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Leading article Back

Anna Maria Geretti
Shifting paradigms: the resistance profile of etravirine
JAC Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 643-647; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn248 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review Back

Jane E. Mallewa, Edmund Wilkins, Javier Vilar, Macpherson Mallewa, Dominic Doran, David Back, and Munir Pirmohamed
HIV-associated lipodystrophy: a review of underlying mechanisms and therapeutic options
JAC Advance Access published on June 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 648-660; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn251 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic review Back

Ilias I. Siempos, Konstantinos Z. Vardakas, Petros Kopterides, and Matthew E. Falagas
Adjunctive therapies for community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review
JAC Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 661-668; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn283 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research Back

Maria S. Ramirez, T. Richard Parenteau, Daniela Centron, and Marcelo E. Tolmasky
Functional characterization of Tn1331 gene cassettes
JAC Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 669-673; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn279 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Olusegun O. Soge, Nicola K. Beck, Teresa M. White, David B. No, and Marilyn C. Roberts
A novel transposon, Tn6009, composed of a Tn916 element linked with a Staphylococcus aureus mer operon
JAC Advance Access published on June 25, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 674-680; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn255 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Lourdes Garcia-Migura, Henrik Hasman, Christina Svendsen, and Lars Bogø Jensen
Relevance of hot spots in the evolution and transmission of Tn1546 in glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium (GREF) from broiler origin
JAC Advance Access published on June 25, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 681-687; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn265 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mohammed Salim Ammor, Ana Belén Flórez, Pablo Álvarez-Martín, Abelardo Margolles, and Baltasar Mayo
Analysis of tetracycline resistance tet(W) genes and their flanking sequences in intestinal Bifidobacterium species
JAC Advance Access published on July 8, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 688-693; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn280 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Bjørg Haldorsen, Bettina Aasnaes, Kristin H. Dahl, Anne-Merethe Hanssen, Gunnar S. Simonsen, Timothy R. Walsh, Arnfinn Sundsfjord, and Eirik W. Lundblad
The AmpC phenotype in Norwegian clinical isolates of Escherichia coli is associated with an acquired ISEcp1-like ampC element or hyperproduction of the endogenous AmpC
JAC Advance Access published on June 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 694-702; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn257 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Nahid Karami, Charles Hannoun, Ingegerd Adlerberth, and Agnes E. Wold
Colonization dynamics of ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli in the infantile colonic microbiota
JAC Advance Access published on June 25, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 703-708; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn263 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. M. O'Sullivan, T. D. McHugh, and S. H. Gillespie
The effect of oxidative stress on the mutation rate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with impaired catalase/peroxidase function
JAC Advance Access published on June 24, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 709-712; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn259 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mekonnen Kurabachew, Stephen H. J. Lu, Philipp Krastel, Esther K. Schmitt, Bangalore L. Suresh, Anne Goh, John E. Knox, Ngai Ling Ma, Jan Jiricek, David Beer, Michael Cynamon, Frank Petersen, Veronique Dartois, Thomas Keller, Thomas Dick, and Vasan K. Sambandamurthy
Lipiarmycin targets RNA polymerase and has good activity against multidrug-resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
JAC Advance Access published on June 27, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 713-719; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn269 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

