Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Leading articles:

Christoph G. Lange and Michael M. Lederman

Immune reconstitution with antiretroviral therapies in chronic HIV-1 infection
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 1-4; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg071 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

George M. Bahr

Non-specific immunotherapy of HIV-1 infection: potential use of the synthetic immunodulator murabutide
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 5-8; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg063 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. A. Webber and L. J. V. Piddock

The importance of efflux pumps in bacterial antibiotic resistance
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 9-11; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg050 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original articles:

Simon Gibbons, Moyosoluwa Oluwatuyi, and Glenn W. Kaatz

A novel inhibitor of multidrug efflux pumps in Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 13-17; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg044 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Laura J. V. Piddock, Vito Ricci, Lilian Pumbwe, Martin J. Everett, and Deborah J. Griggs

Fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter species from man and animals: detection of mutations in topoisomerase genes
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 19-26; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg033 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Wendy L. Veal and William M. Shafer

Identification of a cell envelope protein (MtrF) involved in hydrophobic antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 27-37; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg031 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stephen G. Tristram

Effect of extended-spectrum ß-lactamases on the susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae to cephalosporins
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 39-43; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg015 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Eric Dannaoui, Joseph Meletiadis, Johan W. Mouton, Jacques F. G. M. Meis, Paul E. Verweij, and the Eurofung Network

In vitro susceptibilities of zygomycetes to conventional and new antifungals
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 45-52; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg020 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Robert Sauermann, Rainer Gattringer, Wolfgang Graninger, Astrid Buxbaum, and Apostolos Georgopoulos

Phenotypes of macrolide resistance of group A streptococci isolated from outpatients in Bavaria and susceptibility to 16 antibiotics
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 53-57; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg039 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

C. A. Arias, J. Reyes, M. Zúñiga, L. Cortés, C. Cruz, C. L. Rico, D. Panesso, and on behalf of the Colombian Antimicrobial Resistance Group (RESCOL)

Multicentre surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in enterococci and staphylococci from Colombian hospitals, 2001–2002
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 59-68; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg002 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

G. Kahlmeter

An international survey of the antimicrobial susceptibility of pathogens from uncomplicated urinary tract infections: the ECO·SENS Project
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 69-76; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg028 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Glen C. Ulett, Robert Hirst, Bruce Bowden, Kellie Powell, and Robert Norton

A comparison of antibiotic regimens in the treatment of acute melioidosis in a mouse model
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 77-81; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg011 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Martin H. Ellbogen, Keith M. Olsen, Martha J. Gentry-Nielsen, and Laurel C. Preheim

Efficacy of liposome-encapsulated ciprofloxacin compared with ciprofloxacin and ceftriaxone in a rat model of pneumococcal pneumonia
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 83-91; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg024 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Chin-Chung Lin, Trong Luu, David Lourenco, Li-Tain Yeh, and Johnson Y. N. Lau

Absorption, pharmacokinetics and excretion of levovirin in rats, dogs and Cynomolgus monkeys
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 93-99; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg046 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mario Furlanut, Loris Brollo, Emilio Lugatti, Elena Di Qual, Flavio Dolcet, Giovanni Talmassons, and Federico Pea

Pharmacokinetic aspects of levofloxacin 500 mg once daily during sequential intravenous/oral therapy in patients with lower respiratory tract infections
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 101-106; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg035 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Susan Nyfors, Eija Könönen, Ritva Syrjänen, Erkki Komulainen, and Hannele Jousimies-Somer

Emergence of penicillin resistance among Fusobacterium nucleatum populations of commensal oral flora during early childhood
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 107-112; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg022 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yaeno Arima, Yoriko Nakai, Ritsuko Hayakawa, and Takeshi Nishino

Antibacterial effect of ß-thujaplicin on staphylococci isolated from atopic dermatitis: relationship between changes in the number of viable bacterial cells and clinical improvement in an eczematous lesion of atopic dermatitis
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 113-122; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg037 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F. Y. Aoki, M. D. Macleod, P. Paggiaro, O. Carewicz, A. El Sawy, C. Wat, M. Griffiths, E. Waalberg, P. Ward, and on behalf of the IMPACT Study Group

Early administration of oral oseltamivir increases the benefits of influenza treatment
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 123-129; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg007 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Brief reports:

Sydney L. Cousin, Jr, William L. H. Whittington, and Marilyn C. Roberts

Acquired macrolide resistance genes and the 1 bp deletion in the mtrR promoter in Neisseria gonorrhoeae
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 131-133; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg040 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Stefania Paolucci, Fausto Baldanti, Maurizio Zavattoni, Giuditta Comolli, Nazzarena Labò, Stefano Menzo, Massimo Clementi, and Giuseppe Gerna

Comparison of levels of HIV-1 resistance to protease inhibitors by recombinant versus conventional virus phenotypic assay and two genotypic interpretation procedures in treatment-naive and HAART-experienced HIV-infected patients
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 135-139; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg016 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Yvette J. Debets-Ossenkopp, Germán Reyes, Janet Mulder, Birgit M. aan de Stegge, José T. A. M. Peters, Paul H. M. Savelkoul, J. Tanca, Amado S. Peña, and Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls

Characteristics of clinical Helicobacter pylori strains from Ecuador
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 141-145; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg023 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

María Pérez-Vázquez, Federico Román, M. Carmen Varela, Rafael Cantón, and José Campos

