J. Antimicrob. Chemother. -- Table of Contents (February 2008, 61 [2])

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Leading articles

Get checked abstract Neil Woodford: Successful, multiresistant bacterial clones
JAC Advance Access published on December 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 233-234; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm474 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Johan W. Mouton, Ursula Theuretzbacher, William A. Craig, Paul M. Tulkens, Hartmut Derendorf, and Otto Cars: Tissue concentrations: do we ever learn?
JAC Advance Access published on December 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 235-237; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm476 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Katherine Samaras: Metabolic consequences and therapeutic options in highly active antiretroviral therapy in human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection
JAC Advance Access published on December 10, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 238-245; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm475 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Review

Get checked abstract S. J. Dancer: The effect of antibiotics on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on December 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 246-253; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm465 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Systematic review

Get checked abstract Miranda M. L. van Rijen, Marc Bonten, Richard P. Wenzel, and Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans: Intranasal mupirocin for reduction of Staphylococcus aureus infections in surgical patients with nasal carriage: a systematic review
JAC Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 254-261; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm480 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Original research

Get checked abstract Chanjuan Shi, Antony R. Parker, Li Hua, Craig N. Morrell, Soo Chin Lee, Viswanath Bandaru, J. Stephen Dumler, T. C. Wu, and James R. Eshleman: Anti-gene padlocks eliminate Escherichia coli based on their genotype
JAC Advance Access published on December 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 262-272; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm482 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine, Jorge Blanco, Véronique Leflon-Guibout, Raphael Demarty, Maria Pilar Alonso, Maria Manuela Caniça, Yeon-Joon Park, Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Johann Pitout, and James R. Johnson: Intercontinental emergence of Escherichia coli clone O25:H4-ST131 producing CTX-M-15
JAC Advance Access published on December 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 273-281; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm464 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Stefan Schwarz, Kristina Kadlec, and Birgit Strommenger: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius detected in the BfT-GermVet monitoring programme 2004–2006 in Germany
JAC Advance Access published on December 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 282-285; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm487 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Rocío Enríquez, Raquel Abad, Celia Salcedo, Sonia Pérez, and Julio A. Vázquez: Fluoroquinolone resistance in Neisseria meningitidis in Spain
JAC Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 286-290; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm452 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract S. Lavilla, J. J. González-López, M. Sabaté, A. García-Fernández, M. N. Larrosa, R. M. Bartolomé, A. Carattoli, and G. Prats: Prevalence of qnr genes among extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing enterobacterial isolates in Barcelona, Spain
JAC Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 291-295; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm448 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Simone Cagnacci, Laura Gualco, Simona Roveta, Stefania Mannelli, Luisa Borgianni, Jean-Denis Docquier, Ferdinando Dodi, Monica Centanaro, Eugenio Debbia, Anna Marchese, and Gian Maria Rossolini: Bloodstream infections caused by multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae producing the carbapenem-hydrolysing VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase: first Italian outbreak
JAC Advance Access published on December 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 296-300; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm471 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract A. Beceiro, F. Fernández-Cuenca, A. Ribera, L. Martínez-Martínez, A. Pascual, J. Vila, J. Rodríguez-Baño, J. M. Cisneros, J. Pachón, and G. Bou on behalf of the Spanish Group for Nosocomial Infection (GEIH): False extended-spectrum β-lactamase detection in Acinetobacter spp. due to intrinsic susceptibility to clavulanic acid
JAC Advance Access published on December 8, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 301-308; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm461 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Amitabha Bhattacharjee, Malay Ranjan Sen, Pradyot Prakash, and Shampa Anupurba: Role of β-lactamase inhibitors in enterobacterial isolates producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 309-314; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm494 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Caroline J. Barelle, Vanessa M. S. Duncan, Alistair J. P. Brown, Neil A. R. Gow, and Frank C. Odds: Azole antifungals induce up-regulation of SAP4, SAP5 and SAP6 secreted proteinase genes in filamentous Candida albicans cells in vitro and in vivo
JAC Advance Access published on November 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 315-322; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm456 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Petros C. Karakousis, Ernest P. Williams, and William R. Bishai: Altered expression of isoniazid-regulated genes in drug-treated dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
JAC Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 323-331; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm485 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract M. Christina Haerdi-Landerer, Maja M. Suter, Adrian Steiner, Max M. Wittenbrink, Andrea Pickl, and Bruno A. Gander: In vitro cell compatibility and antibacterial activity of microencapsulated doxycycline designed for improved localized therapy of septic arthritis
JAC Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 332-340; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm491 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract U. Pag, M. Oedenkoven, V. Sass, Y. Shai, O. Shamova, N. Antcheva, A. Tossi, and H.-G. Sahl: Analysis of in vitro activities and modes of action of synthetic antimicrobial peptides derived from an ${alpha}$ -helical ‘sequence template’
JAC Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 341-352; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm479 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Shelley E. Haydel, Christine M. Remenih, and Lynda B. Williams: Broad-spectrum in vitro antibacterial activities of clay minerals against antibiotic-susceptible and antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens
JAC Advance Access published on December 10, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 353-361; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm468 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract S. Jerwood and J. Cohen: Unexpected antimicrobial effect of statins
JAC Advance Access published on December 17, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 362-364; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm496 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Judy N. Chin, Ronald N. Jones, Helio S. Sader, Paul B. Savage, and Michael J. Rybak: Potential synergy activity of the novel ceragenin, CSA-13, against clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 365-370; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm457 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Jacques Vouillamoz, Philippe Moreillon, Marlyse Giddey, and José M. Entenza: In vitro activities of tigecycline combined with other antimicrobials against multiresistant Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens
JAC Advance Access published on November 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 371-374; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm459 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Carmen Gutiérrez Millán, Aránzazu Zarzuelo Castañeda, Francisco González López, María Luisa Sayalero Marinero, and José M. Lanao: Pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of amikacin encapsulated in carrier erythrocytes
JAC Advance Access published on December 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 375-381; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm477 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Raf De Jongh, Ria Hens, Violetta Basma, Johan W. Mouton, Paul M. Tulkens, and Stéphane Carryn: Continuous versus intermittent infusion of temocillin, a directed spectrum penicillin for intensive care patients with nosocomial pneumonia: stability, compatibility, population pharmacokinetic studies and breakpoint selection
JAC Advance Access published on December 10, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 382-388; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm467 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Karen Cohen, Gilles van Cutsem, Andrew Boulle, Helen McIlleron, Eric Goemaere, Peter J. Smith, and Gary Maartens: Effect of rifampicin-based antitubercular therapy on nevirapine plasma concentrations in South African adults with HIV-associated tuberculosis
JAC Advance Access published on December 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 389-393; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm484 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Jochen Graff, Nils von Hentig, Karina Kuczka, Carlo Angioni, Peter Gute, Stefan Klauke, Errol Babacan, and Sebastian Harder: Significant effects of tipranavir on platelet aggregation and thromboxane B₂ formation in vitro and in vivo
JAC Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 394-399; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm486 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Eugenia Negredo, Isabel Puigdomènech, Silvia Marfil, Jordi Puig, Núria Pérez-Álvarez, Lidia Ruiz, Celestino Rey-Joly, Bonaventura Clotet, and Julià Blanco: Association between HIV replication and cholesterol in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in HIV-infected patients interrupting HAART
JAC Advance Access published on December 14, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 400-404; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm470 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Verónica Briz, Eva Poveda, María del Mar González, Luz Martín-Carbonero, Rocío González-González, and Vincent Soriano: Impact of antiretroviral therapy on viral tropism in HIV-infected patients followed longitudinally for over 5 years
JAC Advance Access published on December 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 405-410; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm469 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Yuki Asano-Mori, Yoshinobu Kanda, Kumi Oshima, Shinichi Kako, Akihito Shinohara, Hideki Nakasone, Makoto Kaneko, Hiroyuki Sato, Takuro Watanabe, Noriko Hosoya, Koji Izutsu, Takashi Asai, Akira Hangaishi, Toru Motokura, Shigeru Chiba, and Mineo Kurokawa: False-positive Aspergillus galactomannan antigenaemia after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
JAC Advance Access published on November 30, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 411-416; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm463 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract M. Bassetti, E. Repetto, E. Righi, S. Boni, M. Diverio, M. P. Molinari, M. Mussap, S. Artioli, F. Ansaldi, P. Durando, G. Orengo, F. Bobbio Pallavicini, and C. Viscoli: Colistin and rifampicin in the treatment of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections
JAC Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 417-420; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm509 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract S. Youssef, R. Hachem, R. F. Chemaly, J. Adachi, J. Ying, K. Rolston, and I. Raad: The role of vitamin B₆ in the prevention of haematological toxic effects of linezolid in patients with cancer
JAC Advance Access published on January 3, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 421-424; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm506 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Christine Etherington, Melanie Hall, Steven Conway, Daniel Peckham, and Miles Denton: Clinical impact of reducing routine susceptibility testing in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis
JAC Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 425-427; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm481 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract J. J. Kerremans, P. Verboom, T. Stijnen, L. Hakkaart-van Roijen, W. Goessens, H. A. Verbrugh, and M. C. Vos: Rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing reduce antibiotic use and accelerate pathogen-directed antibiotic use
JAC Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 428-435; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm497 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract José Garnacho-Montero, Carlos Ortiz-Leyba, Inmaculada Herrera-Melero, Teresa Aldabó-Pallás, Aurelio Cayuela-Dominguez, Juan A. Marquez-Vacaro, Jesus Carbajal-Guerrero, and Jose L. Garcia-Garmendia: Mortality and morbidity attributable to inadequate empirical antimicrobial therapy in patients admitted to the ICU with sepsis: a matched cohort study
JAC Advance Access published on December 3, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 436-441; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm460 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Get checked abstract Gavin Barlow, Dilip Nathwani, Elizabeth Myers, Frank Sullivan, Nicola Stevens, Rebecca Duffy, and Peter Davey: Identifying barriers to the rapid administration of appropriate antibiotics in community-acquired pneumonia
JAC Advance Access published on December 6, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 442-451; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm462 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] OPEN ACCESS ARTICLE

