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Contents: February 2005, Volume 49, Issue 2

       Minireviews

       Mechanisms of Resistance

       Susceptibility

       Experimental Therapeutics

       Mechanisms of Action

       Pharmacology

       Chemistry; Biosynthesis

       Antiviral Agents

       Clinical Therapeutics

       Letters

       Errata

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Minireviews:

Aminoglycoside Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Keith Poole
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 479-487;
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Mechanisms of Resistance:

Alterations in DNA Gyrase and Topoisomerase IV in Resistant Mutants of Clostridium perfringens Found after In Vitro Treatment with Fluoroquinolones
Fatemeh Rafii, Miseon Park, and John S. Novak
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 488-492;
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Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Muenchen from Pigs and Humans and Potential Interserovar Transfer of Antimicrobial Resistance
Wondwossen A. Gebreyes and Siddhartha Thakur
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 503-511;
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Mutations in folP Associated with Elevated Sulfonamide MICs for Neisseria meningitidis Clinical Isolates from Five Continents
K. R. Fiebelkorn, S. A. Crawford, and J. H. Jorgensen
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 536-540;
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Use of an Efflux Pump Inhibitor To Determine the Prevalence of Efflux Pump-Mediated Fluoroquinolone Resistance and Multidrug Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Jane Kriengkauykiat, Edith Porter, Olga Lomovskaya, and Annie Wong-Beringer
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 565-570;
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Mutation of tlyA Confers Capreomycin Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Courtney E. Maus, Bonnie B. Plikaytis, and Thomas M. Shinnick
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 571-577;
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Tetracycline-Resistant Clinical Helicobacter pylori Isolates with and without Mutations in 16S rRNA-Encoding Genes
Jeng Yih Wu, Jae J. Kim, Rita Reddy, W. M. Wang, David Y. Graham, and Dong H. Kwon
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 578-583;
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Novel SHV-Derived Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamase, SHV-57, That Confers Resistance to Ceftazidime but Not Cefazolin
Ling Ma, Jimena Alba, Feng-Yee Chang, Masaji Ishiguro, Keizo Yamaguchi, L. K. Siu, and Yoshikazu Ishii
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 600-605;
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Structure-Activity Relationships of Different ß-Lactam Antibiotics against a Soluble Form of Enterococcus faecium PBP5, a Type II Bacterial Transpeptidase
Andrea M. Hujer, Malgosia Kania, Thomas Gerken, Vernon E. Anderson, John D. Buynak, Xiaoxia Ge, Patrick Caspers, Malcolm G. P. Page, Louis B. Rice, and Robert A. Bonomo
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 612-618;
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Mechanisms of Azole Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Candida glabrata Collected during a Hospital Survey of Antifungal Resistance
Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro, Barbara Fiori, Stefania Ranno, Riccardo Torelli, and Giovanni Fadda
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 668-679;
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Prevalence and Subtypes of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Campylobacter spp. in Commercial Poultry Flocks before, during, and after Treatment with Fluoroquinolones
Tom J. Humphrey, Frieda Jørgensen, Jennifer A. Frost, Haddy Wadda, Gil Domingue, Nicola C. Elviss, Deborah J. Griggs, and Laura J. V. Piddock
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 690-698;
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Incidence and Mechanism of Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Campylobacter spp. Isolated from Commercial Poultry Flocks in the United Kingdom before, during, and after Fluoroquinolone Treatment
Deborah J. Griggs, Maggie M. Johnson, Jennifer A. Frost, Tom Humphrey, Frieda Jørgensen, and Laura J. V. Piddock
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 699-707;
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Altered NADH/NAD⁺ Ratio Mediates Coresistance to Isoniazid and Ethionamide in Mycobacteria
Catherine Vilchèze, Torin R. Weisbrod, Bing Chen, Laurent Kremer, Manzour H. Hazbón, Feng Wang, David Alland, James C. Sacchettini, and William R. Jacobs, Jr.
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 708-720;
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Novel Plasmodium vivax dhfr Alleles from the Indonesian Archipelago and Papua New Guinea: Association with Pyrimethamine Resistance Determined by a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Expression System
Michele D. Hastings, Jason D. Maguire, Michael J. Bangs, Peter A. Zimmerman, John C. Reeder, J. Kevin Baird, and Carol Hopkins Sibley
