Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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Get checked abstract Tzu-Chun Chen, Kuo-Feng Weng, Shih-Cheng Chang, Jing-Yi Lin, Peng-Nien Huang, and Shin-Ru Shih

Development of antiviral agents for enteroviruses
JAC Advance Access published on October 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1169-1173; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn424 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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Get checked abstract Judit Morello, Sonia Rodríguez-Novoa, Inmaculada Jiménez-Nácher, and Vincent Soriano

Usefulness of monitoring ribavirin plasma concentrations to improve treatment response in patients with chronic hepatitis C
JAC Advance Access published on October 17, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1174-1180; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn421 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marina Morgan

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and animals: zoonosis or humanosis?
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1181-1187; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn405 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research

Get checked abstract Ana Garcia-Diaz, Chun Blok, Sara Madge, Clare Booth, Mervyn Tyrer, Stefano Bonora, Tabitha Mahungu, Andrew Owen, Margaret Johnson, and Anna Maria Geretti

Detection of low-frequency K103N mutants after unstructured discontinuation of efavirenz in the presence of the CYP2B6 516 TT polymorphism
JAC Advance Access published on September 10, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1188-1190; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn374 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrew J. Buckton, Sara L. Bissett, Richard E. Myers, Simon Beddows, Simon Edwards, Patricia A. Cane, and Deenan Pillay

Development and optimization of an internally controlled dried blood spot assay for surveillance of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 drug resistance
JAC Advance Access published on October 16, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1191-1198; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn412 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract D. M. O'Sullivan, J. Hinds, P. D. Butcher, S. H. Gillespie, and T. D. McHugh

Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA repair in response to subinhibitory concentrations of ciprofloxacin
JAC Advance Access published on September 16, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1199-1202; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn387 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Camilla H. Lester, Dorthe Sandvang, Stefan S. Olsen, Henrik Carl Schønheyder, Jens Otto Jarløv, Jette Bangsborg, Dennis S. Hansen, Thøger G. Jensen, Niels Frimodt-Møller, and Anette M. Hammerum on behalf of the DANRES Study Group

Emergence of ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Danish hospitals
JAC Advance Access published on September 1, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1203-1206; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn360 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Alejandro Delgado, Shahrear Zaman, Arunachalam Muthaiyan, Vijayaraj Nagarajan, Mohamed O. Elasri, Brian J. Wilkinson, and John E. Gustafson

The fusidic acid stimulon of Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on September 10, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1207-1214; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn363 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Janne K. Klitgaard, Marianne N. Skov, Birgitte H. Kallipolitis, and Hans Jørn Kolmos

Reversal of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus by thioridazine
JAC Advance Access published on October 3, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1215-1221; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn417 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Izabel Cristina Vanzato Palazzo, Pedro A. d'Azevedo, Carina Secchi, Antonio Carlos C. Pignatari, and Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini

Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus strains causing nosocomial bloodstream infection in Brazil
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1222-1226; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn375 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anne-Sophie Domelier, Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet, Laurence Arnault, Laurent Mereghetti, Philippe Lanotte, Agnès Rosenau, Marie-Frédérique Lartigue, and Roland Quentin

Molecular characterization of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae strains
JAC Advance Access published on September 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1227-1233; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn388 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Francisco Soriano, Fabio Cafini, Lorenzo Aguilar, David Tarragó, Luis Alou, Maria-Jose Giménez, Matilde Gracia, Maria-Carmen Ponte, Denisa Leu, Marina Pana, Iwona Letowska, and Asuncion Fenoll

Breakthrough in penicillin resistance? Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with penicillin/cefotaxime MICs of 16 mg/L and their genotypic and geographical relatedness
JAC Advance Access published on September 16, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1234-1240; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn392 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Siu Ha Lau, Mary E. Kaufmann, David M. Livermore, Neil Woodford, Geraldine A. Willshaw, Tom Cheasty, Katie Stamper, Suganya Reddy, John Cheesbrough, Frederick J. Bolton, Andrew J. Fox, and Mathew Upton

UK epidemic Escherichia coli strains A–E, with CTX-M-15 β-lactamase, all belong to the international O25:H4-ST131 clone
JAC Advance Access published on September 8, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1241-1244; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn380 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Ll. Jones, R. E. Warren, S. J. Skidmore, V. A. Davies, T. Gibreel, and M. Upton

Prevalence and distribution of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli lacking extended-spectrum β-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1245-1251; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn406 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ping Shen, Yan Jiang, Zhihui Zhou, Junli Zhang, Yunsong Yu, and Lanjuan Li

