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Minireviews:

Alain Philippon, Guillaume Arlet, and George A. Jacoby

Plasmid-Determined AmpC-Type ß-Lactamases
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 1-11. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Experimental Therapeutics:

Ruta Petraitiene, Vidmantas Petraitis, Andreas H. Groll, Tin Sein, Robert L. Schaufele, Andrea Francesconi, John Bacher, Nilo A. Avila, and Thomas J. Walsh

Antifungal Efficacy of Caspofungin (MK-0991) in Experimental Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Persistently Neutropenic Rabbits: Pharmacokinetics, Drug Disposition, and Relationship to Galactomannan Antigenemia
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 12-23. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cyrus J. Bacchi, Louis M. Weiss, Schenella Lane, Benjamin Frydman, Aldonia Valasinas, Venodhar Reddy, Jerry S. Sun, Laurence J. Marton, Imitiaz A. Khan, Magali Moretto, Nigel Yarlett, and Murray Wittner

Novel Synthetic Polyamines Are Effective in the Treatment of Experimental Microsporidiosis, an Opportunistic AIDS-Associated Infection
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 55-61. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philip D. Lister

Pharmacodynamics of Gatifloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae in an In Vitro Pharmacokinetic Model: Impact of Area under the Curve/MIC Ratios on Eradication
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 69-74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Oscar Cirioni, Andrea Giacometti, Roberto Ghiselli, Federico Mocchegiani, Anna Fineo, Fiorenza Orlando, Maria Simona Del Prete, Marco Rocchi, Vittorio Saba, and Giorgio Scalise

Single-Dose Intraperitoneal Magainins Improve Survival in a Gram-Negative-Pathogen Septic Shock Rat Model
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 101-104. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nehal Vyas, Bonnie A. Avery, Mitchell A. Avery, and Christy M. Wyandt

Carrier-Mediated Partitioning of Artemisinin into Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 105-109. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. E. van den Bogaard, M. Hazen, M. Hoyer, P. Oostenbach, and E. E. Stobberingh

Effects of Flavophospholipol on Resistance in Fecal Escherichia coli and Enterococci of Fattening P
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 110-118. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Charles Pavia, Mario A. Inchiosa, Jr, and Gary P. Wormser

Efficacy of Short-Course Ceftriaxone Therapy for Borrelia burgdorferi Infection in C3H Mice
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 132-134. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jane Xu Kelly, Rolf Winter, David H. Peyton, David J. Hinrichs, and Michael Riscoe

Optimization of Xanthones for Antimalarial Activity: the 3,6-Bis--Diethylaminoalkoxyxanthone Series
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 144-150. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

J. M. Entenza, P. Hohl, I. Heinze-Krauss, M. P. Glauser, and P. Moreillon

BAL9141, a Novel Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin Active against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Treatment of Experimental Endocarditis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 171-177. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philippe Cottagnoud, Fernando Acosta, Marianne Cottagnoud, Marc Pfister, and Martin G. Täuber

Efficacies of BMS 284756 against Penicillin-Sensitive, Penicillin-Resistant, and Quinolone-Resistant Pneumococci in Experimental Meningitis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 184-187. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Philippe Cottagnoud, Cynthia M. Gerber, Marianne Cottagnoud, and Martin G. Täuber

Gentamicin Increases the Efficacy of Vancomycin against Penicillin-Resistant Pneumococci in the Rabbit Meningitis Model
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 188-190. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mark E. Shirtliff, Jason H. Calhoun, and Jon T. Mader

Gatifloxacin Efficacy in Treatment of Experimental Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus-Induced Osteomyelitis in Rabbits
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 231-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Chiranjib Pal, Mousumi Raha, Anirban Basu, Keshab Chandra Roy, Anasuya Gupta, Monidipa Ghosh, Niranjan Prasad Sahu, Sukdeb Banerjee, Nirup Bikash Mandal, and Santu Bandyopadhyay

Combination Therapy with Indolylquinoline Derivative and Sodium Antimony Gluconate Cures Established Visceral Leishmaniasis in Hamsters
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 259-261. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ulrike Sponer, Somsak Prajakwong, Gerhard Wiedermann, Herwig Kollaritsch, Gunther Wernsdorfer, and Walther H. Wernsdorfer

Pharmacodynamic Interaction of Doxycycline and Artemisinin in Plasmodium falciparum
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 262-264. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mechanisms of Resistance:

J. E. Finan, A. E. Rosato, T. M. Dickinson, D. Ko, and Gordon L. Archer

Conversion of Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococci from Heterotypic to Homotypic Resistance Expression
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 24-30. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Kouji Ohta, Sakuo Yamada, Kerstin Ehlert, Harald Labischinski, Junko Kajimura, Tamaki Fujiwara, and Motoyuki Sugai

Increased Glycan Chain Length Distribution and Decreased Susceptibility to Moenomycin in a Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Mutant
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 75-81. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ole-Herman Ambúr, Peter E. Reynolds, and Cesar A. Arias

D-Ala:D-Ala Ligase Gene Flanking the vanC Cluster: Evidence for Presence of Three Ligase Genes in Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus gallinarum BM4174
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 95-100. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Annie Canu, Brigitte Malbruny, Maëlle Coquemont, Todd A. Davies, Peter C. Appelbaum, and Roland Leclercq

Diversity of Ribosomal Mutations Conferring Resistance to Macrolides, Clindamycin, Streptogramin, and Telithromycin in Streptococcus pneumoniae
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 125-131. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anna Baraniak, Janusz Fiett, Agnieszka Sulikowska, Waleria Hryniewicz, and Marek Gniadkowski

Countrywide Spread of CTX-M-3 Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase-Producing Microorganisms of the Family Enterobacteriaceae in Poland
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 151-159. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Er-jia Wang, Karen Lew, Christopher N. Casciano, Robert P. Clement, and William W. Johnson

Interaction of Common Azole Antifungals with P Glycoprotein
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 160-165. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Denise P. Mawili-Mboumba, Jürgen F. J. Kun, Bertrand Lell, Peter G. Kremsner, and Francine Ntoumi

Pfmdr1 Alleles and Response to Ultralow-Dose Mefloquine Treatment in Gabonese Patients
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 166-170. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dietrich Mack, Axel Sabottke, Sabine Dobinsky, Holger Rohde, Matthias A. Horstkotte, and Johannes K.-M. Knobloch

Differential Expression of Methicillin Resistance by Different Biofilm-Negative Staphylococcus epidermidis Transposon Mutant Classes
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 178-183. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

T. Spanu, F. Luzzaro, M. Perilli, G. Amicosante, A. Toniolo, and G. Fadda

Occurrence of Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases in Members of the Family Enterobacteriaceae in Italy: Implications for Resistance to ß-Lactams and Other Antimicrobial Drugs
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 196-202. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mayumi Matsuoka, Matsuhisa Inoue, Yoshinori Nakajima, and Yoshihiro Endo

New erm Gene in Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 211-215. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Nadia Liassine, Stéphanie Madec, Béatrice Ninet, Catherine Metral, Martine Fouchereau-Peron, Roger Labia, and Raymond Auckenthaler

Postneurosurgical Meningitis Due to Proteus penneri with Selection of a Ceftriaxone-Resistant Isolate: Analysis of Chromosomal Class A ß-Lactamase HugA and its LysR-Type Regulatory Protein HugR
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 216-219. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

P. E. Jeric, H. Lopardo, P. Vidal, S. Arduino, A. Fernandez, B. E. Orman, D. O. Sordelli, and D. Centrón

Multicenter Study on Spreading of the tet(M) Gene in Tetracycline-Resistant Streptococcus Group G and C Isolates in Argentina
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 239-241. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Alan Patrick Gibb, Chanwit Tribuddharat, Richard A. Moore, Thomas J. Louie, Wally Krulicki, David M. Livermore, Marie-France I. Palepou, and Neil Woodford

Nosocomial Outbreak of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with a New bla_IMP Allele, bla_IMP-7
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 255-258. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pharmacology:

R. Wise, T. Gee, J. M. Andrews, B. Dvorchik, and G. Marshall

Pharmacokinetics and Inflammatory Fluid Penetration of Intravenous Daptomycin in Volunteers
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 31-33. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

M. L. Peterson, L. B. Hovde, D. H. Wright, G. H. Brown, A. D. Hoang, and J. C. Rotschafer

Pharmacodynamics of Trovafloxacin and Levofloxacin against Bacteroides fragilis in an In Vitro Pharmacodynamic Model
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 203-210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

R. Wise, T. Gee, G. Marshall, and J. M. Andrews

Single-Dose Pharmacokinetics and Penetration of BMS 284756 into an Inflammatory Exudate
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 242-244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Susceptibility:

L. M. Ballweber, J. E. Jaynes, W. E. Stamm, and M. F. Lampe

In Vitro Microbicidal Activities of Cecropin Peptides D2A21 and D4E1 and Gel Formulations Containing 0.1 to 2% D2A21 against Chlamydia trachomatis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 34-41. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Glenn A. Pankuch, Todd A. Davies, Michael R. Jacobs, and Peter C. Appelbaum

