Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Leading articles

Get checked abstract Christian G. Giske, Arnfinn S. Sundsfjord, Gunnar Kahlmeter, Neil Woodford, Patrice Nordmann, David L. Paterson, Rafael Cantón, and Timothy R. Walsh

Redefining extended-spectrum β-lactamases: balancing science and clinical need
JAC Advance Access published on October 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 1-4; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn444 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract G. Gopal Rao and Mehool Patel

Urinary tract infection in hospitalized elderly patients in the United Kingdom: the importance of making an accurate diagnosis in the post broad-spectrum antibiotic era
JAC Advance Access published on November 19, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 5-6; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn458 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Matthew D. Marsden and Jerome A. Zack

Eradication of HIV: current challenges and new directions
JAC Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 7-10; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn455 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research

Get checked abstract Joanna Evans, Michael C. Stead, Mark P. Nicol, and Heidi Segal

Rapid genotypic assays to identify drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in South Africa
JAC Advance Access published on October 21, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 11-16; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn433 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sylvia Valdezate, Cristina Labayru, Ana Navarro, María A. Mantecón, María Ortega, Teresa M. Coque, Moisés García, and Juan A. Saéz-Nieto

Large clonal outbreak of multidrug-resistant CC17 ST17 Enterococcus faecium containing Tn5382 in a Spanish hospital
JAC Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 17-20; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn449 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract María Pérez-Vázquez, Ana Vindel, Carmen Marcos, Jesús Oteo, Oscar Cuevas, Pilar Trincado, Verónica Bautista, Hajo Grundmann, and José Campos on behalf of the EARSS Spain spa-typing Group

Spread of invasive Spanish Staphylococcus aureus spa-type t067 associated with a high prevalence of the aminoglycoside-modifying enzyme gene ant(4')-Ia and the efflux pump genes msrA/msrB
JAC Advance Access published on October 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 21-31; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn430 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Carolina Berglund, Teruyo Ito, Xiao Xue Ma, Megumi Ikeda, Shinya Watanabe, Bo Söderquist, and Keiichi Hiramatsu

Genetic diversity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying type IV SCCmec in Örebro County and the western region of Sweden
JAC Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 32-41; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn435 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Annarita Mazzariol, Liesbet Van Heirstraeten, Christine Lammens, Peter de Rijk, Giuseppe Cornaglia, and Herman Goossens

Unusual resistance patterns in macrolide-resistant Streptococcus pyogenes harbouring erm(A)
JAC Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 42-46; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn432 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jennifer K. Mak, Mi-Jurng Kim, Jeanette Pham, John Tapsall, and Peter A. White

Antibiotic resistance determinants in nosocomial strains of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
JAC Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 47-54; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn454 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Rodrigo E. Mendes, Jan M. Bell, John D. Turnidge, Mariana Castanheira, and Ronald N. Jones

Emergence and widespread dissemination of OXA-23, -24/40 and -58 carbapenemases among Acinetobacter spp. in Asia-Pacific nations: report from the SENTRY Surveillance Program
JAC Advance Access published on October 27, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 55-59; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn434 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Karol Diestra, Carlos Juan, Tânia Curiao, Bartolomé Moyá, Elisenda Miró, Jesús Oteo, Teresa M. Coque, María Pérez-Vázquez, José Campos, Rafael Cantón, Antonio Oliver, and Ferran Navarro on behalf of Red Española de Investigación en Patología Infecciosa (REIPI), Spain

Characterization of plasmids encoding bla_ESBL and surrounding genes in Spanish clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae
JAC Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 60-66; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn453 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Geraldine Marcadé, Catherine Deschamps, Anders Boyd, Valérie Gautier, Bertrand Picard, Catherine Branger, Erick Denamur, and Guillaume Arlet

Replicon typing of plasmids in Escherichia coli producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on October 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 67-71; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn428 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Satowa Suzuki, Naohiro Shibata, Kunikazu Yamane, Jun-ichi Wachino, Kenitiro Ito, and Yoshichika Arakawa

Change in the prevalence of extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in Japan by clonal spread
JAC Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 72-79; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn463 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Margarita Trobos, Camilla H. Lester, John E. Olsen, Niels Frimodt-Møller, and Anette M. Hammerum

