Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Editorial

Colin W. E. Drummond, Clare L. Jeeves, and Alan P. Johnson

Funding and transparency
JAC Advance Access published on May 25, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm149 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leading article

Get checked abstract Carmen Y. Lim and Kris V. Kowdley

Optimal duration of therapy in HBV-related cirrhosis
JAC Advance Access published on May 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 2-6; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm102 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic review

Get checked abstract Matthew E. Falagas, Konstantina P. Giannopoulou, Fotinie Ntziora, and Konstantinos Z. Vardakas

Daptomycin for endocarditis and/or bacteraemia: a systematic review of the experimental and clinical evidence
JAC Advance Access published on June 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 7-19; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm137 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles

J. M. Andrews for the BSAC Working Party on Susceptibility Testing

BSAC standardized disc susceptibility testing method (version 6)
JAC Advance Access published on April 25, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 20-41; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm110 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Catarina Milheiriço, Duarte C. Oliveira, and Hermínia de Lencastre

Multiplex PCR strategy for subtyping the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type IV in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: ‘SCCmec IV multiplex’
JAC Advance Access published on April 28, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 42-48; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm112 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nibras A. A. M. Ahmed, Fernanda C. Petersen, and Anne Aamdal Scheie

AI-2 quorum sensing affects antibiotic susceptibility in Streptococcus anginosus
JAC Advance Access published on May 9, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 49-53; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm124 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Susumu Ochiai, Satomi Sekiguchi, Akio Hayashi, Mitsunobu Shimadzu, Hiroaki Ishiko, Rie Matsushima-Nishiwaki, Osamu Kozawa, Mitsuru Yasuda, and Takashi Deguchi

Decreased affinity of mosaic-structure recombinant penicillin-binding protein 2 for oral cephalosporins in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
JAC Advance Access published on May 31, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 54-60; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm166 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Leslie W. Chinn, Jason M. Gow, Man Ming Tse, Stephen L. Becker, and Deanna L. Kroetz

Interindividual variability in the effect of atazanavir and saquinavir on the expression of lymphocyte P-glycoprotein
JAC Advance Access published on May 17, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 61-67; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm135 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. G. Artemenko, E. N. Muratov, V. E. Kuz'min, N. A. Kovdienko, A. I. Hromov, V. A. Makarov, O. B. Riabova, P. Wutzler, and M. Schmidtke

Identification of individual structural fragments of N,N'-(bis-5-nitropyrimidyl)dispirotripiperazine derivatives for cytotoxicity and antiherpetic activity allows the prediction of new highly active compounds
JAC Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 68-77; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David Landman, Simona Bratu, Sandeep Kochar, Monica Panwar, Manoj Trehan, Mehmet Doymaz, and John Quale

Evolution of antimicrobial resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae in Brooklyn, NY
JAC Advance Access published on May 9, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 78-82; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm129 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jane Freeman, Simon D. Baines, Katie Saxton, and Mark H. Wilcox

Effect of metronidazole on growth and toxin production by epidemic Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes 001 and 027 in a human gut model
JAC Advance Access published on May 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 83-91; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm113 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. H. Nguyen, T. Hoppe-Tichy, H. K. Geiss, A. C. Rastall, S. Swoboda, J. Schmidt, and M. A. Weigand

Factors influencing caspofungin plasma concentrations in patients of a surgical intensive care unit
JAC Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 100-106; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm125 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jiri Trcka, Cornelia S. Seitz, Eva-B. Bröcker, Gerd E. Gross, and Axel Trautmann

Aminopenicillin-induced exanthema allows treatment with certain cephalosporins or phenoxymethyl penicillin
JAC Advance Access published on May 16, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 107-111; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm146 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thomas M. File, Jr, Lionel A. Mandell, Glenn Tillotson, Kosta Kostov, and Ognian Georgiev

Gemifloxacin once daily for 5 days versus 7 days for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: a randomized, multicentre, double-blind study
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 112-120; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm119 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francesco Salvo, Giovanni Polimeni, Ugo Moretti, Anita Conforti, Roberto Leone, Olivia Leoni, Domenico Motola, Giulia Dusi, and Achille Patrizio Caputi

