Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Appreciation

Alan Percival

Dr Donald Albert Leigh, 9th May 1935–17th March 2009
JAC Advance Access published on June 8, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 217; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp202 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leading articles

Get checked abstract Stephen Taylor, Ashini Jayasuriya, and Erasmus Smit

Using HIV resistance tests in clinical practice
JAC Advance Access published on June 17, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 218-222; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp205 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Vincent Wai-Sun Wong and Joseph Jao-Yiu Sung

Antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis B: are we doing any good to patients?
JAC Advance Access published on May 25, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 223-226; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp189 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Martin Sundqvist and Gunnar Kahlmeter

‘Pre-emptive culturing’ will improve the chance of ‘getting it right’ when empirical therapy of urinary tract infections fails
JAC Advance Access published on May 19, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 227-228; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp181 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Review

Get checked abstract Ali A. El Solh and Ahmad Alhajhusain

Update on the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 229-238; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp201 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Systematic review

Get checked abstract Michal Y. Chowers, Bat Sheva Gottesman, Leonard Leibovici, Ulrike Pielmeier, Steen Andreassen, and Mical Paul

Reporting of adverse events in randomized controlled trials of highly active antiretroviral therapy: systematic review
JAC Advance Access published on May 28, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 239-250; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research

Get checked abstract César Garriga, María Jesús Pérez-Elías, Rafael Delgado, Lidia Ruiz, Lucía Pérez-Álvarez, Tomàs Pumarola, Ana López-Lirola, Juan González-García, Luis Menéndez-Arias, and on behalf of the Spanish Group for the Study of Antiretroviral Drug Resistance

HIV-1 reverse transcriptase thumb subdomain polymorphisms associated with virological failure to nucleoside drug combinations
JAC Advance Access published on June 7, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 251-258; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp200 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yolande Hauck, Michel Fabre, Gilles Vergnaud, Charles Soler, and Christine Pourcel

Comparison of two commercial assays for the characterization of rpoB mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and description of new mutations conferring weak resistance to rifampicin
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 259-262; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp204 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shelly Bolotin, David C. Alexander, Pamela Chedore, Steven J. Drews, and Frances Jamieson

Molecular characterization of drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Ontario, Canada
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 263-266; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Olivier Clermont, Hiran Dhanji, Mathew Upton, Tarek Gibreel, Andrew Fox, David Boyd, Michael R. Mulvey, Patrice Nordmann, Etienne Ruppé, Jean Louis Sarthou, Thierry Frank, Sophie Vimont, Guillaume Arlet, Catherine Branger, Neil Woodford, and Erick Denamur

Rapid detection of the O25b-ST131 clone of Escherichia coli encompassing the CTX-M-15-producing strains
JAC Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 274-277; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp194 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Simona Bratu, David Landman, Avrille George, Jerome Salvani, and John Quale

Correlation of the expression of acrB and the regulatory genes marA, soxS and ramA with antimicrobial resistance in clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae endemic to New York City
JAC Advance Access published on May 20, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 278-283; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp186 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Iyad Almahmoud, Elisabeth Kay, Dominique Schneider, and Max Maurin

Mutational paths towards increased fluoroquinolone resistance in Legionella pneumophila
JAC Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 284-293; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniel J. Wolter, Jennifer A. Black, Philip D. Lister, and Nancy D. Hanson

Multiple genotypic changes in hypersusceptible strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from cystic fibrosis patients do not always correlate with the phenotype
JAC Advance Access published on May 25, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 294-300; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Irene Rodríguez, Wolfgang Barownick, Reiner Helmuth, M. Carmen Mendoza, M. Rosario Rodicio, Andreas Schroeter, and Beatriz Guerra

Extended-spectrum β-lactamases and AmpC β-lactamases in ceftiofur-resistant Salmonella enterica isolates from food and livestock obtained in Germany during 2003–07
JAC Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 301-309; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp195 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Manju Y. Krishnan, Elizabeth J. B. Manning, and Michael T. Collins

