Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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Get checked abstract B. Cherie Millar, Bernard D. Prendergast, and John E. Moore

Community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA): an emerging pathogen in infective endocarditis
JAC Advance Access published on October 25, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 1-7; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm410 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Caroline Foster and Hermione Lyall

HIV and mitochondrial toxicity in children
JAC Advance Access published on November 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 8-12; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm411 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bonaventura Clotet

Once-daily dosing of nevirapine in HAART
JAC Advance Access published on November 14, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 13-16; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm432 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Megan L. Goodwin and Richard H. Drew

Antifungal serum concentration monitoring: an update
JAC Advance Access published on November 12, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 17-25; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm389 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic review

Get checked abstract Evelina Tacconelli, Giulia De Angelis, Maria A. Cataldo, Emanuela Pozzi, and Roberto Cauda

Does antibiotic exposure increase the risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolation? A systematic review and meta-analysis
JAC Advance Access published on November 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 26-38; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm416 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research

Get checked abstract Virginie Mick, María José Rebollo, Ainhoa Lucía, María Jesús García, Carlos Martín, and José Antonio Aínsa

Transcriptional analysis of and resistance level conferred by the aminoglycoside acetyltransferase gene aac(2')-Id from Mycobacterium smegmatis
JAC Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 39-45; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm440 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David Keeney, Alexey Ruzin, Fionnuala McAleese, Ellen Murphy, and Patricia A. Bradford

MarA-mediated overexpression of the AcrAB efflux pump results in decreased susceptibility to tigecycline in Escherichia coli
JAC Advance Access published on October 29, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 46-53; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm397 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract E. Karisik, M. J. Ellington, D. M. Livermore, and N. Woodford

Virulence factors in Escherichia coli with CTX-M-15 and other extended-spectrum β-lactamases in the UK
JAC Advance Access published on November 2, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 54-58; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm401 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Psichogiou, P. T. Tassios, A. Avlamis, I. Stefanou, C. Kosmidis, E. Platsouka, O. Paniara, A. Xanthaki, M. Toutouza, G. L. Daikos, and L. S. Tzouvelekis

Ongoing epidemic of bla_VIM-1-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae in Athens, Greece: a prospective survey
JAC Advance Access published on November 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 59-63; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm443 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aránzazu Valverde, Teresa M. Coque, Lucía García-San Miguel, Fernando Baquero, and Rafael Cantón

Complex molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae: a long-term perspective from a single institution in Madrid
JAC Advance Access published on October 29, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 64-72; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm403 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthew J. Ellington, Lianne Yearwood, Mark Ganner, Claire East, and Angela M. Kearns

Distribution of the ACME-arcA gene among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from England and Wales
JAC Advance Access published on November 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 73-77; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm422 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karen Smith, Curtis G. Gemmell, and Iain S. Hunter

The association between biocide tolerance and the presence or absence of qac genes among hospital-acquired and community-acquired MRSA isolates
JAC Advance Access published on November 2, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 78-84; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm395 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jan Rupp, Werner Solbach, and Jens Gieffers

Variation in the mutation frequency determining quinolone resistance in Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L₂ and D
JAC Advance Access published on November 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 91-94; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm447 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nassim M. Amiali, Michael R. Mulvey, Brigitte Berger-Bächi, Jacqueline Sedman, Andrew E. Simor, and Ashraf A. Ismail

Evaluation of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy for the rapid identification of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on October 24, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 95-102; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm400 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Antara Banerjee, Jayeeta Roychoudhury, and Nahid Ali

Stearylamine-bearing cationic liposomes kill Leishmania parasites through surface exposed negatively charged phosphatidylserine
JAC Advance Access published on October 26, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 103-110; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm396 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jin-Zhong Zhang and Keith W. Ward

Besifloxacin, a novel fluoroquinolone antimicrobial agent, exhibits potent inhibition of pro-inflammatory cytokines in human THP-1 monocytes
JAC Advance Access published on October 25, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 111-116; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm398 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mariena J. A. van der Plas, Gerrolt N. Jukema, Sin-Wen Wai, Heleen C. M. Dogterom-Ballering, Ellen L. Lagendijk, Co van Gulpen, Jaap T. van Dissel, Guido V. Bloemberg, and Peter H. Nibbering