Natural transfer of sulphonamide and ampicillin resistance between Escherichia coli residing in the human intestine
JAC Advance Access published on October 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 80-86; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn437 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shenghui Cui, Jingyun Li, Ziyong Sun, Changqin Hu, Shaohong Jin, Fengqin Li, Yunchang Guo, Lu Ran, and Yue Ma

Characterization of Salmonella enterica isolates from infants and toddlers in Wuhan, China
JAC Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 87-94; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn452 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jie Zheng, Shenghui Cui, and Jianghong Meng

Effect of transcriptional activators RamA and SoxS on expression of multidrug efflux pumps AcrAB and AcrEF in fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium
JAC Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 95-102; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn448 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Xiaowen R. Bina, Julie A. Philippart, and James E. Bina

Effect of the efflux inhibitors 1-(1-naphthylmethyl)-piperazine and phenyl-arginine-β-naphthylamide on antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence factor production in Vibrio cholerae
JAC Advance Access published on November 14, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 103-108; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn466 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hiroshi Ishimoto, Hiroshi Mukae, Noriho Sakamoto, Misato Amenomori, Takeshi Kitazaki, Yoshifumi Imamura, Hanako Fujita, Hiroshi Ishii, Seiko Nakayama, Katsunori Yanagihara, and Shigeru Kohno

Different effects of telithromycin on MUC5AC production induced by human neutrophil peptide-1 or lipopolysaccharide in NCI-H292 cells compared with azithromycin and clarithromycin
JAC Advance Access published on October 18, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 109-114; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn427 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Narae Park, Kinrin Yamanaka, Dat Tran, Pete Chandrangsu, Johnny C. Akers, Jessica C. de Leon, Naomi S. Morrissette, Michael E. Selsted, and Ming Tan

The cell-penetrating peptide, Pep-1, has activity against intracellular chlamydial growth but not extracellular forms of Chlamydia trachomatis
JAC Advance Access published on October 27, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 115-123; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn436 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ruan Ells, Johan L. F. Kock, Pieter W. J. Van Wyk, Piet J. Botes, and Carolina H. Pohl

Arachidonic acid increases antifungal susceptibility of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis
JAC Advance Access published on October 29, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 124-128; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn446 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jaeeun Kim, Ji-Sook Hahn, Michael J. Franklin, Philip S. Stewart, and Jeyong Yoon

Tolerance of dormant and active cells in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA01 biofilm to antimicrobial agents
JAC Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 129-135; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn462 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kristina Flemming, Claus Klingenberg, Jorun Pauline Cavanagh, Merethe Sletteng, Wenche Stensen, John Sigurd Svendsen, and Trond Flægstad

High in vitro antimicrobial activity of synthetic antimicrobial peptidomimetics against staphylococcal biofilms
JAC Advance Access published on November 14, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 136-145; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn464 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract John G. D'Angelo, Claudia Bordón, Gary H. Posner, Robert Yolken, and Lorraine Jones-Brando

Artemisinin derivatives inhibit Toxoplasma gondii in vitro at multiple steps in the lytic cycle
JAC Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 146-150; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn451 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Ronald R. Cutler, Michel Odent, Hussein Hajj-Ahmad, Sunil Maharjan, Norman J. Bennett, Peter D. Josling, Vanessa Ball, Paulette Hatton, and Martino Dall'Antonia

In vitro activity of an aqueous allicin extract and a novel allicin topical gel formulation against Lancefield group B streptococci
JAC Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 151-154; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn457 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Steven N. Leonard and Michael J. Rybak

Evaluation of vancomycin and daptomycin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and heterogeneously vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus in an in vitro pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model with simulated endocardial vegetations
JAC Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 155-160; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn439 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract J. Majithiya, A. Sharp, A. Parmar, D. W. Denning, and P. A. Warn

Efficacy of isavuconazole, voriconazole and fluconazole in temporarily neutropenic murine models of disseminated Candida tropicalis and Candida krusei
JAC Advance Access published on November 13, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 161-166; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn431 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Federico Pea, Pierluigi Viale, Manuela Lugano, Umberto Baccarani, Federica Pavan, Marcello Tavio, Gian Luigi Adani, Giorgio Della Rocca, and Mario Furlanut