Antipneumococcal Activity of Ertapenem (MK-0826) Compared to Those of Other Agents
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 42-46. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Joseph Meletiadis, Jacques F. G. M. Meis, Johan W. Mouton, Juan Luis Rodriquez-Tudela, J. Peter Donnelly, and Paul E. Verweij

In Vitro Activities of New and Conventional Antifungal Agents against Clinical Scedosporium Isolates
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 62-68. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Todd A. Davies, Alan Evangelista, Sharon Pfleger, Karen Bush, Daniel F. Sahm, and Raul Goldschmidt

Prevalence of Single Mutations in Topoisomerase Type II Genes among Levofloxacin-Susceptible Clinical Strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolated in the United States in 1992 to 1996 and 1999 to 2000
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 119-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Laura E. Lawrence, MaryBeth Frosco, Brenda Ryan, Susan Chaniewski, Hyekyung Yang, David C. Hooper, and John F. Barrett

Bactericidal Activities of BMS-284756, a Novel Des-F(6)-Quinolone, against Staphylococcus aureus Strains with Topoisomerase Mutations
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 191-195. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dianne B. Hoellman, Linda M. Kelly, Kim Credito, Lauren Anthony, Lois M. Ednie, Michael R. Jacobs, and Peter C. Appelbaum

In Vitro Antianaerobic Activity of Ertapenem (MK-0826) Compared to Seven Other Compounds
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 220-224. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Bruno Pradines, Florence Ramiandrasoa, Jean Marc Rolain, Christophe Rogier, Joel Mosnier, William Daries, Thierry Fusai, Gerhard Kunesch, Jacques Le Bras, and Daniel Parzy

In Vitro Potentiation of Antibiotic Activities by a Catecholate Iron Chelator against Chloroquine-Resistant Plasmodium falciparum
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 225-228. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Matteo Bassetti, Louise M. Dembry, Patricia A. Farrel, Deborah A. Callan, and Vincent T. Andriole

Antimicrobial Activities of BMS-284756 Compared with Those of Fluoroquinolones and ß-Lactams against Gram-Positive Clinical Isolates
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 234-238. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sevtap Arikan, Mario Lozano-Chiu, Victor Paetznick, and John H. Rex

In Vitro Synergy of Caspofungin and Amphotericin B against Aspergillus and Fusarium spp.
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 245-247. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Glenn A. Pankuch, Kensuke Nagai, Todd A. Davies, Michael R. Jacobs, and Peter C. Appelbaum

Antipneumococcal Activity of BMS 284756 Compared to Those of Six Other Agents
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 251-254. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mechanisms of Action:

Ofelia Chacon, Zhengyu Feng, N. Beth Harris, Nancy E. Cáceres, L. Garry Adams, and Raúl G. Barletta

Mycobacterium smegmatis D-Alanine Racemase Mutants Are Not Dependent on D-Alanine for Growth
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 47-54. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne-Marie Pons, Nathalie Zorn, David Vignon, François Delalande, Alain Van Dorsselaer, and Gilles Cottenceau

Microcin E492 Is an Unmodified Peptide Related in Structure to Colicin V
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 229-230. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Antiviral Agents:

Patricia L. Marion, Felix H. Salazar, Mark A. Winters, and Richard J. Colonno

Potent Efficacy of Entecavir (BMS-200475) in a Duck Model of Hepatitis B Virus Replication
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 82-88. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hauke Walter, Barbara Schmidt, Marianne Werwein, Eva Schwingel, and Klaus Korn

Prediction of Abacavir Resistance from Genotypic Data: Impact of Zidovudine and Lamivudine Resistance In Vitro and In Vivo
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 89-94. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stephen Kewn, Patrick G. Hoggard, Sean D. Sales, Kevin Jones, Bridget Maher, Saye H. Khoo, and David J. Back

Development of Enzymatic Assays for Quantification of Intracellular Lamivudine and Carbovir Triphosphate Levels in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 135-143. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Therapeutics:

L. Joseph Wheat, Patricia Connolly, Nicholas Haddad, Ann Le Monte, Edward Brizendine, and Richard Hafner

Antigen Clearance during Treatment of Disseminated Histoplasmosis with Itraconazole versus Fluconazole in Patients with AIDS
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 248-250. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Errata:

Mónica Trujillo, Eliana Rodríguez, and Magela Laviña

ATP Synthase Is Necessary for Microcin H47 Antibiotic Action
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2002 46: 265. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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