Adverse drug reactions related to amoxicillin alone and in association with clavulanic acid: data from spontaneous reporting in Italy
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 121-126; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm111 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports

Get checked abstract Ileana Cochetti, Emily Tili, Manuela Vecchi, Aldo Manzin, Marina Mingoia, Pietro E. Varaldo, and Maria Pia Montanari

New Tn916-related elements causing erm(B)-mediated erythromycin resistance in tetracycline-susceptible pneumococci
JAC Advance Access published on May 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 127-131; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm120 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Maria Maniati, Alexandros Ikonomidis, Paraskevi Mantzana, Alexandros Daponte, Antonios N. Maniatis, and Spyros Pournaras

A highly carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate with a novel bla_VIM-4/bla_P1b integron overexpresses two efflux pumps and lacks OprD
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 132-135; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm126 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Athanassios Tsakris, Alexandros Ikonomidis, Aggeliki Poulou, Nicholas Spanakis, Spyros Pournaras, and Fani Markou

Transmission in the community of clonal Proteus mirabilis carrying VIM-1 metallo-ß-lactamase
JAC Advance Access published on May 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 136-139; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm138 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract P. L. Ho, Winnie W. N. Poon, S. L. Loke, Marianne S. T. Leung, K. H. Chow, River C. W. Wong, K. S. Yip, Eileen L. Lai, and Kenneth W. T. Tsang on behalf of the COMBAT study group

Community emergence of CTX-M type extended-spectrum ß-lactamases among urinary Escherichia coli from women
JAC Advance Access published on May 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 140-144; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm144 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, Lars Bogø Jensen, Heidi Iskou Sørensen, and Søren Johannes Sørensen

Substrate specificity of the OqxAB multidrug resistance pump in Escherichia coli and selected enteric bacteria
JAC Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 145-147; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm167 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Saima Aslam and Rabih O. Darouiche

Prolonged bacterial exposure to minocycline/rifampicin-impregnated vascular catheters does not affect antimicrobial activity of catheters
JAC Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 148-151; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. P. S. Jadaun, Chhaya Agarwal, Hirdesh Sharma, Zafar Ahmed, Prashant Upadhyay, Jaya Faujdar, Anuj Kumar Gupta, Ram Das, Pushpa Gupta, D. S. Chauhan, V. D. Sharma, and V. M. Katoch

Determination of ethambutol MICs for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium isolates by resazurin microtitre assay
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 152-155; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm117 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. Sevillano, M. J. Giménez, L. Alou, L. Aguilar, F. Cafini, M. Torrico, N. González, O. Echeverría, P. Coronel, and J. Prieto

Effects of human albumin and serum on the in vitro bactericidal activity of cefditoren against penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 156-158; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm115 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K. Sreenivas, P. V. S. Amarnath, A. Mallik, H. Sarnaik, N. Selva Kumar, M. Takhi, S. Trehan, M. Sitaram Kumar, J. Iqbal, R. Rajagopalan, and R. Chakrabarti

In vitro and in vivo antibacterial evaluation of DRF 8417, a new oxazolidinone
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 159-161; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm116 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carolina Serena, F. Javier Pastor, Marçal Mariné, M. Mar Rodríguez, and Josep Guarro

Efficacy of voriconazole in a murine model of cryptococcal central nervous system infection
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 162-165; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm123 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew J. Dalley, Jeffrey Lipman, Bala Venkatesh, Michael Rudd, Michael S. Roberts, and Sheree E. Cross

Inadequate antimicrobial prophylaxis during surgery: a study of ß-lactam levels during burn debridement
JAC Advance Access published on May 15, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 166-169; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm128 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jacob P. Lalezari, Douglas J. Ward, Susan A. Tomkins, and Harmony P. Garges

Preliminary safety and efficacy data of brecanavir, a novel HIV-1 protease inhibitor: 24 week data from study HPR10006
JAC Advance Access published on May 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 170-174; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm122 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence

Paul F. Seaman, Dietmar Ochs, and Martin J. Day

Comment on: 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 May 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 175-176; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm118 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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—authors' response
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 176-177; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm132 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Visanu Thamlikitkul, Surapee Tiengrim, and Chanwit Tribuddharat

Comment on: High tigecycline resistance in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
JAC Advance Access published on May 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 177-178; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm142 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shiri Navon-Venezia, Azita Leavitt, and Yehuda Carmeli

High tigecycline resistance in multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii—authors' response
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 178-179; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm188 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Samuel Coenen, Michiel Costers, and Herman Goossens

Comment on: Can mass media campaigns change antimicrobial prescribing? A regional evaluation study
JAC Advance Access published on May 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 179-180; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm134 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philipp Altmannsberger, Ernst Holler, Reinhard Andreesen, and Stefan W. Krause

Amphotericin B deoxycholate: no significant advantage of a 24 h over a 6 h infusion schedule
JAC Advance Access published on May 30, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 180-182; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm147 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

T. H. Koh, R. N. Deepak, S. Y. Se-Thoe, R. V. T. P. Lin, and E. S. C. Koay

Experience with the Roche LightCycler VRE detection kit during a large outbreak of vanB2/B3 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 182-183; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm140 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

V. Miriagou, L. S. Tzouvelekis, K. Flevari, M. Tsakiri, and E. E. Douzinas

Providencia stuartii with VIM-1 metallo-ß-lactamase
JAC Advance Access published on May 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 183-184; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm139 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manish Goswami and Narendra Jawali

Glutathione-mediated augmentation of ß-lactam antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli
JAC Advance Access published on May 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 184-185; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm121 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jennifer M. Andrews, Gail Jevons, Rebecca Walker, Janet Ashby, and Adam P. Fraise

Temocillin susceptibility by BSAC methodology
JAC Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 185-187; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm179 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Shahid, M. Singhai, A. Malik, I. Shukla, H. M. Khan, F. Shujatullah, and F. Tahira

In vitro efficacy of ceftriaxone/sulbactam against Escherichia coli isolates producing CTX-M-15 extended-spectrum ß-lactamase
JAC Advance Access published on May 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 187-188; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm131 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Mar Rodríguez, Mery Ruiz, F. Javier Pastor, G. Quindós, A. Carrillo, and Josep Guarro

In vitro interaction of micafungin and fluconazole against Candida
JAC Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 188-190; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm177 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jean-Marc Collard, Sammy Place, Olivier Denis, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Martine Vrints, François-Xavier Weill, Sylvie Baucheron, Axel Cloeckaert, Marc Struelens, and Sophie Bertrand

Travel-acquired salmonellosis due to Salmonella Kentucky resistant to ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone and co-trimoxazole and associated with treatment failure
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 190-192; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm114 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marco Bongiovanni, Roberto Ranieri, Daris Ferrari, Carla Codecà, Tiziana Tartaro, and Lilj Uziel

Prolonged survival of an HIV-infected subject with severe lymphoproliferative disease and rhinocerebral mucormycosis
JAC Advance Access published on May 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 192-193; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm148 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Amir Kazory, Salman Singapuri, Anuradha Wadhwa, and A. Ahsan Ejaz

Simultaneous development of Fanconi syndrome and acute renal failure associated with cidofovir
JAC Advance Access published on May 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 193-194; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm143 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrea Shahum, George Benca, Lina Seng Duong, Andrea Augustin, Suzanne Havlik, Anne Liska, Erich Kalavsky, Paul Beno, and Vladimir Krcmery, Jr

Reversibility of antimicrobial resistance in respiratory isolates in HIV-positive Cambodian children after 36 months of HAART
JAC Advance Access published on June 1, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 194-197; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm133 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gokhan Metan, Emine Alp, Bilgehan Aygen, and Bulent Sumerkan

Acinetobacter baumannii meningitis in post-neurosurgical patients: clinical outcome and impact of carbapenem resistance
JAC Advance Access published on May 31, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 197-199; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm181 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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