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Guest Commentary:

Tuberculosis Drug Screening Program

Search for New Drugs for Treatment of Tuberculosis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 1943-1946. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pharmacology:

Masaaki Fukuda, Mikio Oka, Yoshimasa Ishida, Haruki Kinoshita, Kenji Terashi, Minoru Fukuda, Shigeru Kawabata, Akitoshi Kinoshita, Hiroshi Soda, and Shigeru Kohno

Effects of Renal Function on Pharmacokinetics of Recombinant Human Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor in Lung Cancer Patients
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 1947-1951. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

George G. Zhanel, David G. Saunders, Daryl J. Hoban, and James A. Karlowsky

Influence of Human Serum on Antifungal Pharmacodynamics with Candida albicans
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2018-2022. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Evan H. Kwong, Manisha Ramaswamy, Emily A. Bauer, Scott C. Hartsel, and Kishor M. Wasan

Heat Treatment of Amphotericin B Modifies Its Serum Pharmacokinetics, Tissue Distribution, and Renal Toxicity following Administration of a Single Intravenous Dose to Rabbits
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2060-2063. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrew T. Chow, Cynthia Fowler, R. Rex Williams, Nancy Morgan, Susan Kaminski, and Jaya Natarajan

Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Multiple 750-Milligram Doses of Intravenous Levofloxacin in Healthy Volunteers
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2122-2125. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gigi H. Ross, David H. Wright, Laurie Baeker Hovde, Marnie L. Peterson, and John C. Rotschafer

Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Anaerobic Bacteria following Exposure to Levofloxacin, Trovafloxacin, and Sparfloxacin in an In Vitro Pharmacodynamic Model
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2136-2140. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

P. Villani, P. Viale, L. Signorini, B. Cadeo, F. Marchetti, A. Villani, C. Fiocchi, M. B. Regazzi, and G. Carosi

Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Oral Levofloxacin in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Subjects Receiving Concomitant Antiretroviral Therapy
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2160-2162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Holly L. Jordan, Arlene S. Pereira, Myron S. Cohen, and Angela D. M. Kashuba

Domestic Cat Model for Predicting Human Nucleoside Analogue Pharmacokinetics in Blood and Seminal Plasma
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2173-2176. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susceptibility:

Theoklis Zaoutis, Lynn Steele Moore, Kathleen Furness, and Joel D. Klein

In Vitro Activities of Linezolid, Meropenem, and Quinupristin-Dalfopristin against Group C and G Streptococci, Including Vancomycin-Tolerant Isolates
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 1952-1954. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Reanne Hughes and Simon Kilvington

Comparison of Hydrogen Peroxide Contact Lens Disinfection Systems and Solutions against Acanthamoeba polyphaga
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2038-2043. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Teresa M. Díaz-Guerra, Emilia Mellado, and Juan L. Rodríguez-Tudela

Detection of Resistance to Amphotericin B in Candida Isolates by Using Iso-Sensitest Broth
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2070-2074. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Harald Noedl, Thomas Allmendinger, Somsak Prajakwong, Gunther Wernsdorfer, and Walther H. Wernsdorfer

Desbutyl-Benflumetol, a Novel Antimalarial Compound: In Vitro Activity in Fresh Isolates of Plasmodium falciparum from Thailand
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2106-2109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Henry S. Heine, Marilyn J. England, David M. Waag, and W. Russell Byrne

In Vitro Antibiotic Susceptibilities of Burkholderia mallei (Causative Agent of Glanders) Determined by Broth Microdilution and E-Test
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2119-2121. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael L. Cohn and Ken B. Waites

Antimicrobial Activities of Gatifloxacin against Nosocomial Isolates of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Measured by MIC and Time-Kill Studies
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2126-2128. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daryl J. Hoban, Aleksandra K. Wierzbowski, Kim Nichol, and George G. Zhanel

Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Canada during 1998-1999: Prevalence of mef(A) and erm(B) and Susceptibilities to Ketolides
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2147-2150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. J. Carrillo and J. Guarro

