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4 July 2009

Abstract Original research
Indra L. Bergval, Anja R. J. Schuitema, Paul R. Klatser, and Richard M. Anthony
Resistant mutants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis selected in vitro do not reflect the in vivo mechanism of isoniazid resistance
JAC Advance Access published on July 4, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp237
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3 July 2009

Abstract Leading article: Giovanni Guaraldi and Ioannis G. Baraboutis
Evolving perspectives on HIV-associated lipodystrophy syndrome: moving from lipodystrophy to non-infectious HIV co-morbidities
JAC Advance Access published on July 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp240
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Research letter: Alfred Dieudonné Kinana, Vito Ricci, and Laura J. V. Piddock
Contribution of efflux to antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter isolated from poultry in Senegal
JAC Advance Access published on July 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp235
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Research letter: Samir N. Patel, Dylan R. Pillai, Sylvia Pong-Porter, Allison McGeer, Karen Green, and Donald E. Low
In vitro activity of ceftaroline, ceftobiprole and cethromycin against clinical isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae collected from across Canada between 2003 and 2008
JAC Advance Access published on July 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp231
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Abstract Original research: Michael V. Schintler, Friederike Traunmüller, Julia Metzler, Gerhard Kreuzwirt, Stephan Spendel, Oliver Mauric, Martin Popovic, Erwin Scharnagl, and Christian Joukhadar
High fosfomycin concentrations in bone and peripheral soft tissue in diabetic patients presenting with bacterial foot infection
JAC Advance Access published on July 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp230
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Abstract Original research: M. McCracken, M. DeCorby, J. Fuller, V. Loo, D. J. Hoban, G. G. Zhanel, and M. R. Mulvey
Identification of multidrug- and carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Canada: results from CANWARD 2007
JAC Advance Access published on July 3, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp225
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30 June 2009

Research letter: Philippa Horsfield, Sanjay Deshpande, and Richard Ellis
Killing with kindness? Drug reaction eosinophilia with systemic symptoms (DRESS) masquerading as acute severe sepsis
JAC Advance Access published on June 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp236
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Research letter: Vito Ricci and Laura J. V. Piddock
Only for substrate antibiotics are a functional AcrAB–TolC efflux pump and RamA required to select multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium
JAC Advance Access published on June 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp234
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Abstract Original research: Gloria M. González, Omar J. Portillo, Grecia I. Uscanga, Samantha E. Andrade, Miguel Robledo, Candelario Rodríguez, and Mariana Elizondo
Therapeutic efficacy of voriconazole against a fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans isolate in a vaginal model
JAC Advance Access published on June 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp228
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Research letter: Csilla Ratkai, Sandra Quinteira, Filipa Grosso, Nuno Monteiro, Elisabeth Nagy, and Luísa Peixe
Controlling for false positives: interpreting MBL Etest and MBL combined disc test for the detection of metallo-β-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on June 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp229
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Research letter: Susan O'Shea, Lesley Cotter, Sinead Creagh, Sara Lydon, and Brigid Lucey
Mupirocin resistance among staphylococci: trends in the southern region of Ireland
JAC Advance Access published on June 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp227
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Abstract Original research: Michael L. Beeton, Victoria J. Chalker, Sailesh Kotecha, and O. Brad Spiller
Comparison of full gyrA, gyrB, parC and parE gene sequences between all Ureaplasma parvum and Ureaplasma urealyticum serovars to separate true fluoroquinolone antibiotic resistance mutations from non-resistance polymorphism
JAC Advance Access published on June 30, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp218
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26 June 2009

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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp226
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Abstract Original research: Yun Cai, Yan Fan, Rui Wang, Mao-Mao An, and Bei-Bei Liang
Synergistic effects of aminoglycosides and fosfomycin on Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and biofilm infections in a rat model
JAC Advance Access published on June 26, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp224
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Abstract Original research: Clare Piper, Lorraine A. Draper, Paul D. Cotter, R. Paul Ross, and Colin Hill
A comparison of the activities of lacticin 3147 and nisin against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus species
JAC Advance Access published on June 26, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp221
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23 June 2009

Research letter: Anaïs Potron, Laurent Poirel, Sandrine Bernabeu, Xavier Monnet, Christian Richard, and Patrice Nordmann
Nosocomial spread of ESBL-positive Enterobacter cloacae co-expressing plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance Qnr determinants in one hospital in France
JAC Advance Access published on June 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp222
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Abstract Original research: Paul J. Rooney, Maureen C. O'Leary, Anne C. Loughrey, Mark McCalmont, Brian Smyth, Philip Donaghy, Motasim Badri, Neil Woodford, Edi Karisik, and David M. Livermore
Nursing homes as a reservoir of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing ciprofloxacin-resistant Escherichia coli
JAC Advance Access published on June 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp220
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Abstract Original research: Anders Hviid and Henrik Svanström
Antibiotic use and intussusception in early childhood
JAC Advance Access published on June 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp217
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Research letter: Fred S. Sarfo, David F. Bibby, Uli Schwab, Lambert T. Appiah, Duncan A. Clark, Paul Collini, Richard Phillips, Ingrid Green, Matthias T. Dittmar, and David R. Chadwick
Inadvertent non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based antiretroviral therapy in dual HIV-1/2 and HIV-2 seropositive West Africans: a retrospective study
JAC Advance Access published on June 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp216
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Abstract Original research: Julia Walochnik, Andreas Obwaller, Florian Gruber, Michael Mildner, Erwin Tschachler, Miranda Suchomel, Michael Duchêne, and Herbert Auer
Anti-Acanthamoeba efficacy and toxicity of miltefosine in an organotypic skin equivalent
JAC Advance Access published on June 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp215
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Abstract Original research: Jan Hitchcock, Annette P. Jepson, Janice Main, and Hayley J. Wickens
Establishment of an outpatient and home parenteral antimicrobial therapy service at a London teaching hospital: a case series
JAC Advance Access published on June 23, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp212
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19 June 2009

