AAC -- Table of Contents (December 1 1996, 40 [12])

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Contents: December 1996, Volume 40, Issue 12

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Antibiotic-impregnated cement and beads for orthopedic infections
DA Wininger and RJ Fass
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2675-2679;
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Articles:

Suppression of methicillin resistance in a mecA-containing pre- methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain is caused by the mecI-mediated repression of PBP 2' production
K Kuwahara-Arai, N Kondo, S Hori, E Tateda-Suzuki, and K Hiramatsu
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2680-2685;
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Correlation of pharmacodynamic parameters of five beta-lactam antibiotics with therapeutic efficacies in an animal model
F Soriano, P Garcia-Corbeira, C Ponte, R Fernandez-Roblas, and I Gadea
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2686-2690;
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Activity of the new fluoroquinolone trovafloxacin (CP-99,219) against DNA gyrase and topoisomerase IV mutants of Streptococcus pneumoniae selected in vitro
TD Gootz, R Zaniewski, S Haskell, B Schmieder, J Tankovic, D Girard, P Courvalin, and RJ Polzer
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2691-2697;
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Development of experimental pneumonia by infection with penicillin- insensitive Streptococcus pneumoniae in guinea pigs and their treatment with amoxicillin, cefotaxime, and meropenem
C Ponte, A Parra, E Nieto, and F Soriano
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2698-2702;
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Characterization of peripheral-compartment kinetics of antibiotics by in vivo microdialysis in humans
M Muller, O Haag, T Burgdorff, A Georgopoulos, W Weninger, B Jansen, G Stanek, H Pehamberger, E Agneter, and HG Eichler
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2703-2709;
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In vitro antifungal and fungicidal activities and erythrocyte toxicities of cyclic lipodepsinonapeptides produced by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae
KN Sorensen, KH Kim, and JY Takemoto
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2710-2713;
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Differential behaviors of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli type II DNA topoisomerases
F Blanche, B Cameron, FX Bernard, L Maton, B Manse, L Ferrero, N Ratet, C Lecoq, A Goniot, D Bisch, and J Crouzet
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2714-2720;
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Effect of foscarnet on quantities of cytomegalovirus and human immunodeficiency virus in blood of persons with AIDS
HH Balfour, Jr, CV Fletcher, A Erice, WK Henry, EP Acosta, SA Smith, MA Holm, G Boivin, DH Shepp, CS Crumpacker, CA Eaton, and SS Martin-Munley
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2721-2726;
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New pharmacokinetic in vitro model for studies of antibiotic activity against intracellular microorganisms
K Hulten, R Rigo, I Gustafsson, and L Engstrand
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2727-2731;
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Comparative study of once-weekly azithromycin and once-daily amoxicillin treatments in prevention of recurrent acute otitis media in children
P Marchisio, N Principi, E Sala, L Lanzoni, S Sorella, and A Massimini
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2732-2736;
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Lymphocyte proliferative response and subset profiles during extended periods of chloroquine or primaquine prophylaxis
DJ Fryauff, AL Richards, JK Baird, TL Richie, E Mouzin, E Tjitra, MA Sutamihardja, S Ratiwayanto, H Hadiputranto, RP Larasati, N Pudjoprawoto, B Subianto, and SL Hoffman
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2737-2742;
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Population pharmacokinetics of dapsone administered biweekly to human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients
G Gatti, M Merighi, J Hossein, S Travaini, R Casazza, M Karlsson, M Cruciani, and D Bassetti
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2743-2748;
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Pharmacokinetics of KRM-1648, a new benzoxazinorifamycin, in rats and dogs
K Hosoe, T Mae, E Konishi, K Fujii, K Yamashita, T Yamane, T Hidaka, and T Ohashi
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2749-2755;
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Uptake and intracellular activity of AM-1155 in phagocytic cells
T Yamamoto, H Kusajima, M Hosaka, H Fukuda, Y Oomori, and H Shinoda
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2756-2759;
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High-level fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae requires mutations in parC and gyrA
C Janoir, V Zeller, MD Kitzis, NJ Moreau, and L Gutmann
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2760-2764;
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Prospective open randomized study comparing efficacies and safeties of a 3-day course of azithromycin and a 10-day course of erythromycin in children with community-acquired acute lower respiratory tract infections
JJ Roord, BH Wolf, MM Gossens, and JL Kimpen
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2765-2768;
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Borderline methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus strains have more in common than reduced susceptibility to penicillinase-resistant penicillins
O Massidda, MP Montanari, M Mingoia, and PE Varaldo
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2769-2774;
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Comparison of single-dose cefuroxime axetil with ciprofloxacin in treatment of uncomplicated gonorrhea caused by penicillinase-producing and non-penicillinase-producing Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains
EM Thorpe, JR Schwebke, EW Hook, 3rd, A Rompalo, WM McCormack, KL Mussari, GC Giguere, and JJ Collins
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2775-2780;
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Cryptosporidium parvum metalloaminopeptidase inhibitors prevent in vitro excystation
PC Okhuysen, CL Chappell, C Kettner, and CR Sterling
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2781-2784;
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Naturally azole-resistant Leishmania braziliensis promastigotes are rendered susceptible in the presence of terbinafine: comparative study with azole-susceptible Leishmania mexicana promastigotes [published erratum appears in Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1997 Feb;41(2):496]
H Rangel, F Dagger, A Hernandez, A Liendo, and JA Urbina
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2785-2791;
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Inexpensive 4-hour micro-agar dilution susceptibility determination method
Y Holloway, JA Snijder, and J Schiphuis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2792-2795;
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Postantibiotic and post-beta-lactamase inhibitor effects of amoxicillin plus clavulanate
CE Thorburn, SJ Molesworth, R Sutherland, and S Rittenhouse
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2796-2801;
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In vitro susceptibility of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae to levofloxacin, selection of resistant mutants, and time- kill synergy studies of levofloxacin combined with vancomycin, teicoplanin, fusidic acid, and rifampin
