AAC -- Table of Contents (April 1 1996, 40 [4])

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Articles:

Penicillin-binding proteins 2b and 2x of Streptococcus pneumoniae are primary resistance determinants for different classes of beta-lactam antibiotics
T Grebe and R Hakenbeck
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 829-834;
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Simple, fast, and accurate fluorometric method to determine drug susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum in 24-well suspension cultures
LJ Smeijsters, NM Zijlstra, FF Franssen, and JP Overdulve
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 835-838;
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In vitro activities of U-100592 and U-100766, novel oxazolidinone antibacterial agents
GE Zurenko, BH Yagi, RD Schaadt, JW Allison, JO Kilburn, SE Glickman, DK Hutchinson, MR Barbachyn, and SJ Brickner
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 839-845;
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Comparison of effects of famciclovir and valaciclovir on pathogenesis of herpes simplex virus type 2 in a murine infection model
AM Thackray and HJ Field
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 846-851;
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Na+/H+ antiport activity conferred by Bacillus subtilis tetA(L), a 5' truncation product of tetA(L), and related plasmid genes upon Escherichia coli
J Cheng, K Baldwin, AA Guffanti, and TA Krulwich
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 852-857;
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Insusceptibility of members of the class Mollicutes to rifampin: studies of the Spiroplasma citri RNA polymerase beta-subunit gene
P Gaurivaud, F Laigret, and JM Bove
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 858-862;
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Altered peptidoglycan composition in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis
BL de Jonge, S Handwerger, and D Gage
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 863-869;
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Sequence of quinolone resistance-determining region of gyrA gene for clinical isolates and for an in vitro-selected quinolone-resistant strain of Coxiella burnetii
D Musso, M Drancourt, S Osscini, and D Raoult
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 870-873;
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Activities of the glycylcyclines N,N-dimethylglycylamido-minocycline and N,N-dimethylglycylamido-6-demethyl-6-deoxytetracycline against Nocardia spp. and tetracycline-resistant isolates of rapidly growing mycobacteria
BA Brown, RJ Wallace, Jr, and G Onyi
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 874-878;
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Genetic evidence for a role of parC mutations in development of high- level fluoroquinolone resistance in Escherichia coli
P Heisig
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 879-885;
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Intracellular activities of RP 59500 (quinupristin-dalfopristin) and sparfloxacin against Enterococcus faecium
I Herrera-Insua, K Jacques-Palaz, BE Murray, and RM Rakita
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 886-890;
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Emergence of high rates of antimicrobial resistance among viridans group streptococci in the United States
GV Doern, MJ Ferraro, AB Brueggemann, and KL Ruoff
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 891-894;
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Relationship of MICs to efficacy of cefotaxime in treatment of Streptococcus pneumoniae infections
RF Jacobs, SL Kaplan, GE Schutze, AS Dajani, RJ Leggiadro, CS Rim, and SK Puri
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 895-898;
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Effects of inhibitors of protein synthesis on lysis of Escherichia coli induced by beta-lactam antibiotics
DG Rodionov and EE Ishiguro
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 899-903;
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Comparative in vitro pharmacodynamics of imipenem and meropenem against Pseudomonas aeruginosa
R White, L Friedrich, D Burgess, D Warkentin, and J Bosso
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 904-908;
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Quantitative correlation between susceptibility and OprJ production in NfxB mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
N Masuda, N Gotoh, S Ohya, and T Nishino
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 909-913;
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Frequency of drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum: a nonsynergistic combination of 5-fluoroorotate and atovaquone suppresses in vitro resistance
S Gassis and PK Rathod
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 914-919;
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Analysis of phosphorylation pathways of antiherpesvirus nucleosides by varicella-zoster virus-specific enzymes
S Koyano, T Suzutani, I Yoshida, and M Azuma
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 920-923;
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Characterization of IS1272, an insertion sequence-like element from Staphylococcus haemolyticus
GL Archer, JA Thanassi, DM Niemeyer, and MJ Pucci
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 924-929;
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Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibilities of Corynebacterium species by broth microdilution and disk diffusion methods
K Weiss, M Laverdiere, and R Rivest
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 930-933;
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The tetracycline derivative minocycline differentially affects cytokine production by monocytes and T lymphocytes
M Kloppenburg, BM Brinkman, HH de Rooij-Dijk, AM Miltenburg, MR Daha, FC Breedveld, BA Dijkmans, and C Verweij
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 934-940;
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Amoxicillin dose-effect relationship with Streptococcus pneumoniae in a mouse pneumonia model and roles of in vitro penicillin susceptibilities, autolysis, and tolerance properties of the strains
E Azoulay-Dupuis, P Moine, JP Bedos, V Rieux, and E Vallee
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 941-946;
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Microtubule inhibitors: structure-activity analyses suggest rational models to identify potentially active compounds
HL Callahan, C Kelley, T Pereira, and M Grogl
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 947-952;
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Selection and characterization of a mutant of feline immunodeficiency virus resistant to 2',3'-dideoxycytidine
HK Medlin, YQ Zhu, KM Remington, TR Phillips, and TW North
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 953-957;
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Two or three days of ofloxacin treatment for uncomplicated multidrug- resistant typhoid fever in children
H Vinh, J Wain, TN Vo, NN Cao, TC Mai, D Bethell, TT Nguyen, SD Tu, MD Nguyen, and NJ White
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 958-961;
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Monodrug efficacies of sulfonamides in prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
WT Hughes and J Killmar
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 962-965;
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Molecular characterization of the BRO beta-lactamase of Moraxella (Branhamella) catarrhalis
HJ Bootsma, H van Dijk, J Verhoef, A Fleer, and FR Mooi