Book review: Leonard Leibovici
The Patient as Victim and Vector: Ethics and Infectious Disease
JAC Advance Access published on June 19, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp223
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17 June 2009

Research letter: Hadrien Rozé, Mathieu Lafargue, Olivier Joannes-Boyau, Hélène Batoz, Claire Dromer, Dominique Breilh, and Gérard Janvier
Toxicokinetics of voriconazole during massive intentional poisoning
JAC Advance Access published on June 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp219
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Abstract Original research: Carmen Ardanuy, Dora Rolo, Asunción Fenoll, David Tarrago, Laura Calatayud, and Josefina Liñares
Emergence of a multidrug-resistant clone (ST320) among invasive serotype 19A pneumococci in Spain
JAC Advance Access published on June 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp210
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Abstract Leading article: Stephen Taylor, Ashini Jayasuriya, and Erasmus Smit
Using HIV resistance tests in clinical practice
JAC Advance Access published on June 17, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp205
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16 June 2009

Abstract Original research: Lisbeth Elvira de Vries, Henrik Christensen, Robert L. Skov, Frank M. Aarestrup, and Yvonne Agersø
Diversity of the tetracycline resistance gene tet(M) and identification of Tn916- and Tn5801-like (Tn6014) transposons in Staphylococcus aureus from humans and animals
JAC Advance Access published on June 16, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp214
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13 June 2009

Abstract Original research: Jesús Oteo, Oscar Cuevas, Inmaculada López-Rodríguez, Ana Banderas-Florido, Ana Vindel, María Pérez-Vázquez, Verónica Bautista, Margarita Arroyo, Juan García-Caballero, Pilar Marín-Casanova, Rubén González-Sanz, Víctor Fuentes-Gómez, Salvador Oña-Compán, Silvia García-Cobos, and José Campos
Emergence of CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae of multilocus sequence types 1, 11, 14, 17, 20, 35 and 36 as pathogens and colonizers in newborns and adults
JAC Advance Access published on June 13, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp211
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp207
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Abstract Original research
Ekta H. Patel, Lynthia V. Paul, Ana I. Casanueva, Sheila Patrick, and Valerie R. Abratt
Overexpression of the rhamnose catabolism regulatory protein, RhaR: a novel mechanism for metronidazole resistance in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
JAC Advance Access published on June 13, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp203
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12 June 2009

Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp206
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11 June 2009

Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp209
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Reseach letter: Nidhi D. Gupta, Robin E. Smith, and Indran Balakrishnan
Clinical efficacy of temocillin
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp208
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp204
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Abstract Review: Ali A. El Solh and Ahmad Alhajhusain
Update on the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia
JAC Advance Access published on June 11, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp201
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp183
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10 June 2009

Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp198
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8 June 2009

Appreciation: Alan Percival
Dr Donald Albert Leigh, 9th May 1935–17th March 2009
JAC Advance Access originally published on June 8, 2009. This version published June 9, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp202
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7 June 2009

Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp200
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4 June 2009

Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp199
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp187
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2 June 2009

Abstract Original research
Thérèse Stachyra, Premavathy Levasseur, Marie-Claude Péchereau, Anne-Marie Girard, Monique Claudon, Christine Miossec, and Michael T. Black
In vitro activity of the β-lactamase inhibitor NXL104 against KPC-2 carbapenemase and Enterobacteriaceae expressing KPC carbapenemases
JAC Advance Access published on June 2, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp197
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp196
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28 May 2009

Abstract Systematic review: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp191
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp190
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp177
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27 May 2009

Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp195
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp194
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Research letter: 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 originally published on May 27, 2009. This version published June 1, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp193
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Research letter: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp192
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp178
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp173
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25 May 2009

Abstract Leading article: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp189
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp188
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Abstract Original research: 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 originally published on May 25, 2009. This version published May 27, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp185
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp180
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp171
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22 May 2009

Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp165
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp175
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21 May 2009

Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp172
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20 May 2009

Abstract Original research: 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 originally published on May 20, 2009. This version published May 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp186
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp184
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Research letter: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp182
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19 May 2009

Abstract Leading article: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp181
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Abstract Original research: 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 originally published on May 19, 2009. This version published May 21, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp179
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Abstract Original research: 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.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp176
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Research letter: 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 originally published on May 19, 2009. This version published May 20, 2009.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkp174
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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy