Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Leading articles

Get checked abstract Cliodna A. M. McNulty and Alan P. Johnson

The European Antibiotic Awareness Day
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 853-854; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn410 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rachel Hilton and C. Y. William Tong

Antiviral therapy for polyomavirus-associated nephropathy after renal transplantation
JAC Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 855-859; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn305 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Johannes Wiegand, Katja Deterding, Markus Cornberg, and Heiner Wedemeyer

Treatment of acute hepatitis C: the success of monotherapy with (pegylated) interferon
JAC Advance Access published on September 5, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 860-865; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn346 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David Richard Phillips and Phillip Hay

Current perspectives on the management and prevention of antiretroviral-associated lipoatrophy
JAC Advance Access published on August 13, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 866-871; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn318 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews

Get checked abstract Marta Sousa, Anton Pozniak, and Marta Boffito

Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drug interactions involving rifampicin, rifabutin and antimalarial drugs
JAC Advance Access published on August 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 872-878; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn330 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Borrás-Blasco, A. Navarro-Ruiz, C. Borrás, and E. Casterá

Adverse cutaneous reactions associated with the newest antiretroviral drugs in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection
JAC Advance Access published on July 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 879-888; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn292 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic reviews

Get checked abstract Matthew E. Falagas, Politimi-Eleni Valkimadi, Yu-Tsung Huang, Dimitrios K. Matthaiou, and Po-Ren Hsueh

Therapeutic options for Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections beyond co-trimoxazole: a systematic review
JAC Advance Access published on July 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 889-894; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn301 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Theodoros Kelesidis, Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos, Iosif Kelesidis, and Matthew E. Falagas

Tigecycline for the treatment of multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: a systematic review of the evidence from microbiological and clinical studies
JAC Advance Access published on August 1, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 895-904; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Original research

Get checked abstract Sidonie Lambert-Niclot, Philippe Flandre, Isabelle Malet, Ana Canestri, Cathia Soulié, Roland Tubiana, Christel Brunet, Marc Wirden, Christine Katlama, Vincent Calvez, and Anne-Geneviève Marcelin

Impact of gag mutations on selection of darunavir resistance mutations in HIV-1 protease
JAC Advance Access published on September 1, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 905-908; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn338 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. M. Llibre, J. R. Santos, T. Puig, J. Moltó, L. Ruiz, R. Paredes, and B. Clotet

Prevalence of etravirine-associated mutations in clinical samples with resistance to nevirapine and efavirenz
JAC Advance Access published on July 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 909-913; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn297 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. Roquebert, F. Damond, G. Collin, S. Matheron, G. Peytavin, A. Bénard, P. Campa, G. Chêne, F. Brun-Vézinet, and D. Descamps on behalf of the French ANRS HIV-2 Cohort (ANRS CO 05 VIH-2)

HIV-2 integrase gene polymorphism and phenotypic susceptibility of HIV-2 clinical isolates to the integrase inhibitors raltegravir and elvitegravir in vitro
JAC Advance Access published on August 20, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 914-920; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn335 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Makhtar Niang, Laurence Marrama, Marie Therese Ekala, Gaye Alioune, Adama Tall, Jean L. Ndiaye, Demba Sarr, Jean Marie Dangou, Jean Y. Lehesran, Christiane Bouchier, Odile Mercereau-Puijalon, and Ronan Jambou

Accumulation of CVIET Pfcrt allele of Plasmodium falciparum in placenta of pregnant women living in an urban area of Dakar, Senegal
JAC Advance Access published on August 5, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 921-928; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn299 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laura Vinué, Yolanda Sáenz, Sergio Somalo, Esther Escudero, Miguel Ángel Moreno, Fernanda Ruiz-Larrea, and Carmen Torres

Prevalence and diversity of integrons and associated resistance genes in faecal Escherichia coli isolates of healthy humans in Spain
JAC Advance Access published on August 15, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 934-937; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn331 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. Hradecka, D. Karasova, and I. Rychlik

Characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium conjugative plasmids transferring resistance to antibiotics and their interaction with the virulence plasmid
JAC Advance Access published on July 7, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 938-941; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn286 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nuria García, Gloria Gutiérrez, María Lorenzo, José E. García, Segundo Píriz, and Alberto Quesada

Genetic determinants for cfxA expression in Bacteroides strains isolated from human infections
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 942-947; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn347 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Renata Cristina Picão, Laurent Poirel, Antonella Demarta, Carla Sofia Ferreira Silva, Anna Rita Corvaglia, Orlando Petrini, and Patrice Nordmann

Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in Aeromonas allosaccharophila recovered from a Swiss lake
JAC Advance Access published on September 3, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 948-950; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn341 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Corinna Kehrenberg, Jürgen Wallmann, and Stefan Schwarz

Molecular analysis of florfenicol-resistant Pasteurella multocida isolates in Germany
JAC Advance Access published on September 10, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 951-955; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn359 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. E. Correa, A. De Paulis, S. Predari, D. O. Sordelli, and P. E. Jeric

First report of qacG, qacH and qacJ genes in Staphylococcus haemolyticus human clinical isolates
JAC Advance Access published on August 15, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 956-960; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn327 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Auxiliadora Molina, Rosa Del Campo, Luis Máiz, María-Isabel Morosini, Adelaida Lamas, Fernando Baquero, and Rafael Cantón

High prevalence in cystic fibrosis patients of multiresistant hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST228-SCCmecI capable of biofilm formation
JAC Advance Access published on July 21, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 961-967; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn302 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carolyne S. Smith, Peter Parnell, Gillian Hodgson, Bob Darby, Ben Barr, David Tompkins, John Heritage, and Mark H. Wilcox

Are methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus that produce Panton–Valentine leucocidin (PVL) found among residents of care homes?
JAC Advance Access published on August 27, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 968-972; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn326 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Paulo R. Cortes, Germán E. Piñas, Andrea G. Albarracin Orio, and José R. Echenique

Subinhibitory concentrations of penicillin increase the mutation rate to optochin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
JAC Advance Access published on August 5, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 973-977; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn322 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ivelina Damjanova, Ákos Tóth, Judit Pászti, Gabriella Hajbel-Vékony, Melinda Jakab, Judit Berta, Hedda Milch, and Miklós Füzi

Expansion and countrywide dissemination of ST11, ST15 and ST147 ciprofloxacin-resistant CTX-M-15-type β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae epidemic clones in Hungary in 2005—the new ‘MRSAs’?
JAC Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 978-985; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn287 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Owe Källman, Alma Motakefi, Bengt Wretlind, Mats Kalin, Barbro Olsson-Liljequist, and Christian G. Giske

Cefuroxime non-susceptibility in multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae overexpressing ramA and acrA and expressing ompK35 at reduced levels
JAC Advance Access published on July 21, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 986-990; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn296 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giuseppe Celenza, Carla Luzi, Massimiliano Aschi, Bernardetta Segatore, Domenico Setacci, Cristina Pellegrini, Chiara Forcella, Gianfranco Amicosante, and Mariagrazia Perilli

Natural D240G Toho-1 mutant conferring resistance to ceftazidime: biochemical characterization of CTX-M-43
JAC Advance Access published on August 27, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 991-997; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn339 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pragya Misra, Tanvir Khaliq, Anshuman Dixit, Souvik SenGupta, Mukesh Samant, Shraddha Kumari, Awanish Kumar, Pramod K. Kushawaha, H. K. Majumder, Anil K. Saxena, T. Narender, and Anuradha Dube

Antileishmanial activity mediated by apoptosis and structure-based target study of peganine hydrochloride dihydrate: an approach for rational drug design
JAC Advance Access published on August 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 998-1002; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn319 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joanne Karen Hobbs, Keith Miller, Alex John O’Neill, and Ian Chopra