KP Klugman, T Capper, and A Bryskier
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2802-2804;
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Comparative serum bactericidal activities of ceftizoxime and cefotaxime against intermediately penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
KB Patel, DP Nicolau, CH Nightingale, and R Quintiliani
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2805-2808;
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Low-dose aerosol infection model for testing drugs for efficacy against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
BP Kelly, SK Furney, MT Jessen, and IM Orme
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2809-2812;
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Antimycobacterial action of thiolactomycin: an inhibitor of fatty acid and mycolic acid synthesis
RA Slayden, RE Lee, JW Armour, AM Cooper, IM Orme, PJ Brennan, and GS Besra
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2813-2819;
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Identification of chromosomal location of mupA gene, encoding low-level mupirocin resistance in staphylococcal isolates
MA Ramsey, SF Bradley, CA Kauffman, and TM Morton
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2820-2823;
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Comparative study of pharmacokinetics of two new fluoroquinolones, balofloxacin and grepafloxacin, in elderly subjects
O Kozawa, T Uematsu, H Matsuno, M Niwa, S Nagashima, and M Kanamaru
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2824-2828;
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Efficacies of cefotaxime and ceftriaxone in a mouse model of pneumonia induced by two penicillin- and cephalosporin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae
C Sauve, E Azoulay-Dupuis, P Moine, C Darras-Joly, V Rieux, C Carbon, and JP Bedos
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2829-2834;
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Multiple efflux mechanisms are involved in Candida albicans fluconazole resistance
GD Albertson, M Niimi, RD Cannon, and HF Jenkinson
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2835-2841;
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Safety and pharmacokinetics of 5-chloro-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-fluorouridine (935U83) following oral administration of escalating single doses in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults
SA Riddler, LH Wang, JA Bartlett, PM Savina, MV Packard, DK McMahon, MR Blum, JA Dunn, MM Elkins, and JW Mellors
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2842-2847;
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Resistance to amikacin and isepamicin in rabbits with experimental endocarditis of an aac(6')-Ib-bearing strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae susceptible in vitro
E Caulin, A Coutrot, C Carbon, and E Collatz
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2848-2853;
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Prevalence of outer membrane porin alteration in beta-lactam-antibiotic- resistant Enterobacter aerogenes
RN Charrel, JM Pages, P De Micco, and M Mallea
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2854-2858;
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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: emergence of multidrug-resistant strains during therapy and in an in vitro pharmacodynamic chamber model
MW Garrison, DE Anderson, DM Campbell, KC Carroll, CL Malone, JD Anderson, RJ Hollis, and MA Pfaller
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2859-2864;
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Correlation of trimethoprim and brodimoprim physicochemical and lipid membrane interaction properties with their accumulation in human neutrophils
M Fresta, PM Furneri, E Mezzasalma, VM Nicolosi, and G Puglisi
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2865-2873;
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Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of some recently established coryneform bacteria
G Funke, V Punter, and A von Graevenitz
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2874-2878;
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Effects of nifedipine and diltiazem on pharmacokinetics of cefpodoxime following its oral administration
A Deslandes, F Camus, C Lacroix, C Carbon, and R Farinotti
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2879-2881;
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Dialysis culture enables more accurate determination of MIC of benzylpenicillin for Borrelia burgdorferi than does conventional procedure
SH Stiernstedt and B Wretlind
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2882-2883;
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Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among 723 outpatient clinical isolates of Moraxella catarrhalis in the United States in 1994 and 1995: results of a 30-center national surveillance study
GV Doern, AB Brueggemann, G Pierce, T Hogan, HP Holley, Jr, and A Rauch
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2884-2886;
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Genotypic and phenotypic changes during culture of a multinucleoside- resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 strain in the presence and absence of additional reverse transcriptase inhibitors
RW Shafer, MA Winters, AK Iversen, and TC Merigan
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2887-2890;
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Identification of the tetracycline resistance gene, tet(O), in Streptococcus pneumoniae
CA Widdowson, KP Klugman, and D Hanslo
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2891-2893;
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In vivo oral efficacy of levofloxacin for treatment of systemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a murine model of septicemia
SK Yagel, JF Barrett, DJ Amaratunga, and MB Frosco
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2894-2897;
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Treatment of enteric fever with pefloxacin for 7 days versus 5 days: a randomized clinical trial
S Unal, M Hayran, S Tuncer, D Gur, O Uzun, M Akova, and HE Akalin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2898-2900;
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Effect of gentamicin dosing interval on efficacy of penicillin or ceftriaxone treatment of experimental endocarditis due to penicillin- susceptible, ceftriaxone-tolerant viridans group streptococci
CM Brandt, CB Warner, MS Rouse, JM Steckelberg, and WR Wilson
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2901-2903;
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Activities against Streptococcus pneumoniae of amoxicillin and cefotaxime at physiological concentrations: in vitro pharmacodynamic simulation
IP Balcabao, L Aguilar, M Martin, Y Garcia, R Dal-Re, and J Prieto
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2904-2906;
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Efficacy of continuous flucytosine infusion against Candida lusitaniae in experimental hematogenous murine candidiasis
NC Karyotakis and EJ Anaissie
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2907-2908;
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Letters:

Different effects of zinc ions on in vitro susceptibilities of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia to imipenem and meropenem
P Cooke, J Heritage, K Kerr, PM Hawkey, and KE Newton
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 1996 40: 2909-2910;
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