Contents: January 2005, Volume 49, Issue 1        Minireviews        Mechanisms of Resistance        Antiviral Agents        Experimental Therapeutics        Mechanisms of Action        Susceptibility        Pharmacology        Clinical Therapeutics        Chemistry; Biosynthesis        Analytical Procedures        Letters Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococci Due to Synthesis of Precursors Terminating in D-Alanyl-D-Serine Peter E. Reynolds and Patrice Courvalin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 21-25; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mechanisms of Resistance:

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Virulence Genotype and Phylogenetic Origin in Relation to Antibiotic Resistance Profile among Escherichia coli Urine Sample Isolates from Israeli Women with Acute Uncomplicated Cystitis James R. Johnson, Michael A. Kuskowski, Timothy T. O'Bryan, Raul Colodner, and Raul Raz Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 26-31; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Differences in the Enterococcus faecalis lsa Locus That Influence Susceptibility to Quinupristin-Dalfopristin and Clindamycin Kavindra V. Singh and Barbara E. Murray Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 32-39; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Emergence of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance in Escherichia coli in Europe Hedi Mammeri, Marc Van De Loo, Laurent Poirel, Luis Martinez-Martinez, and Patrice Nordmann Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 71-76; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Three PCR Primer Sets for Identification of vanB Gene Carriage in Feces and Correlation with Carriage of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: Interference by vanB-Containing Anaerobic Bacilli S. A. Ballard, E. A. Grabsch, P. D. R. Johnson, and M. L. Grayson Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 77-81; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Antibiotics on Group A Streptococcus Exoprotein Production Analyzed by Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis Megumi Tanaka, Tadao Hasegawa, Akira Okamoto, Keizo Torii, and Michio Ohta Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 88-96; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distribution of Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence-Related Genes among Brazilian Group B Streptococci Recovered from Bovine and Human Sources Rafael S. Duarte, Bruna C. Bellei, Otávio P. Miranda, Maria A. V. P. Brito, and Lúcia M. Teixeira Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 97-103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clonal Relatedness and Conserved Integron Structures in Epidemiologically Unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Producing the VIM-1 Metallo-ß-Lactamase from Different Italian Hospitals Maria Letizia Riccio, Lucia Pallecchi, Jean-Denis Docquier, Stefania Cresti, Maria Rosaria Catania, Laura Pagani, Cristina Lagatolla, Giuseppe Cornaglia, Roberta Fontana, and Gian Maria Rossolini Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 104-110; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of the Plasmid-Encoded Quinolone Resistance Protein Qnr with Escherichia coli DNA Gyrase John H. Tran, George A. Jacoby, and David C. Hooper Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 118-125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Emergence and Spread of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Clinical Isolates Harboring Mosaic-Like Structure of Penicillin-Binding Protein 2 in Central Japan Masayasu Ito, Takashi Deguchi, Koh-Suke Mizutani, Mitsuru Yasuda, Shigeaki Yokoi, Shin-Ichi Ito, Yoshito Takahashi, Satoshi Ishihara, Yoshiaki Kawamura, and Takayuki Ezaki Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 137-143; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Multiplex PCR for Rapid Detection of Isoniazid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates Laura Herrera-León, Tamara Molina, Pilar Saíz, Juan Antonio Sáez-Nieto, and Maria Soledad Jiménez Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 144-147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Promoter Region Mutations and mgrA Overexpression on Transcription of norA, Which Encodes a Staphylococcus aureus Multidrug Efflux Transporter Glenn W. Kaatz, Rama V. Thyagarajan, and Susan M. Seo Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 161-169; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction of ß-Defensin Resistance in the Oral Anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis Charles E. Shelburne, Wilson A. Coulter, De'Avlin Olguin, Marilyn S. Lantz, and Dennis E. Lopatin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 183-187; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