Consequences of daptomycin-mediated membrane damage in Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on July 31, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1003-1008; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn321 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Guoying Cao, Feda' Emad Atta Ali, Francis Chiu, Alexandre P. Zavascki, Roger L. Nation, and Jian Li

Development and validation of a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography assay for polymyxin B in human plasma
JAC Advance Access published on September 1, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1009-1014; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn343 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract H. Donaldson, M. McCalmont, D. M. Livermore, P. J. Rooney, G. Ong, E. McHenry, R. Campbell, and R. McMullan

Evaluation of the VITEK^®2 AST N-054 test card for the detection of extended-spectrum β-lactamase production in Escherichia coli with CTX-M phenotypes
JAC Advance Access published on July 31, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1015-1017; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn316 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Xavier Malaviolle, Claire Nonhoff, Olivier Denis, Sylvianne Rottiers, and Marc J. Struelens

Evaluation of disc diffusion methods and Vitek 2 automated system for testing susceptibility to mupirocin in Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on September 1, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1018-1023; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn345 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Teresa A. Takla, Sheryl A. Zelenitsky, and Lavern M. Vercaigne

Effectiveness of a 30% ethanol/4% trisodium citrate locking solution in preventing biofilm formation by organisms causing haemodialysis catheter-related infections
JAC Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1024-1026; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn291 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract María García-Castillo, María-Isabel Morosini, María Gálvez, Fernando Baquero, Rosa del Campo, and María-Antonia Meseguer

Differences in biofilm development and antibiotic susceptibility among clinical Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum isolates
JAC Advance Access published on August 27, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1027-1030; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn337 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. J. Karpanen, T. Worthington, E. R. Hendry, B. R. Conway, and P. A. Lambert

Antimicrobial efficacy of chlorhexidine digluconate alone and in combination with eucalyptus oil, tea tree oil and thymol against planktonic and biofilm cultures of Staphylococcus epidermidis
JAC Advance Access published on August 13, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1031-1036; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn325 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Julian G. Hurdle, Robin B. Lee, Nageshwar R. Budha, Elizabeth I. Carson, Jianjun Qi, Michael S. Scherman, Sang Hyun Cho, Michael R. McNeil, Anne J. Lenaerts, Scott G. Franzblau, Bernd Meibohm, and Richard E. Lee

A microbiological assessment of novel nitrofuranylamides as anti-tuberculosis agents
JAC Advance Access published on August 7, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1037-1045; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn307 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simon D. Baines, Rachael O’Connor, Jane Freeman, Warren N. Fawley, Celine Harmanus, Paola Mastrantonio, Ed J. Kuijper, and Mark H. Wilcox

Emergence of reduced susceptibility to metronidazole in Clostridium difficile
JAC Advance Access published on August 7, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1046-1052; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn313 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David M. Livermore, Shazad Mushtaq, Marina Warner, Christine Miossec, and Neil Woodford

NXL104 combinations versus Enterobacteriaceae with CTX-M extended-spectrum β-lactamases and carbapenemases
JAC Advance Access published on August 9, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1053-1056; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn320 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Robert Sauermann, Richard Schwameis, Manfred Fille, Maria Luciana Camuz Ligios, and Markus Zeitlinger

Antimicrobial activity of cefepime and rifampicin in cerebrospinal fluid in vitro
JAC Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1057-1060; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn312 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sandra Hofer, Reto Brun, Sonja Maerki, Hugues Matile, Christian Scheurer, and Sergio Wittlin

In vitro assessment of the pharmacodynamic properties of DB75, piperaquine, OZ277 and OZ401 in cultures of Plasmodium falciparum
JAC Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1061-1064; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn315 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Irene Yu. Lubenko, Elena V. Strukova, Maria V. Smirnova, Sergey N. Vostrov, Yury A. Portnoy, Stephen H. Zinner, and Alexander A. Firsov