Comparison of three methods for susceptibility testing of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis to 11 antimicrobial drugs
JAC Advance Access published on May 20, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 310-316; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp184 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Misagh Alipour, Zacharias E. Suntres, and Abdelwahab Omri

Importance of DNase and alginate lyase for enhancing free and liposome encapsulated aminoglycoside activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
JAC Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 317-325; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp165 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David M. Livermore, Shazad Mushtaq, and Marina Warner

Activity of the anti-MRSA carbapenem razupenem (PTZ601) against Enterobacteriaceae with defined resistance mechanisms
JAC Advance Access published on June 4, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 330-335; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp187 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lin-Hui Su, Tsu-Lan Wu, An-Jing Kuo, Ju-Hsin Chia, and Cheng-Hsun Chiu

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae at a university hospital in Taiwan, 2000–07: impact of modified non-meningeal penicillin breakpoints in CLSI M100-S18
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 336-342; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp209 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Eva Mendez Arancibia, Cristina Pitart, Joaquim Ruiz, Francesc Marco, Joaquim Gascón, and Jordi Vila

Evolution of antimicrobial resistance in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli causing traveller's diarrhoea
JAC Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 343-347; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Spyros Pournaras, Efthimia Protonotariou, Evangelia Voulgari, Ioulia Kristo, Evangelia Dimitroulia, Danai Vitti, Maria Tsalidou, Antonios N. Maniatis, Athanassios Tsakris, and Danai Sofianou

Clonal spread of KPC-2 carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae strains in Greece
JAC Advance Access published on June 13, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 348-352; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp207 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract S. A. Chisholm, T. J. Neal, A. B. Alawattegama, H. D. L. Birley, R. A. Howe, and C. A. Ison

Emergence of high-level azithromycin resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae in England and Wales
JAC Advance Access published on May 25, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 353-358; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp188 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract George P. Allen and Cynthia D. Hankins

Evaluation of the mutant selection window for fluoroquinolones against Neisseria gonorrhoeae
JAC Advance Access published on May 21, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 359-363; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp172 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract George G. Zhanel, Dylan Voth, Kim Nichol, James A. Karlowsky, Ayman M. Noreddin, and Daryl J. Hoban

Pharmacodynamic activity of ceftobiprole compared with vancomycin versus methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA) using an in vitro model
JAC Advance Access published on May 19, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 364-369; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp176 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nasib Singh, Reema Gupta, Anil K. Jaiswal, Shyam Sundar, and Anuradha Dube

Transgenic Leishmania donovani clinical isolates expressing green fluorescent protein constitutively for rapid and reliable ex vivo drug screening
JAC Advance Access published on June 12, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 370-374; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp206 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Darío Leonardi, Claudia Echenique, María C. Lamas, and Claudio J. Salomon

High efficacy of albendazole–PEG 6000 in the treatment of Toxocara canis larva migrans infection
JAC Advance Access published on June 4, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 375-378; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp199 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Yoji Nagasaki, Yoshihiro Eriguchi, Yujiro Uchida, Noriko Miyake, Yoriko Maehara, Masako Kadowaki, Mine Harada, Koichi Akashi, and Nobuyuki Shimono

Combination therapy with micafungin and amphotericin B for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in an immunocompromised mouse model
JAC Advance Access published on May 22, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 379-382; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp175 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hedwig Kolve, Elvira Ahlke, Wolfgang Fegeler, Jörg Ritter, Heribert Jürgens, and Andreas H. Groll

Safety, tolerance and outcome of treatment with liposomal amphotericin B in paediatric patients with cancer or undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
JAC Advance Access published on June 2, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 383-387; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Won-Jung Koh, O. Jung Kwon, Hyesun Gwak, Joo Won Chung, Sang-Nae Cho, Woo Sung Kim, and Tae Sun Shim

