Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Leading article

Get checked abstract Leonard Leibovici and Mical Paul

Aminoglycoside/ß-lactam combinations in clinical practice
JAC Advance Access published on September 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 911-912; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm377 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic reviews

Get checked abstract Mitchell J. Schwaber and Yehuda Carmeli

Mortality and delay in effective therapy associated with extended-spectrum ß-lactamase production in Enterobacteriaceae bacteraemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
JAC Advance Access published on September 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 913-920; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm318 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Derek Yung, Dan Kottachchi, Binod Neupane, Shariq Haider, and Mark Loeb

Antimicrobials for right-sided endocarditis in intravenous drug users: a systematic review
JAC Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 921-928; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm324 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Halima Nakato, Roberto Vivancos, and Paul R. Hunter

A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness and safety of atovaquone–proguanil (Malarone) for chemoprophylaxis against malaria
JAC Advance Access published on September 10, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 929-936; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm337 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles

Get checked abstract T. Majtan, L. Majtanova, J. Timko, and V. Majtan

Oligonucleotide microarray for molecular characterization and genotyping of Salmonella spp. strains
JAC Advance Access published on September 25, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 937-946; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm326 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kimon A. G. Karatzas, Mark A. Webber, Frieda Jorgensen, Martin J. Woodward, Laura J. V. Piddock, and Tom J. Humphrey

Prolonged treatment of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium with commercial disinfectants selects for multiple antibiotic resistance, increased efflux and reduced invasiveness
JAC Advance Access published on September 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 947-955; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm314 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. Brasme, P. Nordmann, F. Fidel, M. F. Lartigue, O. Bajolet, L. Poirel, D. Forte, V. Vernet-Garnier, J. Madoux, J. C. Reveil, C. Alba-Sauviat, I. Baudinat, P. Bineau, C. Bouquigny-Saison, C. Eloy, C. Lafaurie, D. Siméon, J. P. Verquin, F. Noël, C. Strady, and C. De Champs

Incidence of class A extended-spectrum ß-lactamases in Champagne-Ardenne (France): a 1 year prospective study
JAC Advance Access published on September 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 956-964; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm319 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laetitia Avrain, Mark Garvey, Narcisa Mesaros, Youri Glupczynski, Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq, Laura J. V. Piddock, Paul M. Tulkens, Raymond Vanhoof, and Françoise Van Bambeke

Selection of quinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae exposed in vitro to subinhibitory drug concentrations
JAC Advance Access published on August 10, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 965-972; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm292 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Philip J. Warburton, Richard M. Palmer, Mark A. Munson, and William G. Wade

Demonstration of in vivo transfer of doxycycline resistance mediated by a novel transposon
JAC Advance Access published on September 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 973-980; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm331 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin Michaelis, Malte Christian Kleinschmidt, Hans Wilhelm Doerr, and Jindrich Cinatl, Jr

Minocycline inhibits West Nile virus replication and apoptosis in human neuronal cells
JAC Advance Access published on September 14, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 981-986; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm307 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Omar Janneh, Elizabeth Jones, Becky Chandler, Andrew Owen, and Saye H. Khoo

Inhibition of P-glycoprotein and multidrug resistance-associated proteins modulates the intracellular concentration of lopinavir in cultured CD4 T cells and primary human lymphocytes
JAC Advance Access published on September 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 987-993; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm353 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Oluwabunmi Y. Saliu, Catina Crismale, Stephan K. Schwander, and Robert S. Wallis

Bactericidal activity of OPC-67683 against drug-tolerant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
JAC Advance Access published on August 29, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 994-998; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm291 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter Silley, Bernd Stephan, Heinrich A. Greife, and Andrew Pridmore

Comparative activity of pradofloxacin against anaerobic bacteria isolated from dogs and cats
JAC Advance Access published on September 14, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 999-1003; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm346 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Sóczó, G. Kardos, P. M. McNicholas, E. Balogh, L. Gergely, I. Varga, B. Kelentey, and L. Majoros

Correlation of posaconazole minimum fungicidal concentration and time–kill test against nine Candida species
JAC Advance Access published on September 17, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1004-1009; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm350 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gamal F. Gad, Ramadan A. El-Domany, Sahar Zaki, and Hossam M. Ashour

Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from clinical and environmental samples in Minia, Egypt: prevalence, antibiogram and resistance mechanisms
JAC Advance Access published on September 29, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1010-1017; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm348 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ralf Rene Reinert, Donald E. Low, Flávia Rossi, Xiaojiang Zhang, Chand Wattal, and Michael J. Dowzicky

Antimicrobial susceptibility among organisms from the Asia/Pacific Rim, Europe and Latin and North America collected as part of TEST and the in vitro activity of tigecycline
JAC Advance Access published on September 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1018-1029; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm310 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yoshimi Oonishi, Junichi Mitsuyama, and Keizo Yamaguchi

Effect of GrlA mutation on the development of quinolone resistance in Staphylococcus aureus in an in vitro pharmacokinetic model
JAC Advance Access published on September 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1030-1037; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm344 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. P. Lodise, R. Nau, M. Kinzig, G. L. Drusano, R. N. Jones, and F. Sörgel

