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Minireviews:

Franklin R. Cockerill, III

Genetic Methods for Assessing Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 199-212. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Susceptibility:

Stephane Bonacorsi, Frederic Fitoussi, Sylvie Lhopital, and Edouard Bingen

Comparative In Vitro Activities of Meropenem, Imipenem, Temocillin, Piperacillin, and Ceftazidime in Combination with Tobramycin, Rifampin, or Ciprofloxacin against Burkholderia cepacia Isolates from Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 213-217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

D. L. Butler, C. J. Jakielaszek, L. A. Miller, and J. A. Poupard

Escherichia coli ATCC 35218 as a Quality Control Isolate for Susceptibility Testing of Haemophilus influenzae with Haemophilus Test Medium
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 283-286. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philip S. Stewart, Wanida Wattanakaroon, Lu Goodrum, Susana M. Fortun, and Bruce R. McLeod

Electrolytic Generation of Oxygen Partially Explains Electrical Enhancement of Tobramycin Efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 292-296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. H. Jorgensen, L. M. Weigel, M. J. Ferraro, J. M. Swenson, and F. C. Tenover

Activities of Newer Fluoroquinolones against Streptococcus pneumoniae Clinical Isolates Including Those with Mutations in the gyrA, parC, and parE Loci
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 329-334. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, Linda D. Dresser, Glenn W. Kaatz, and Michael J. Rybak

Effects of NorA Inhibitors on In Vitro Antibacterial Activities and Postantibiotic Effects of Levofloxacin, Ciprofloxacin, and Norfloxacin in Genetically Related Strains of Staphylococcus aureus
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 335-340. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Fernando Baquero, José Angel García-Rodríguez, Juan García de Lomas, Lorenzo Aguilar, and The Spanish Surveillance Group for Respiratory Pathogens

Antimicrobial Resistance of 1,113 Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates from Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections in Spain: Results of a 1-Year (1996-1997) Multicenter Surveillance Study
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 357-359. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Patrick Butaye, Luc A. Devriese, Herman Goossens, Margaretha Ieven, and Freddy Haesebrouck

Enterococci with Acquired Vancomycin Resistance in Pigs and Chickens of Different Age Groups
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 365-366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gary V. Doern, Ronald N. Jones, Michael A. Pfaller, Kari Kugler, and The Sentry Participants Group

Haemophilus influenzae and Moraxella catarrhalis from Patients with Community-Acquired Respiratory Tract Infections: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (United States and Canada, 1997)
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 385-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

C. Petit, V. Yardley, F. Gaboriau, J. Bolard, and S. L. Croft

Activity of a Heat-Induced Reformulation of Amphotericin B Deoxycholate (Fungizone) against Leishmania donovani
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 390-392. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bruno Pradines, Adama Tall, Thierry Fusai, Andre Spiegel, Remi Hienne, Christophe Rogier, Jean Francois Trape, Jacques Le Bras, and Daniel Parzy

In Vitro Activities of Benflumetol against 158 Senegalese Isolates of Plasmodium falciparum in Comparison with Those of Standard Antimalarial Drugs
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 418-420. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mark E. Jones, Maarten R. Visser, Miriam Klootwijk, Peter Heisig, Jan Verhoef, and Franz-Josef Schmitz

Comparative Activities of Clinafloxacin, Grepafloxacin, Levofloxacin, Moxifloxacin, Ofloxacin, Sparfloxacin, and Trovafloxacin and Nonquinolones Linozelid, Quinupristin-Dalfopristin, Gentamicin, and Vancomycin against Clinical Isolates of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant and -Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 421-423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bernardetta Segatore, Domenico Setacci, Mariagrazia Perilli, Nicola Franceschini, Annalisa De Santis, Federico Marchetti, and Gianfranco Amicosante

Italian Survey on Comparative Levofloxacin Susceptibility in 334 Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 428-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mechanisms of Action:

Theresa M. Michele, Chiew Ko, and William R. Bishai

Exposure to Antibiotics Induces Expression of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigF Gene: Implications for Chemotherapy against Mycobacterial Persistors
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 218-225. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joshua D. Nosanchuk, Wendy Cleare, Sarah P. Franzot, and Arturo Casadevall

Amphotericin B and Fluconazole Affect Cellular Charge, Macrophage Phagocytosis, and Cellular Morphology of Cryptococcus neoformans at Subinhibitory Concentrations
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 233-239. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. J. De Lucca, T. J. Jacks, J. Takemoto, B. Vinyard, J. Peter, E. Navarro, and T. J. Walsh

Fungal Lethality, Binding, and Cytotoxicity of Syringomycin-E
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 371-373. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Richard Long, Bruce Light, and James A. Talbot

Mycobacteriocidal Action of Exogenous Nitric Oxide
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 403-405. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mechanisms of Resistance:

