chulhun L. Chang, Hyo-Sun Kwak, Hyoung Jin Kim, and Hasik Youn

A novel ceftazidime-hydrolysing extended-spectrum ß-lactamase, CTX-M-54, with a single amino acid substitution at position 167 in the omega loop
JAC Advance Access published on June 17, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 315-319; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl252 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nicola A. C. Potz, Russell Hope, Marina Warner, Alan P. Johnson, and David M. Livermore on behalf of the London & South East ESBL Project Group

Prevalence and mechanisms of cephalosporin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in London and South-East England
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 320-326; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl217 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Anandi Martin, Howard Takiff, Peter Vandamme, Jean Swings, Juan Carlos Palomino, and Françoise Portaels

A new rapid and simple colorimetric method to detect pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using nicotinamide
JAC Advance Access published on June 2, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 327-331; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl231 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ping Chen, Jackie Gearhart, Marina Protopopova, Leo Einck, and Carol A. Nacy

Synergistic interactions of SQ109, a new ethylene diamine, with front-line antitubercular drugs in vitro
JAC Advance Access published on June 3, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 332-337; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl227 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kimberly D. Leuthner, Chrissy M. Cheung, and Michael J. Rybak

Comparative activity of the new lipoglycopeptide telavancin in the presence and absence of serum against 50 glycopeptide non-susceptible staphylococci and three vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on June 20, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 338-343; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl235 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Selma Uzunovic-Kamberovic

Antibiotic resistance of coliform organisms from community-acquired urinary tract infections in Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
JAC Advance Access published on June 14, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 344-348; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl243 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Luis Alou, María-José Giménez, David Sevillano, Lorenzo Aguilar, Fabio Cafini, Olatz Echeverría, Emilio Pérez-Trallero, and José Prieto

A pharmacodynamic approach to antimicrobial activity in serum and epithelial lining fluid against in vivo-selected Streptococcus pneumoniae mutants and association with clinical failure in pneumonia
JAC Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 349-358; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl250 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. L. Poole, J. L. McReynolds, T. S. Edrington, J. A. Byrd, T. R. Callaway, and D. J. Nisbet

Effect of flavophospholipol on conjugation frequency between Escherichia coli donor and recipient pairs in vitro and in the chicken gastrointestinal tract
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 359-366; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl249 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rainer Gattringer, Brigitte Meyer, Gottfried Heinz, Claudia Guttmann, Markus Zeitlinger, Christian Joukhadar, Peter Dittrich, and Florian Thalhammer

Single-dose pharmacokinetics of fosfomycin during continuous venovenous haemofiltration
JAC Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 367-371; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl251 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Benito García, Emilia Barcia, Fernando Pérez, and Irene T. Molina

Population pharmacokinetics of gentamicin in premature newborns
JAC Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 372-379; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl244 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Federico Pea, Donatella Poz, Pierluigi Viale, Federica Pavan, and Mario Furlanut

Which reliable pharmacodynamic breakpoint should be advised for ciprofloxacin monotherapy in the hospital setting? A TDM-based retrospective perspective
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 380-386; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl226 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Alexandre Prehn Zavascki, Afonso Luís Barth, Ana Lúcia Saraiva Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia Didonet Moro, Juliana Fernandez Fernandes, Andreza Francisco Martins, Fabiano Ramos, and Luciano Zubaran Goldani

The influence of metallo-ß-lactamase production on mortality in nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections
JAC Advance Access published on June 3, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 387-392; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl239 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Dicenzo, Amneris Luque, Panupoong Larppanichpoonphol, and Richard Reichman

Association of total bilirubin with indinavir and lopinavir plasma concentrations in HIV-infected patients receiving three different double-boosted dosing regimens
JAC Advance Access published on June 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 393-400; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl238 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Matus Ferech, Samuel Coenen, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Katerina Dvorakova, Erik Hendrickx, Carl Suetens, and Herman Goossens on behalf of the ESAC Project Group

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient antibiotic use in Europe
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 401-407; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl188 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports:

Matus Ferech, Samuel Coenen, Katerina Dvorakova, Erik Hendrickx, Carl Suetens, and Herman Goossens on behalf of the ESAC Project Group

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient penicillin use in Europe
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 408-412; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl186 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Samuel Coenen, Matus Ferech, Katerina Dvorakova, Erik Hendrickx, Carl Suetens, and Herman Goossens on behalf of the ESAC Project Group

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient cephalosporin use in Europe
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 413-417; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Samuel Coenen, Matus Ferech, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Erik Hendrickx, Carl Suetens, and Herman Goossens on behalf of the ESAC Project Group

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin (MLS) use in Europe
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 418-422; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl184 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Matus Ferech, Samuel Coenen, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Katerina Dvorakova, Erik Hendrickx, Carl Suetens, and Herman Goossens on behalf of the ESAC Project Group

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): outpatient quinolone use in Europe
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 423-427; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplementary Data [Request Permissions]  

Seidu Malik, Geoffrey W. Coombs, Frances G. O'Brien, Haihong Peng, and Mary D. Barton