Complete nucleotide sequence of pKP96, a 67 850 bp multiresistance plasmid encoding qnrA1, aac(6')-Ib-cr and bla_CTX-M-24 from Klebsiella pneumoniae
JAC Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1252-1256; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn397 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Athanassios Tsakris, Ioulia Kristo, Aggeliki Poulou, Fani Markou, Alexandros Ikonomidis, and Spyros Pournaras

First occurrence of KPC-2-possessing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Greek hospital and recommendation for detection with boronic acid disc tests
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1257-1260; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn364 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Neil Woodford, Jiancheng Zhang, Marina Warner, Mary E. Kaufmann, Jorge Matos, Alan MacDonald, Daniel Brudney, David Sompolinsky, Shiri Navon-Venezia, and David M. Livermore

Arrival of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing KPC carbapenemase in the United Kingdom
JAC Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1261-1264; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn396 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Neil Woodford, Jiancheng Zhang, Mary E. Kaufmann, Susannah Yarde, Maria del Mar Tomas, Camelia Faris, Madhur S. Vardhan, Susan Dawson, Stephen L. Cotterill, and David M. Livermore

Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates producing VEB-type extended-spectrum β-lactamases in the United Kingdom
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1265-1268; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn400 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jiunn-Jong Wu, Wen-Chien Ko, Chien-Shun Chiou, Hung-Mo Chen, Li-Ron Wang, and Jing-Jou Yan

Emergence of Qnr determinants in human Salmonella isolates in Taiwan
JAC Advance Access published on October 27, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1269-1272; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn426 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nicolás A. Villagra, Alejandro A. Hidalgo, Carlos A. Santiviago, Claudia P. Saavedra, and Guido C. Mora

SmvA, and not AcrB, is the major efflux pump for acriflavine and related compounds in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1273-1276; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn407 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ricardo Araujo, Isabel Coutinho, and Ana Espinel-Ingroff

Rapid method for testing the susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus to amphotericin B, itraconazole, voriconazole and posaconazole by assessment of oxygen consumption
JAC Advance Access published on September 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1277-1280; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn415 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eilidh Mowat, Sue Lang, Craig Williams, Elaine McCulloch, Brian Jones, and Gordon Ramage

Phase-dependent antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus developing multicellular filamentous biofilms
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1281-1284; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn402 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Aldona L. Baltch, Lawrence H. Bopp, Raymond P. Smith, William J. Ritz, and Phyllis B. Michelsen

Anticandidal effects of voriconazole and caspofungin, singly and in combination, against Candida glabrata, extracellularly and intracellularly in granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-activated human monocytes
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1285-1290; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn361 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Halwani, B. Yebio, Z. E. Suntres, M. Alipour, A. O. Azghani, and A. Omri

Co-encapsulation of gallium with gentamicin in liposomes enhances antimicrobial activity of gentamicin against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
JAC Advance Access published on October 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1291-1297; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn422 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. A. Bester and S. Y. Essack

Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter isolates from commercial poultry suppliers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1298-1300; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn408 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Loeffler, S. J. Baines, M. S. Toleman, D. Felmingham, S. K. Milsom, E. A. Edwards, and D. H. Lloyd

In vitro activity of fusidic acid and mupirocin against coagulase-positive staphylococci from pets
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1301-1304; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn398 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Steven N. Leonard, Glenn W. Kaatz, Latoyia R. Rucker, and Michael J. Rybak

Synergy between gemifloxacin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole against community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on September 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1305-1310; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn379 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Anima Poudyal, Benjamin P. Howden, Jan M. Bell, Wei Gao, Roxanne J. Owen, John D. Turnidge, Roger L. Nation, and Jian Li

In vitro pharmacodynamics of colistin against multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae
JAC Advance Access published on October 15, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1311-1318; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn425 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shuichi Miyazaki, Fumio Ishikawa, Saburo Matsuo, and Keizo Yamaguchi

Effect of fluoroquinolones on body temperature of mice
JAC Advance Access published on October 7, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1319-1322; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn418 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. Reza Nejadnik, Anton F. Engelsman, Isabel C. Saldarriaga Fernandez, Henk J. Busscher, Willem Norde, and Henny C. van der Mei

Bacterial colonization of polymer brush-coated and pristine silicone rubber implanted in infected pockets in mice
JAC Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1323-1325; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn395 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yoshitomo Morinaga, Katsunori Yanagihara, Shigeki Nakamura, Kazuko Yamamoto, Koichi Izumikawa, Masafumi Seki, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Yasuaki Yamada, Shigeru Kohno, and Shimeru Kamihira