Telavancin and vancomycin pharmacodynamics with Staphylococcus aureus in an in vitro dynamic model
JAC Advance Access published on July 17, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1065-1069; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn288 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Liangsu Wang, Michael K. Wismer, Fred Racine, Donald Conway, Robert A. Giacobbe, Olga Berejnaia, and Gary S. Kath

Development of an integrated semi-automated system for in vitro pharmacodynamic modelling
JAC Advance Access published on July 21, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1070-1077; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn294 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simon D. Baines, Rachael O'Connor, Katie Saxton, Jane Freeman, and Mark H. Wilcox

Comparison of oritavancin versus vancomycin as treatments for clindamycin-induced Clostridium difficile PCR ribotype 027 infection in a human gut model
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1078-1085; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn358 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Gabriela E. Brzankalski, Laura K. Najvar, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Rosie Bocanegra, Annette W. Fothergill, Michael G. Rinaldi, Thomas F. Pattterson, and John R. Graybill

Evaluation of aminocandin and caspofungin against Candida glabrata including isolates with reduced caspofungin susceptibility
JAC Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1094-1100; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn304 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pavel Klein, Oscar Cirioni, Andrea Giacometti, and Giorgio Scalise

In vitro and in vivo activity of aurintricarboxylic acid preparations against Cryptosporidium parvum
JAC Advance Access published on July 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1101-1104; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn303 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Usha Stiefel, Michelle M. Nerandzic, Pertti Koski, and Curtis J. Donskey

Orally administered β-lactamase enzymes represent a novel strategy to prevent colonization by Clostridium difficile
JAC Advance Access published on August 7, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1105-1108; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn298 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract K. Orlopp, M. von Lilienfeld-Toal, G. Marklein, S. M. Reiffert, A. Welter, C. Hahn-Ast, I. Purr, M. Gorschlüter, E. Molitor, and A. Glasmacher

False positivity of the Aspergillus galactomannan Platelia ELISA because of piperacillin/tazobactam treatment: does it represent a clinical problem?
JAC Advance Access published on July 21, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1109-1112; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn308 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pauline Byakika-Kibwika, Mohammed Lamorde, Francis Kalemeera, Antonio D'Avolio, Sciandra Mauro, Giovanni Di Perri, Mairin Ryan, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, Saye Khoo, David Back, Marta Boffito, and Concepta Merry

Steady-state pharmacokinetic comparison of generic and branded formulations of stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine in HIV-infected Ugandan adults
JAC Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1113-1117; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn290 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nils von Hentig, Ann-Kristin Förster, Karina Kuczka, Ute Klinkhardt, Stefan Klauke, Peter Gute, Schlomo Staszewski, Sebastian Harder, and Jochen Graff

Platelet–leucocyte adhesion markers before and after the initiation of antiretroviral therapy with HIV protease inhibitors
JAC Advance Access published on August 27, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1118-1121; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn333 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthieu Lafaurie, Fidéline Collin, Michele Bentata, Michel Garré, Catherine Leport, Yves Levy, Cécile Goujard, Geneviève Chêne, and Jean-Michel Molina on behalf of the ALIZE Study Group

Switch from zidovudine- to non-zidovudine-containing regimens is associated with modest haematological improvement and no obvious clinical benefit: a substudy of the ANRS 099 ALIZE trial
JAC Advance Access published on July 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1122-1129; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn309 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Evelina Tacconelli, Maria Adriana Cataldo, Gennaro De Pascale, Daniela Manno, Teresa Spanu, Andrea Cambieri, Massimo Antonelli, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Giovanni Fadda, and Roberto Cauda

Prediction models to identify hospitalized patients at risk of being colonized or infected with multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii calcoaceticus complex
JAC Advance Access published on July 17, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1130-1137; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn289 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract T. P. Lodise, C. D. Miller, J. Graves, A. Evans, E. Graffunder, M. Helmecke, and K. Stellrecht

