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Articles:

Comparative in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of nosocomial isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii and synergistic activities of nine antimicrobial combinations
MB Marques, ES Brookings, SA Moser, PB Sonke, and KB Waites
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 881-885;
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Behavior of amphotericin B lipid complex in plasma in vitro and in the circulation of rats
R Bhamra, A Sa'ad, LE Bolcsak, AS Janoff, and CE Swenson
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 886-892;
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Activity of trovafloxacin in combination with other drugs for treatment of acute murine toxoplasmosis
AA Khan, T Slifer, FG Araujo, RJ Polzer, and JS Remington
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 893-897;
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Multiple-dose pharmacokinetics of ritonavir in human immunodeficiency virus-infected subjects
A Hsu, GR Granneman, G Witt, C Locke, J Denissen, A Molla, J Valdes, J Smith, K Erdman, N Lyons, P Niu, JP Decourt, JB Fourtillan, J Girault, and JM Leonard
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 898-905;
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Increased expression of fibronectin-binding proteins by fluoroquinolone- resistant Staphylococcus aureus exposed to subinhibitory levels of ciprofloxacin
C Bisognano, PE Vaudaux, DP Lew, EY Ng, and DC Hooper
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 906-913;
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Pharmacokinetics of oral fluconazole when used for prophylaxis in bone marrow transplant recipients
A El-Yazigi, M Ellis, P Ernst, D Spence, R Hussain, and FJ Baillie
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 914-917;
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Modulation of the metabolism of beta-L-(-)-2',3'-dideoxy-3'- thiacytidine by thymidine, fludarabine, and nitrobenzylthioinosine
JJ Rahn, DM Kieller, DL Tyrrell, and WP Gati
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 918-923;
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Metabolism of rifabutin and its 25-desacetyl metabolite, LM565, by human liver microsomes and recombinant human cytochrome P-450 3A4: relevance to clinical interaction with fluconazole
CB Trapnell, C Jamis-Dow, RW Klecker, and JM Collins
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 924-926;
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Suspicion of quinolone active metabolite following discrepancy between predicted and experimental urine bactericidal activities
L Aguilar, MJ Gimenez, J Costa, R Dal-Re, and J Prieto
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 927-930;
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Influence of inducible cross-resistance to macrolides, lincosamides, and streptogramin B-type antibiotics in Enterococcus faecium on activity of quinupristin-dalfopristin in vitro and in rabbits with experimental endocarditis
B Fantin, R Leclercq, L Garry, and C Carbon
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 931-935;
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A mutation in the D,D-carboxypeptidase penicillin-binding protein 3 of Streptococcus pneumoniae contributes to cefotaxime resistance of the laboratory mutant C604
J Krauss and R Hakenbeck
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 936-942;
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Survey and molecular genetics of SHV beta-lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae in Switzerland: two novel enzymes, SHV-11 and SHV-12
MT Nuesch-Inderbinen, FH Kayser, and H Hachler
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 943-949;
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Comparison of the postantibiotic and postantibiotic sub-MIC effects of levofloxacin and ciprofloxacin on Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae
L Licata, CE Smith, RM Goldschmidt, JF Barrett, and M Frosco
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 950-955;
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Overexpression and characterization of the chromosomal aminoglycoside 6'-N-acetyltransferase from Enterococcus faecium
GD Wright and P Ladak
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 956-960;
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Ginseng treatment reduces bacterial load and lung pathology in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia in rats
Z Song, HK Johansen, V Faber, C Moser, A Kharazmi, J Rygaard, and N Hoiby
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 961-964;
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Antiviral properties of palinavir, a potent inhibitor of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease
D Lamarre, G Croteau, E Wardrop, L Bourgon, D Thibeault, C Clouette, M Vaillancourt, E Cohen, C Pargellis, C Yoakim, and PC Anderson
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 965-971;
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Axenically cultured amastigote forms as an in vitro model for investigation of antileishmanial agents
D Sereno and JL Lemesre
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 972-976;
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Topotecan inhibits human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection through a topoisomerase-independent mechanism in a cell line with altered topoisomerase I
JL Zhang, PL Sharma, CJ Li, BJ Dezube, AB Pardee, and CS Crumpacker
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 977-981;
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Pharmacokinetics of intramuscularly administered aminosidine in healthy subjects
TP Kanyok, AD Killian, KA Rodvold, and LH Danziger
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 982-986;
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Kinetics of piperacillin and tazobactam in ventricular cerebrospinal fluid of hydrocephalic patients
R Nau, M Kinzig-Schippers, F Sorgel, S Schinschke, R Rossing, C Muller, H Kolenda, and HW Prange
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 987-991;
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Glycosylated flavones as selective inhibitors of topoisomerase IV
FX Bernard, S Sable, B Cameron, J Provost, JF Desnottes, J Crouzet, and F Blanche
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 992-998;
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Galactose oxidase-glucan binding domain fusion proteins as targeting inhibitors of dental plaque bacteria
M Lis and HK Kuramitsu
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 999-1003;
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Microplate alamar blue assay versus BACTEC 460 system for high- throughput screening of compounds against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium
L Collins and SG Franzblau
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1004-1009;
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Antibacterial activity of BMS-180680, a new catechol-containing monobactam
J Fung-Tomc, K Bush, B Minassian, B Kolek, R Flamm, E Gradelski, and D Bonner
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1010-1016;
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Removal of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitors from preparations of immature HIV-1 virions does not result in an increase in infectivity or the appearance of mature morphology
RW Humphrey, A Ohagen, DA Davis, T Fukazawa, H Hayashi, S Hoglund, H Mitsuya, and R Yarchoan
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1017-1023;
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Mapping the regions carrying the three contiguous antibiotic resistance genes aadE, sat4, and aphA-3 in the genomes of staphylococci
A Derbise, S Aubert, and N El Solh
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1024-1032;
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Susceptibilities of 228 penicillin- and erythromycin-susceptible and - resistant pneumococci to RU 64004, a new ketolide, compared with susceptibilities to 16 other agents
LM Ednie, SK Spangler, MR Jacobs, and PC Appelbaum
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1033-1036;
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Antianaerobic activity of the ketolide RU 64004 compared to activities of four macrolides, five beta-lactams, clindamycin, and metronidazole
LM Ednie, SK Spangler, MR Jacobs, and PC Appelbaum
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1037-1041;
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Efficacy of trimethoprim in murine experimental infection with a thymidine kinase-deficient mutant of Escherichia coli
T Tokunaga, K Oka, A Takemoto, Y Ohtsubo, N Gotoh, and T Nishino
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1042-1045;
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Antibacterial effect of the adhering human Lactobacillus acidophilus strain LB
MH Coconnier, V Lievin, MF Bernet-Camard, S Hudault, and AL Servin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1046-1052;
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Efficacies of piperacillin-tazobactam and cefepime in rats with experimental intra-abdominal abscesses due to an extended-spectrum beta- lactamase-producing strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae
C Thauvin-Eliopoulos, MF Tripodi, RC Moellering, Jr, and GM Eliopoulos
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1053-1057;
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Antiviral activity of the dihydropyrone PNU-140690, a new nonpeptidic human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitor
SM Poppe, DE Slade, KT Chong, RR Hinshaw, PJ Pagano, M Markowitz, DD Ho, H Mo, RR Gorman, 3rd, TJ Dueweke, S Thaisrivongs, and WG Tarpley
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1058-1063;
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Pentostam induces resistance to antimony and the preservative chlorocresol in Leishmania donovani promastigotes and axenically grown amastigotes
M Ephros, E Waldman, and D Zilberstein
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1064-1068;
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Effect of food intake on pharmacokinetics of oral artemisinin in healthy Vietnamese subjects
TK Dien, PJ de Vries, NX Khanh, R Koopmans, LN Binh, DD Duc, PA Kager, and CJ van Boxtel
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1069-1072;
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Activities of levofloxacin, ofloxacin, and ciprofloxacin, alone and in combination with amikacin, against acinetobacters as determined by checkerboard and time-kill studies
S Bajaksouzian, MA Visalli, MR Jacobs, and PC Appelbaum
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1073-1076;
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Penetration of dapsone into pulmonary lining fluid of human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected patients
M Cruciani, G Gatti, C Mengoli, A Cazzadori, L Lazzarini, F Miletich, MS Graziani, M Malena, and D Bassetti
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1077-1081;
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1592U89, a novel carbocyclic nucleoside analog with potent, selective anti-human immunodeficiency virus activity
SM Daluge, SS Good, MB Faletto, WH Miller, MH St. Clair, LR Boone, M Tisdale, NR Parry, JE Reardon, RE Dornsife, DR Averett, and TA Krenitsky
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1082-1093;
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Combination of mutations in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase required for resistance to the carbocyclic nucleoside 1592U89
M Tisdale, T Alnadaf, and D Cousens
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1094-1098;
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Unique intracellular activation of the potent anti-human immunodeficiency virus agent 1592U89
MB Faletto, WH Miller, EP Garvey, MH St. Clair, SM Daluge, and SS Good
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1099-1107;
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Pharmacodynamic modeling of the in vivo interaction between cefotaxime and ofloxacin by using serum ultrafiltrate inhibitory titers
DE Nix, JH Wilton, J Hyatt, J Thomas, LC Strenkoski-Nix, A Forrest, and JJ Schentag
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1108-1114;
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Pharmacokinetics of gentamicin at traditional versus high doses: implications for once-daily aminoglycoside dosing
DJ Demczar, AN Nafziger, and JS Bertino, Jr
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1115-1119;
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Combination therapy with fluconazole and flucytosine in the murine model of cryptococcal meningitis
MH Nguyen, LK Najvar, CY Yu, and JR Graybill
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1120-1123;
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In vitro activity of SCH-56592 and comparison with activities of amphotericin B and itraconazole against Aspergillus spp
KL Oakley, CB Moore, and DW Denning
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1124-1126;
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Monotherapy versus beta-lactam-aminoglycoside combination treatment for gram-negative bacteremia: a prospective, observational study
L Leibovici, M Paul, O Poznanski, M Drucker, Z Samra, H Konigsberger, and SD Pitlik
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1127-1133;
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Emergence of the trimethoprim resistance gene dfrD in Listeria monocytogenes BM4293
E Charpentier and P Courvalin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1134-1136;
