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Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy - recent issues Sun Apr 24 04:39:01 EDT 2011 Home: http://jac.oxfordjournals.org Feed: http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/rss/recent.xml Early versus late oseltamivir treatment in severely ill patients with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1): speed is life The DART Trial: 'The Doctor's Dilemma' revisited Effectiveness and safety of macrolides in cystic fibrosis patients: a meta-analysis and systematic review Modulation of virulence gene expression by cell wall active antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus The minor groove-binding agent ELB-21 forms multiple interstrand and intrastrand covalent cross-links with duplex DNA and displays potent bactericidal activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Epidemiological and molecular aspects of rifampicin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from wounds, blood and respiratory samples Predominance of ST320 among Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A isolates from 10 Asian countries Variation in the genetic environments of blaCTX-M-15 in Escherichia coli from the faeces of travellers returning to the United Kingdom Prevalence and genotypic characteristics of {beta}-lactamase-negative ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae in Australia Analysis of mutations in multiple loci of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates reveals effects of PIB, PBP2 and MtrR on reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone SmQnrR, a DeoR-type transcriptional regulator, negatively regulates the expression of Smqnr and SmtcrA in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Nitroreductase (GlNR1) increases susceptibility of Giardia lamblia and Escherichia coli to nitro drugs Physiological changes induced by the quaternary ammonium compound benzyldimethyldodecylammonium chloride on Pseudomonas fluorescens Rapid detection of resistance to pyrazinamide in Mycobacterium tuberculosis using the resazurin microtitre assay In vitro activity of teicoplanin combined with colistin versus multidrug-resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii In vitro efficiency of the piperacillin/tazobactam combination against inhibitor-resistant TEM- and complex mutant TEM-producing clinical strains of Escherichia coli Daptomycin non-susceptibility in vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and heterogeneous-VISA (hVISA): implications for therapy after vancomycin treatment failure Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between the community and the hospitals in Asian countries: an ANSORP study Comparative activity of carbapenem testing: the COMPACT study Modelling biphasic killing of fluoroquinolones: guiding optimal dosing regimen design Activity of RBx 11760, a novel biaryl oxazolidinone, against Clostridium difficile Evidence of intravenous immunoglobulin as a critical supportive therapy against Clostridium difficile toxin-mediated lethality in mice Anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa serotype O11 LPS immunoglobulin M monoclonal antibody panobacumab (KBPA101) confers protection in a murine model of acute lung infection Pharmacokinetics and safety of panobacumab: specific adjunctive immunotherapy in critical patients with nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa O11 pneumonia 'Septrin psychosis' among renal transplant patients with Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia Low incidence of renal impairment observed in tenofovir-treated patients Ribavirin concentration in the later stages of 48 week pegylated interferon-{alpha}2b plus ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C is useful for predicting virological response Impact of early oseltamivir treatment on outcome in critically ill patients with 2009 pandemic influenza A Benefit of early treatment with oseltamivir in hospitalized patients with documented 2009 influenza A (H1N1): retrospective cohort study Cefepime effectiveness in Gram-negative bloodstream infections Radical reduction of cephalosporin use at a tertiary hospital after educational antibiotic intervention during an outbreak of extended-spectrum {beta}-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Adult native septic arthritis: a review of 10 years of experience and lessons for empirical antibiotic therapy The new genetic environment of cfr on plasmid pBS-02 in a Bacillus strain Small qnrB-harbouring ColE-like plasmids widespread in commensal enterobacteria from a remote Amazonas population not exposed to antibiotics New variant Salmonella genomic island 1-U in Proteus mirabilis clinical and food isolates from South China Report of an outbreak of CO2-dependent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a regional liver transplant unit Cross-border transmission of OXA-48-producing Enterobacter cloacae from Morocco to France Arrival of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC)-2 in Taiwan Identification of KPC-2-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in China Reduced susceptibility to ceftriaxone in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is spread internationally by genetically distinct gonococcal populations Evidence of lifetime susceptibility to Tropheryma whipplei in patients with Whipple's disease Lung cryptococcosis in a treated HIV-1-infected patient with suppressed viral load and past disseminated cryptococcosis: relapse or late IRIS? Comment on: Performance of the Oxoid M.I.C.EvaluatorTM Strips compared with the Etest(R) assay and BSAC agar dilution Comment on: Rifaximin modulates the colonic microbiota of patients with Crohn's disease: an in vitro approach using a continuous culture colonic model system Rifaximin modulates the colonic microbiota of patients with Crohn's disease: an in vitro approach using a continuous culture colonic model system--authors' response Comment on: A potential role for daptomycin in enterococcal infections: what is the evidence? A potential role for daptomycin in enterococcal infections: what is the evidence?