Annette G. Regelink, David Dahan, Lieke V. M. Möller, James W. Coulton, Paul Eijk, Peter Van Ulsen, Jacob Dankert, and Loek Van Alphen

Variation in the Composition and Pore Function of Major Outer Membrane Pore Protein P2 of Haemophilus influenzae from Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 226-232. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philipp Glanzmann, John Gustafson, Hithoshi Komatsuzawa, Kouji Ohta, and Brigitte Berger-Bächi

glmM Operon and Methicillin-Resistant glmM Suppressor Mutants in Staphylococcus aureus
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 240-245. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Moshe Ephros, Ari Bitnun, Pninit Shaked, Ella Waldman, and Dan Zilberstein

Stage-Specific Activity of Pentavalent Antimony against Leishmania donovani Axenic Amastigotes
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 278-282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Isabelle Ziha-Zarifi, Catherine Llanes, Thilo Köhler, Jean-Claude Pechere, and Patrick Plesiat

In Vivo Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Mutants of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Overexpressing the Active Efflux System MexA-MexB-OprM
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 287-291. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Danièle Choury, Gérald Aubert, Marie-France Szajnert, Kemal Azibi, Marc Delpech, and Gérard Paul

Characterization and Nucleotide Sequence of CARB-6, a New Carbenicillin-Hydrolyzing -Lactamase from Vibrio cholerae
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 297-301. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Emmanuelle Varon, Claire Janoir, Marie-Dominique Kitzis, and Laurent Gutmann

ParC and GyrA May Be Interchangeable Initial Targets of Some Fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 302-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Yoshimi Matsumoto and Matsuhisa Inoue

Characterization of SFO-1, a Plasmid-Mediated Inducible Class A -Lactamase from Enterobacter cloacae
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 307-313. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Juan Luis Muñoz-Bellido, M. A. Alonso Manzanares, J. A. Martínez Andrés, M. N. Gutiérrez Zufiaurre, G. Ortiz, M. Segovia Hernández, and J. A. García-Rodríguez

Efflux Pump-Mediated Quinolone Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Strains Wild Type for gyrA, gyrB, grlA, and norA
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 354-356. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sylvie Goussard and Patrice Courvalin

Updated Sequence Information for TEM -Lactamase Genes
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 367-370. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. Isabel García-Arata, Fernando Baquero, Luis de Rafael, Carlos Martín de Argila, Javier P. Gisbert, Fernando Bermejo, Daniel Boixeda, and Rafael Cantón

Mutations in 23S rRNA in Helicobacter pylori Conferring Resistance to Erythromycin Do Not Always Confer Resistance to Clarithromycin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 374-376. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrzej Palucha, Barbara Mikiewicz, and Marek Gniadkowski

Diversification of Escherichia coli Expressing an SHV-Type Extended-Spectrum -Lactamase (ESBL) during a Hospital Outbreak: Emergence of an ESBL-Hyperproducing Strain Resistant to Expanded-Spectrum Cephalosporins
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 393-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Luis Martínez-Martínez, Alvaro Pascual, María del Carmen Conejo, Leandro Picabea, and Evelio J. Perea

Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Imipenem Induced by Eluates from Siliconized Latex Urinary Catheters Is Related to Outer Membrane Protein Alterations
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 397-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nobuhisa Masuda, Naomasa Gotoh, Chie Ishii, Eiko Sakagawa, Satoshi Ohya, and Takeshi Nishino

Interplay between Chromosomal -Lactamase and the MexAB-OprM Efflux System in Intrinsic Resistance to -Lactams in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 400-402. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Takashi Takenouchi, Eiko Sakagawa, and Mie Sugawara

Detection of gyrA Mutations among 335 Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated in Japan and Their Susceptibilities to Fluoroquinolones
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 406-409. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hideyuki Fukuda and Keiichi Hiramatsu

Primary Targets of Fluoroquinolones in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 410-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tomoyuki Mine, Yuji Morita, Atsuko Kataoka, Tohru Mizushima, and Tomofusa Tsuchiya

Expression in Escherichia coli of a New Multidrug Efflux Pump, MexXY, from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 415-417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Thilo Köhler, Mehri Michea-Hamzehpour, Simone F. Epp, and Jean-Claude Pechere

Carbapenem Activities against Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Respective Contributions of OprD and Efflux Systems
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 424-427. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pharmacology:

Doina Vazifeh, André Bryskier, and Marie-Thérèse Labro

Mechanism Underlying Levofloxacin Uptake by Human Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 246-252. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ric Price, Julie A. Simpson, Paktiya Teja-Isavatharm, Myint Myint Than, Christine Luxemburger, D. Gray Heppner, Tan Chongsuphajaisiddhi, François Nosten, and Nicholas J. White