John E. Mott, Bailin A. Shaw, James F. Smith, Paul D. Bonin, Donna L. Romero, Keith R. Marotti, and Alita A. Miller
Resistance mapping and mode of action of a novel class of antibacterial anthranilic acids: evidence for disruption of cell wall biosynthesis
JAC Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 720-729; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn261 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Mateja Zorko and Roman Jerala
Alexidine and chlorhexidine bind to lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid and prevent cell activation by antibiotics
JAC Advance Access published on July 16, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 730-737; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn270 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter L. Anderson, Tracy King, Jia-Hua Zheng, and Samantha MaWhinney
Cytokine and sex hormone effects on zidovudine- and lamivudine-triphosphate concentrations in vitro
JAC Advance Access published on June 20, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 738-745; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn247 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Raad, R. Reitzel, Y. Jiang, R. F. Chemaly, T. Dvorak, and R. Hachem
Anti-adherence activity and antimicrobial durability of anti-infective-coated catheters against multidrug-resistant bacteria
JAC Advance Access published on July 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 746-750; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn281 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Barira Islam, Shahper N. Khan, Irfanul Haque, M. Alam, M. Mushfiq, and Asad U. Khan
Novel anti-adherence activity of mulberry leaves: inhibition of Streptococcus mutans biofilm by 1-deoxynojirimycin isolated from Morus alba
JAC Advance Access published on June 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 751-757; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn253 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Luciene M. Coelho, Roseli Aquino-Ferreira, Cláudia M.Leite Maffei, and Nilce M. Martinez-Rossi
In vitro antifungal drug susceptibilities of dermatophytes microconidia and arthroconidia
JAC Advance Access published on June 13, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 758-761; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn245 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Rachael O'Connor, Simon D. Baines, Jane Freeman, and Mark H. Wilcox
In vitro susceptibility of genotypically distinct and clonal Clostridium difficile strains to oritavancin
JAC Advance Access published on July 7, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 762-765; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn276 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N. Woodford, M. Afzal-Shah, M. Warner, and D. M. Livermore
In vitro activity of retapamulin against Staphylococcus aureus isolates resistant to fusidic acid and mupirocin
JAC Advance Access published on June 19, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 766-768; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn266 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

David T. Bearden, George P. Allen, and J. Mark Christensen
Comparative in vitro activities of topical wound care products against community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on June 30, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 769-772; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn272 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Juan-Ignacio Alós, Ana García-Cañas, Paloma García-Hierro, and Francisco Rodríguez-Salvanés
Vancomycin MICs did not creep in Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 2002 to 2006 in a setting with low vancomycin usage
JAC Advance Access published on June 13, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 773-775; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn246 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shamez Ladhani, Paul T. Heath, Mary E. Ramsay, and Mary P. E. Slack
Changes in antibiotic resistance rates of invasive Haemophilus influenzae isolates in England and Wales over the last 20 years
JAC Advance Access published on July 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 776-779; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn274 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shekman L. Wong, Steven L. Barriere, Michael M. Kitt, and Michael R. Goldberg
Multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of intravenous telavancin in healthy male and female subjects
JAC Advance Access published on June 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 780-783; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn273 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