In vivo efficacy and pharmacokinetics of tomopenem (CS-023), a novel carbapenem, against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a murine chronic respiratory tract infection model
JAC Advance Access published on October 3, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1326-1331; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn411 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Oscar Cirioni, Carmela Silvestri, Roberto Ghiselli, Fiorenza Orlando, Alessandra Riva, Federico Mocchegiani, Leonardo Chiodi, Sefora Castelletti, Eleonora Gabrielli, Vittorio Saba, Giorgio Scalise, and Andrea Giacometti

Protective effects of the combination of -helical antimicrobial peptides and rifampicin in three rat models of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
JAC Advance Access published on September 16, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1332-1338; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn393 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yoav Barnea, Yehuda Carmeli, Boris Kuzmenko, and Shiri Navon-Venezia

Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis and sternal osteomyelitis following median sternotomy in a rat model
JAC Advance Access published on September 16, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1339-1343; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn378 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Laura Dickinson, Marta Boffito, David J. Back, Saye H. Khoo, Anton L. Pozniak, Peter Mugyenyi, Concepta Merry, Reshma Saskia Autar, David M. Burger, and Leon J. Aarons

Population pharmacokinetics of ritonavir-boosted saquinavir regimens in HIV-infected individuals
JAC Advance Access published on September 29, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1344-1355; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn399 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Giovanni Guaraldi, Stefania Cocchi, Alice Motta, Sara Ciaffi, Mauro Codeluppi, Stefano Bonora, Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Michele Masetti, Marco Floridia, Silvia Baroncelli, Diego Pinetti, Antonio D'Avolio, Alfio Bertolini, and Roberto Esposito

A pilot study on the efficacy, pharmacokinetics and safety of atazanavir in patients with end-stage liver disease
JAC Advance Access published on September 5, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1356-1364; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn383 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract José A. Mira, Luis F. López-Cortés, Pablo Barreiro, Cristina Tural, Manuel Torres-Tortosa, Ignacio de los Santos Gil, Patricia Martín-Rico, María J. Ríos-Villegas, José Juan Hernández-Burruezo, Dolores Merino, Miguel Ángel López-Ruz, Antonio Rivero, Leopoldo Muñoz, Mercedes González-Serrano, Antonio Collado, Juan Macías, Pompeyo Viciana, Vincent Soriano, and Juan A. Pineda

Efficacy of pegylated interferon plus ribavirin treatment in HIV/hepatitis C virus co-infected patients receiving abacavir plus lamivudine or tenofovir plus either lamivudine or emtricitabine as nucleoside analogue backbone
JAC Advance Access published on October 13, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1365-1373; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn420 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Bonaventura Clotet, Amedeo Capetti, Luis E. Soto-Ramirez, Jose M. Gatell, Lucy Rowell, Miklos Salgo, and Jonathan M. Schapiro

A randomized, controlled study evaluating an induction treatment strategy in which enfuvirtide was added to an oral, highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen in treatment-experienced patients: the INTENSE study
JAC Advance Access published on September 8, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1374-1378; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn377 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mario Tumbarello, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Marilena La Sorda, Marianna Rossi, Elena de Carolis, Katleen de Gaetano Donati, Giovanni Fadda, Roberto Cauda, and Brunella Posteraro

Fungaemia caused by Candida glabrata with reduced susceptibility to fluconazole due to altered gene expression: risk factors, antifungal treatment and outcome
JAC Advance Access published on September 8, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1379-1385; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn381 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract R. Y. Hachem, A. A. Langston, J. R. Graybill, J. R. Perfect, L. D. Pedicone, H. Patino, and I. I. Raad

Posaconazole as salvage treatment of invasive fungal infections in patients with underlying renal impairment
JAC Advance Access published on October 3, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1386-1391; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn401 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David L. Paterson, Kristin David, Mirando Mrsic, Petr Cetkovsky, Xin-Hua Weng, Jaroslav Sterba, Gregerly Krivan, Darinka Boskovic, Minqiang Lu, and Li-Ping Zhu on behalf of the PRoACT Investigators

Pre-medication practices and incidence of infusion-related reactions in patients receiving AMPHOTEC®: data from the Patient Registry of Amphotericin B Cholesteryl Sulfate Complex for Injection Clinical Tolerability (PRoACT) registry
JAC Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1392-1400; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn394 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Marieke J. A. de Regt, Lotte E. van der Wagen, Janetta Top, Hetty E. M. Blok, Titia E. M. Hopmans, Adriaan W. Dekker, Ronald J. Hené, Peter D. Siersema, Rob J. L. Willems, and Marc J.M. Bonten