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 966-972;
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Polyamine content of Pneumocystis carinii and response to the ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine
S Merali and AB Clarkson, Jr
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 973-978;
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Pharmacokinetic interaction between cefdinir and two angiotensin- converting enzyme inhibitors in rats
A Jacolot, M Tod, and O Petitjean
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 979-982;
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Population pharmacokinetic study of isepamicin with intensive care unit patients
M Tod, C Padoin, C Minozzi, J Cougnard, and O Petitjean
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 983-987;
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Levels of recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in serum are inversely correlated with circulating neutrophil counts
H Takatani, H Soda, M Fukuda, M Watanabe, A Kinoshita, T Nakamura, and M Oka
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 988-991;
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Clinical strain of Staphylococcus aureus inactivates and causes efflux of macrolides
L Wondrack, M Massa, BV Yang, and J Sutcliffe
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 992-998;
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Effect of imipenem on monoclonal antibody-mediated protection against Escherichia coli O18K5
H Frasa, B Benaissa-Trouw, L Tavares, K van Kessel, W Hustinx, J Schellekens, K Kraaijeveld, and J Verhoef
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 999-1004;
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Comparative efficacy and safety of 3-day azithromycin and 10-day penicillin V treatment of group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis in children
L Pacifico, F Scopetti, A Ranucci, M Pataracchia, F Savignoni, and C Chiesa
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1005-1008;
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Mutations in gyrA gene of quinolone-resistant Salmonella serotypes isolated from humans and animals
DJ Griggs, K Gensberg, and LJ Piddock
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1009-1013;
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Oligonucleotide probes for detection of cephalosporinases among Bacteroides strains
P Mastrantonio, R Cardines, and P Spigaglia
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1014-1016;
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Comparative evaluation of microplate enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay versus plaque reduction assay for antiviral susceptibility testing of herpes simplex virus isolates
S Safrin, E Palacios, and BJ Leahy
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1017-1019;
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Quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae: correlation of alterations in the GyrA subunit of DNA gyrase and the ParC subunit of topoisomerase IV with antimicrobial susceptibility profiles
T Deguchi, M Yasuda, M Nakano, S Ozeki, T Ezaki, I Saito, and Y Kawada
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1020-1023;
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Characterization of rpsL and rrs mutations in streptomycin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from diverse geographic localities
S Sreevatsan, X Pan, KE Stockbauer, DL Williams, BN Kreiswirth, and JM Musser
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1024-1026;
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Survey of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended-spectrum beta- lactamases: prevalence of TEM-3 and first identification of TEM-26 in France
MJ Soilleux, AM Morand, GJ Arlet, MR Scavizzi, and R Labia
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1027-1029;
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Macrolide susceptibility of Mycoplasma hyorhinis isolated from piglets [published erratum appears in Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1996 Jul;40(7):1758]
H Kobayashi, T Morozumi, G Munthali, K Mitani, N Ito, and K Yamamoto
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1030-1032;
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Roxithromycin alone and in combination with either ethambutol or levofloxacin for disseminated Mycobacterium avium infections in beige mice
LE Bermudez, P Kolonoski, and LS Young
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1033-1035;
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Reaction of roxithromycin and clarithromycin with macrolide- inactivating enzymes from highly erythromycin-resistant Escherichia coli
K O'Hara and K Yamamoto
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1036-1038;
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In vitro activities of oxazolidinones U-100592 and U-100766 against penicillin-resistant and cephalosporin-resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae
EO Mason, Jr, LB Lamberth, and SL Kaplan
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1039-1040;
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Susceptibilities of Bordetella pertussis strains to antimicrobial peptides
RC Fernandez and AA Weiss
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1041-1043;
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Inhibition of 2,3-oxidosqualene-lanosterol cyclase in Candida albicans by pyridinium ion-based inhibitors
RC Goldman, D Zakula, JO Capobianco, BA Sharpe, and JH Griffin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1044-1047;
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Susceptibilities of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Mycoplasma hominis, and Ureaplasma urealyticum to a new quinolone, trovafloxacin (CP-99,219)
GE Kenny and FD Cartwright
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1048-1049;
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Differential regulation of the mcb and emr operons of Escherichia coli: role of mcb in multidrug resistance
O Lomovskaya, F Kawai, and A Matin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1050-1052;
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Relationship between rifampin MICs for and rpoB mutations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Japan
H Ohno, H Koga, S Kohno, T Tashiro, and K Hara
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1053-1056;
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Activity of nitric oxide-generating compounds against encephalomyocarditis virus
E Guillemard, M Geniteau-Legendre, R Kergot, G Lemaire, JF Petit, C Labarre, and AM Quero
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1057-1059;
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GyrB mutations in Staphylococcus aureus strains resistant to cyclothialidine, coumermycin, and novobiocin
M Stieger, P Angehrn, B Wohlgensinger, and H Gmunder
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1060-1062;
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Letters:

In vitro activity of atovaquone against Leishmania chagasi promastigotes
JA Jernigan, RD Pearson, WA Petri, Jr, and MD Rogers
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1064
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DNA gyrase gyrA mutations in quinolone-resistant clinical isolates of Staphylococcus haemolyticus
M Yonezawa, M Takahata, N Banzawa-Futakuchi, N Matsubara, Y Watanabe, H Narita, T Matsunaga, H Igarashi, M Kawahara, and S Onodera
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. April 1996 40: 1065-1066;
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