In Vitro Activities of Four Novel Triazoles against Scedosporium spp.
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2151-2153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. M. Nilius, M. H. Bui, L. Almer, D. Hensey-Rudloff, J. Beyer, Z. Ma, Y. S. Or, and R. K. Flamm

Comparative In Vitro Activity of ABT-773, a Novel Antibacterial Ketolide
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2163-2168. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mechanisms of Resistance:

Yuki Katayama, Teruyo Ito, and Keiichi Hiramatsu

Genetic Organization of the Chromosome Region Surrounding mecA in Clinical Staphylococcal Strains: Role of IS431-Mediated mecI Deletion in Expression of Resistance in mecA-Carrying, Low-Level Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 1955-1963. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Kiyomi Okamoto, Naomasa Gotoh, and Takeshi Nishino

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reveals High Intrinsic Resistance to Penem Antibiotics: Penem Resistance Mechanisms and Their Interplay
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 1964-1971. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Herin Oh, Nagwa El Amin, Todd Davies, Peter C. Appelbaum, and Charlotta Edlund

gyrA Mutations Associated with Quinolone Resistance in Bacteroides fragilis Group Strains
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 1977-1981. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Adriana E. Rosato, Bonnie S. Lee, and Kevin A. Nash

Inducible Macrolide Resistance in Corynebacterium jeikeium
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 1982-1989. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Faye M. Barnard and Anthony Maxwell

Interaction between DNA Gyrase and Quinolones: Effects of Alanine Mutations at GyrA Subunit Residues Ser⁸³ and Asp⁸⁷
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 1994-2000. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Weimin Mao, Mark S. Warren, Angela Lee, Anita Mistry, and Olga Lomovskaya

MexXY-OprM Efflux Pump Is Required for Antagonism of Aminoglycosides by Divalent Cations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2001-2007. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Andrea J. McCoy, Hongjian Liu, Timothy J. Falla, and John S. Gunn

Identification of Proteus mirabilis Mutants with Increased Sensitivity to Antimicrobial Peptides
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2030-2037. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Frank Møller Aarestrup, Anne Mette Seyfarth, Hanne-Dorthe Emborg, Karl Pedersen, René S. Hendriksen, and Flemming Bager

Effect of Abolishment of the Use of Antimicrobial Agents for Growth Promotion on Occurrence of Antimicrobial Resistance in Fecal Enterococci from Food Animals in Denmark
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2054-2059. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ana Amoroso, Diego Demares, Marta Mollerach, Gabriel Gutkind, and Jacques Coyette

All Detectable High-Molecular-Mass Penicillin-Binding Proteins Are Modified in a High-Level -Lactam-Resistant Clinical Isolate of Streptococcus mitis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2075-2081. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Maurin, C. Abergel, and D. Raoult

DNA Gyrase-Mediated Natural Resistance to Fluoroquinolones in Ehrlichia spp.
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2098-2105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Aroonwadee Chanawong, Fatima Hannachi M'Zali, John Heritage, Aroonlug Lulitanond, and Peter Michael Hawkey

Discrimination of SHV -Lactamase Genes by Restriction Site Insertion-PCR
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2110-2114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

S. Kariuki, J. E. Corkill, G. Revathi, R. Musoke, and C. A. Hart

Molecular Characterization of a Novel Plasmid-Encoded Cefotaximase (CTX-M-12) Found in Clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates from Kenya
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2141-2143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jason Prystowsky, Farida Siddiqui, John Chosay, Dean L. Shinabarger, John Millichap, Lance R. Peterson, and Gary A. Noskin

Resistance to Linezolid: Characterization of Mutations in rRNA and Comparison of Their Occurrences in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2154-2156. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ann S. G. Lee, Audrey S. M. Teo, and Sin-Yew Wong

Novel Mutations in ndh in Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2157-2159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Therapeutics:

Reynaldo Dietze, Luciléia Teixeira, Lia Márcia Canedo Rocha, Moisés Palaci, John L. Johnson, Charles Wells, Lynn Rose, Kathleen Eisenach, and Jerrold J. Ellner

