Contents: December 2005, Volume 49, Issue 12        Minireviews        Antiviral Agents        Mechanisms of Action        Experimental Therapeutics        Mechanisms of Resistance        Pharmacology        Clinical Therapeutics        Susceptibility        Biologic Response Modifiers        Letters Other Issues

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Minireviews:

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Prospects for Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase Inhibitors as New Antimicrobial Agents Julian Gregston Hurdle, Alexander John O'Neill, and Ian Chopra Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4821-4833; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Antiviral Agents:

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Biphenylsulfonacetic Acid Inhibitors of the Human Papillomavirus Type 6 E1 Helicase Inhibit ATP Hydrolysis by an Allosteric Mechanism Involving Tyrosine 486 Peter W. White, Anne-Marie Faucher, Marie-Josée Massariol, Ewald Welchner, Jean Rancourt, Mireille Cartier, and Jacques Archambault Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4834-4842; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activities of Acyclic Nucleoside Phosphonates against Orf Virus in Human and Ovine Cell Monolayers and Organotypic Ovine Raft Cultures F. Dal Pozzo, G. Andrei, A. Holy, J. Van Den Oord, A. Scagliarini, E. De Clercq, and R. Snoeck Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4843-4852; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

New Reporter Cell Line To Evaluate the Sequential Emergence of Multiple Human Cytomegalovirus Mutations during In Vitro Drug Exposure C. Gilbert and G. Boivin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4860-4866; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Inhibition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase, RNase H, and Integrase Activities by Hydroxytropolones Joël Didierjean, Catherine Isel, Flore Querré, Jean-François Mouscadet, Anne-Marie Aubertin, Jean-Yves Valnot, Serge R. Piettre, and Roland Marquet Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4884-4894; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Ritonavir-Boosted Tipranavir with Loperamide Does Not Result in Loperamide-Associated Neurologic Side Effects in Healthy Volunteers Geoffrey Mukwaya, Thomas MacGregor, David Hoelscher, Thomas Heming, Daniel Legg, Kelli Kavanaugh, Phillip Johnson, John P. Sabo, and Scott McCallister Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4903-4910; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Discovery and Characterization of Vicriviroc (SCH 417690), a CCR5 Antagonist with Potent Activity against Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Julie M. Strizki, Cecile Tremblay, Serena Xu, Lisa Wojcik, Nicole Wagner, Waldemar Gonsiorek, R. William Hipkin, Chuan-Chu Chou, Catherine Pugliese-Sivo, Yushi Xiao, Jayaram R. Tagat, Kathleen Cox, Tony Priestley, Steve Sorota, Wei Huang, Martin Hirsch, Gregory R. Reyes, and Bahige M. Baroudy Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4911-4919; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Potent Antiviral Activity of North-Methanocarbathymidine against Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Weimin Zhu, Angela Burnette, Dorjbal Dorjsuren, Paula E. Roberts, Mahmoud Huleihel, Robert H. Shoemaker, Victor E. Marquez, Riad Agbaria, and Shizuko Sei Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4965-4973; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High-Throughput Assays Using a Luciferase-Expressing Replicon, Virus-Like Particles, and Full-Length Virus for West Nile Virus Drug Discovery Francesc Puig-Basagoiti, Tia S. Deas, Ping Ren, Mark Tilgner, David M. Ferguson, and Pei-Yong Shi Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4980-4988; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Latency Model for High-Throughput Screening Sofiya Micheva-Viteva, Annmarie L. Pacchia, Yacov Ron, Stuart W. Peltz, and Joseph P. Dougherty Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5185-5188; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mechanisms of Action:

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Role of Silver Ions in Destabilization of Intermolecular Adhesion Forces Measured by Atomic Force Microscopy in Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms K. C. Chaw, M. Manimaran, and Francis E. H. Tay Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4853-4859; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimicrobial Activities and Structures of Two Linear Cationic Peptide Families with Various Amphipathic ß-Sheet and -Helical Potentials Yi Jin, Janet Hammer, Michelle Pate, Yu Zhang, Fang Zhu, Erik Zmuda, and Jack Blazyk Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4957-4964; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Alternative Pathway of Metronidazole Activation in Trichomonas vaginalis Hydrogenosomes Ivan Hrdy, Richard Cammack, Pavel Stopka, Jaroslav Kulda, and Jan Tachezy Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5033-5036; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Analysis of the Contribution of Individual Substituents in 4,6-Aminoglycoside-Ribosome Interaction Sven N. Hobbie, Peter Pfister, Christian Brüll, Eric Westhof, and Erik C. Böttger Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5112-5118; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Moxifloxacin and Azithromycin but not Amoxicillin Protect Human Respiratory Epithelial Cells against Streptococcus pneumoniae In Vitro when Administered up to 6 Hours after Challenge Martina Ulrich, Cordula Albers, Jan-Georg Möller, Axel Dalhoff, Gisela Korfmann, Frank Künkele, and Gerd Döring Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5119-5122; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Experimental Therapeutics:

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Comparative Efficacies of Conventional Amphotericin B, Liposomal Amphotericin B (AmBisome), Caspofungin, Micafungin, and Voriconazole Alone and in Combination against Experimental Murine Central Nervous System Aspergillosis Karl V. Clemons, Marife Espiritu, Rachana Parmar, and David A. Stevens Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4867-4875; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Treatment of Candida glabrata Infection in Immunosuppressed Mice by Using a Combination of Liposomal Amphotericin B with Caspofungin or Micafungin Jon A. Olson, Jill P. Adler-Moore, P. J. Smith, and Richard T. Proffitt Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4895-4902; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antimalarial Activities of New Pyrrolo[3,2-f]Quinazoline-1,3-Diamine Derivatives Jian Guan, Quan Zhang, Michael O'Neil, Nicanor Obaldia, III, Arba Ager, Lucia Gerena, and Ai J. Lin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4928-4933; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficacy of Orally Administered 2-Substituted Quinolines in Experimental Murine Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniases Hector Nakayama, Philippe M. Loiseau, Christian Bories, Susana Torres de Ortiz, Alicia Schinini, Elsa Serna, Antonieta Rojas de Arias, Mohamed A. Fakhfakh, Xavier Franck, Bruno Figadère, Reynald Hocquemiller, and Alain Fournet Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4950-4956; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lack of Effect of Experimental Hypovolemia on Imipenem Muscle Distribution in Rats Assessed by Microdialysis Sandrine Marchand, Claire Dahyot, Isabelle Lamarche, Elodie Plan, Olivier Mimoz, and William Couet Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4974-4979; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of the Fungicidal Activities of Caspofungin and Amphotericin B against Candida glabrata Francesco Barchiesi, Elisabetta Spreghini, Serena Tomassetti, Daniela Arzeni, Daniele Giannini, and Giorgio Scalise Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4989-4992; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium: Catheter Colonization, esp Gene, and Decreased Susceptibility to Antibiotics in Biofilm Issam I. Raad, Hend A. Hanna, Maha Boktour, Gassan Chaiban, Ray Y. Hachem, Tanya Dvorak, Russell Lewis, and Barbara E. Murray Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5046-5050; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacodynamics of Caspofungin in a Murine Model of Systemic Candidiasis: Importance of Persistence of Caspofungin in Tissues to Understanding Drug Activity Arnold Louie, Mark Deziel, Weiguo Liu, Michael F. Drusano, Tawanda Gumbo, and George L. Drusano Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5058-5068; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacodynamic Model To Describe the Concentration-Dependent Selection of Cefotaxime-Resistant Escherichia coli Sara K. Olofsson, Patricia Geli, Dan I. Andersson, and Otto Cars Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5081-5091; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effective Antimicrobial Regimens for Use in Humans for Therapy of Bacillus anthracis Infections and Postexposure Prophylaxis Mark R. Deziel, Henry Heine, Arnold Louie, Mark Kao, William R. Byrne, Jennifer Basset, Lynda Miller, Karen Bush, Michael Kelly, and G. L. Drusano Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5099-5106; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficacy of Caspofungin against Aspergillus terreus Francesco Barchiesi, Elisabetta Spreghini, Alfredo Santinelli, Annette W. Fothergill, Stefania Fallani, Esther Manso, Eleonora Pisa, Daniele Giannini, Andrea Novelli, Maria I. Cassetta, Teresita Mazzei, Michael G. Rinaldi, and Giorgio Scalise Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5133-5135; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Caspofungin and Liposomal Amphotericin B Therapy of Experimental Murine Scedosporiosis Rosie Bocanegra, Laura K. Najvar, Steve Hernandez, Dora I. McCarthy, and John R. Graybill Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5139-5141; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

