Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Editorial

Get checked abstract Alan P. Johnson and John McConnell

Interventions in healthcare-associated infection: researchers urged to CONSORT with ORION
JAC Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 823-824; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm068 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leading articles

Get checked abstract Sebastian G. B. Amyes, Fiona M. Walsh, and John S. Bradley

Best in class: a good principle for antibiotic usage to limit resistance development?
JAC Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 825-826; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm059 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract William E. Delaney, IV

Progress in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B: long-term experience with adefovir dipivoxil
JAC Advance Access published on March 1, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 827-832; doi:10.1093/jac/dkl551 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract S. P. Stone, B. S. Cooper, C. C. Kibbler, B. D. Cookson, J. A. Roberts, G. F. Medley, G. Duckworth, R. Lai, S. Ebrahim, E. M. Brown, P. J. Wiffen, and P. G. Davey

The ORION statement: guidelines for transparent reporting of Outbreak Reports and Intervention studies Of Nosocomial infection
JAC Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 833-840; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm055 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles

Get checked abstract Ana Fernández, Emilia Gil, Mónica Cartelle, Astrid Pérez, Alejandro Beceiro, Susana Mallo, María Mar Tomás, Francisco J. Pérez-Llarena, Rosa Villanueva, and Germán Bou

Interspecies spread of CTX-M-32 extended-spectrum ß-lactamase and the role of the insertion sequence IS1 in down-regulating bla_CTX-M gene expression
JAC Advance Access published on March 1, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 841-847; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Roger Bayston, Waheed Ashraf, and Toni Smith

Triclosan resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus expressed as small colony variants: a novel mode of evasion of susceptibility to antiseptics
JAC Advance Access published on March 2, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 848-853; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm031 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Petra Apfalter, Ojan Assadian, Florian Daxböck, Alexander M. Hirschl, Manfred L. Rotter, and Athanasios Makristathis

Extended double disc synergy testing reveals a low prevalence of extended-spectrum ß-lactamases in Enterobacter spp. in Vienna, Austria
JAC Advance Access published on March 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 854-859; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm060 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jann-Yuan Wang, Li-Na Lee, Hsin-Chih Lai, Shu-Kuan Wang, I-Shiow Jan, Chong-Jen Yu, Po-Ren Hsueh, and Pan-Chyr Yang

Fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates: associated genetic mutations and relationship to antimicrobial exposure
JAC Advance Access published on April 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 860-865; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm061 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Erik Glocker, Christian Bogdan, and Manfred Kist

Characterization of rifampicin-resistant clinical Helicobacter pylori isolates from Germany
JAC Advance Access published on March 9, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 874-879; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm039 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lin Chen, Zhang-Liu Chen, Jian-Hua Liu, Zhen-Ling Zeng, Jun-Ying Ma, and Hong-Xia Jiang

Emergence of RmtB methylase-producing Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae isolates from pigs in China
JAC Advance Access published on March 12, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 880-885; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm065 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Corinna Kehrenberg, Anno de Jong, Sonja Friederichs, Axel Cloeckaert, and Stefan Schwarz

Molecular mechanisms of decreased susceptibility to fluoroquinolones in avian Salmonella serovars and their mutants selected during the determination of mutant prevention concentrations
JAC Advance Access published on March 16, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 886-892; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm072 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Vergison, O. Denis, A. Deplano, G. Casimir, G. Claeys, F. DeBaets, K. DeBoeck, N. Douat, H. Franckx, J. Gigi, M. Ieven, C. Knoop, P. Lebeque, F. Lebrun, A. Malfroot, F. Paucquay, D. Pierard, J. Van Eldere, and M. J. Struelens

National survey of molecular epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in Belgian cystic fibrosis patients
JAC Advance Access published on March 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 893-899; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ingo Klare, Carola Konstabel, Guido Werner, Geert Huys, Vanessa Vankerckhoven, Gunnar Kahlmeter, Bianca Hildebrandt, Sibylle Müller-Bertling, Wolfgang Witte, and Herman Goossens

Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Lactobacillus, Pediococcus and Lactococcus human isolates and cultures intended for probiotic or nutritional use
JAC Advance Access published on March 16, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 900-912; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm035 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin Sundqvist and Gunnar Kahlmeter

Effect of excluding duplicate isolates of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus in a 14 year consecutive database
JAC Advance Access published on March 1, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 913-918; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm040 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vasily Sosunov, Vladimir Mischenko, Boris Eruslanov, Edward Svetoch, Yulia Shakina, Norman Stern, Konstantin Majorov, Galina Sorokoumova, Alla Selishcheva, and Alexander Apt

Antimycobacterial activity of bacteriocins and their complexes with liposomes
JAC Advance Access published on March 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 919-925; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm053 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jacqueline Buijs, Anthonius S. M. Dofferhoff, Johan W. Mouton, and Jos W. M. van der Meer

Continuous administration of PBP-2- and PBP-3-specific ß-lactams causes higher cytokine responses in murine Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli sepsis
JAC Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 926-933; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm073 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. O. S. Fontenelle, S. M. Morais, E. H. S. Brito, M. R. Kerntopf, R. S. N. Brilhante, R. A. Cordeiro, A. R. Tomé, M. G. R. Queiroz, N. R. F. Nascimento, J. J. C. Sidrim, and M. F. G. Rocha

Chemical composition, toxicological aspects and antifungal activity of essential oil from Lippia sidoides Cham.
JAC Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 934-940; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm066 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter J. Smith, Jon A. Olson, David Constable, Julie Schwartz, Richard T. Proffitt, and Jill P. Adler-Moore

Effects of dosing regimen on accumulation, retention and prophylactic efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B
JAC Advance Access published on March 30, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 941-951; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm077 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter H. J. van der Voort, E. Christiaan Boerma, and Jan Peter Yska

Serum and intraperitoneal levels of amphotericin B and flucytosine during intravenous treatment of critically ill patients with Candida peritonitis
JAC Advance Access published on March 27, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 952-956; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm074 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. William Cameron, Stephen Becker, Martin S. King, Barbara da Silva, Cheri Klein, Debbie Tokimoto, Cheryl Foit, Deborah Calhoun, Barry Bernstein, and George J. Hanna

Exploratory study comparing the metabolic toxicities of a lopinavir/ritonavir plus saquinavir dual protease inhibitor regimen versus a lopinavir/ritonavir plus zidovudine/lamivudine nucleoside regimen
JAC Advance Access published on March 9, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 957-963; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm029 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shinji Togo, Kuniya Tanaka, Kenichi Matsuo, Yasuhiko Nagano, Michio Ueda, Daisuke Morioka, Itaru Endo, and Hiroshi Shimada

Duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis in patients undergoing hepatectomy: a prospective randomized controlled trial using flomoxef
JAC Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 964-970; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm028 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hege Salvesen Blix, Anders Engeland, Irene Litleskare, and Marit Rønning

Age- and gender-specific antibacterial prescribing in Norway
JAC Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 971-976; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm032 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Monique Martin, Sibilia Quilici, Thomas File, Javier Garau, Amar Kureishi, and Maria Kubin

Cost-effectiveness of empirical prescribing of antimicrobials in community-acquired pneumonia in three countries in the presence of resistance
JAC Advance Access published on March 29, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 977-989; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm033 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. Fowler, A. Webber, B. S. Cooper, A. Phimister, K. Price, Y. Carter, C. C. Kibbler, A. J. H. Simpson, and S. P. Stone

Successful use of feedback to improve antibiotic prescribing and reduce Clostridium difficile infection: a controlled interrupted time series
JAC Advance Access published on March 26, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 990-995; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm014 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports

Get checked abstract Alejandro Beceiro, Francisco J. Pérez-Llarena, Astrid Pérez, Ma del Mar Tomás, Ana Fernández, Susana Mallo, Rosa Villanueva, and Germán Bou

Molecular characterization of the gene encoding a new AmpC ß-lactamase in Acinetobacter baylyi
JAC Advance Access published on April 2, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 996-1000; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm070 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alexey Ruzin, David Keeney, and Patricia A. Bradford

AdeABC multidrug efflux pump is associated with decreased susceptibility to tigecycline in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–Acinetobacter baumannii complex
JAC Advance Access published on March 15, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1001-1004; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Claudia Paoletti, Gessica Foglia, Maria Stella Princivalli, Gloria Magi, Emilio Guaglianone, Gianfranco Donelli, Carla Pruzzo, Francesca Biavasco, and Bruna Facinelli

Co-transfer of vanA and aggregation substance genes from Enterococcus faecalis isolates in intra- and interspecies matings
JAC Advance Access published on March 9, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1005-1009; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm057 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vincent Cattoir, Lilia Merabet, Patrick Legrand, Claude-James Soussy, and Roland Leclercq

Emergence of a Streptococcus pneumoniae isolate resistant to streptogramins by mutation in ribosomal protein L22 during pristinamycin therapy of pneumococcal pneumonia
JAC Advance Access published on April 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1010-1012; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Nebbia, Caroline A. Sabin, D. T. Dunn, and Anna Maria Geretti on behalf of the UK Collaborative Group on HIV Drug Resistance and the UK Collaborative HIV Cohort (CHIC) Study Group

Emergence of the H208Y mutation in the reverse transcriptase (RT) of HIV-1 in association with nucleoside RT inhibitor therapy
JAC Advance Access published on March 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1013-1016; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm067 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kenneth H. Rand, Herbert J. Houck, and Jared A. Silverman

Daptomycin-reversible rifampicin resistance in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
JAC Advance Access published on March 16, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1017-1020; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm045 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. D. Cavallo, D. Hocquet, P. Plesiat, R. Fabre, and M. Roussel-Delvallez on behalf of GERPA

Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to antimicrobials: a 2004 French multicentre hospital study
JAC Advance Access published on April 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1021-1024; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm076 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shazad Mushtaq, Russell Hope, Marina Warner, and David M. Livermore

Activity of faropenem against cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae
JAC Advance Access published on March 12, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1025-1030; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm063 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. N. Umubyeyi, L. Rigouts, I. C. Shamputa, K. Fissette, Y. Elkrim, P. W. B. de Rijk, M. J. Struelens, and F. Portaels

Limited fluoroquinolone resistance among Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Rwanda: results of a national survey
JAC Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1031-1033; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Angele Gayet-Ageron, Jintanat Ananworanich, Thidarat Jupimai, Ploenchan Chetchotisakd, Wisit Prasithsirikul, Sasiwimol Ubolyam, Michelle Le Braz, Kiat Ruxrungtham, James F. Rooney, and Bernard Hirschel on behalf of the Staccato Study Group

No change in calculated creatinine clearance after tenofovir initiation among Thai patients
JAC Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1034-1037; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm064 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence

Lin-Li Chang, Hui-Hui Lin, Chung-Yu Chang, and Po-Liang Lu

Increased incidence of class 1 integrons in trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole-resistant clinical isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
JAC Advance Access published on February 28, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1038-1039; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm034 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. W. Goldstein, A. Ly, and M. D. Kitzis

Comparison of Etest with agar dilution for testing the susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other multidrug-resistant bacteria to colistin
JAC Advance Access published on April 16, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1039-1040; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm046 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Camilla Juelsgaard Jørgensen, Lina Maria Cavaco, Henrik Hasman, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, and Luca Guardabassi

Occurrence of CTX-M-1-producing Escherichia coli in pigs treated with ceftiofur
JAC Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1040-1042; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm075 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lei Ang, Nigel P. Brenwald, Rebecca M. Walker, Jenny Andrews, and Adam Fraise

Carbapenem resistance in Bacteroides fragilis
JAC Advance Access published on March 15, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1042-1044; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm062 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jesús Oteo, Oscar Cuevas, Carmen Navarro, Belén Aracil, and José Campos on behalf of the Spanish Group of ‘The European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System’ (EARSS)

Trends in antimicrobial resistance in 3469 enterococci isolated from blood (EARSS experience 2001–06, Spain): increasing ampicillin resistance in Enterococcus faecium
JAC Advance Access published on March 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 59: 1044-1045; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm083 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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