Activities of 13 quinolones by three susceptibility testing methods against a collection of Haemophilus influenzae isolates with different levels of susceptibility to ciprofloxacin: evidence for cross-resistance
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 147-151; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg049 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Arreaza, C. Salcedo, B. Alcalá, S. Berrón, E. Martín, and J. A. Vázquez

Antibiotic resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Spain: trends over the last two decades
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 153-156; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg034 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Ronald N. Jones and Paul R. Rhomberg

Comparative spectrum and activity of NVP-PDF386 (VRC4887), a new peptide deformylase inhibitor
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 157-161; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg055 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

María Pilar Arévalo, Alfonso-Javier Carrillo-Muñoz, Javier Salgado, Delia Cardenes, Sonia Brió, Guillermo Quindós, and Ana Espinel-Ingroff

Antifungal activity of the echinocandin anidulafungin (VER002, LY-303366) against yeast pathogens: a comparative study with M27-A microdilution method
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 163-166; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg018 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Francesco Barchiesi, Maria E. Milici, Daniela Arzeni, Anna M. Schimizzi, Giuseppe Pizzo, Giovanni M. Giammanco, Daniele Giannini, Maurizio Manfrini, Giorgio Scalise, and Chiara B. Vicentini

In vitro and in vivo anticryptococcal activities of a new pyrazolo-isothiazole derivative
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 167-170; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg019 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Marco Bongiovanni, Teresa Bini, Federica Tordato, Paola Cicconi, Sara Melzi, Dolores Repetto, Salvatore Sollima, Stefano Rusconi, and Antonella d’Arminio Monforte

Immunovirological outcomes in 70 HIV-1-infected patients who switched to lopinavir/ritonavir after failing at least one protease inhibitor-containing regimen: a retrospective cohort study
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 171-174; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg045 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Correspondence:

Diana E. Waturangi, Antonius Suwanto, Stefan Schwarz, and Walter Erdelen

Identification of class 1 integrons-associated gene cassettes in Escherichia coli isolated from Varanus spp. in Indonesia
JAC Advance Access published on November 18, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 175-177; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf253 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hilmar Wisplinghoff, Mathias Decker, Christiane Haefs, Oleg Krut, Georg Plum, and Harald Seifert

Mutations in gyrA and parC associated with resistance to fluoroquinolones in epidemiologically defined clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii
JAC Advance Access published on November 18, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 177-180; doi:10.1093/jac/dkf254 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriele Frech, Corinna Kehrenberg, and Stefan Schwarz

Resistance phenotypes and genotypes of multiresistant Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium var. Copenhagen isolates from animal sources
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 180-182; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg058 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M. Laverdiere, C. Restieri, and F. Habel

Adding 2% glucose to culture media does not influence the activity of caspofungin against Candida species
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 183-184; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg021 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. C. Fluit, F.-J. Schmitz, and D. Milatovic

The presence of ermB in Streptococcus pneumoniae has no influence on AZD2563 MIC values
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 184-185; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg004 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Z. Al-Doori, D. Morrison, G. Edwards, and C. Gemmell

Susceptibility of MRSA to triclosan
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 185-186; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg013 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Peter Wilson, J. A. Andrews, R. Charlesworth, R. Walesby, M. Singer, D. J. Farrell, and M. Robbins

Linezolid resistance in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 186-188; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg104 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A. P. Johnson, M. Warner, J. S. Nguyen-Van-Tam, and D. M. Livermore

Activity of gemifloxacin against invasive and multi-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates collected in the UK
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 188-190; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg038 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L. Arreaza, F. Vázquez, B. Alcalá, L. Otero, C. Salcedo, and J. A. Vázquez

Emergence of gonococcal strains with resistance to azithromycin in Spain
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 190-191; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg027 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R. Llanes, A. Zamora, M. Nápoles, A. Guevara, J. Sosa, D. Guzmán, A. Llop, and M. I. Lantero

Antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the municipality of Morón, Cuba: emergence of isolates with intermediate resistance to fluoroquinolones
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 191-192; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg043 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hadiza Hima-Lerible, Didier Ménard, and Antoine Talarmin

Antimicrobial resistance among uropathogens that cause community-acquired urinary tract infections in Bangui, Central African Republic
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 192-194; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg053 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Nigel P. Brenwald, Gail Jevons, Jenny M. Andrews, Jian-Hui Xiong, Peter M. Hawkey, and Richard Wise

An outbreak of a CTX-M-type ß-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: the importance of using cefpodoxime to detect extended-spectrum ß-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 195-196; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg051 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Mark E. Jones, Renée S. Blosser-Middleton, Ian A. Critchley, James A. Karlowsky, Clyde Thornsberry, and Daniel F. Sahm

Activity of faropenem, a new furanem, against European respiratory pathogens collected during 2000–2001: a comparison with other ß-lactam agents
JAC Advance Access published on December 12, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 196-199; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg030 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Philip D. Lister

Impact of AUC/MIC ratios on the pharmacodynamics of the des-F(6) quinolone garenoxacin (BMS-284756) is similar to other fluoroquinolones
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 199-202; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg017 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Munshi Moyenuddin, Christopher A. Ohl, John C. Williamson, and James E. Peacock

Disseminated oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection responsive to vancomycin and quinupristin–dalfopristin combination therapy
JAC Advance Access published on November 28, 2002
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 202-203; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg025 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Book review:

The Effective Prevention and Management of Systemic Fungal Infection in Haematological Malignancy
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2003 51: 205; doi:10.1093/jac/dkg029 [Extract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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