Pharmacodynamics of ceftazidime and meropenem in cerebrospinal fluid: results of population pharmacokinetic modelling and Monte Carlo simulation
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1038-1044; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm325 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sophie Vimont, Daniel Aubert, Jean-Xavier Mazoit, Laurent Poirel, and Patrice Nordmann

Broad-spectrum ß-lactams for treating experimental peritonitis in mice due to Escherichia coli producing plasmid-encoded cephalosporinases
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1045-1050; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm317 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John F. Kokai-Kun, Tanya Chanturiya, and James J. Mond

Lysostaphin as a treatment for systemic Staphylococcus aureus infection in a mouse model
JAC Advance Access published on September 10, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1051-1059; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm347 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Makoto Sasaki, Tsutomu Mizoshita, Takashi Mizushima, Harumi Inoue, Takeshi Kamiya, Hiromi Kataoka, Naotaka Ogaswara, Tsuneya Wada, Eiji Kubota, Yoshinori Mori, Takaya Shimura, Hirokazu Hirata, Kenji Ando, Yasuyuki Okamoto, Hirotaka Ohara, Haruhisa Nakao, and Takashi Joh

Effect of plaunotol in combination with clarithromycin against clarithromycin-resistant Helicobacter pylori in vitro and in vivo
JAC Advance Access published on September 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1060-1063; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm329 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jurriaan E. M. de Steenwinkel, Wim van Vianen, Marian T. ten Kate, Henri A. Verbrugh, Michiel A. van Agtmael, Raymond M. Schiffelers, and Irma A. J. M. Bakker-Woudenberg

Targeted drug delivery to enhance efficacy and shorten treatment duration in disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection in mice
JAC Advance Access published on September 10, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1064-1073; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm341 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract María José de Jesús Valle, Nora Salamanca Uranga, Francisco Gónzalez López, Alfonso Domínguez-Gil Hurlé, and Amparo Sánchez Navarro

Disposition of linezolid in the isolated rat lung after systemic and pulmonary drug delivery
JAC Advance Access published on September 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1074-1079; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm306 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew J. Ullmann, Erik Krammes, Sita Sommer, Ines Buschmann, Bernhard Jahn-Muehl, Anthony Cacciapuoti, and Heinz-Josef Schmitt

Efficacy of posaconazole and amphotericin B in experimental invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in dexamethasone immunosuppressed rats
JAC Advance Access published on September 12, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1080-1084; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm328 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Valentin Fuhrmann, Peter Schenk, Walter Jaeger, Michaela Miksits, Nikolaus Kneidinger, Joanna Warszawska, Ulrike Holzinger, Reinhard Kitzberger, and Florian Thalhammer

Pharmacokinetics of voriconazole during continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration
JAC Advance Access published on September 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1085-1090; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm349 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michael Ramharter, Florian M. Kurth, Sabine Bélard, Marielle K. Bouyou-Akotet, Modeste Mabika Mamfoumbi, Selidji T. Agnandji, Michel A. Missinou, Ayola A. Adegnika, Saadou Issifou, Nathalie Cambon, János L. Heidecker, Maryvonne Kombila, and Peter G. Kremsner

Pharmacokinetics of two paediatric artesunate–mefloquine drug formulations in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Gabon
JAC Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1091-1096; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm355 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Nisbet, S. Briggs, R. Ellis-Pegler, M. Thomas, and D. Holland

Propionibacterium acnes: an under-appreciated cause of post-neurosurgical infection
JAC Advance Access published on September 17, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1097-1103; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm351 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mark-David Levin, Jan G. den Hollander, Bronno van der Holt, Bart J. Rijnders, Martin van Vliet, Pieter Sonneveld, and Ron H. N. van Schaik

Hepatotoxicity of oral and intravenous voriconazole in relation to cytochrome P450 polymorphisms
JAC Advance Access published on September 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1104-1107; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm330 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eu Suk Kim, Jin Su Song, Hye Jin Lee, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Kyung Hwa Park, Jae Hyun Cho, Wan Beom Park, Sung-Han Kim, Ji-Hwan Bang, Dong-Min Kim, Kyoung Un Park, Sue Shin, Mi Suk Lee, Hee Jung Choi, Nam Joong Kim, Eui-Chong Kim, Myoung-don Oh, Hong Bin Kim, and Kang Won Choe

A survey of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Korea
JAC Advance Access published on September 20, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1108-1114; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm309 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Morten Freundlich, Reimar W. Thomsen, Lars Pedersen, Hans West, and Henrik C. Schønheyder

Aminoglycoside treatment and mortality after bacteraemia in patients given appropriate empirical therapy: a Danish hospital-based cohort study
JAC Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1115-1123; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm354 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthew E. Falagas, Petros I. Rafailidis, Diamantis Kofteridis, Simona Virtzili, Fotini C. Chelvatzoglou, Vassiliki Papaioannou, Sofia Maraki, George Samonis, and Argyris Michalopoulos