Research letters

Kees Veldman, Wilfrid van Pelt, and Dik Mevius: First report of qnr genes in Salmonella in The Netherlands
JAC Advance Access published on December 17, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 452-453; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm495 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Liang-Chun Liu, Jui-Chang Tsai, Po-Ren Hsueh, Sung-Pin Tseng, Wei-Chun Hung, Hsiao-Jan Chen, and Lee-Jene Teng: Identification of tet(S) gene area in tetracycline-resistant Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis clinical isolates
JAC Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 453-455; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm500 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Laurent Dortet, Irina Radu, Valérie Gautier, François Blot, Elisabeth Chachaty, and Guillaume Arlet: Intercontinental travels of patients and dissemination of plasmid-mediated carbapenemase KPC-3 associated with OXA-9 and TEM-1
JAC Advance Access published on November 20, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 455-457; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm455 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

H. Adler, L. Fenner, P. Walter, D. Hohler, E. Schultheiss, S. Oezcan, and R. Frei: Plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae lacking inducible chromosomal ampC genes: prevalence at a Swiss university hospital and occurrence of the different molecular types in Switzerland
JAC Advance Access published on December 7, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 457-458; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm472 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Young-Hee Jung, Kwang Wook Kim, Kyeong Min Lee, Jae Il Yoo, Gyung Tae Chung, Bong Soo Kim, Hyo-Sun Kwak, and Yeong Seon Lee: Prevalence and characterization of macrolide-lincomycin-streptogramin B-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Korean hospitals
JAC Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 458-460; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm483 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Visanu Thamlikitkul and Suwanna Trakulsomboon: In vitro activity of ceftobiprole against Burkholderia pseudomallei
JAC Advance Access published on December 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 460-461; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm488 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Juliet Elvy, David Porter, and Erwin Brown: Treatment of external ventricular drain-associated ventriculitis caused by Enterococcus faecalis with intraventricular daptomycin
JAC Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 461-462; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm501 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Rosario Palacios, Alberto Terrón, Ana Hidalgo, Antonio Rivero, and Jesús Santos on behalf of the SIMVA Group: Minor emtricitabine intolerance in treatment-stable patients switched from tenofovir/lamivudine to a fixed-dose combination of tenofovir/emtricitabine (Truvada^®)
JAC Advance Access published on December 21, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 462-463; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm489 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Letters to the Editor

Horacio A. Lopardo: Acinetobacter spp. and time–kill studies
JAC Advance Access published on November 22, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 464; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm450 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Thean Yen Tan and Lily Siew Yong Ng: Comment on: Acinetobacter spp. and time–kill studies
JAC Advance Access published on December 5, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 464-465; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm466 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Joon Young Song and Hee Jin Cheong: Comment on: Acinetobacter spp. and time–kill studies
JAC Advance Access published on December 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 465-466; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm473 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

Julio Collazos: Comment on: Efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B for secondary prophylaxis of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-infected patients
JAC Advance Access published on December 11, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 466-467; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm478 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]

I. Molina, V. Falcó, M. Crespo, C. Riera, E. Ribera, A. Curran, J. Carrio, M. Diaz, S. Villar del Saz, R. Fisa, P. López-Chejade, I. Ocaña, and A. Pahissa: Efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B for secondary prophylaxis of visceral leishmaniasis in HIV-infected patients—authors’ response
JAC Advance Access published on December 19, 2007
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 61: 467; doi:10.1093/jac/dkm490 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]