Daily 300 mg dose of linezolid for the treatment of intractable multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
JAC Advance Access published on May 25, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 388-391; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp171 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Pang-Hsin Hsieh, Kuo-Chin Huang, Po-Cheng Lee, and Mel S. Lee

Two-stage revision of infected hip arthroplasty using an antibiotic-loaded spacer: retrospective comparison between short-term and prolonged antibiotic therapy
JAC Advance Access published on May 28, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 392-397; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jean-Michel Molina, Mounir Ait-Khaled, Roberto Rinaldi, Giovanni Penco, Jean-Guy Baril, Roberto Cauda, Vicente Soriano, Gilles Pialoux, Mary Beth Wire, Yu Lou, Naomi Givens, Charles Craig, W. Garrett Nichols, Inês Barbosa, Jane Yeo, and on behalf of the TRIAD Study Group

Fosamprenavir/ritonavir in advanced HIV disease (TRIAD): a randomized study of high-dose, dual-boosted or standard dose fosamprenavir/ritonavir in HIV-1-infected patients with antiretroviral resistance
JAC Advance Access published on June 10, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 398-410; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp198 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract C. M. Jespersen, H. J. Kolmos, N. Frydendall, J. Hilden, C. Gluud, J. Fischer Hansen, and on behalf of the CLARICOR Trial Group

Compliance with and short-term adverse events from clarithromycin versus placebo in patients with stable coronary heart disease: the CLARICOR trial
JAC Advance Access published on May 28, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 411-415; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Oriol Mitjà, Carlos Pigrau, Isabel Ruiz, Xavier Vidal, Benito Almirante, Ana-Maria Planes, Israel Molina, Dolors Rodríguez, and Albert Pahissa

Predictors of mortality and impact of aminoglycosides on outcome in listeriosis in a retrospective cohort study
JAC Advance Access published on May 25, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 416-423; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Meirion R. Evans, Gemma Northey, Tinnu S. Sarvotham, A. Lynne Hopkins, Christine J. Rigby, and Daniel Rh. Thomas

Risk factors for ciprofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter infection in Wales
JAC Advance Access published on May 19, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 424-427; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research letters

Che-Kim Tan, Chih-Cheng Lai, Chun-Hsing Liao, Chien-Hong Chou, Hsiao-Leng Hsu, Yu-Tsung Huang, and Po-Ren Hsueh

Comparative in vitro activities of the new quinolone nemonoxacin (TG-873870), gemifloxacin and other quinolones against clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
JAC Advance Access published on May 19, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 428-429; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp174 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Christian G. Giske, James Ge, and Patrice Nordmann

Activity of cephalosporin CXA-101 (FR264205) and comparators against extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa
JAC Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 430-431; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp193 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nidhi D. Gupta, Robin E. Smith, and Indran Balakrishnan

Clinical efficacy of temocillin
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 431-433; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp208 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Jade Ghosn, Anne-Aurélie Mazet, Véronique Avettand-Fenoel, Gilles Peytavin, Marc Wirden, Jean-François Delfraissy, and Marie-Laure Chaix

Rapid selection and archiving of mutation E157Q in HIV-1 DNA during short-term low-level replication on a raltegravir-containing regimen
JAC Advance Access published on May 20, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 433-434; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp182 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Justin Stebbing, Andrew Scourfield, Gavin Koh, Clare Taylor, Stephen Taylor, Edmund Wilkins, Brian Gazzard, Mark Nelson, and Rachael Jones

A multicentre cohort experience with double-boosted protease inhibitors
JAC Advance Access published on May 27, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 434-435; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp192 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Erratum

Ariane T. Pietzka, Alexander Indra, Anna Stöger, Josef Zeinzinger, Miriam Konrad, Petra Hasenberger, Franz Allerberger, and Werner Ruppitsch

Rapid identification of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates by rpoB gene scanning using high-resolution melting curve PCR analysis
JAC Advance Access published on June 26, 2009
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2009 64: 436; doi:10.1093/jac/dkp226 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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