Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Editorial

Get checked abstract Leonard Leibovici, Colin Drummond, and Alan Johnson

Randomized controlled trials in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
JAC Advance Access published on June 24, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 217-218; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn258 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Leading articles

Get checked abstract Hong Zhang

Concerns of using sialidase fusion protein as an experimental drug to combat seasonal and pandemic influenza
JAC Advance Access published on January 31, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 219-223; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn026 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Nidhi A. Singh and Nancy Reau

Management of hepatitis B virus
JAC Advance Access published on May 14, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 224-228; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn188 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Garrod Lecture

Get checked abstract Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior

The 2008 Garrod Lecture: Antimicrobial resistance—animals and the environment
JAC Advance Access published on May 12, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 229-233; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn183 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Reviews

Get checked abstract José A. Pérez-Molina, Pere Domingo, Esteban Martínez, and Santiago Moreno

The role of efavirenz compared with protease inhibitors in the body fat changes associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy
JAC Advance Access published on May 14, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 234-245; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn191 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Joshua D. Hartzell, Igor E. Janke, and Amy C. Weintrob

Impact of depression on HIV outcomes in the HAART era
JAC Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 246-255; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn193 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Original research

Get checked abstract J. M. Andrews for the BSAC Working Party on Susceptibility Testing

BSAC standardized disc susceptibility testing method (version 7)
JAC Advance Access published on May 12, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 256-278; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn194 [Abstract] [FREE Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Mushtaq A. Khan, Martin van der Wal, David J. Farrell, Luke Cossins, Alex van Belkum, Alwaleed Alaidan, and John P. Hays

Analysis of VanA vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from Saudi Arabian hospitals reveals the presence of clonal cluster 17 and two new Tn1546 lineage types
JAC Advance Access published on April 24, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 279-283; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn173 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Zeki Yumuk, Gokhan Afacan, Marie-Hélène Nicolas-Chanoine, Albert Sotto, and Jean-Philippe Lavigne

Turkey: a further country concerned by community-acquired Escherichia coli clone O25-ST131 producing CTX-M-15
JAC Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 284-288; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn181 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Shiri Navon-Venezia, Inna Chmelnitsky, Azita Leavitt, and Yehuda Carmeli

Dissemination of the CTX-M-25 family β-lactamases among Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli and Enterobacter cloacae and identification of the novel enzyme CTX-M-41 in Proteus mirabilis in Israel
JAC Advance Access published on May 16, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 289-295; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn182 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Elisabete Machado, Teresa M. Coque, Rafael Cantón, João Carlos Sousa, and Luísa Peixe

Antibiotic resistance integrons and extended-spectrum β-lactamases among Enterobacteriaceae isolates recovered from chickens and swine in Portugal
JAC Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 296-302; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn179 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract L. J. V. Piddock, D. Griggs, M. M. Johnson, V. Ricci, N. C. Elviss, L. K. Williams, F. Jørgensen, S. A. Chisholm, A. J. Lawson, C. Swift, T. J. Humphrey, and R. J. Owen

Persistence of Campylobacter species, strain types, antibiotic resistance and mechanisms of tetracycline resistance in poultry flocks treated with chlortetracycline
JAC Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 303-315; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn190 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Véronique Dubois, Corinne Arpin, Virginie Dupart, Aline Scavelli, Laure Coulange, Catherine André, Isabelle Fischer, Frédéric Grobost, Jean-Philippe Brochet, Isabelle Lagrange, Brigitte Dutilh, Jacqueline Jullin, Patrick Noury, Gilberte Larribet, and Claudine Quentin

β-Lactam and aminoglycoside resistance rates and mechanisms among Pseudomonas aeruginosa in French general practice (community and private healthcare centres)
JAC Advance Access published on May 8, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 316-323; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn174 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Kozue Kishii, Teruyo Ito, Shinya Watanabe, Katsuko Okuzumi, and Keiichi Hiramatsu

Recurrence of heterogeneous methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among the MRSA clinical isolates in a Japanese university hospital
JAC Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 324-328; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn186 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Robert Bucki, Dorota B. Namiot, Zbigniew Namiot, Paul B. Savage, and Paul A. Janmey

Salivary mucins inhibit antibacterial activity of the cathelicidin-derived LL-37 peptide but not the cationic steroid CSA-13
JAC Advance Access published on May 1, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 329-335; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn176 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Patricia Marchiaro, Viviana Ballerini, Tamara Spalding, Gabriela Cera, María A. Mussi, Jorgelina Morán-Barrio, Alejandro J. Vila, Alejandro M. Viale, and Adriana S. Limansky

A convenient microbiological assay employing cell-free extracts for the rapid characterization of Gram-negative carbapenemase producers
JAC Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 336-344; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn185 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Doris Lechner, Simon Gibbons, and Franz Bucar

Plant phenolic compounds as ethidium bromide efflux inhibitors in Mycobacterium smegmatis
JAC Advance Access published on April 21, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 345-348; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn178 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Theresa S. Richards, Brian G. Oliver, and Theodore C. White

Micafungin activity against Candida albicans with diverse azole resistance phenotypes
JAC Advance Access published on April 23, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 349-355; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn156 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract B. J. Knottnerus, S. Nys, G. ter Riet, G. Donker, S. E. Geerlings, and E. Stobberingh