Risk factors of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: a matched case–control study
JAC Advance Access published on September 20, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1124-1130; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm356 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. C. Opmeer, R. el Moussaoui, P. M. M. Bossuyt, P. Speelman, J. M. Prins, and C. A. J. M. de Borgie

Costs associated with shorter duration of antibiotic therapy in hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate–severe community-acquired pneumonia
JAC Advance Access published on September 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1131-1136; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm313 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports

Get checked abstract Ahlem Jouini, Laura Vinué, Karim Ben Slama, Yolanda Sáenz, Naouel Klibi, Salah Hammami, Abdellatif Boudabous, and Carmen Torres

Characterization of CTX-M and SHV extended-spectrum ß-lactamases and associated resistance genes in Escherichia coli strains of food samples in Tunisia
JAC Advance Access published on September 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1137-1141; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nahid Karami, Anna Martner, Virve I. Enne, Svante Swerkersson, Ingegerd Adlerberth, and Agnes E. Wold

Transfer of an ampicillin resistance gene between two Escherichia coli strains in the bowel microbiota of an infant treated with antibiotics
JAC Advance Access published on September 3, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1142-1145; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. D. Avsaroglu, R. Helmuth, E. Junker, S. Hertwig, A. Schroeter, M. Akcelik, F. Bozoglu, and B. Guerra

Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance conferred by qnrS1 in Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow isolated from Turkish food of avian origin
JAC Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1146-1150; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm352 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stephen G. Tristram and Jonathan G. Burdach

Effect of cloned inhibitor-resistant TEM ß-lactamases on the susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae to amoxicillin/clavulanate
JAC Advance Access published on September 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1151-1154; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. Anderson, H. C. Steel, R. Cockeran, A. von Gottberg, L. de Gouveia, K. P. Klugman, T. J. Mitchell, and C. Feldman

Comparison of the effects of macrolides, amoxicillin, ceftriaxone, doxycycline, tobramycin and fluoroquinolones, on the production of pneumolysin by Streptococcus pneumoniae in vitro
JAC Advance Access published on September 10, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1155-1158; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm338 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Violeta Rodríguez-Cerrato, Pedro García, Gema del Prado, Ernesto García, Matilde Gracia, Lorena Huelves, Carmen Ponte, Rubens López, and Francisco Soriano

In vitro interactions of LytA, the major pneumococcal autolysin, with two bacteriophage lytic enzymes (Cpl-1 and Pal), cefotaxime and moxifloxacin against antibiotic-susceptible and -resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains
JAC Advance Access published on September 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1159-1162; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm342 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kwan Soo Ko, Ji Yoeun Suh, Ki Tae Kwon, Sook-In Jung, Kyong-Hwa Park, Cheol In Kang, Doo Ryeon Chung, Kyong Ran Peck, and Jae-Hoon Song

High rates of resistance to colistin and polymyxin B in subgroups of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Korea
JAC Advance Access published on August 29, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1163-1167; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm305 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniela Isabel Brayer Pereira, Janio Morais Santurio, Sydney Hartz Alves, Juliana Siqueira Argenta, Luciana Pötter, Andréia Spanamberg, and Laerte Ferreiro

Caspofungin in vitro and in vivo activity against Brazilian Pythium insidiosum strains isolated from animals
JAC Advance Access published on September 3, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1168-1171; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm332 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence

Paul Lee and David Shanson

Results of a UK survey of fatal anaphylaxis after oral amoxicillin
JAC Advance Access published on August 30, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1172-1173; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm315 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Tse Hsien Koh, Li-Hwei Sng, Grace Chee Yeng Wang, Li-Yang Hsu, and Yi Zhao

Carbapenemase and efflux pump genes in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–Acinetobacter baumannii complex strains from Singapore
JAC Advance Access published on September 3, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1173-1174; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm334 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Thierry Naas, Fatemeh Namdari, Hélène Réglier-Poupet, Claire Poyart, and Patrice Nordmann

Panresistant extended-spectrum ß-lactamase SHV-5-producing Acinetobacter baumannii from New York City
JAC Advance Access published on September 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1174-1176; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm366 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

M. J. Ellington, R. Hope, J. F. Turton, M. Warner, N. Woodford, and D. M. Livermore

Detection of qnrA among Enterobacteriaceae from South-East England with extended-spectrum and high-level AmpC ß-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on September 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1176-1178; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm308 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Vitali Sintchenko, Mitchell Brown, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert

Is Bordetella pertussis susceptibility to erythromycin changing? MIC trends among Australian isolates 1971–2006
JAC Advance Access published on September 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1178-1179; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm343 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book review

Jim McLauchlin

Foodborne Pathogens: Microbiology and Molecular Biology
JAC Advance Access published on September 24, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1180; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm368 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata

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 September 4, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1181-1182; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm312 [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 August 24, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1183; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm323 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lord Soulsby

Antimicrobials and animal health: a fascinating nexus
JAC Advance Access published on September 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2007 60: 1184; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm358 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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