Maggot excretions/secretions are differentially effective against biofilms of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
JAC Advance Access published on October 26, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 117-122; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm407 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anandi Martin, Andrés Cubillos-Ruiz, Andrea Von Groll, Patricia Del Portillo, Françoise Portaels, and Juan Carlos Palomino

Nitrate reductase assay for the rapid detection of pyrazinamide resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using nicotinamide
JAC Advance Access published on November 1, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 123-127; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm418 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Michelle Wright Valderas and William W. Barrow

Establishment of a method for evaluating intracellular antibiotic efficacy in Brucella abortus-infected Mono Mac 6 monocytes
JAC Advance Access published on November 16, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 128-134; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm433 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Emilia Cantón, Javier Pemán, Ana Espinel-Ingroff, Estrella Martín-Mazuelos, Alfonso Carrillo-Muñoz, and José Pedro Martínez

Comparison of disc diffusion assay with the CLSI reference method (M27-A2) for testing in vitro posaconazole activity against common and uncommon yeasts
JAC Advance Access published on November 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 135-138; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm442 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Manuel López-Brea, Teresa Alarcón, Diego Domingo, and Jazmín Díaz-Regañón

Inhibitory effect of Gram-negative and Gram-positive microorganisms against Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates
JAC Advance Access published on October 26, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 139-142; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm404 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Johan Flamaing, Jan Verhaegen, Jos Vandeven, Nadine Verbiest, and Willy E. Peetermans

Pneumococcal bacteraemia in Belgium (1994–2004): the pre-conjugate vaccine era
JAC Advance Access published on November 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 143-149; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm435 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. W. Tapsall, E. A. Limnios, and Denise Murphy on behalf of the Australian Gonococcal Surveillance Programme

Analysis of trends in antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolated in Australia, 1997–2006
JAC Advance Access published on November 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 150-155; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm434 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Luke P. Randall, M. C. Bagnall, K. A. Karatzas, Nick C. Coldham, Laura J. V. Piddock, and Martin J. Woodward

Fitness and dissemination of disinfectant-selected multiple-antibiotic-resistant (MAR) strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in chickens
JAC Advance Access published on November 12, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 156-162; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm415 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yoon-Sun Park, Woon-Seob Shin, and Soo-Ki Kim

In vitro and in vivo activities of echinomycin against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on October 29, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 163-168; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm421 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sharath S. Hegde, Noe Reyes, Robert Skinner, and Stacey Difuntorum

Efficacy of telavancin in a murine model of pneumonia induced by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on November 9, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 169-172; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm417 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Christiane Thallinger, Cornelia Buerger, Nele Plock, Sascha Kljucar, Sonja Wuenscher, Robert Sauermann, Charlotte Kloft, and Christian Joukhadar

Effect of severity of sepsis on tissue concentrations of linezolid
JAC Advance Access published on November 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 173-176; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm431 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. Lalani, H. W. Boucher, S. E. Cosgrove, V. G. Fowler, Z. A. Kanafani, G. A. Vigliani, M. Campion, E. Abrutyn, D. P. Levine, C. S. Price, S. J. Rehm, G. R. Corey, and A. W. Karchmer for the S. aureus Endocarditis and Bacteraemia Study Group

Outcomes with daptomycin versus standard therapy for osteoarticular infections associated with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
JAC Advance Access published on November 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 177-182; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm437 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Beatriz Larrú, Salvador Resino, Jose M. Bellón, M. Isabel de José, Claudia Fortuny, M. Luisa Navarro, M. Dolores Gurbindo, José Tomás Ramos, Pere Soler Palacín, Juan Antonio Léon, Manuel Asensi, M. José Mellado, and M. Ángeles Muñoz-Fernández

Long-term response to highly active antiretroviral therapy with lopinavir/ritonavir in pre-treated vertically HIV-infected children
JAC Advance Access published on November 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 183-190; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm436 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Guillem Sirera, Sebastià Videla, Raquel López-Blázquez, Mariona Llatjos, Antoni Tarrats, Eva Castellà, Nuria Grane, Cristina Tural, Celestino Rey-Joly, and Bonaventura Clotet

Highly active antiretroviral therapy and incidence of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions among HIV-infected women with normal cytology and CD4 counts above 350 cells/mm³
JAC Advance Access published on October 31, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 191-194; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm412 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Bongiovanni, M. Casana, P. Cicconi, M. Pisacreta, R. Codemo, M. Pelucchi, A. d'Arminio Monforte, and T. Bini

