Contents: November 2002, Volume 46, Issue 11        Mechanisms of Action        Mechanisms of Resistance        Susceptibility        Antiviral Agents        Experimental Therapeutics        Biologic Response Modifiers        Pharmacology        Letters        Author's Correction Other Issues

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Mechanisms of Action:

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Interaction of Avilamycin with Ribosomes and Resistance Caused by Mutations in 23S rRNA Christine B. Kofoed and Birte Vester Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3339-3342; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Saccharomyces cerevisiae Screen Identifies WR99210 Analogues That Inhibit Mycobacterium tuberculosis Dihydrofolate Reductase A'Lissa B. Gerum, Jonathan E. Ulmer, David P. Jacobus, Norman P. Jensen, David R. Sherman, and Carol Hopkins Sibley Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3362-3369; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Action of Chlorhexidine Digluconate against Yeast and Filamentous Forms in an Early-Stage Candida albicans Biofilm Peter A. Suci and Bonnie J. Tyler Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3522-3531; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Regulated Expression of the Escherichia coli lepB Gene as a Tool for Cellular Testing of Antimicrobial Compounds That Inhibit Signal Peptidase I In Vitro Maria D. F. S. Barbosa, Siqi Lin, Jay A. Markwalder, Jonathan A. Mills, Joseph A. DeVito, Christopher A. Teleha, Vasudha Garlapati, Charles Liu, Andy Thompson, George L. Trainor, Michael G. Kurilla, and David L. Pompliano Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3549-3554; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Activity of Caspofungin against Candida albicans Biofilms Stefano P. Bachmann, Kacy VandeWalle, Gordon Ramage, Thomas F. Patterson, Brian L. Wickes, John R. Graybill, and José L. López-Ribot Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3591-3596; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Propranolol Inhibits Hyphal Development in Candida albicans Carol A. Baker, Kevin Desrosiers, and Joseph W. Dolan Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3617-3620; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mechanisms of Resistance:

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Defining and Combating the Mechanisms of Triclosan Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus Frank Fan, Kang Yan, Nicola G. Wallis, Shannon Reed, Terrance D. Moore, Stephen F. Rittenhouse, Walter E. DeWolf, Jr., Jianzhong Huang, Damien McDevitt, William H. Miller, Mark A. Seefeld, Kenneth A. Newlander, Dalia R. Jakas, Martha S. Head, and David J. Payne Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3343-3347; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dual Targeting of DNA Gyrase and Topoisomerase IV: Target Interactions of Garenoxacin (BMS-284756, T-3811ME), a New Desfluoroquinolone Dilek Ince, Xiamei Zhang, L. Christine Silver, and David C. Hooper Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3370-3380; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Biological Cost of Rifampin Resistance from the Perspective of Staphylococcus aureus Thomas A. Wichelhaus, Boris Böddinghaus, Silke Besier, Volker Schäfer, Volker Brade, and Albrecht Ludwig Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3381-3385; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Characterization of SmeT, a Repressor of the Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Multidrug Efflux Pump SmeDEF Patricia Sánchez, Ana Alonso, and Jose L. Martinez Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3386-3393; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Melanization of Cryptococcus neoformans and Histoplasma capsulatum Reduces Their Susceptibilities to Amphotericin B and Caspofungin David van Duin, Arturo Casadevall, and Joshua D. Nosanchuk Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3394-3400; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of a Chromosome-Borne Expanded-Spectrum Class A ß-Lactamase from Erwinia persicina Sophie Vimont, Laurent Poirel, Thierry Naas, and Patrice Nordmann Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3401-3405; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Constitutive High Expression of Chromosomal ß-Lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Caused by a New Insertion Sequence (IS1669) Located in ampD Niels Bagge, Oana Ciofu, Morten Hentzer, Joan I. A. Campbell, Michael Givskov, and Niels Høiby Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3406-3411; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Evaluation of Differential Gene Expression in Fluconazole-Susceptible and -Resistant Isolates of Candida albicans by cDNA Microarray Analysis P. David Rogers and Katherine S. Barker Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3412-3417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

gyrA and gyrB Mutations Are Implicated in Cross-Resistance to Ciprofloxacin and Moxifloxacin in Clostridium difficile Larbi Dridi, Jacques Tankovic, Béatrice Burghoffer, Frédéric Barbut, and Jean-Claude Petit Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3418-3421; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Klebsiella pneumoniae Multiresistance Plasmid pJHCMW1 Renee Sarno, Glen McGillivary, David J. Sherratt, Luis A. Actis, and Marcelo E. Tolmasky Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3422-3427; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Enhance Candida albicans Sensitivity to Azoles and Related Antifungals: Correlation with Reduction in CDR and ERG Upregulation W. Lamar Smith and Thomas D. Edlind Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3532-3539; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