Predictors of high vancomycin MIC values among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
JAC Advance Access published on August 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1138-1141; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn329 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jesús Rodríguez-Baño, Lorena López-Cerero, María D. Navarro, Paula Díaz de Alba, and Alvaro Pascual

Faecal carriage of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli: prevalence, risk factors and molecular epidemiology
JAC Advance Access published on July 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1142-1149; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn293 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research letters

Zhaoliang Su, Xiaoli Dai, Jianguo Chen, Fanzhi Kong, Huifang Wang, Yazhen Li, Sufang Peng, Shengjun Wang, Qixiang Shao, Liwe Lv, and Huaxi Xu

The bla_CTX-M-1 gene located in a novel complex class I integron bearing an ISCR1 element in Escherichia coli isolates from Zhenjiang, China
JAC Advance Access published on July 21, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1150-1151; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn300 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nadia Liassine, Patricia Zulueta-Rodriguez, Céline Corbel, Christine Lascols, Claude-James Soussy, and Emmanuelle Cambau

First detection of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in the community setting and in hospitalized patients in Switzerland
JAC Advance Access published on July 31, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1151-1152; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn295 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. Murray, H. Mather, J. E. Coia, and D. J. Brown

Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in nalidixic-acid-susceptible strains of Salmonella enterica isolated in Scotland
JAC Advance Access published on September 8, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1153-1155; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn340 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Delphine Girlich, Laurent Poirel, and Patrice Nordmann

Do CTX-M β-lactamases hydrolyse ertapenem?
JAC Advance Access published on July 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1155-1156; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn317 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Asunción Fenoll, Lorenzo Aguilar, Olga Robledo, María-José Giménez, Juan-José Granizo, Donald Biek, and David Tarragó

In vitro activity of ME1036 versus other β-lactams against penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes exhibiting higher amoxicillin than penicillin MIC
JAC Advance Access published on July 30, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1156-1158; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn314 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Malli, I. Spiliopoulou, F. Kolonitsiou, Ch. Neocleous, D. Klapsa, K. Pantelidi, M. Panopoulou, S. Grapsa, E. Alepopoulou, I. Neonakis, S. Alexiou-Daniel, D. Bakola, C. Koutsia-Carouzou, H. Malamou-Lada, L. Zerva, E. Vlahaki, S. Kartali-Ktenidou, E. Anastassiou, and E. Petinaki

In vitro activity of tigecycline against Gram-positive cocci: a multicentre study in Greece
JAC Advance Access published on August 27, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1158-1160; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn344 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robyn T. Carson, Elaine Larson, Stuart B. Levy, Bonnie M. Marshall, and Allison E. Aiello

Use of antibacterial consumer products containing quaternary ammonium compounds and drug resistance in the community
JAC Advance Access published on August 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1160-1162; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn332 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Zong-Ping Xie, Chang-Qing Zhang, Cheng-Qing Yi, Jian-Jun Qiu, Jian-Qiang Wang, and Juan Zhou

Failure of particulate bioglass to prevent experimental staphylococcal infection of open tibial fractures
JAC Advance Access published on August 15, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1162-1163; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn336 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefan Weiler, Rosa Bellmann-Weiler, Stefan Dunzendorfer, Michael Joannidis, and Romuald Bellmann

Levels of amphotericin B lipid formulations in ascites
JAC Advance Access published on July 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1163-1164; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn306 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

Benedikt Huttner, Didier Pittet, and Stephan Harbarth

Comment on: Control of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae using a computer-assisted management program to restrict third-generation cephalosporin use
JAC Advance Access published on July 25, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1165; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn310 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jeong Yeon Kim and Min Ja Kim

Control of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae by utilizing a computer-assisted management program to restrict third-generation cephalosporin use—authors’ response
JAC Advance Access published on July 31, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1165-1166; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn324 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

D. Curcio and F. Fernández

Comment on: Effect of different Mueller–Hinton agars on tigecycline disc diffusion susceptibility for Acinetobacter spp.
JAC Advance Access published on August 9, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1166-1167; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn328 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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