Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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Get checked abstract Guangbi Yao

Entecavir is a potent anti-HBV drug superior to lamivudine: experience from clinical trials in China
JAC Advance Access published on June 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 201-205; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm175 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews

Get checked abstract Theodore Kelesidis, Iosif Kelesidis, Petros I. Rafailidis, and Matthew E. Falagas

Counterfeit or substandard antimicrobial drugs: a review of the scientific evidence
JAC Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 214-236; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm109 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic reviews

Get checked abstract Massimo Franchini, Mario Cruciani, Carlo Mengoli, Giovanni Pizzolo, and Dino Veneri

Effect of Helicobacter pylori eradication on platelet count in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: a systematic review and meta-analysis
JAC Advance Access published on June 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 237-246; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Liat Vidal, Anat Gafter-Gvili, Sara Borok, Abigail Fraser, Leonard Leibovici, and Mical Paul

Efficacy and safety of aminoglycoside monotherapy: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 247-257; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles

Get checked abstract Céline Colinon, Vivi Miriagou, Alessandra Carattoli, Francesco Luzzaro, and Gian Maria Rossolini

Characterization of the IncA/C plasmid pCC416 encoding VIM-4 and CMY-4 ß-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on May 31, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 258-262; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lourdes Garcia-Migura, Ernesto Liebana, and Lars Bogø Jensen

Transposon characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) and dissemination of resistance associated with transferable plasmids
JAC Advance Access published on June 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 263-268; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm186 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. A. Vickers, A. J. O'Neill, and I. Chopra

Emergence and maintenance of resistance to fluoroquinolones and coumarins in Staphylococcus aureus: predictions from in vitro studies
JAC Advance Access published on June 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 269-273; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Subhajit Biswas, Christopher Smith, and Hugh J. Field

Detection of HSV-1 variants highly resistant to the helicase–primase inhibitor BAY 57-1293 at high frequency in 2 of 10 recent clinical isolates of HSV-1
JAC Advance Access published on June 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 274-279; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm182 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joachim Müller, Maaike Sterk, Andrew Hemphill, and Norbert Müller

Characterization of Giardia lamblia WB C6 clones resistant to nitazoxanide and to metronidazole
JAC Advance Access published on June 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 280-287; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm205 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Neetu Kumra Taneja and Jaya Sivaswami Tyagi

Resazurin reduction assays for screening of anti-tubercular compounds against dormant and actively growing Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium smegmatis
JAC Advance Access published on June 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 288-293; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vanya A. Gant, Michael W. D. Wren, Michael S. M. Rollins, Annette Jeanes, Stephen S. Hickok, and Tony J. Hall

Three novel highly charged copper-based biocides: safety and efficacy against healthcare-associated organisms
JAC Advance Access published on June 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 294-299; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shazad Mushtaq, Marina Warner, Yigong Ge, Koné Kaniga, and David M. Livermore

In vitro activity of ceftaroline (PPI-0903M, T-91825) against bacteria with defined resistance mechanisms and phenotypes
JAC Advance Access published on June 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 300-311; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm150 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joon Young Song, Sae Yoon Kee, In Sook Hwang, Yu Bin Seo, Hye Won Jeong, Woo Joo Kim, and Hee Jin Cheong

In vitro activities of carbapenem/sulbactam combination, colistin, colistin/rifampicin combination and tigecycline against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
JAC Advance Access published on May 31, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 317-322; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm136 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Asunción Fenoll, Lorenzo Aguilar, Olga Robledo, María-José Giménez, David Tarragó, Juan-José Granizo, Mercedes Gimeno, and Pilar Coronel

Influence of the ß-lactam resistance phenotype on the cefuroxime versus cefditoren susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae recovered from children with acute otitis media
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 323-327; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm209 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Goscinski, E. Tano, E. Löwdin, and J. Sjölin

Propensity to release endotoxin after two repeated doses of cefuroxime in an in vitro kinetic model: higher release after the second dose
JAC Advance Access published on June 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 328-333; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Warren E. Rose, Michael J. Rybak, and Glenn W. Kaatz