Biliary penetration and pharmacodynamic exposure of linezolid in liver transplant patients
JAC Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 167-169; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn442 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Andrea Kunz, Monika Frank, Kizito Mugenyi, Rose Kabasinguzi, Astrid Weidenhammer, Michael Kurowski, Charlotte Kloft, and Gundel Harms

Persistence of nevirapine in breast milk and plasma of mothers and their children after single-dose administration
JAC Advance Access published on October 30, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 170-177; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn441 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Juan Macías, Francisco Orihuela, Antonio Rivero, Pompeyo Viciana, Manuel Márquez, Joaquín Portilla, María J. Ríos, Leopoldo Muñoz, Juan Pasquau, Manuel A. Castaño, Laila Abdel-Kader, and Juan A. Pineda for the Hepatip Study Group

Hepatic safety of tipranavir plus ritonavir (TPV/r)-based antiretroviral combinations: effect of hepatitis virus co-infection and pre-existing fibrosis
JAC Advance Access published on October 24, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 178-183; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn429 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Agathe León, Esteban Martinez, Ana Milinkovic, Borja Mora, Josep Mallolas, Jose L. Blanco, María Larrousse, Montserrat Laguno, Teresa Gallart, Montserrat Plana, José M. Gatell, and Felipe Garcia

Influence of repeated cycles of structured therapy interruption on the rate of recovery of CD4+ T cells after highly active antiretroviral therapy resumption
JAC Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 184-188; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn461 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Manuel Crespo, Esteban Ribera, Ignacio Suárez-Lozano, Pere Domingo, Enric Pedrol, José López-Aldeguer, Agustín Muñoz, Consuelo Viladés, Trinitario Sánchez, Pompeyo Viciana, Ramón Teira, María Luisa García-Alcalde, Antonio Vergara, Fernándo Lozano, María José Galindo, Jaime Cosin, Bernardino Roca, Alberto Terrón, Paloma Geijo, Francesc Vidal, and Myriam Garrido on behalf of the VACH Cohort Study Group

Effectiveness and safety of didanosine, lamivudine and efavirenz versus zidovudine, lamivudine and efavirenz for the initial treatment of HIV-infected patients from the Spanish VACH cohort
JAC Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 189-196; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daoud Al-Badriyeh, Danny Liew, Kay Stewart, and David C. M. Kong

Cost-effectiveness evaluation of voriconazole versus liposomal amphotericin B as empirical therapy for febrile neutropenia in Australia
JAC Advance Access published on November 11, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 197-208; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn459 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Phyllis M. Easton, Charis A. Marwick, Fiona L. R. Williams, Kim Stringer, Colin McCowan, Peter Davey, and Dilip Nathwani

A survey on public knowledge and perceptions of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on November 4, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 209-214; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn447 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Research letters

Marianne Sunde, Hanne Tharaldsen, Jannice Schau Slettemeås, Madelaine Norström, Alessandra Carattoli, and Jostein Bjorland

Escherichia coli of animal origin in Norway contains a bla_TEM-20-carrying plasmid closely related to bla_TEM-20 and bla_TEM-52 plasmids from other European countries
JAC Advance Access published on October 29, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 215-216; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn445 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Sandrine Le Turnier, Patrice Nordmann, François Eb, and Hedi Mammeri

Potential evolution of hydrolysis spectrum for AmpC β-lactamase of Escherichia coli
JAC Advance Access published on October 27, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 216-218; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn443 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J. Stebbing, A. K. Asghar, P. Holmes, M. Bower, H. L. Isenman, and M. Nelson

Use of ezetimibe during HIV infection
JAC Advance Access published on October 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 218-220; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn440 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susan J. Dawson

Antimicrobial prescribing education programmes
JAC Advance Access published on November 6, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 220-221; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn460 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gemma Madle, Patricie Kostkova, and Julius Weinberg

Bugs and drugs on the Web: changes in knowledge of users of a web-based education resource on antibiotic prescribing
JAC Advance Access published on October 30, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 221-223; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn438 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Letter to the Editor

Ian M. Gould

Comment on: Interventions to control MRSA: high time for time-series analysis?
JAC Advance Access published on November 20, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 63: 224; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn465 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

To see an article, click its [Full Text] or [PDF] link. To review many abstracts, check the boxes to the left of the titles you want, and click the 'Get All Checked Abstract(s)' button. To see one abstract at a time, click its [Abstract] link.