Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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Get checked abstract Y. Horsmans

Interferon-induced depression in chronic hepatitis C
JAC Advance Access published on September 2, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 711-713; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl331 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Get checked abstract Stefano Aquaro, Roberta D'Arrigo, Valentina Svicher, Giovanni Di Perri, Sergio Lo Caputo, Ubaldo Visco-Comandini, Mario Santoro, Ada Bertoli, Francesco Mazzotta, Stefano Bonora, Valerio Tozzi, Rita Bellagamba, Mauro Zaccarelli, Pasquale Narciso, Andrea Antinori, and Carlo Federico Perno

Specific mutations in HIV-1 gp41 are associated with immunological success in HIV-1-infected patients receiving enfuvirtide treatment
JAC Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 714-722; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl306 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marianne Sunde and Madelaine Norström

The prevalence of, associations between and conjugal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in Escherichia coli isolated from Norwegian meat and meat products
JAC Advance Access published on August 24, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 741-747; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl294 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Véronique Houdouin, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Philippe Bidet, Martine Bingen-Bidois, Dominique Barraud, and Edouard Bingen

Phylogenetic background and carriage of pathogenicity island-like domains in relation to antibiotic resistance profiles among Escherichia coli urosepsis isolates
JAC Advance Access published on August 10, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 748-751; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl326 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michelle A. Chaussee, Emily J. McDowell, Lindsey D. Rieck, Eduardo A. Callegari, and Michael S. Chaussee

Proteomic analysis of a penicillin-tolerant rgg mutant strain of Streptococcus pyogenes
JAC Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 752-759; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl319 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Débora B. Vieira and Ana M. Carmona-Ribeiro

Cationic lipids and surfactants as antifungal agents: mode of action
JAC Advance Access published on August 2, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 760-767; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl312 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Xavier Hanoulle, Jean-Michel Wieruszeski, Pierre Rousselot-Pailley, Isabelle Landrieu, Camille Locht, Guy Lippens, and Alain R. Baulard

Selective intracellular accumulation of the major metabolite issued from the activation of the prodrug ethionamide in mycobacteria
JAC Advance Access published on August 8, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 768-772; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl332 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ana Henriques, Simon Jackson, Rose Cooper, and Neil Burton

Free radical production and quenching in honeys with wound healing potential
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 773-777; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl336 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maxime Gualtieri, Lionel Bastide, Philippe Villain-Guillot, Sylvie Michaux-Charachon, Jaqueline Latouche, and Jean-Paul Leonetti

In vitro activity of a new antibacterial rhodanine derivative against Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms
JAC Advance Access published on July 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 778-783; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl314 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christina Dörbecker, Anna Sander, Karin Oberle, and Tanja Schülin-Casonato

In vitro susceptibility of Bartonella species to 17 antimicrobial compounds: comparison of Etest and agar dilution
JAC Advance Access published on August 17, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 784-788; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl341 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Daeschlein, C. Hoehne, O. Assadian, F. Daxboeck, C. Meinl, A. Kramer, and A.S. Kekulé

In vitro activity of linezolid against clinical isolates of Fusobacterium spp.
JAC Advance Access published on August 10, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 789-793; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl338 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David Sevillano, Lorenzo Aguilar, Luis Alou, María-José Giménez, Olatz Echevarría, Fabio Cafini, Eva Valero, Asunción Fenoll, and José Prieto

Effects of antimicrobials on the competitive growth of Streptococcus pneumoniae: a pharmacodynamic in vitro model approach to selection of resistant populations
JAC Advance Access published on July 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 794-801; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl307 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karen E. Bowker, Alan R. Noel, and Alasdair P. MacGowan

Pharmacodynamics of dalbavancin studied in an in vitro pharmacokinetic system
JAC Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 802-805; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl311 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Machetti, M. J. Majabo, E. Furfaro, N. Solari, A. Novelli, F. Cafiero, and C. Viscoli

Kinetics of galactomannan in surgical patients receiving perioperative piperacillin/tazobactam prophylaxis
JAC Advance Access published on August 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 806-810; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl334 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marius Mueller, Manica Balasegaram, Youssif Koummuki, Koert Ritmeijer, Muriel Ramirez Santana, and Robert Davidson

A comparison of liposomal amphotericin B with sodium stibogluconate for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in pregnancy in Sudan
JAC Advance Access published on August 17, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 811-815; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl342 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Fortún, F. Grill, P. Martín-Dávila, J. Blázquez, M. Tato, J. Sánchez-Corral, L. García-San Miguel, and S. Moreno

Treatment of long-term intravascular catheter-related bacteraemia with antibiotic-lock therapy
JAC Advance Access published on August 8, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 816-821; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl318 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Olaf Burkhardt, Christine Lehmann, Rajanikanth Madabushi, Vipul Kumar, Hartmut Derendorf, and Tobias Welte

Once-daily tobramycin in cystic fibrosis: better for clinical outcome than thrice-daily tobramycin but more resistance development?
JAC Advance Access published on August 2, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 822-829; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl328 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Antimicrobial practice

Get checked abstract Fawziah Marra, David M. Patrick, Mei Chong, and William R. Bowie

Antibiotic use among children in British Columbia, Canada
JAC Advance Access published on August 18, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 830-839; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl275 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Valerie De Souza, Anne MacFarlane, Andrew W. Murphy, Belinda Hanahoe, Andrew Barber, and Martin Cormican

A qualitative study of factors influencing antimicrobial prescribing by non-consultant hospital doctors
JAC Advance Access published on August 2, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 840-843; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl323 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports

Get checked abstract Ioana Riaño, Miguel Angel Moreno, Tirushet Teshager, Yolanda Sáenz, Lucas Domínguez, and Carmen Torres

Detection and characterization of extended-spectrum ß-lactamases in Salmonella enterica strains of healthy food animals in Spain
JAC Advance Access published on August 24, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 844-847; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl337 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthew J. Ellington, David M. Livermore, Tyrone L. Pitt, Lucinda M. C. Hall, and Neil Woodford

Mutators among CTX-M ß-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and risk for the emergence of fosfomycin resistance
JAC Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 848-852; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl315 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nashwan Al Naiemi, Edou R. Heddema, Aldert Bart, Evert de Jonge, Christina M. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Paul H. M. Savelkoul, and Birgitta Duim

Emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria during selective decontamination of the digestive tract on an intensive care unit
JAC Advance Access published on August 4, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 853-856; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl316 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chen-Hsiang Lee, Ju-Hsin Chia, Chishih Chu, Tsu-Lan Wu, Jien-Wei Liu, and Lin-Hui Su

In vivo selection of OmpK35-deficient mutant after cefuroxime therapy for primary liver abscess caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae
JAC Advance Access published on July 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 857-860; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl308 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Ramírez, M. C. Serrano, C. Castro, E. López, C. Almeida, A. Fernández, A. Romero, and E. Martín-Mazuelos

Comparative study of disc diffusion and microdilution methods in susceptibility testing of micafungin against Candida species
JAC Advance Access published on August 17, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 861-863; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl335 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thean Yen Tan and Lily Siew Yong Ng

Comparison of three standardized disc susceptibility testing methods for colistin
JAC Advance Access published on August 10, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 864-867; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl330 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yang Yang, Mingmin Liao, Wei-Ming Gu, Kelli Bell, Lei Wu, Nelson F. Eng, Chu-Guang Zhang, Yue Chen, Ann M. Jolly, and Jo-Anne R. Dillon

Antimicrobial susceptibility and molecular determinants of quinolone resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates from Shanghai
JAC Advance Access published on July 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 868-872; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl301 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract W. T. M. Jansen, A. Verel, M. Beitsma, J. Verhoef, and D. Milatovic

Longitudinal European surveillance study of antibiotic resistance of Haemophilus influenzae
JAC Advance Access published on August 4, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 873-877; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl310 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Arno Muller, Frédéric Mauny, Daniel Talon, Peter T. Donnan, Stephan Harbarth, and Xavier Bertrand

Effect of individual- and group-level antibiotic exposure on MRSA isolation: a multilevel analysis
JAC Advance Access published on August 18, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 878-881; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl343 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexandre Prehn Zavascki, Afonso Luís Barth, Patrick Barcelos Gaspareto, Ana Lúcia Saraiva Gonçalves, Ana Lúcia Didonet Moro, Juliana Fernandez Fernandes, and Luciano Zubaran Goldani