An Elevated Mutation Frequency Favors Development of Vancomycin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Franziska Schaaff, Andrea Reipert, and Gabriele Bierbaum Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3540-3548; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low-Virulence Citrobacter Species Encode Resistance to Multiple Antimicrobials C. Pepperell, J. V. Kus, M. A. Gardam, A. Humar, and L. L. Burrows Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3555-3560; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Chromosome-Encoded ß-Lactamases TUS-1 and MUS-1 from Myroides odoratus and Myroides odoratimimus (Formerly Flavobacterium odoratum), New Members of the Lineage of Molecular Subclass B1 Metalloenzymes Hedi Mammeri, Samuel Bellais, and Patrice Nordmann Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3561-3567; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resistance to ß-Lactamase Inhibitor Protein Does Not Parallel Resistance to Clavulanic Acid in TEM ß-Lactamase Mutants William A. Schroeder, Troy R. Locke, and Susan E. Jensen Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3568-3573; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Organization of the Antiseptic Resistance Gene qacA and Tn552-Related ß-Lactamase Genes in Multidrug- Resistant Staphylococcus haemolyticus Strains of Animal and Human Origins I.-L. Anthonisen, M. Sunde, T. M. Steinum, M. S. Sidhu, and H. Sørum Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3606-3612; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Staphylococcus sciuri Gene erm(33), Encoding Inducible Resistance to Macrolides, Lincosamides, and Streptogramin B Antibiotics, Is a Product of Recombination between erm(C) and erm(A) Stefan Schwarz, Corinna Kehrenberg, and Kayode K. Ojo Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3621-3623; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clinical Strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Carrying a blaTEM-21 Gene Located on a Chromosomal Interrupted TnA Type Transposon Véronique Dubois, Corinne Arpin, Patrick Noury, and Claudine Quentin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3624-3626; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

TEM-103/IRT-28 ß-Lactamase, a New TEM Variant Produced by Escherichia coli BM4511 Rodrigo Alonso, Guy Gerbaud, Marc Galimand, and Patrice Courvalin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3627-3629; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Erythromycin Resistance in Borrelia burgdorferi Darya Terekhova, Marina L. Sartakova, Gary P. Wormser, Ira Schwartz, and Felipe C. Cabello Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3637-3640; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Penicillin MIC Drift to Extremely High Resistance in Serotype 14 Streptococcus pneumoniae Persistently Colonizing the Nasopharynx of an Infant with Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease: a Case Study Amanda J. Leach, Peter S. Morris, Heidi Smith-Vaughan, and John D. Mathews Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3648-3649; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutations in Ribosomal Protein L16 and in 23S rRNA in Enterococcus Strains for Which Evernimicin MICs Differ Myriam Zarazaga, Carmen Tenorio, Rosa Del Campo, Fernanda Ruiz-Larrea, and Carmen Torres Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3657-3659; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Class 1 Integron-Associated Tobramycin-Gentamicin Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from the Broiler Chicken House Environment Margie D. Lee, Susan Sanchez, Martha Zimmer, Umelaalim Idris, Mark E. Berrang, and Patrick F. McDermott Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3660-3664; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Integrons in Epidemiologically Unrelated Clinical Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii from Italian Hospitals Reveals a Limited Diversity of Gene Cassette Arrays Francesca Gombac, Maria Letizia Riccio, Gian Maria Rossolini, Cristina Lagatolla, Enrico Tonin, Carlo Monti-Bragadin, Annamaria Lavenia, and Lucilla Dolzani Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3665-3668; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Sequential Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance in Enterococcal Bloodstream Isolates over 25 Years David R. Murdoch, Stanley Mirrett, Lizzie J. Harrell, Janet S. Monahan, and L. Barth Reller Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3676-3678; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Expression of SHV-2 ß-Lactamase and of Reduced Amounts of OmpK36 Porin in Klebsiella pneumoniae Results in Increased Resistance to Cephalosporins and Carbapenems Brendan Crowley, Vicente J. Benedí, and Antonio Doménech-Sánchez Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3679-3682; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Susceptibility:

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Mycothiol-Deficient Mycobacterium smegmatis Mutants Are Hypersensitive to Alkylating Agents, Free Radicals, and Antibiotics Mamta Rawat, Gerald L. Newton, Mary Ko, Gladys J. Martinez, Robert C. Fahey, and Yossef Av-Gay Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3348-3355; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Emergence in Vietnam of Streptococcus pneumoniae Resistant to Multiple Antimicrobial Agents as a Result of Dissemination of the Multiresistant Spain23F-1 Clone Christopher M. Parry, Nguyen Minh Duong, Jiaji Zhou, Nguyen Thi Hoang Mai, To Song Diep, Le Quoc Thinh, John Wain, Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, David Griffiths, Nicholas P. J. Day, Nicholas J. White, Tran Tinh Hien, Brian G. Spratt, and Jeremy J. Farrar Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3512-3517; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Activities of 5-Fluorocytosine against 8,803 Clinical Isolates of Candida spp.: Global Assessment of Primary Resistance Using National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards Susceptibility Testing Methods M. A. Pfaller, S. A. Messer, L. Boyken, H. Huynh, R. J. Hollis, and D. J. Diekema Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3518-3521; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cationic Hydrophobic Peptides with Antimicrobial Activity Margareta Stark, Li-Ping Liu, and Charles M. Deber Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3585-3590; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Pharmacodynamic Properties of Three Antifungal Agents against Preformed Candida albicans Biofilms Determined by Time-Kill Studies Gordon Ramage, Kacy VandeWalle, Stefano P. Bachmann, Brian L. Wickes, and José L. López-Ribot Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3634-3636; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial Resistance in Haemophilus influenzae Isolated during Population-Based Surveillance for Meningitis in Salvador, Brazil Joice Neves Reis, Josilene Borges Lima, Guilherme Souza Ribeiro, Soraia Machado Corderio, Kátia Salgado, Mitermayer Galvão Reis, and Albert I. Ko Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3641-3643; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative Evaluation of NCCLS M27-A and EUCAST Broth Microdilution Procedures for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Candida Species Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Wendy Lee-Yang, Meral A. Ciblak, Beth A. Arthington-Skaggs, Emilia Mellado, David W. Warnock, and Juan L. Rodriguez-Tudela Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3644-3647; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Antibacterial Activities of Phloxine B and Other Halogenated Fluoresceins against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Avraham Rasooly and Adrian Weisz Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3650-3653; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Activities of Faropenem against 579 Strains of Anaerobic Bacteria Hannah M. Wexler, Denise Molitoris, Shahera St. John, Ann Vu, Erik K. Read, and Sydney M. Finegold Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3669-3675; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Antiviral Agents:

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Antivaccinia Activities of Acyclic Nucleoside Phosphonate Derivatives in Epithelial Cells and Organotypic Cultures R. Snoeck, A. Holy, C. Dewolf-Peeters, J. Van Den Oord, E. De Clercq, and G. Andrei Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3356-3361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Toxicity, Pharmacokinetics, and Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Activity of Stavudine-5'-(p-Bromophenyl Methoxyalaninyl Phosphate) (Stampidine) in Mice Fatih M. Uckun, Sanjive Qazi, Sharon Pendergrass, Elizabeth Lisowski, Barbara Waurzyniak, Chun-Lin Chen, and T. K. Venkatachalam Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3428-3436; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 with Reverse Transcriptase Mutations K65R and K65R+M184V and Their Effects on Enzyme Function and Viral Replication Capacity Kirsten L. White, Nicolas A. Margot, Terri Wrin, Christos J. Petropoulos, Michael D. Miller, and Lisa K. Naeger Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3437-3446; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Immunosuppressant Rapamycin Represses Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Replication Jocelyn Roy, Jean-Sébastien Paquette, Jean-François Fortin, and Michel J. Tremblay Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3447-3455; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Direct Evidence that Saquinavir Is Transported by Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein (MRP1) and Canalicular Multispecific Organic Anion Transporter (MRP2) Gregory C. Williams, Angela Liu, Gregory Knipp, and Patrick J. Sinko Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3456-3462; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tripeptide Interference with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Morphogenesis Stefan Höglund, Jin Su, Sara Sandin Reneby, Ákos Végvári, Stellan Hjertén, Ida-Maria Sintorn, Hillary Foster, Yi-Pyng Wu, Ingela Nyström, and Anders Vahlne Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3597-3605; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Stampidine Is a Potent Inhibitor of Zidovudine- and Nucleoside Analog Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor-Resistant Primary Clinical Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates with Thymidine Analog Mutations Fatih M. Uckun, Sharon Pendergrass, T. K. Venkatachalam, Sanjive Qazi, and Douglas Richman Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3613-3616; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Experimental Therapeutics:

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Antimicrobial Therapy for Bacillus anthracis-Induced Polymicrobial Infection in 60Co -Irradiated Mice Thomas B. Elliott, Itzhak Brook, Rita A. Harding, S. Samy Bouhaouala, Michael O. Shoemaker, and Gregory B. Knudson Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3463-3471; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Proinflammatory and Cytotoxic Effects of Hexadecylphosphocholine (Miltefosine) against Drug-Resistant Strains of Trypanosoma cruzi Victor B. Saraiva, Daniel Gibaldi, José O. Previato, Lucia Mendonça-Previato, Marcelo T. Bozza, Célio G. Freire-de-Lima, and Norton Heise Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3472-3477; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Azithromycin on Shiga Toxin Production by Escherichia coli and Subsequent Host Inflammatory Response Tatsuki Ohara, Seiichi Kojio, Ikue Taneike, Saori Nakagawa, Fumio Gondaira, Yukiko Tamura, Fumitake Gejyo, Hui-Min Zhang, and Tatsuo Yamamoto Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3478-3483; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Pharmacodynamics of a New Oxazolidinone (Linezolid) D. Andes, M. L. van Ogtrop, J. Peng, and W. A. Craig Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3484-3489; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antifungal Activity of Amphotericin B, Fluconazole, and Voriconazole in an In Vitro Model of Candida Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection Russell E. Lewis, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Rabih O. Darouiche, Issam I. Raad, and Randall A. Prince Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3499-3505; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Determination of Antibiotic Effect in an In Vitro Pharmacodynamic Model: Comparison with an Established Animal Model of Infection Charles R. Bonapace, Lawrence V. Friedrich, John A. Bosso, and Roger L. White Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3574-3579; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro and In Vivo Activities of Newer Fluoroquinolones against Vibrio vulnificus Hung-Jen Tang, Ming-Chung Chang, Wen-Chien Ko, Kun-Yen Huang, Chih-Lung Lee, and Yin-Ching Chuang Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3580-3584; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biologic Response Modifiers:

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Dexamethasone, a Drug for Attenuation of Schistosoma mansoni Infection Morbidity Alexandre dos Santos Pyrrho, Juliene Antonio Ramos, Roberto Moura Neto, Célia Santos da Silva, Henrique Leonel Lenzi, Christina Maeda Takiya, and Cerli Rocha Gattass Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3490-3498; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Pharmacology:

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Pharmacokinetics of Ertapenem in Healthy Young Volunteers A. K. Majumdar, D. G. Musson, K. L. Birk, C. J. Kitchen, S. Holland, J. McCrea, G. Mistry, M. Hesney, L. Xi, S. X. Li, R. Haesen, R. A. Blum, R. L. Lins, H. Greenberg, S. Waldman, P. Deutsch, and J. D. Rogers Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3506-3511; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Gatifloxacin against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus in a Granulocyte-Rich Exudate Andrej Trampuz, Gerd Laifer, Markus Wenk, Zarko Rajacic, and Werner Zimmerli Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3630-3633; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pitfalls in Cefepime Titration from Human Plasma: Plasma- and Temperature-Related Drug Degradation In Vitro Denis Bugnon, Eric Giannoni, Paul Majcherczyk, Michel P. Glauser, and Philippe Moreillon Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3654-3656; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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Hyperlactatemia and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Lessons from the Era of Antiretroviral Monotherapy Patrick Chariot, Nacer Bourokba, Isabelle Monnet, and Romain Gherardi Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3683 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lopinavir Measurement in Pleural Effusion in a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1-Infected Patient with Kaposi's Sarcoma Marta Boffito, Patrick G. Hoggard, David J. Back, Stefano Bonora, Agostino Maiello, Anna Lucchini, and Giovanni Di Perri Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3684-3685; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

parC Mutation Conferring Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes BM4513 Rodrigo Alonso, Marc Galimand, and Patrice Courvalin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3686-3687; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenotype and Molecular Characterization of the First Inhibitor-Resistant TEM-Derived ß-Lactamase Identified in Portugal Manuela Caniça, Mónica Ferreira, Eugénia Ferreira, and Luísa Cabral Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3688-3689; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Macrolide Efflux Genetic Assembly of Streptococcus pneumoniae Is Present in Erythromycin-Resistant Streptococcus salivarius Christina Stadler and Michael Teuber Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3690-3691; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enzyme-Catalyzed Antimicrobial Activation J. M. T. Hamilton-Miller and Qing Li Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3692 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Author's Correction:

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Pharmacodynamic Effects of Nitroimidazoles Alone and in Combination with Clarithromycin on Helicobacter pylori Margareta Svensson, Lennart E. Nilsson, Magnus Ström, Maud Nilsson, and Mikael Sörberg Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. November 2002 46: 3693 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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