José Moltó, Marta Valle, Cristina Miranda, Samandhy Cedeño, José Miranda, José Ramón Santos, Eugenia Negredo, Josep Vilaró, Joan Costa, and Bonaventura Clotet
Once- or twice-daily dosing of nevirapine in HIV-infected adults: a population pharmacokinetics approach
JAC Advance Access published on June 30, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 784-792; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn268 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Manuel Crespo, José A. Mira, Juan A. Pineda, Eva Van den Eynde, María J. Ríos-Villegas, Antonio Collado, José A. Girón-González, Luis F. López-Cortés, Mercedes González-Serrano, Antonio Rivero, Dolores Merino, and Juan I. Esteban
Efficacy of pegylated interferon and ribavirin for retreatment of chronic HCV infection in HIV co-infected patients failing a previous standard interferon-based regimen
JAC Advance Access published on June 21, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 793-796; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn262 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Claudine Duvivier, Jade Ghosn, Lambert Assoumou, Cathia Soulié, Gilles Peytavin, Vincent Calvez, Michèle Algarté Génin, Jean-Michel Molina, Olivier Bouchaud, Christine Katlama, and Dominique Costagliola on behalf of the ANRS 121 study group
Initial therapy with nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-containing regimens is more effective than with regimens that spare them with no difference in short-term fat distribution: Hippocampe-ANRS 121 Trial
JAC Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 797-808; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn278 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Joanne Sanders, Alan Pithie, Peter Ganly, Lois Surgenor, Rachel Wilson, Eileen Merriman, Gail Loudon, Rhonda Judkins, and Stephen Chambers
A prospective double-blind randomized trial comparing intraluminal ethanol with heparinized saline for the prevention of catheter-associated bloodstream infection in immunosuppressed haematology patients
JAC Advance Access published on July 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 809-815; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn284 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Inmaculada Jiménez-Nácher, Benito García, Pablo Barreiro, Sonia Rodriguez-Novoa, Judit Morello, Juan González-Lahoz, Carmen de Mendoza, and Vincent Soriano
Trends in the prescription of antiretroviral drugs and impact on plasma HIV-RNA measurements
JAC Advance Access published on June 21, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 816-822; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn252 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Katiuska Miliani, François L'Hériteau, Serge Alfandari, Isabelle Arnaud, Yannick Costa, Elisabeth Delière, Anne Carbonne, and Pascal Astagneau on behalf on the Antimicrobial Surveillance Network
Specific control measures for antibiotic prescription are related to lower consumption in hospitals: results from a French multicentre pilot study
JAC Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 823-829; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn277 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Michael A. Borg, Peter Zarb, Matus Ferech, and Herman Goossens on behalf of the ARMed Project Group
Antibiotic consumption in southern and eastern Mediterranean hospitals: results from the ARMed project
JAC Advance Access published on June 30, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 830-836; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn260 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan P. Kuster, Christian Ruef, Alfred K. Bollinger, Bruno Ledergerber, Andreas Hintermann, Clau Deplazes, Lutz Neuber, and Rainer Weber
Correlation between case mix index and antibiotic use in hospitals
JAC Advance Access published on July 9, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 837-842; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn275 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research letters Back

Amy Gassama Sow, Mamadou Hadi Diallo, Martine Gatet, François Denis, Awa Aïdara-Kane, and Marie-Cécile Ploy
Description of an unusual class 2 integron in Shigella sonnei isolates in Senegal (sub-Saharan Africa)
JAC Advance Access published on June 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 843-844; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn264 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yvonne Agersø, Camilla H. Lester, Lone J. Porsbo, Iben Ørsted, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, Katharina E. P. Olsen, Lars B. Jensen, Ole E. Heuer, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Frank M. Aarestrup, and Anette M. Hammerum
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolates from a Danish patient and two healthy human volunteers are possibly related to isolates from imported turkey meat
JAC Advance Access published on June 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 844-845; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn271 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Botelho-Nevers, Leon Espinosa, D. Raoult, and J.-M. Rolain
Lovastatin, but not pravastatin, limits in vitro infection due to Coxiella burnetii
JAC Advance Access published on June 30, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 845-847; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn282 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Visanu Thamlikitkul and Surapee Tiengrim
Effect of different Mueller–Hinton agars on tigecycline disc diffusion susceptibility for Acinetobacter spp.
JAC Advance Access published on June 21, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 847-848; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn267 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF]   Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS  

Julie Bresson, Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Julien Josserand, Christophe Bardin, Jean Mantz, and Sebastian Pease
Cefepime overdosage with neurotoxicity recovered by high-volume haemofiltration
JAC Advance Access published on June 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 849-850; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn256 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Shellee A. Grim, Lisa Rene, Sandeep Gupta, and Nina M. Clark
Safety of linezolid in patients with baseline thrombocytopenia
JAC Advance Access published on July 2, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 850-851; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn285 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum Back

Jasper van der Lugt, Reshma Saskia Autar, Sasiwimol Ubolyam, Evian Fernandez Garcia, Jongkol Sankote, Anchalee Avihingsanon, Theshinee Chuenyam, David A. Cooper, Joep Lange, Praphan Phanuphak, Ferdinand Wit, Kiat Ruxrungtham, and David Burger on behalf of the HIV-NAT 019 Study Team
Pharmacokinetics and short-term efficacy of a double-boosted protease inhibitor regimen in treatment-naive HIV-1-infected adults
JAC Advance Access published on August 15, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 852; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn342 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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