Risk factors for nosocomial infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing metallo-ß-lactamase in two tertiary-care teaching hospitals
JAC Advance Access published on August 8, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 882-885; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl327 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Adriano Casulli, Maria Angeles Gomez Morales, Bruno Gallinella, Luciana Turchetto, and Edoardo Pozio

2-Hydroxypropyl-ß-cyclodextrin improves the effectiveness of albendazole against encapsulated larvae of Trichinella spiralis in a murine model
JAC Advance Access published on August 8, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 886-890; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl329 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. von Baum, A. Sigge, M. Bommer, W. V. Kern, R. Marre, H. Döhner, P. Kern, and S. Reuter

Moxifloxacin prophylaxis in neutropenic patients
JAC Advance Access published on July 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 891-894; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl320 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence

David Shanson

Comment on: Guidelines for the prevention of endocarditis: report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
JAC Advance Access published on July 12, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 895; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl276 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

John L. Gibbs, Martin Cowie, and Nicholas Brooks

Comment on: Guidelines for the prevention of endocarditis: report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
JAC Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 896; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl296 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. K. Gould, T. S. J. Elliott, J. Foweraker, M. Fulford, J. D. Perry, G. J. Roberts, J. A. T. Sandoe, and R. W. Watkin

Guidelines for the prevention of endocarditis: report of the Working Party of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy—authors' response
JAC Advance Access published on August 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 896-898; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl299 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Kelly, J. Collins, M. Davin, C. Gowing, and P. G. Murphy

Linezolid resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci¹
JAC Advance Access published on July 19, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 898-899; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl271 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ronald N. Jones, James E. Ross, Thomas R. Fritsche, and Helio S. Sader

Comment on: Linezolid resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci²
JAC Advance Access published on August 4, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 899-900; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl325 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Winfried V. Kern, Michaela Steib-Bauert, and Katja de With

Comment on: Hospital consumption of antibiotics in 15 European countries: results of the ESAC Retrospective Data Collection (1997--2002)
JAC Advance Access published on August 17, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 900-901; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl344 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Herman Goossens

Hospital consumption of antibiotics in 15 European countries: results of the ESAC Retrospective Data Collection (1997–2002)—author response
JAC Advance Access published on August 23, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 901-902; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl351 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Goldstein

Comment on: Urinary tract infections in general practice patients: diagnostic tests versus bacteriological culture
JAC Advance Access published on July 26, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 902-903; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl282 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sita Nys, T. van Merode, A. I. M. Bartelds, and E. E. Stobberingh

Urinary tract infections in general practice patients: diagnostic tests versus bacteriological culture: authors’ response
JAC Advance Access published on August 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 903-904; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl339 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yiu Wai Chu, Terence Kin Man Cheung, Tak Keung Ng, Dominic Tsang, Wing Kin To, Kai Man Kam, and Janice Y. C. Lo

Quinolone resistance determinant qnrA3 in clinical isolates of Salmonella in 2000–2005 in Hong Kong
JAC Advance Access published on August 30, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 904-905; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl340 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Kiersten L. Driffield, Julieanne M. Bostock, Keith Miller, Alexander J. O'Neill, Joanne K. Hobbs, and Ian Chopra

Evolution of extended-spectrum ß-lactamases in a MutS-deficient Pseudomonas aeruginosa hypermutator
JAC Advance Access published on August 10, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 905-907; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl324 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yeon-Joon Park, Seungok Lee, Jin Kyung Yu, Gun-Jo Woo, Kyungwon Lee, and Yoshichika Arakawa

Co-production of 16S rRNA methylases and extended-spectrum ß-lactamases in AmpC-producing Enterobacter cloacae, Citrobacter freundii and Serratia marcescens in Korea
JAC Advance Access published on August 4, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 907-908; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl317 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book review

J. S. Oxford

Influenza Virology: Current Topics • Y. Kawaoka, Ed. Caister Academic Press, Wymondham, UK, 2006.ISBN 1-904455-06-9. £130, 368 pp.
JAC Advance Access published on August 5, 2006
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2006 58: 909; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl322 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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