Pharmacokinetics of Mefloquine Combined with Artesunate in Children with Acute Falciparum Malaria
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 341-346. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Antiviral Agents:

Amilcar Tanuri, Ana C. P. Vicente, Koko Otsuki, Carlos A. Ramos, Orlando C. Ferreira, Jr., Mauro Schechter, Luis M. Janini, Danuta Pieniazek, and Mark A. Rayfield

Genetic Variation and Susceptibilities to Protease Inhibitors among Subtype B and F Isolates in Brazil
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 253-258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Gadi Borkow, Dominique Arion, Mark A. Wainberg, and Michael A. Parniak

The Thiocarboxanilide Nonnucleoside Inhibitor UC781 Restores Antiviral Activity of 3'-Azido-3'-Deoxythymidine (AZT) against AZT-Resistant Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 259-263. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. Gerardo García Lerma, Raymond F. Schinazi, Amy S. Juodawlkis, Vincent Soriano, Yulin Lin, Kathleen Tatti, David Rimland, Thomas M. Folks, and Walid Heneine

A Rapid Non-Culture-Based Assay for Clinical Monitoring of Phenotypic Resistance of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 to Lamivudine (3TC)
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 264-270. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kenneth C. Cundy, Patricia Barditch-Crovo, Brent G. Petty, April Ruby, Murphy Redpath, Howard S. Jaffe, and Paul S. Lietman

Clinical Pharmacokinetics of 1-[((S)-2-Hydroxy-2-Oxo-1,4,2-Dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl)methyl]cytosine in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 271-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. K. Howett, E. B. Neely, N. D. Christensen, B. Wigdahl, F. C. Krebs, D. Malamud, S. D. Patrick, M. D. Pickel, P. A. Welsh, C. A. Reed, M. G. Ward, L. R. Budgeon, and J. W. Kreider

A Broad-Spectrum Microbicide with Virucidal Activity against Sexually Transmitted Viruses
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 314-321. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hong Zhang, Ronnie Hanecak, Vickie Brown-Driver, Raana Azad, Boyd Conklin, Maureen C. Fox, and Kevin P. Anderson

Antisense Oligonucleotide Inhibition of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Gene Expression in Livers of Mice Infected with an HCV-Vaccinia Virus Recombinant
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 347-353. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Guy Boivin, Annie Gaudreau, Emil Toma, Richard Lalonde, Jean-Pierre Routy, Gilles Murray, Julie Handfield, and Michel G. Bergeron

Human Herpesvirus 8 DNA Load in Leukocytes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Subjects: Correlation with the Presence of Kaposi's Sarcoma and Response to Anticytomegalovirus Therapy
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 377-380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Li Ma, Selwyn J. Hurwitz, Junxing Shi, Jeffrey J. McAtee, Dennis C. Liotta, Harold M. McClure, and Raymond F. Schinazi

Pharmacokinetics of the Antiviral Agent -D-2',3'-Didehydro-2',3'-Dideoxy-5-Fluorocytidine in Rhesus Monkeys
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 381-384. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Experimental Therapeutics:

Patricia Connolly, Joe Wheat, Carol Schnizlein-Bick, Michelle Durkin, Steve Kohler, Melinda Smedema, Janet Goldberg, Edward Brizendine, and David Loebenberg

Comparison of a New Triazole Antifungal Agent, Schering 56592, with Itraconazole and Amphotericin B for Treatment of Histoplasmosis in Immunocompetent Mice
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 322-328. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chiaki Sano, Toshiaki Shimizu, Katsumasa Sato, Hideyuki Kawauchi, Shin Kawahara, and Haruaki Tomioka

Therapeutic Effects of Benzoxazinorifamycin KRM-1648 Administered Alone or in Combination with a Half-Sized Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor or the Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Diclofenac Sodium against Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection in Mice
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 360-364. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laura K. Najvar, Rosie Bocanegra, and John R. Graybill

An Alternative Animal Model for Comparison of Treatments for Cryptococcal Meningitis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 413-414. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters:

S. Eralp Bellibas; and N. Clumeck

Indinavir-Fluconazole Interaction
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 432-433. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

H. Barroso, A. Freitas-Vieira, and A. Duarte

Molecular Characterization of a Ceftazidime-Resistant Morganella morganii Isolate Producing a TEM-10 -Lactamase
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 434-435. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Javier Borja, Francesc Jané;, and Marcus J. Zervos

Cefepime versus Ceftriaxone for Empiric Treatment of Hospitalized Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 436-437. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Kieren A. Marr, Christopher N. Lyons, Tige R. Rustad, Raleigh A. Bowden, and Theodore C. White

Rapid, Transient Fluconazole Resistance in Candida albicans Is Associated with Increased mRNA Levels of CDR
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 1999 43: 438. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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