Molecular typing of methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from cats and dogs
JAC Advance Access published on June 16, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 428-431; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Irene Galani, Maria Souli, Evangelos Koratzanis, Zoi Chryssouli, and Helen Giamarellou

Molecular characterization of an Escherichia coli clinical isolate that produces both metallo-ß-lactamase VIM-2 and extended-spectrum ß-lactamase GES-7: identification of the In8 integron carrying the bla_VIM-2 gene
JAC Advance Access published on June 2, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 432-433; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl240 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

P. David Rogers, John-Paul Vermitsky, Thomas D. Edlind, and George M. Hilliard

Proteomic analysis of experimentally induced azole resistance in Candida glabrata
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 434-438; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl221 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Julie Labrecque, Charles Bodet, Fatiha Chandad, and Daniel Grenier

Effects of a high-molecular-weight cranberry fraction on growth, biofilm formation and adherence of Porphyromonas gingivalis
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 439-443; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl220 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

William Stubbings, Julieanne Bostock, Eileen Ingham, and Ian Chopra

Mechanisms of the post-antibiotic effects induced by rifampicin and gentamicin in Escherichia coli
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 444-448; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl225 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chelsea J. Papadopoulos, Christine F. Carson, Katherine A. Hammer, and Thomas V. Riley

Susceptibility of pseudomonads to Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) oil and components
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 449-451; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yingjie Cui, Yaxian Dang, Yushe Yang, Shuhua Zhang, and Ruyun Ji

Antibacterial activity of YC-20, a new oxazolidinone
JAC Advance Access published on June 27, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 452-454; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl254 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bryan E. Carey and Stephanie J. Dancer

Reversing methicillin resistance in MRSA using a bacterial transforming agent
JAC Advance Access published on June 20, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 455-457; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl245 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brunella Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Barbara Fiori, Marilena La Sorda, Teresa Spanu, Dominique Sanglard, and Giovanni Fadda

Caspofungin activity against clinical isolates of azole cross-resistant Candida glabrata overexpressing efflux pump genes
JAC Advance Access published on June 6, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 458-461; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl237 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Noe Reyes, Robert Skinner, Bret M. Benton, Kevin M. Krause, Josephine Shelton, Glenmar P. Obedencio, and Sharath S. Hegde

Efficacy of telavancin in a murine model of bacteraemia induced by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 462-465; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl222 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Karl V. Clemons, Rachana Parmar, Marife Martinez, and David A. Stevens

Efficacy of Abelcet alone, or in combination therapy, against experimental central nervous system aspergillosis
JAC Advance Access published on June 7, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 466-469; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl236 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Peter R. Wilson, Jorge A. Cepeda, Samantha Hayman, Tony Whitehouse, Mervyn Singer, and Geoffrey Bellingan

In vitro susceptibility of Gram-positive pathogens to linezolid and teicoplanin and effect on outcome in critically ill patients
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 470-473; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl233 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Blot, R. Janssens, G. Claeys, E. Hoste, F. Buyle, J. J. De Waele, R. Peleman, D. Vogelaers, and K. Vandewoude

Effect of fluconazole consumption on long-term trends in candidal ecology
JAC Advance Access published on June 6, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 474-477; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl241 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Kenneth V. I. Rolston and Gerald P. Bodey

Comment on: Empirical antibiotic monotherapy for febrile neutropenia: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
JAC Advance Access published on May 12, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 478; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl193 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mical Paul, Abigail Fraser, and Leonard Leibovici

Empirical antibiotic monotherapy for febrile neutropenia: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials: authors’ response
JAC Advance Access published on June 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 479-480; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl255 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Angela M. Kearns, Mark Ganner, and Anne Holmes

The ‘Oxford Staphylococcus’: a note of caution
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 480-481; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl230 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Paul G. Mariani, Helio S. Sader, and Ronald N. Jones

Development of decreased susceptibility to daptomycin and vancomycin in a Staphylococcus aureus strain during prolonged therapy
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 481-483; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl256 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Garazzino, M. Tettoni, A. Calcagno, A. D'Avolio, S. Bonora, and G. Di Perri

Ritonavir-dependent fluconazole boosting of nelfinavir: a report of three cases
JAC Advance Access published on June 3, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 483-485; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl232 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marco Bongiovanni, Alfonso Fausto, Paola Cicconi, Alberto Aliprandi, Giampaolo Cornalba, Teresa Bini, Francesco Sardanelli, and Antonella D'Arminio Monforte

Non-nucleoside-reverse-transcriptase-inhibitor-based HAART and osteoporosis in HIV-infected subjects
JAC Advance Access published on June 2, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 485-486; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl229 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book review:

Colin W. E. Drummond

BSE: Risk, Science and Governance • Patrick Van Zwanenberg and Erik Millstone • Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 2005. • ISBN 0-19-852581-8. £35.00 (hardback), 303 pp.
JAC Advance Access published on May 2, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 487; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl175 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata:

Robert G. Gish

Treating HCV with ribavirin analogues and ribavirin-like molecules
JAC Advance Access published on June 20, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 488; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl262 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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