Safety and Bactericidal Activity of Rifalazil in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 1972-1976. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Amar Safdar, Vishnu Chaturvedi, Emily W. Cross, Steven Park, Edward M. Bernard, Donald Armstrong, and David S. Perlin

Prospective Study of Candida Species in Patients at a Comprehensive Cancer Center
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2129-2133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

N. Kalach, P. H. Benhamou, F. Campeotto, M. Bergeret, C. Dupont, and J. Raymond

Clarithromycin Resistance and Eradication of Helicobacter pylori in Children
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2134-2135. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Therapeutics:

Robert K. Tcholakian and Issam I. Raad

Durability of Anti-Infective Effect of Long-Term Silicone Sheath Catheters Impregnated with Antimicrobial Agents
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 1990-1993. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Holly M. Mattoes, Maryanne Banevicius, Dadong Li, Christina Turley, Dawei Xuan, Charles H. Nightingale, and David P. Nicolau

Pharmacodynamic Assessment of Gatifloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2092-2097. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Joachim Gerber, Alexander Smirnov, Andreas Wellmer, Jasmin Ragheb, Juliane Prange, Eckhardt Schütz, Klaus Wettich, Siegfried Kalich, and Roland Nau

Activity of LY333328 in Experimental Meningitis Caused by a Streptococcus pneumoniae Strain Susceptible to Penicillin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2169-2172. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mechanisms of Action:

Chandravanu Dash, Absar Ahmad, Devyani Nath, and Mala Rao

Novel Bifunctional Inhibitor of Xylanase and Aspartic Protease: Implications for Inhibition of Fungal Growth
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2008-2017. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ming Chen, Lin Zhai, Søren Brøgger Christensen, Thor G. Theander, and Arsalan Kharazmi

Inhibition of Fumarate Reductase in Leishmania major and L. donovani by Chalcones
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2023-2029. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Denis Sereno, Philippe Holzmuller, Isabelle Mangot, Gérard Cuny, Ali Ouaissi, and Jean-Loup Lemesre

Antimonial-Mediated DNA Fragmentation in Leishmania infantum Amastigotes
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2064-2069. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antiviral Agents:

Jeannette M. Loutsch, Bruno Sainz, Jr., Mary E. Marquart, Xiaodong Zheng, Prabakaran Kesavan, Shiro Higaki, James M. Hill, and Ruth Tal-Singer

Effect of Famciclovir on Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Corneal Disease and Establishment of Latency in Rabbits
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2044-2053. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stacy M. Moore, Jennifer S. Cannon, Yvette C. Tanhehco, Fayez M. Hamzeh, and Richard F. Ambinder

Induction of Epstein-Barr Virus Kinases To Sensitize Tumor Cells to Nucleoside Analogues
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2082-2091. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. L. Drusano, S. L. Preston, D. Smee, K. Bush, K. Bailey, and R. W. Sidwell

Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of RWJ-270201, a Novel Neuraminidase Inhibitor, in a Lethal Murine Model of Influenza Predicts Efficacy for Once-Daily Dosing
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2115-2118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Johan Lennerstrand, David K. Stammers, and Brendan A. Larder

Biochemical Mechanism of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase Resistance to Stavudine
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2144-2146. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

Sasha A. Showsh, Erika H. De Boever, and Don B. Clewell

Vancomycin Resistance Plasmid in Enterococcus faecalis That Encodes Sensitivity to a Sex Pheromone Also Produced by Staphylococcus aureus
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2177-2178. [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. Sirot, C. Chanal, R. Bonnet, C. De Champs, J. Sirot, and L. Bret

Inhibitor-Resistant TEM-33 -Lactamase in a Shigella sonnei Isolate
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2179-2180. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Annerose Serr, Barbara F. Koenig, Markus Heep, Kim Nielsen, and Jette Marie Bangsborg

Update on Rifampin Resistance in the Legionellaceae
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2181-2182. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clyde Thornsberry, James A. Karlowsky, Daniel F. Sahm, James H. Jorgensen, L. M. Weigel, J. M. Swenson, C. G. Whitney, F. C. Tenover, and M. J. Ferraro

Levofloxacin-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae: Second Look
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2001 45: 2183-2184. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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