--authors' response Comment on: Newer antibacterial agents and their potential role in cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation management Newer antibacterial agents and their potential role in cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation management--authors' response Comment on: Spondylodiscitis: update on diagnosis and management Comment on: Spondylodiscitis: update on diagnosis and management Spondylodiscitis: update on diagnosis and management--authors' responses One hundred and twelve infected arthroplasties treated with 'DAIR' (debridement, antibiotics and implant retention): antibiotic duration and outcome Two-stage revision for prosthetic joint infection: predictors of outcome and the role of reimplantation microbiology Preface Changing needs of community-acquired pneumonia Ceftaroline fosamil: a new broad-spectrum cephalosporin FOCUS 1: a randomized, double-blinded, multicentre, Phase III trial of the efficacy and safety of ceftaroline fosamil versus ceftriaxone in community-acquired pneumonia FOCUS 2: a randomized, double-blinded, multicentre, Phase III trial of the efficacy and safety of ceftaroline fosamil versus ceftriaxone in community-acquired pneumonia Review of ceftaroline fosamil microbiology: integrated FOCUS studies Integrated safety summary of FOCUS 1 and FOCUS 2 trials: Phase III randomized, double-blind studies evaluating ceftaroline fosamil for the treatment of patients with community-acquired pneumonia What are the properties that make an antibiotic acceptable for therapy of community-acquired pneumonia? Comparative ceftaroline activity tested against pathogens associated with community-acquired pneumonia: results from an international surveillance study Does broad-spectrum {beta}-lactam resistance due to NDM-1 herald the end of the antibiotic era for treatment of infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria? The role of topical antibiotics used as prophylaxis in surgical site infection prevention Phenotypic characterization of drug resistance-associated mutations in HIV-1 RT connection and RNase H domains and their correlation with thymidine analogue mutations Historical HIV-RNA resistance test results are more informative than proviral DNA genotyping in cases of suppressed or residual viraemia Changing trends in vancomycin-resistant enterococci in French hospitals, 2001-08 Evaluation of a rapid detection method of clarithromycin resistance genes in Mycobacterium avium complex isolates Mutations outside the rifampicin resistance-determining region associated with rifampicin resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Emergence of macrolide-resistant strains during an outbreak of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in children Species identification and molecular characterization of Acinetobacter spp. blood culture isolates from Norway Distribution of the blaTEM gene and blaTEM-containing transposons in commensal Escherichia coli Complete sequencing of the FII plasmid pHK01, encoding CTX-M-14, and molecular analysis of its variants among Escherichia coli from Hong Kong Plasmids carrying blaCTX-M-1 and qnr genes in Escherichia coli isolates from an equine clinic and a horseback riding centre Extensive dissemination of CTX-M-producing Escherichia coli with multidrug resistance to 'critically important' antibiotics among food animals in Hong Kong, 2008-10 Artesunate enhances the antibacterial effect of {beta}-lactam antibiotics against Escherichia coli by increasing antibiotic accumulation via inhibition of the multidrug efflux pump system AcrAB-TolC Can phylogenetic type predict resistance development? Polymorphism in ftsI gene and {beta}-lactam susceptibility in Portuguese Haemophilus influenzae strains: clonal dissemination of {beta}-lactamase-positive isolates with decreased susceptibility to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid Pc promoter from class 2 integrons and the cassette transcription pattern it evokes Potential of novel antiretrovirals to modulate expression and function of drug transporters in vitro Biological activity of three novel complexes with the ligand 5-methyl-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7(4H)-one against Leishmania spp. Novel high-throughput screen against Candida albicans identifies antifungal potentiators and agents effective against biofilms Multicentre laboratory validation of the colorimetric redox indicator (CRI) assay for the rapid detection of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mycobacterium tuberculosis The third-generation P-glycoprotein inhibitor tariquidar may overcome bacterial multidrug resistance by increasing intracellular drug concentration In vitro time-kill experiments with besifloxacin, moxifloxacin and gatifloxacin in the absence and presence of benzalkonium chloride Comparative evaluation of synergy of combinations of {beta}-lactams with fluoroquinolones or a macrolide in Streptococcus pneumoniae In vitro interactions between sitamaquine and amphotericin B, sodium stibogluconate, miltefosine, paromomycin and pentamidine against Leishmania donovani A 12 year (1998-2009) antibiotic resistance surveillance of Klebsiella pneumoniae collected from intensive care and urology patients in 14 Dutch hospitals Lipopeptide Laur-CKK-NH2 dimer preserves daptomycin susceptibility and enhances its activity against Enterococcus faecalis Comparison of ceftaroline fosamil, daptomycin and tigecycline in an experimental rabbit endocarditis model caused by methicillin-susceptible, methicillin-resistant and glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus In vivo and in vitro activity of the siderophore monosulfactam BAL30072 against Acinetobacter baumannii Targeted killing of Leishmania donovani in vivo and in vitro with amphotericin B attached to functionalized carbon nanotubes Multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of anidulafungin during continuous venovenous haemofiltration Pharmacokinetics and safety of the co-administration of the antiretroviral raltegravir and the lipid-lowering drug ezetimibe in healthy volunteers Maraviroc is able to inhibit dual-R5 viruses in a dual/mixed HIV-1-infected patient Cardiovascular risk factors in patients on long-term treatment with nevirapine- or efavirenz-based regimens Estimating prevalence of accumulated HIV-1 drug resistance in a cohort of patients on antiretroviral therapy Clinical experience with daptomycin in Europe: the first 2.5 years Use of antimicrobials in companion animal practice: a retrospective study in a veterinary teaching hospital in Italy Modelling the impact of antibiotic use on antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli using population-based data from a large hospital and its surrounding community Antibiotic use: knowledge and perceptions in two university hospitals Mutation Vif-22H, which allows HIV-1 to use the APOBEC3G hypermutation to develop resistance, could appear more quickly in certain non-B variants Extended-spectrum {beta}-lactamase blaCTX-M-1 gene carried on an IncI1 plasmid in multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DT104 in cattle in France Transfer of OXA-48-positive carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from Turkey to France Colistin heteroresistance in carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Efflux of novel quinolones in contemporary Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from community-acquired pneumonia Clinical experience of raltegravir-containing regimens in HIV-infected patients during rifampicin-containing treatment of tuberculosis Extreme alkaline phosphatase elevation associated with tigecycline Comment on: Low prevalence of resistance to azoles in Aspergillus fumigatus in a French cohort of patients treated for haematological malignancies Low prevalence of resistance to azoles in Aspergillus fumigatus in a French cohort of patients treated for haematological malignancies--authors' response Comment on: Drug resistance is widespread among children who receive long-term antiretroviral treatment at a rural Tanzanian hospital Drug resistance is widespread among children who receive long-term antiretroviral treatment at a rural Tanzanian hospital--author's response