Evaluation of daptomycin treatment of Staphylococcus aureus bacterial endocarditis: an in vitro and in vivo simulation using historical and current dosing strategies
JAC Advance Access published on May 31, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 334-340; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm170 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract F. Moriconi, P. Colombatto, B. Coco, P. Ciccorossi, F. Oliveri, D. Flichman, A. M. Maina, R. Sacco, F. Bonino, and M. R. Brunetto

Emergence of hepatitis B virus quasispecies with lower susceptibility to nucleos(t)ide analogues during lamivudine treatment
JAC Advance Access published on June 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 341-349; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm187 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kumi Oshima, Yoshinobu Kanda, Yuki Asano-Mori, Nahoko Nishimoto, Shunya Arai, Sumimasa Nagai, Hiroyuki Sato, Takuro Watanabe, Noriko Hosoya, Koji Izutsu, Takashi Asai, Akira Hangaishi, Toru Motokura, Shigeru Chiba, and Mineo Kurokawa

Presumptive treatment strategy for aspergillosis in allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
JAC Advance Access published on June 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 350-355; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm217 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Philippa C. Matthews, Christopher P. Conlon, Anthony R. Berendt, Jill Kayley, Lorrayne Jefferies, Bridget L. Atkins, and Ivor Byren

Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT): is it safe for selected patients to self-administer at home? A retrospective analysis of a large cohort over 13 years
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 356-362; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm210 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Oliver A. Cornely, Martin Lasso, Robert Betts, Nickolay Klimko, Jose Vazquez, Geoff Dobb, Juan Velez, Angela Williams-Diaz, Joy Lipka, Arlene Taylor, Carole Sable, and Nicholas Kartsonis

Caspofungin for the treatment of less common forms of invasive candidiasis
JAC Advance Access published on May 26, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 363-369; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm169 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Benjamin A. Lipsky, Philip Giordano, Shurjeel Choudhri, and James Song

Treating diabetic foot infections with sequential intravenous to oral moxifloxacin compared with piperacillin–tazobactam/amoxicillin–clavulanate
JAC Advance Access published on June 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 370-376; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm130 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. Offra Duerink, Endang S. Lestari, Usman Hadi, Nico J. D. Nagelkerke, Juliëtte A. Severin, Henri A. Verbrugh, Monique Keuter, Inge C. Gyssens, and Peterhans J. van den Broek on behalf of the study group ‘Antimicrobial Resistance in Indonesia: Prevalence and Prevention’ (AMRIN)

Determinants of carriage of resistant Escherichia coli in the Indonesian population inside and outside hospitals
JAC Advance Access published on June 26, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 377-384; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract André J. H. A. Ament, Mariette W. A. Hübben, Paul E. Verweij, Ronald de Groot, Adillia Warris, J. Peter Donnelly, Jan van ‘t Wout, and Johan L. Severens

Economic evaluation of targeted treatments of invasive aspergillosis in adult haematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients in the Netherlands: a modelling approach
JAC Advance Access published on June 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 385-393; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports

Get checked abstract Mussaret B. Zaidi, Verónica Leon, Claudia Canche, Carolina Perez, Shaohua Zhao, Susannah K. Hubert, Jason Abbott, Karen Blickenstaff, and Patrick F. McDermott

Rapid and widespread dissemination of multidrug-resistant bla_CMY-2 Salmonella Typhimurium in Mexico
JAC Advance Access published on May 24, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 398-401; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthew J. Ellington, Russell Hope, Mark Ganner, Marjorie Ganner, Claire East, Geraldine Brick, and Angela M. Kearns

Is Panton–Valentine leucocidin associated with the pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in the UK?
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 402-405; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Louis D. Saravolatz, Joan Pawlak, and Leonard B. Johnson

Comparative activity of telavancin against isolates of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on June 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 406-409; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm211 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Chen-Hsiang Lee, Chishih Chu, Jien-Wei Liu, Yi-Shung Chen, Chiung-Jung Chiu, and Lin-Hui Su

Collateral damage of flomoxef therapy: in vivo development of porin deficiency and acquisition of bla_DHA-1 leading to ertapenem resistance in a clinical isolate of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing CTX-M-3 and SHV-5 ß-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on June 18, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 410-413; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm215 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Niaz Banaiee, William R. Jacobs, and Joel D. Ernst