A Cysteine Protease Inhibitor Protects Dogs from Cardiac Damage during Infection by Trypanosoma cruzi S. C. Barr, K. L. Warner, B. G. Kornreic, J. Piscitelli, A. Wolfe, L. Benet, and J. H. McKerrow Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5160-5161; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Interaction of Monobenzamidine-Linked Trypanocides with the Trypanosoma brucei P2 Aminopurine Transporter Mhairi L. Stewart, Cyrille Boussard, Reto Brun, Ian H. Gilbert, and Michael P. Barrett Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5169-5171; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mechanisms of Resistance:

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Channel Formation by CarO, the Carbapenem Resistance-Associated Outer Membrane Protein of Acinetobacter baumannii Axel Siroy, Virginie Molle, Christelle Lemaître-Guillier, David Vallenet, Martine Pestel-Caron, Alain J. Cozzone, Thierry Jouenne, and Emmanuelle Dé Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4876-4883; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Characterization of Pneumococci with Efflux-Mediated Erythromycin Resistance and Identification of a Novel mef Gene Subclass, mef(I) Ileana Cochetti, Manuela Vecchi, Marina Mingoia, Emily Tili, Maria R. Catania, Aldo Manzin, Pietro E. Varaldo, and Maria Pia Montanari Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4999-5006; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Enterococcus faecium Low-Affinity pbp5 Is a Transferable Determinant Louis B. Rice, Lenore L. Carias, Susan Rudin, Viera Lakticová, Aaron Wood, and Rebecca Hutton-Thomas Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5007-5012; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

DX-619, a Novel Des-Fluoro(6) Quinolone Manifesting Low Frequency of Selection of Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Mutants: Quinolone Resistance beyond Modification of Type II Topoisomerases Jacob Strahilevitz, Que Chi Truong-Bolduc, and David C. Hooper Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5051-5057; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Erythromycin Resistance and Genetic Elements Carrying Macrolide Efflux Genes in Streptococcus agalactiae José María Marimón, Adoración Valiente, María Ercibengoa, José M. García-Arenzana, and Emilio Pérez-Trallero Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5069-5074; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

ß-Lactam Resistance in Staphylococcus aureus Cells That Do Not Require a Cell Wall for Integrity Elizabeth Fuller, Catherine Elmer, Fiona Nattress, Richard Ellis, Glenda Horne, Peter Cook, and Tony Fawcett Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5075-5080; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Type V Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec in Community Staphylococci from Australia F. G. O'Brien, G. W. Coombs, J. C. Pearson, K. J. Christiansen, and W. B. Grubb Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5129-5132; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Horizontal Transfer of Erythromycin Resistance from Clostridium difficile to Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens Patrizia Spigaglia, Fabrizio Barbanti, and Paola Mastrantonio Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5142-5145; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Attenuation of the Activity of Caspofungin at High Concentrations against Candida albicans: Possible Role of Cell Wall Integrity and Calcineurin Pathways Nathan P. Wiederhold, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Randall A. Prince, and Russell E. Lewis Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5146-5148; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Variants of the Klebsiella pneumoniae OKP Chromosomal Beta-Lactamase Are Divided into Two Main Groups, OKP-A and OKP-B Cindy Fevre, Virginie Passet, François-Xavier Weill, Patrick A. D. Grimont, and Sylvain Brisse Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5149-5152; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