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Interpretive criteria for testing susceptibility of staphylococci to mupirocin
JE Finlay, LA Miller, and JA Poupard
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1137-1139;
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Multiple antibiotic resistance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
A Alonso and JL Martinez
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1140-1142;
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Pharmacokinetics of zidovudine after rectal administration in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients
U Wintergerst, B Rolinski, JR Bogner, G Notheis, FD Goebel, AA Roscher, and BH Belohradsky
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1143-1145;
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Comparative in vitro activities of trovafloxacin (CP-99,219) against 445 gram-positive isolates from patients with endocarditis and those with other bloodstream infections
HP Endtz, JW Mouton, JG den Hollander, N van den Braak, and HA Verbrugh
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1146-1149;
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Teicoplanin in cardiac surgery: intraoperative pharmacokinetics and concentrations in cardiac and mediastinal tissues
C Martin, P Bourget, M Alaya, A Sertin, C Atlani, K Ennabli, and R Said
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1150-1155;
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In vitro activity of a new echinocandin, LY303366, compared with those of amphotericin B and fluconazole against clinical yeast isolates
O Uzun, S Kocagoz, Y Cetinkaya, S Arikan, and S Unal
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1156-1157;
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Susceptibility to beta-lactam antibiotics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa overproducing penicillin-binding protein 3
X Liao and RE Hancock
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1158-1161;
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Clinical resistance to erythromycin and clindamycin in cutaneous propionibacteria isolated from acne patients is associated with mutations in 23S rRNA
JI Ross, EA Eady, JH Cove, CE Jones, AH Ratyal, YW Miller, S Vyakrnam, and WJ Cunliffe
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1162-1165;
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Characterization of a mutation in the parE gene that confers fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae
B Perichon, J Tankovic, and P Courvalin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1166-1167;
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Comparative activities of amikacin against Mycobacterium avium complex in nude and beige mice
N Lounis, B Ji, C Truffot-Pernot, and J Grosset
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1168-1169;
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Postantibiotic effect assessments for antibiotics exhibiting a wide range of bactericidal activities by using a modified total-cell- counting method
RC Li and SW Lee
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1170-1172;
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Ampicillin susceptibilities of vaginal and placental isolates of group B streptococcus and Escherichia coli obtained between 1992 and 1994
LA Meyn and SL Hillier
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1173-1174;
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Lack of ability of ciprofloxacin-rifampin prophylaxis to decrease infection-related morbidity in neutropenic patients given cytotoxic therapy and peripheral blood stem cell transplants
M Hidalgo, J Hornedo, C Lumbreras, JM Trigo, C Gomez, S Perea, A Ruiz, R Hitt, and H Cortes-Funes
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1175-1177;
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Efficacies of ofloxacin, rifampin, and clindamycin in treatment of Staphylococcus aureus abscesses and correlation with results of an in vitro assay of intracellular bacterial killing
DM Bamberger, BL Herndon, M Dew, RP Chern, H Mitchell, LE Summers, RF Marcus, SC Kim, and PR Suvarna
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1178-1181;
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Cloning and sequence analysis of a class A beta-lactamase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra
CJ Hackbarth, I Unsal, and HF Chambers
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1182-1185;
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Trovafloxacin in treatment of rabbits with experimental meningitis caused by high-level penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae
YS Kim, Q Liu, LL Chow, and MG Tauber
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1186-1189;
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In vitro activity of premafloxacin, a new extended-spectrum fluoroquinolone, against pathogens of veterinary importance
JL Watts, SA Salmon, MS Sanchez, and RJ Yancey, Jr
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1190-1192;
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Comparative in vitro activities of DU-6859a, levofloxacin, ofloxacin, sparfloxacin, and ciprofloxacin against 387 aerobic and anaerobic bite wound isolates
EJ Goldstein, DM Citron, SH Gerardo, M Hudspeth, and CV Merriam
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1193-1195;
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In vitro activity of RU 64004, a new ketolide antibiotic, against gram- positive bacteria
T Schulin, CB Wennersten, RC Moellering, Jr, and GM Eliopoulos
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1196-1202;
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Essential role of endogenously synthesized tylosin for induction of ermSF in Streptomyces fradiae
E Memili and B Weisblum
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1203-1205;
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Letters:

A bla(TEM-1b)-derived TEM-6 beta-lactamase: a case of convergent evolution
LV Peixe, JC Sousa, JC Perez-Diaz, and F Baquero
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1206
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Ergotism related to concurrent administration of ergotamine tartrate and ritonavir in an AIDS patient
FJ Caballero-Granado, P Viciana, E Cordero, MJ Gomez-Vera, M del Nozal, and LF Lopez-Cortes
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1207
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In vitro susceptibility testing of Borrelia burgdorferi by a dialysis culture method
LL Dever, JH Jorgensen, and AG Barbour
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1208-1209;
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Penicillin resistance in Veillonella
M Reig, N Mir, and F Baquero
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. May 1997 41: 1210
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