LspA-independent action of globomycin on Mycobacterium tuberculosis
JAC Advance Access published on June 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 414-416; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm223 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elisabeth Presterl, Miranda Suchomel, Michaela Eder, Sonja Reichmann, Andrea Lassnigg, Wolfgang Graninger, and Manfred Rotter

Effects of alcohols, povidone-iodine and hydrogen peroxide on biofilms of Staphylococcus epidermidis
JAC Advance Access published on June 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 417-420; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm221 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thean Yen Tan, Lily Siew Yong Ng, Eugene Tan, and Gary Huang

In vitro effect of minocycline and colistin combinations on imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates
JAC Advance Access published on May 31, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 421-423; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Margarete Borg-von Zepelin, Luisa Kunz, Reinhard Rüchel, Utz Reichard, Michael Weig, and Uwe Groß

Epidemiology and antifungal susceptibilities of Candida spp. to six antifungal agents: results from a surveillance study on fungaemia in Germany from July 2004 to August 2005
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 424-428; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm145 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael Cynamon, Mary R. Sklaney, and Carolyn Shoen

Gatifloxacin in combination with rifampicin in a murine tuberculosis model
JAC Advance Access published on June 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 429-432; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matteo Bassetti, Elda Righi, Roberta Fasce, Maria Pia Molinari, Raffaella Rosso, Antonio Di Biagio, Michele Mussap, Franco Bobbio Pallavicini, and Claudio Viscoli

Efficacy of ertapenem in the treatment of early ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by extended-spectrum ß-lactamase-producing organisms in an intensive care unit
JAC Advance Access published on May 31, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 433-435; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract José Moltó, José Ramón Santos, Eugenia Negredo, Cristina Miranda, Sebastià Videla, and Bonaventura Clotet

Lopinavir/ritonavir monotherapy as a simplification strategy in routine clinical practice
JAC Advance Access published on June 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 436-439; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm198 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mari Kanerva, Jukka Ollgren, and Outi Lyytikäinen on behalf of the Finnish Prevalence Survey Study Group

Antimicrobial use in Finnish acute care hospitals: data from national prevalence survey, 2005
JAC Advance Access published on June 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 440-444; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence

F. Abecasis, S. Kerr, R. E. Sarginson, L. Silvestri, M. A. de la Cal, D. Zandstra, A. Beishuizen, V. Damjanovic, and H. K. F. van Saene

Comment on: Emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria during selective decontamination of the digestive tract on an intensive care unit
JAC Advance Access published on June 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 445; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm127 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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—authors' response
JAC Advance Access published on June 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 446; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm189 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Roger Bayston, Alison Mills, Steven M. Howdle, and Waheed Ashraf

Comment on: The increasing use of silver-based products as antimicrobial agents: a useful development or a cause for concern?
JAC Advance Access published on June 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 447; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm203 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ian Chopra

The increasing use of silver-based products as antimicrobial agents: a useful development or a cause for concern?—author's response
JAC Advance Access published on June 18, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 447-448; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm224 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hüseyin Sirma, Anneke Funk, Wolfram Gerlich, and Oliver Schildgen

Does pre-treatment with lamivudine prime for adefovir resistance of hepatitis B virus infection?
JAC Advance Access published on June 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 448-449; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm199 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Daniel Curcio and Francisco Fernández

Acinetobacter spp. susceptibility to tigecycline: a worldwide perspective
JAC Advance Access published on June 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 449-450; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm202 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria A. Oliver, Celia García-Delafuente, Maria E. Cano, Flora Pérez-Hernández, Luis Martínez-Martínez, and Sebastián Albertí

Rapid decrease in the prevalence of macrolide-resistant group A streptococci due to the appearance of two epidemic clones in Cantabria (Spain)
JAC Advance Access published on May 31, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 450-452; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm174 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olga Cardoso, Ana Florinda Alves, and Rui Leitão

Surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates from a central hospital in Portugal
JAC Advance Access published on June 18, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 452-454; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm214 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yun-song Yu, Hua Zhou, Qing Yang, Ya-gang Chen, and Lan-juan Li

Widespread occurrence of aminoglycoside resistance due to ArmA methylase in imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in China
JAC Advance Access published on June 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 454-455; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm208 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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