VIM-12, a Novel Plasmid-Mediated Metallo-ß-Lactamase from Klebsiella pneumoniae That Resembles a VIM-1/VIM-2 Hybrid Spyros Pournaras, Alexandros Ikonomidis, Leonidas S. Tzouvelekis, Despoina Tokatlidou, Nicholas Spanakis, Antonios N. Maniatis, Nicholas J. Legakis, and Athanassios Tsakris Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5153-5156; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Cloning and Functional Analysis of the Gene Encoding the 33- to 36-Kilodalton Outer Membrane Protein Associated with Carbapenem Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii Maria del Mar Tomás, Alejandro Beceiro, Astrid Pérez, David Velasco, Rita Moure, Rosa Villanueva, Jesús Martínez-Beltrán, and Germán Bou Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5172-5175; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Rearrangement of a Class 2 Integron in Two Non-Epidemiologically Related Isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii María Soledad Ramírez, Cecilia Quiroga, and Daniela Centrón Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5179-5181; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Pharmacology:

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Optimization of Meropenem Minimum Concentration/MIC Ratio To Suppress In Vitro Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Vincent H. Tam, Amy N. Schilling, Shadi Neshat, Keith Poole, David A. Melnick, and Elizabeth A. Coyle Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4920-4927; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Absolute Bioavailability and Intracellular Pharmacokinetics of Azithromycin in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Paul Beringer, Kitty My Tu Huynh, Jane Kriengkauykiat, Luke Bi, Nils Hoem, Stan Louie, Emily Han, Thao Nguyen, Donald Hsu, Purush A. Rao, Bertrand Shapiro, and Mark Gill Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5013-5017; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo Measurement of Levofloxacin Penetration into Lung Tissue after Cardiac Surgery Doris Hutschala, Keso Skhirtladze, Andreas Zuckermann, Wilfried Wisser, Peter Jaksch, Bernhard Xaver Mayer-Helm, Heinz Burgmann, Ernst Wolner, Markus Müller, and Edda M. Tschernko Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5107-5111; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pitfalls in Estimating Piperaquine Elimination Joel Tarning, Niklas Lindegårdh, Anna Annerberg, Thida Singtoroj, Nicholas P. J. Day, Michael Ashton, and Nicholas J. White Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5127-5128; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Clinical Therapeutics:

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Population Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Vancomycin in Patients with Hematological Malignancies Dolores Santos Buelga, María del Mar Fernandez de Gatta, Emma V. Herrera, Alfonso Dominguez-Gil, and María José García Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4934-4941; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Population Pharmacokinetics of Amphotericin B Lipid Complex in Neonates Gudrun Würthwein, Andreas H. Groll, Georg Hempel, Felice C. Adler-Shohet, Jay M. Lieberman, and Thomas J. Walsh Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5092-5098; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Susceptibility:

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Structure-Guided Discovery of Novel Aminoglycoside Mimetics as Antibacterial Translation Inhibitors Yuefen Zhou, Vlad E. Gregor, Zhongxiang Sun, Benjamin K. Ayida, Geoffrey C. Winters, Douglas Murphy, Klaus B. Simonsen, Dionisios Vourloumis, Sarah Fish, Jamie M. Froelich, Daniel Wall, and Thomas Hermann Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4942-4949; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Mycoplasma genitalium by TaqMan 5' Nuclease Real-Time PCR Ryoichi Hamasuna, Yukio Osada, and Jørgen Skov Jensen Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 4993-4998; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Activity of Linezolid against Key Gram-Positive Organisms Isolated in the United States: Results of the LEADER 2004 Surveillance Program Deborah C. Draghi, Daniel J. Sheehan, Patricia Hogan, and Daniel F. Sahm Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5024-5032; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Cyclic Lipodepsipeptide from Pseudomonas syringae pv. lachrymans Strain 508 and Syringopeptin Antimicrobial Activities Ingeborg Grgurina, Mekki Bensaci, Gabriella Pocsfalvi, Luisa Mannina, Oscar Cruciani, Alberto Fiore, Vincenzo Fogliano, Kevin N. Sorensen, and Jon Y. Takemoto Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5037-5045; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antichagasic Activity of Komaroviquinone Is Due to Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species Catalyzed by Trypanosoma cruzi Old Yellow Enzyme Nahoko Uchiyama, Zakayi Kabututu, Bruno K. Kubata, Fumiyuki Kiuchi, Michiho Ito, Junko Nakajima-Shimada, Takashi Aoki, Kei Ohkubo, Shunichi Fukuzumi, Samuel K. Martin, Gisho Honda, and Yoshihiro Urade Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5123-5126; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Activity of Ravuconazole against 923 Clinical Isolates of Nondermatophyte Filamentous Fungi Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Alicia Gomez-Lopez, Emilia Mellado, Guillermo Garcia-Effron, Araceli Monzon, and Juan Luis Rodriguez-Tudela Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5136-5138; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Voriconazole Combined with Micafungin against Candida, Aspergillus, and Scedosporium spp. and Fusarium solani Kathrin Heyn, Antje Tredup, Stefanie Salvenmoser, and Frank-Michael C. Müller Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5157-5159; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Assessing the In Vitro Effectiveness of Antimicrobials against Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small-Colony Type To Reduce Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia Infection R. D. Ayling, S. Bisgaard-Frantzen, J. B. March, K. Godinho, and R. A. J. Nicholas Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5162-5165; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Synergy of Daptomycin plus Rifampin against Enterococcus faecium Resistant to both Linezolid and Vancomycin George Pankey, Deborah Ashcraft, and Nalini Patel Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5166-5168; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

High Rate of Resistance to Quinupristin-Dalfopristin in Enterococcus faecium Clinical Isolates from Korea Won Sup Oh, Kwan Soo Ko, Jae-Hoon Song, Mi Young Lee, Sulhee Park, Kyong Ran Peck, Nam Yong Lee, Choon-Kwan Kim, Hyuck Lee, Shin-Woo Kim, Hyun-Ha Chang, Yeon-Sook Kim, Sook-In Jung, Jun Seong Son, Joon-Sup Yeom, Hyun Kyun Ki, and Gun-Jo Woo Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5176-5178; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Antipneumococcal Activity of Dalbavancin Compared to Other Agents Gengrong Lin, Kathy Smith, Lois M. Ednie, and Peter C. Appelbaum Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5182-5184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Biologic Response Modifiers:

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Interaction of Rifalazil with Oxidant-Generating Systems of Human Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils M. T. Labro, V. Ollivier, and C. Babin-Chevaye Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5018-5023; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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Levofloxacin and Moxifloxacin Increase Human Gut Colonization by Candida Species George Samonis, Diamantis P. Kofteridis, Sofia Maraki, Dimitrios Alegakis, Elpis Mantadakis, John A. Papadakis, Achilleas H. Gikas, and Matthew Falagas Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5189 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Orally Administered Recombinant Metallo-ß-Lactamase Preserves Colonization Resistance of Piperacillin-Tazobactam-Treated Mice Usha Stiefel, Jaana Harmoinen, Pertti Koski, Susanna Kääriäinen, Nina Wickstrand, Kai Lindevall, Nicole J. Pultz, Robert A. Bonomo, Marion S. Helfand, and Curtis J. Donskey Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2005 49: 5190-5191; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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