High acquisition and environmental contamination rates of CC17 ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Dutch hospital
JAC Advance Access published on September 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1401-1406; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn390 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Helen C. Maltezou, Vasilios Tsagris, Anastasia Antoniadou, Labrini Galani, Constantinos Douros, Ioannis Katsarolis, Antonios Maragos, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Panagiota Biskini, Kyriaki Kanellakopoulou, Andreas Fretzayas, Theodoros Papadimitriou, Polyxeni Nicolaidou, and Helen Giamarellou

Evaluation of a rapid antigen detection test in the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis in children and its impact on antibiotic prescription
JAC Advance Access published on September 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1407-1412; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn376 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Iris F. Chaberny, Frank Schwab, Stefan Ziesing, Sebastian Suerbaum, and Petra Gastmeier

Impact of routine surgical ward and intensive care unit admission surveillance cultures on hospital-wide nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in a university hospital: an interrupted time-series analysis
JAC Advance Access published on September 1, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1422-1429; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn373 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract A. Fenoll, L. Aguilar, J. J. Granizo, M. J. Giménez, L. Aragoneses-Fenoll, C. Mendez, and D. Tarragó

Has the licensing of respiratory quinolones for adults and the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) for children had herd effects with respect to antimicrobial non-susceptibility in invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae?
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1430-1433; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn413 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Peter Davey, Matus Ferech, Faranak Ansari, Arno Muller, and Herman Goossens on behalf of the ESAC Project Group

Outpatient antibiotic use in the four administrations of the UK: cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis
JAC Advance Access published on September 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1441-1447; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn386 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ria Benko, Mária Matuz, Réka Viola, Péter Doró, Edit Hajdú, and Gyöngyvér Soós

Quantitative disparities in outpatient antibiotic exposure in a Hungarian county
JAC Advance Access published on September 5, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1448-1450; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn385 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Stefan P. Kuster, Christian Ruef, Reinhard Zbinden, Jochen Gottschalk, Bruno Ledergerber, Lutz Neuber, and Rainer Weber

Stratification of cumulative antibiograms in hospitals for hospital unit, specimen type, isolate sequence and duration of hospital stay
JAC Advance Access published on September 5, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1451-1461; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn384 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research letters

C. M. Tobin, J. M. Darville, A. M. Lovering, and A. P. MacGowan

An HPLC assay for daptomycin in serum
JAC Advance Access published on September 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1462-1463; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn414 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Liliana Fernandez Canigia and Carlos Bantar

Susceptibility testing of tigecycline against Acinetobacter spp. by disc diffusion method: withdrawing a therapeutic option by varying the Mueller–Hinton agar?
JAC Advance Access published on September 8, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1463-1464; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn389 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen G. Tristram

A comparison of Etest®, M.I.C.Evaluator^TM strips and CLSI broth microdilution for determining β-lactam antimicrobial susceptibility in Haemophilus influenzae
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1464-1466; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn365 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

I. Varga, G. Sóczó, G. Kardos, Á. Borbély, Zs. Szabó, Á. Kemény-Beke, and L. Majoros

Comparison of killing activity of caspofungin against Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis
JAC Advance Access published on September 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1466-1468; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn403 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Maria J. G. T. Rüping, Nadine Albermann, Friedrich Ebinger, Irene Burckhardt, Claudia Beisel, Carsten Müller, Jörg J. Vehreschild, Matthias Kochanek, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Christopher Bangard, Andrew J. Ullmann, Wolfgang Herr, Karin Kolbe, Michael Hallek, and Oliver A. Cornely

Posaconazole concentrations in the central nervous system
JAC Advance Access published on September 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1468-1470; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn409 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eugenia Vispo, Ivana Maida, Alberto Moreno, Pablo Barreiro, and Vincent Soriano

Autoimmune hepatitis induced by pegylated interferon in an HIV-infected patient with chronic hepatitis C
JAC Advance Access published on October 2, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1470-1472; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn416 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sophie Boyer-Mariotte, Pauline Duboc, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Jean-François Lemeland, Edouard Bingen, and Didier Pinquier

CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli in fatal neonatal meningitis: failure of empirical chemotherapy
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1472-1474; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn362 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

E. Meyer, P. Gastmeier, and F. Schwab

The burden of multiresistant bacteria in German intensive care units
JAC Advance Access published on September 14, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1474-1476; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn391 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor

R. W. Watkin, G. J. Roberts, and T. S. J. Elliott on behalf of the BSAC Working Party on Infective Endocarditis

New guidance from NICE regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis – response by the BSAC working party
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1477-1478; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn404 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Acknowledgement to referees

Acknowledgement to referees
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 1479-1485; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn476 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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