Predictive factors of vascular intima media thickness in HIV-positive subjects
JAC Advance Access published on November 12, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 195-199; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm414 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vincent Soriano, Pilar García-Gasco, Eugenia Vispo, Andrés Ruiz-Sancho, Francisco Blanco, Luz Martín-Carbonero, Sonia Rodríguez-Novoa, Judit Morello, Carmen de Mendoza, Pablo Rivas, Pablo Barreiro, and Juan González-Lahoz

Efficacy and safety of replacing lopinavir with atazanavir in HIV-infected patients with undetectable plasma viraemia: final results of the SLOAT trial
JAC Advance Access published on November 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 200-205; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm413 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Josep M. Llibre, Pere Domingo, Miguel A. del Pozo, Celia Miralles, Maria J. Galindo, Isabel Viciana, Santiago Moreno, Jonathan M. Schapiro, and Bonaventura Clotet

Long-distance interactive expert advice in highly treatment-experienced HIV-infected patients
JAC Advance Access published on November 13, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 206-209; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm438 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Babette C. van Hees, Erica de Ruiter, Ed H. Wiltink, Bartelt M. de Jongh, and Matthijs Tersmette

Optimizing use of ciprofloxacin: a prospective intervention study
JAC Advance Access published on October 31, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 210-213; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm388 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. E. Tourmousoglou, E. Ch. Yiannakopoulou, V. Kalapothaki, J. Bramis, and J. St. Papadopoulos

Adherence to guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis in general surgery: a critical appraisal
JAC Advance Access published on November 12, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 214-218; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm406 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Research letters

Tim Pasquale, Jon Rupert Tomada, Mahmoud Ghannoun, Joseph Dipersio, and Hector Bonilla

Emergence of Candida tropicalis resistant to caspofungin
JAC Advance Access published on November 16, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 219; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm453 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Walsh and T. R. Rogers

Detection of bla_VIM-2 carbapenemase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Ireland
JAC Advance Access published on November 16, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 219-220; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm444 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yusuf Yakupogullari, Laurent Poirel, Sandrine Bernabeu, Ahmet Kizirgil, and Patrice Nordmann

Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate co-expressing extended-spectrum β-lactamase PER-1 and metallo-β-lactamase VIM-2 from Turkey
JAC Advance Access published on November 2, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 221-222; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm420 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jesús Oteo, Eugenio Garduño, Verónica Bautista, Oscar Cuevas, and José Campos on behalf of Spanish members of European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (EARSS)

Antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Spain: analyses of 718 invasive isolates from 35 hospitals and report of one outbreak causedby an SHV-12-producing strain
JAC Advance Access published on November 16, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 222-224; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm439 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olaf Burkhardt, Christian Joukhadar, Friederike Traunmüller, Johannes Hadem, Tobias Welte, and Jan T. Kielstein

Elimination of daptomycin in a patient with acute renal failure undergoing extended daily dialysis
JAC Advance Access published on October 26, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 224-225; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm405 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

P. R. Ingram, Z. Sulaiman, A. Chua, and D. A. Fisher

Comment on: Outpatient parenteral antibiotic 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 November 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 226-227; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm449 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Adam Deane and Robert Young

Comment on: The use of erythromycin as a gastrointestinal prokinetic agent in adult critical care: benefits versus risks
JAC Advance Access published on November 2, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 227; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm419 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Catherine V. Hawkyard and Roland J. Koerner

The use of erythromycin as a gastrointestinal prokinetic agent in adult critical care: benefits versus risks—authors' response
JAC Advance Access published on November 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 227-228; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm451 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

S. Simjee, P. Silley, H. O. Werling, and R. Bywater

Potential confusion regarding the term ‘resistance’ in epidemiological surveys
JAC Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 228-229; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm423 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Errata

Makoto Kuroda, Sanae Nagasaki, and Toshiko Ohta

Sesquiterpene farnesol inhibits recycling of the C₅₅ lipid carrier of the murein monomer precursor contributing to increased susceptibility to β-lactams in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on November 14, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 230; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm446 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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 β-lactamases in Champagne-Ardenne (France): a 1 year prospective study
JAC Advance Access published on November 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 231-232; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm454 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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