OXA-58, a Novel Class D ß-Lactamase Involved in Resistance to Carbapenems in Acinetobacter baumannii Laurent Poirel, Sophie Marqué, Claire Héritier, Christine Segonds, Gérard Chabanon, and Patrice Nordmann Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 202-208; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

blaSHV Genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Different Allele Distributions Are Associated with Different Promoters within Individual Isolates David S. Hammond, Jacqueline M. Schooneveldt, Graeme R. Nimmo, Flavia Huygens, and Philip M. Giffard Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 256-263; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Overexpression of the Multidrug Efflux Operon acrEF by Insertional Activation with IS1 or IS10 Elements in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium DT204 acrB Mutants Selected with Fluoroquinolones Anne Olliver, Michel Vallé, Elisabeth Chaslus-Dancla, and Axel Cloeckaert Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 289-301; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Cefoxitin-Resistant Escherichia coli from Canadian Hospitals Michael R. Mulvey, Elizabeth Bryce, David A. Boyd, Marianna Ofner-Agostini, Allison M. Land, Andrew E. Simor, Shirley Paton, the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program, Health Canada Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 358-365; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Genetic Variability of Virulence-Related Loci in Epidemic Clones of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus A. R. Gomes, S. Vinga, M. Zavolan, and H. de Lencastre Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 366-379; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Serine-to-Asparagine Substitution in the GyrA Gene Leads to Quinolone Resistance in Moxifloxacin-Exposed Chlamydia pneumoniae Jan Rupp, Andreas Gebert, Werner Solbach, and Matthias Maass Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 406-407; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

dfrA20, a Novel Trimethoprim Resistance Gene from Pasteurella multocida Corinna Kehrenberg and Stefan Schwarz Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 414-417; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Increased Expression of Two Multidrug Transporter-Like Genes Is Associated with Ethidium Bromide and Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Mycoplasma hominis S. Raherison, P. Gonzalez, H. Renaudin, A. Charron, C. Bébéar, and C. M. Bébéar Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 421-424; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In-House Phage Amplification Assay Is a Sound Alternative for Detecting Rifampin-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Low-Resource Settings Norberto Símboli, Howard Takiff, Ruth McNerney, Beatriz López, Anandi Martin, Juan Carlos Palomino, Lucía Barrera, and Viviana Ritacco Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 425-427; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Genetic Determinant of Intrinsic Quinolone Resistance in Fusobacterium canifelinum Georg Conrads, Diane M. Citron, and Ellie J. C. Goldstein Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 434-437; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Emergence of CTX-M-15-Producing Enterobacteria in Cameroon and Characterization of a blaCTX-M-15-Carrying Element J. Gangoue-Pieboji, V. Miriagou, S. Vourli, E. Tzelepi, P. Ngassam, and L. S. Tzouvelekis Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 441-443; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of pncA Mutations in Pyrazinamide-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Brazil Vívian de F. Sumnienski Rodrigues, Maria Alice Telles, Marta Osório Ribeiro, Patrícia Izquierdo Cafrune, Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti, and Arnaldo Zaha Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 444-446; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ISEcp1B-Mediated Transposition of blaCTX-M in Escherichia coli Laurent Poirel, Marie-Frédérique Lartigue, Jean-Winoc Decousser, and Patrice Nordmann Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 447-450; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Characterization of In100, a New Integron Carrying a Metallo-ß-Lactamase and a Carbenicillinase, from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Sandra Quinteira, João Carlos Sousa, and Luísa Peixe Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 451-453; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Relationship between Copper, Glycopeptide, and Macrolide Resistance among Enterococcus faecium Strains Isolated from Pigs in Denmark between 1997 and 2003 Henrik Hasman and Frank M. Aarestrup Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 454-456; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Detection and Quantification of Macrolide Resistance Mutations at Positions 2058 and 2059 of the 23S rRNA Gene by Pyrosequencing Marjo Haanperä, Pentti Huovinen, and Jari Jalava Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 457-460; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Tn1546-Like Elements in Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Michigan and Pennsylvania Nancye C. Clark, Linda M. Weigel, Jean B. Patel, and Fred C. Tenover Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 470-472; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Antiviral Agents:

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Glycine-Amide Is an Active Metabolite of the Antiretroviral Tripeptide Glycyl-Prolyl-Glycine-Amide Elin Andersson, Peter Horal, Alenka Jejcic, Stefan Höglund, Jan Balzarini, Anders Vahlne, and Bo Svennerholm Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 40-44; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Microbicide Cellulose Acetate 1,2-Benzenedicarboxylate in a Human In Vitro Model of Vaginal Inflammation R. N. Fichorova, F. Zhou, V. Ratnam, V. Atanassova, S. Jiang, N. Strick, and A. R. Neurath Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 323-335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Dose Safety and Pharmacokinetics of Amprenavir (141W94), a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Protease Inhibitor, in HIV-Infected Children Ram Yogev, Andrea Kovacs, Ellen G. Chadwick, James D. Homans, Yu Lou, and William T. Symonds Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 336-341; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Drug Resistance Mutations in the Nucleotide Binding Pocket of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase Differentially Affect the Phosphorolysis-Dependent Primer Unblocking Activity in the Presence of Stavudine and Zidovudine and Its Inhibition by Efavirenz Emmanuele Crespan, Giada A. Locatelli, Reynel Cancio, Ulrich Hübscher, Silvio Spadari, and Giovanni Maga Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 342-349; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Experimental Therapeutics:

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In Vitro and In Vivo Synergistic Activities of Linezolid Combined with Subinhibitory Concentrations of Imipenem against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Cédric Jacqueline, Dominique Navas, Eric Batard, Anne-Françoise Miegeville, Virginie Le Mabecque, Marie-France Kergueris, Denis Bugnon, Gilles Potel, and Jocelyne Caillon Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 45-51; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antifungal Activities of R-135853, a Sordarin Derivative, in Experimental Candidiasis in Mice Yasuki Kamai, Masayo Kakuta, Takahiro Shibayama, Takashi Fukuoka, and Shogo Kuwahara Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 52-56; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Removal of Group B Streptococci Colonizing the Vagina and Oropharynx of Mice with a Bacteriophage Lytic Enzyme Qi Cheng, Daniel Nelson, Shiwei Zhu, and Vincent A. Fischetti Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 111-117; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacodynamic Profile of Telithromycin against Macrolide- and Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Neutropenic Mouse Thigh Model Pamela R. Tessier, Holly M. Mattoes, Prachi K. Dandekar, Charles H. Nightingale, and David P. Nicolau Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 188-194; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacodynamic Profile of Ertapenem against Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli in a Murine Thigh Model Dana Maglio, Mary Anne Banevicius, Christina Sutherland, Chinedum Babalola, Charles H. Nightingale, and David P. Nicolau Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 276-280; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

De Novo Generation of Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides: Influence of Length and Tryptophan Substitution on Antimicrobial Activity Berthony Deslouches, Shruti M. Phadke, Vanja Lazarevic, Michael Cascio, Kazi Islam, Ronald C. Montelaro, and Timothy A. Mietzner Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 316-322; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Antifungal Interventions on the Outcome of Experimental Infections with Phenotypic Switch Variants of Cryptococcus neoformans Bettina C. Fries, Emily Cook, Xiabo Wang, and Arturo Casadevall Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 350-357; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Real-Time In Vivo Bioluminescent Imaging for Evaluating the Efficacy of Antibiotics in a Rat Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis Model Yan Q. Xiong, Julie Willard, Jagath L. Kadurugamuwa, Jun Yu, Kevin P. Francis, and Arnold S. Bayer Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 380-387; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The Novel Parainfluenza Virus Hemagglutinin-Neuraminidase Inhibitor BCX 2798 Prevents Lethal Synergism between a Paramyxovirus and Streptococcus pneumoniae Irina V. Alymova, Allen Portner, Toru Takimoto, Kelli L. Boyd, Y. Sudhakara Babu, and Jonathan A. McCullers Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 398-405; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Resistance of a Laboratory-Selected Aspergillus fumigatus Isolate to Amphotericin B Elias K. Manavathu, Jessica L. Cutright, and Pranatharthi H. Chandrasekar Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 428-430; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Parenteral Antibiotic Administration on Establishment of Intestinal Colonization by Candida glabrata in Adult Mice Nicole J. Pultz, Usha Stiefel, Mahmoud Ghannoum, Marion S. Helfand, and Curtis J. Donskey Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 438-440; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mechanisms of Action:

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Surface-Active Fungicidal D-Peptide Inhibitors of the Plasma Membrane Proton Pump That Block Azole Resistance Brian C. Monk, Kyoko Niimi, Susan Lin, Allison Knight, Thomas B. Kardos, Richard D. Cannon, Rekha Parshot, Amanda King, David Lun, and David R. K. Harding Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 57-70; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Buthionine Sulfoximine Increases the Toxicity of Nifurtimox and Benznidazole to Trypanosoma cruzi Mario Faundez, Laura Pino, Paula Letelier, Carla Ortiz, Rodrigo López, Claudia Seguel, Jorge Ferreira, Mario Pavani, Antonio Morello, and Juan Diego Maya Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 126-130; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Identification of Novel Inhibitors of Bacterial Translation Elongation Factors Maithri M. K. Jayasekera, Keysha Onheiber, John Keith, Hariharan Venkatesan, Alejandro Santillan, Emily M. Stocking, Liu Tang, Jennifer Miller, Leslie Gomez, Brooke Rhead, Tavner Delcamp, Shaoming Huang, Ronald Wolin, Ekaterina V. Bobkova, and Karen Joy Shaw Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 131-136; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Desketoneoenactin-Siderophore Conjugates for Candida: Evidence of Iron Transport-Dependent Species Selectivity Geneviève Bernier, Vinay Girijavallabhan, Aaron Murray, Noormohamed Niyaz, Pingyu Ding, Marvin J. Miller, and François Malouin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 241-248; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antisense Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Oligomer Length and Target Position Effects on Gene-Specific Inhibition in Escherichia coli Jesse Deere, Pat Iversen, and Bruce L. Geller Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 249-255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effects of Root Extracts of Fagara zanthoxyloides on the In Vitro Growth and Stage Distribution of Plasmodium falciparum Olakunle O. Kassim, Mark Loyevsky, Biaffra Elliott, Andrew Geall, Henrietta Amonoo, and Victor R. Gordeuk Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 264-268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Binding Site of the Bridged Macrolides in the Escherichia coli Ribosome Liqun Xiong, Yakov Korkhin, and Alexander S. Mankin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 281-288; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Hemolysis of Erythrocytes by Granulysin-Derived Peptides but Not by Granulysin Qing Li, Chen Dong, Anmei Deng, Masao Katsumata, Ari Nakadai, Tomoyuki Kawada, Satoshi Okada, Carol Clayberger, and Alan M. Krensky Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 388-397; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Susceptibility:

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Recommendation of an Appropriate Medium for In Vitro Drug Susceptibility Testing of the Fish Pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum Ruben Avendaño-Herrera, Rute Irgang, Soledad Núñez, Jesús L. Romalde, and Alicia E. Toranzo Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 82-87; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antileishmanial Activity of Parthenolide, a Sesquiterpene Lactone Isolated from Tanacetum parthenium Tatiana Shioji Tiuman, Tânia Ueda-Nakamura, Diógenes Aparício Garcia Cortez, Benedito Prado Dias Filho, José Andrés Morgado-Díaz, Wanderley de Souza, and Celso Vataru Nakamura Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 176-182; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacodynamics of Cefepime Alone and in Combination with Various Antimicrobials against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an In Vitro Pharmacodynamic Infection Model Vanthida Huang and Michael J. Rybak Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 302-308; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Activities of Novel 2-Fluoro-Naphthyridine-Containing Ketolides Darren Abbanat, Glenda Webb, Barbara Foleno, Y. Li, Mark Macielag, Deborah Montenegro, Ellyn Wira, and Karen Bush Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 309-315; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative In Vitro Activities of XRP 2868, Pristinamycin, Quinupristin-Dalfopristin, Vancomycin, Daptomycin, Linezolid, Clarithromycin, Telithromycin, Clindamycin, and Ampicillin against Anaerobic Gram-Positive Species, Actinomycetes, and Lactobacilli Ellie J. C. Goldstein, Diane M. Citron, C. Vreni Merriam, Yumi A. Warren, Kerin L. Tyrrell, Helen T. Fernandez, and Andre Bryskier Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 408-413; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Streptococcus pyogenes Pharyngeal Isolates with Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin in Spain: Mechanisms of Resistance and Clonal Diversity Sebastián Albertí, Guadalupe Cortés, Cesar García-Rey, Carmen Rubio, Fernando Baquero, José Ángel García-Rodríguez, Emilio Bouza, Lorenzo Aguilar the Spanish Surveillance Group for Respiratory Pathogens Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 418-420; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Bismuth Subsalicylate with Fruit Juices, Ascorbic Acid, and Thiol-Containing Substrates To Produce Soluble Bismuth Products Active against Clostridium difficile D. E. Mahony, A. Woods, M. D. Eelman, N. Burford, and S. J. O. Veldhuyzen van Zanten Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 431-433; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Influence of Carbon Dioxide on the MIC of Telithromycin for Streptococcus pneumoniae: an In Vitro-In Vivo Study Eric Batard, Marie Emmanuelle Juvin, Cédric Jacqueline, Denis Bugnon, Jocelyne Caillon, Gilles Potel, and Henri B. Drugeon Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 464-466; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Pharmacology:

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Pharmacokinetics of Oritavancin in Plasma and Skin Blister Fluid following Administration of a 200-Milligram Dose for 3 Days or a Single 800-Milligram Dose Gerald J. Fetterly, Christine M. Ong, Sujata M. Bhavnani, Jeffrey S. Loutit, Steven B. Porter, Lisa G. Morello, Paul G. Ambrose, and David P. Nicolau Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 148-152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacokinetics, Serum Inhibitory and Bactericidal Activity, and Safety of Telavancin in Healthy Subjects J. P. Shaw, J. Seroogy, K. Kaniga, D. L. Higgins, M. Kitt, and S. Barriere Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 195-201; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacokinetics of Tigecycline after Single and Multiple Doses in Healthy Subjects Gopal Muralidharan, Marlynne Micalizzi, John Speth, Donald Raible, and Steven Troy Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 220-229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of Extending the Administration Time of Meropenem using a Monte Carlo Simulation Ben M. Lomaestro and G. L. Drusano Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 461-463; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Antacids and Ranitidine on the Single-Dose Pharmacokinetics of Fosamprenavir Susan L. Ford, Mary B. Wire, Yu Lou, Katherine L. Baker, and Daniel S. Stein Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 467-469; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Clinical Therapeutics:

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Efficacy and Safety of Pharmacokinetically Enhanced Amoxicillin-Clavulanate at 2,000/125 Milligrams Twice Daily for 5 Days versus Amoxicillin-Clavulanate at 875/125 Milligrams Twice Daily for 7 Days in the Treatment of Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Bronchitis Sanjay Sethi, John Breton, and Brian Wynne Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 153-160; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Ecological Effects of Perorally Administered Pivmecillinam on the Normal Vaginal Microflora Åsa Sullivan, Aino Fianu-Jonasson, Britt-Marie Landgren, and Carl Erik Nord Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 170-175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Jeffrey J. Campion, Patrick J. McNamara, and Martin E. Evans Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 209-219; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Chemistry; Biosynthesis:

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Molecular Cloning, Sequence Analysis, and Heterologous Expression of the Phosphinothricin Tripeptide Biosynthetic Gene Cluster from Streptomyces viridochromogenes DSM 40736 Joshua A. V. Blodgett, Jun Kai Zhang, and William W. Metcalf Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 230-240; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Analytical Procedures:

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Antibacterial Activity and Specificity of the Six Human -Defensins Bryan Ericksen, Zhibin Wu, Wuyuan Lu, and Robert I. Lehrer Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 269-275; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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Effects of Fresh Garlic Extract on Candida albicans Biofilms Jennifer A. Shuford, James M. Steckelberg, and Robin Patel Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 473 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Variant (blaVIM-11) of the Metallo-ß-Lactamase blaVIM Family in a GES-1 Extended-Spectrum-ß-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolate in Argentina Fernando Pasteran, Diego Faccone, Alejandro Petroni, Melina Rapoport, Marcelo Galas, Miryam Vázquez, and Adriana Procopio Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 474-475; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

First Isolation of blaVIM-2 in Klebsiella oxytoca Clinical Isolates from Portugal T. Conceição, A. Brízio, A. Duarte, and R. Barros Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 476 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

First Description of CTX-M-15-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in Portugal T. Conceição, A. Brízio, A. Duarte, L. M. Lito, J. Melo Cristino, and M. J. Salgado Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2005 49: 477-478; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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