Fosfomycin tromethamine as second agent for the treatment of acute, uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adult female patients in The Netherlands?
JAC Advance Access published on April 19, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 356-359; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn177 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, Dorte Lau Baggesen, and Frank Møller Aarestrup

Ten years of antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Salmonella from Danish pig farms
JAC Advance Access published on May 7, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 360-363; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn196 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract David De Backer, Thierry Christiaens, Stefan Heytens, An De Sutter, Ellen E. Stobberingh, and Gerda Verschraegen

Evolution of bacterial susceptibility pattern of Escherichia coli in uncomplicated urinary tract infections in a country with high antibiotic consumption: a comparison of two surveys with a 10 year interval
JAC Advance Access published on May 22, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 364-368; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn197 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplementary Data] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jan A. Patzer, Danuta Dzierzanowska, and Philip J. Turner

Trends in antimicrobial susceptibility of Gram-negative isolates from a paediatric intensive care unit in Warsaw: results from the MYSTIC programme (1997–2007)
JAC Advance Access published on April 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 369-375; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn184 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Krishna Das Manandhar, Thakur Prasad Yadav, Vijay Kumar Prajapati, Subodh Kumar, Madhukar Rai, Anuradha Dube, Onkar Nath Srivastava, and Shyam Sundar

Antileishmanial activity of nano-amphotericin B deoxycholate
JAC Advance Access published on May 2, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 376-380; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn189 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Thomas Tsaganos, Ioannis Skiadas, Pantelis Koutoukas, Theodoros Adamis, Nikos Baxevanos, Ira Tzepi, Aimilia Pelekanou, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Helen Giamarellou, and Kyriaki Kanellakopoulou

Efficacy and pharmacodynamics of linezolid, alone and in combination with rifampicin, in an experimental model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis
JAC Advance Access published on April 28, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 381-383; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn180 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Daniel Gonzalez de Requena, Stefano Bonora, Antonella Castagna, Hamid Hasson, Diego Aguilar Marucco, Antonio D'Avolio, Mauro Sciandra, Laura Trentini, Andrea Calcagno, Adriano Lazzarin, and Giovanni Di Perri

Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic determinants of early virological response to enfuvirtide-based regimens in HIV-positive patients
JAC Advance Access published on May 16, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 384-387; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn192 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract M. H. Wilcox, L. Mooney, R. Bendall, C. D. Settle, and W. N. Fawley

A case–control study of community-associated Clostridium difficile infection
JAC Advance Access published on April 22, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 388-396; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn163 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Miguel Marcos, Amaia Iñurrieta, Alex Soriano, José A. Martínez, Manel Almela, Francesc Marco, and Josep Mensa

Effect of antimicrobial therapy on mortality in 377 episodes of Enterobacter spp. bacteraemia
JAC Advance Access published on April 17, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 397-403; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn155 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Sékéné Badiaga, Cédric Foucault, Christophe Rogier, Barbara Doudier, Clarisse Rovery, Hervé Tissot Dupont, Pierre Castro, Didier Raoult, and Philippe Brouqui

The effect of a single dose of oral ivermectin on pruritus in the homeless
JAC Advance Access published on May 1, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 404-409; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn161 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Lifang Dong, Hong Yan, and Duolao Wang

Antibiotic prescribing patterns in village health clinics across 10 provinces of Western China
JAC Advance Access published on April 9, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 410-415; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn153 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Get checked abstract Jeong Yeon Kim, Jang Wook Sohn, Dae Won Park, Young Kyung Yoon, Young Mi Kim, and Min Ja Kim

Control of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae using a computer-assisted management program to restrict third-generation cephalosporin use
JAC Advance Access published on April 14, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 416-421; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn164 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Research letters

Alessandro Capone, Silvia D’Arezzo, Paolo Visca, and Nicola Petrosillo on behalf of the Gruppo Romano Acinetobacter baumannii

In vitro activity of tigecycline against multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
JAC Advance Access published on April 19, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 422-423; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn172 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Gabriel-Adrian Popescu, Liana Gavriliu, Cristina Popescu, Mona Popoiu, and Georgeta Popa

Successful oral therapy switch to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole in the case of an Enterococcus faecium liver abscess
JAC Advance Access published on April 12, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 424-425; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn159 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters to the Editor

John M. Nicholls, Laura M. Aschenbrenner, James C. Paulson, Erin R. Campbell, Michael P. Malakhov, David F. Wurtman, Mang Yu, and Fang Fang

Comment on: Concerns of using sialidase fusion protein as an experimental drug to combat seasonal and pandemic influenza
JAC Advance Access published on April 22, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 426-428; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn167 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Hong Zhang

Concerns of using sialidase fusion protein as an experimental drug to combat seasonal and pandemic influenza—author's response
JAC Advance Access published on June 10, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 428-429; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn220 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Andrew Prendergast, Tony Walls, Paul Turner, David Cubitt, John Hartley, Nigel Klein, and Vas Novelli

Comment on: Antimicrobial policies in the neonatal units of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
JAC Advance Access published on April 14, 2008
J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 2008 62: 429-430; doi:10.1093/jac/dkn170 [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

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