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 733-740;
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Mutations in the Pneumocystis jirovecii DHPS Gene Confer Cross-Resistance to Sulfa Drugs
Peter Iliades, Steven R. Meshnick, and Ian G. Macreadie
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 741-748;
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Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance in Isolates Obtained in German Intensive Care Units
Daniel Jonas, Klaus Biehler, Doris Hartung, Bettina Spitzmüller, and Franz D. Daschner
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 773-775;
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Detection of KPC Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing Enzymes in Enterobacter spp. from Brooklyn, New York
Simona Bratu, David Landman, Maqsood Alam, Elaine Tolentino, and John Quale
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 776-778;
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Interspecies Recombination in Type II Topoisomerase Genes Is Not a Major Cause of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in the United States
Mathias W. R. Pletz, Lesley McGee, Bernard Beall, Cynthia G. Whitney, and Keith P. Klugman
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 779-780;
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The Biocide Triclosan Selects Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Mutants That Overproduce the SmeDEF Multidrug Efflux Pump
Patricia Sanchez, Eduardo Moreno, and Jose L. Martinez
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 781-782;
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Rapid Acquisition of Stable Azole Resistance by Candida glabrata Isolates Obtained before the Clinical Introduction of Fluconazole
Annemarie Borst, Maria T. Raimer, David W. Warnock, Christine J. Morrison, and Beth A. Arthington-Skaggs
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 783-787;
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AcrAB Efflux Pump Plays a Role in Decreased Susceptibility to Tigecycline in Morganella morganii
Alexey Ruzin, David Keeney, and Patricia A. Bradford
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 791-793;
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The aadB Gene Cassette Is Associated with bla_SHV Genes in Klebsiella Species Producing Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases
Louisa A. Jones, Christopher J. McIver, Mi-Jurng Kim, William D. Rawlinson, and Peter A. White
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 794-797;
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Cloning of a Novel Gene for Quinolone Resistance from a Transferable Plasmid in Shigella flexneri 2b
Mami Hata, Masahiro Suzuki, Masakado Matsumoto, Masao Takahashi, Katsuhiko Sato, Shiro Ibe, and Kenji Sakae
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 801-803;
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Florfenicol-Chloramphenicol Exporter Gene fexA Is Part of the Novel Transposon Tn558
Corinna Kehrenberg and Stefan Schwarz
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 813-815;
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In Vitro Activity of Telithromycin against Viridans Group Streptococci and Streptococcus bovis Isolated from Blood: Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns in Different Groups of Species
Iciar Rodríguez-Avial, Carmen Rodríguez-Avial, Esther Culebras, and Juan J. Picazo
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 820-823;
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Distribution of Subclasses mefA and mefE of the mefA Gene among Clinical Isolates of Macrolide-Resistant (M-Phenotype) Streptococcus pneumoniae, Viridans Group Streptococci, and Streptococcus pyogenes
Carmen Ardanuy, Fe Tubau, Josefina Liñares, María Angeles Domínguez, Román Pallarés, Rogelio Martín The Spanish Pneumococcal Infection Study Network
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 827-829;
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Extended-Spectrum ß-Lactamases in Escherichia coli Isolated from Dogs and Cats in Rome, Italy, from 2001 to 2003
Alessandra Carattoli, Sarah Lovari, Alessia Franco, Gessica Cordaro, Paola Di Matteo, and Antonio Battisti
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 833-835;
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Dissemination of Sulfonamide Resistance Genes (sul1, sul2, and sul3) in Portuguese Salmonella enterica Strains and Relation with Integrons
Patrícia Antunes, Jorge Machado, João Carlos Sousa, and Luísa Peixe
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 836-839;
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Mutations in pfmdr1 Modulate the Sensitivity of Plasmodium falciparum to the Intrinsic Antiplasmodial Activity of Verapamil
Rhys Hayward, Kevin J. Saliba, and Kiaran Kirk
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 840-842;
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Effects of Cetylpyridinium Chloride Resistance and Treatment on Fluconazole Activity versus Candida albicans
Merritt P. Edlind, W. Lamar Smith, and Thomas D. Edlind
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 843-845;
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Susceptibility:

Potent Plasmodicidal Activity of a Heat-Induced Reformulation of Deoxycholate-Amphotericin B (Fungizone) against Plasmodium falciparum
Toshimitsu Hatabu, Tsuyoshi Takada, Nao Taguchi, Mamoru Suzuki, Kumiko Sato, and Shigeyuki Kano
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 493-496;
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Antifungal Susceptibilities of Clinical Isolates of Candida Species, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Aspergillus Species from Taiwan: Surveillance of Multicenter Antimicrobial Resistance in Taiwan Program Data from 2003
Po-Ren Hsueh, Yeu-Jun Lau, Yin-Ching Chuang, Jen-Hsien Wan, Wen-Kuei Huang, Jainn-Ming Shyr, Jing-Jou Yan, Kwok-Woon Yu, Jiunn-Jong Wu, Wen-Chien Ko, Yi-Chueh Yang, Yung-Ching Liu, Lee-Jene Teng, Cheng-Yi Liu, and Kwen-Tay Luh
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 512-517;
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Alkyl Gallates, Intensifiers of ß-Lactam Susceptibility in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Hirofumi Shibata, Kyoko Kondo, Ryo Katsuyama, Kazuyoshi Kawazoe, Yoichi Sato, Kotaro Murakami, Yoshihisa Takaishi, Naokatu Arakaki, and Tomihiko Higuti
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 549-555;
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Bactericidal Action of Gatifloxacin, Rifampin, and Isoniazid on Logarithmic- and Stationary-Phase Cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
C. N. Paramasivan, S. Sulochana, G. Kubendiran, P. Venkatesan, and D. A. Mitchison
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 627-631;
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Antistaphylococcal Activity of Dalbavancin, an Experimental Glycopeptide
Gengrong Lin, Kim Credito, Lois M. Ednie, and Peter C. Appelbaum
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 770-772;
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Survey of Streptococcus pyogenes Isolated in Japan from Patients with Severe Invasive Group A Streptococcal Infections
Tadayoshi Ikebe, Kyoko Hirasawa, Rieko Suzuki, Junko Isobe, Daisuke Tanaka, Chihiro Katsukawa, Ryuji Kawahara, Masaaki Tomita, Kikuyo Ogata, Miyoko Endoh, Rumi Okuno, Haruo Watanabe the Working Group for Group A Streptococci in Japan
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 788-790;
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Simple Fibroblast-Based Assay To Test the Pyrazinamide Susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Takemasa Takii, Sonomi Hamasaki, Kazue Hirano, Chiyoji Abe, and Kikuo Onozaki
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 804-807;
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In Vitro Antileishmanial Activity of Nicotinamide
D. Sereno, A. Monte Alegre, R. Silvestre, B. Vergnes, and A. Ouaissi
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 808-812;
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Antibiotic Resistance in Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Shigella Strains Isolated from Children in Hanoi, Vietnam
Trung Vu Nguyen, Phung Van Le, Chinh Huy Le, and Andrej Weintraub
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 816-819;
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Stability of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae Clinical Isolates and Laboratory-Derived Mutants
Heather J. Smith-Adam, Kimberly A. Nichol, Daryl J. Hoban, and George G. Zhanel
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 846-848;
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Experimental Therapeutics:

Efficacy of Micafungin in Combination with Other Drugs in a Murine Model of Disseminated Trichosporonosis
Carolina Serena, F. Javier Pastor, Félix Gilgado, Emilio Mayayo, and Josep Guarro
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 497-502;
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Interaction between Posaconazole and Amphotericin B in Concomitant Treatment against Candida albicans In Vivo
Anthony Cacciapuoti, Maya Gurnani, Judith Halpern, Christine Norris, Reena Patel, and David Loebenberg
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 638-642;
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Levofloxacin plus Metronidazole Administered Once Daily versus Moxifloxacin Monotherapy against a Mixed Infection of Escherichia coli and Bacteroides fragilis in an In Vitro Pharmacodynamic Model
Elizabeth D. Hermsen, Laurie B. Hovde, Kelly A. Sprandel, Keith A. Rodvold, and John C. Rotschafer
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 685-689;
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Caspofungin Inhibits Rhizopus oryzae 1,3-ß-D-Glucan Synthase, Lowers Burden in Brain Measured by Quantitative PCR, and Improves Survival at a Low but Not a High Dose during Murine Disseminated Zygomycosis
Ashraf S. Ibrahim, Joel C. Bowman, Valentina Avanessian, Keturah Brown, Brad Spellberg, John E. Edwards, Jr., and Cameron M. Douglas
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 721-727;
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Combination Therapy with Amphotericin B Lipid Complex and Caspofungin Acetate of Disseminated Zygomycosis in Diabetic Ketoacidotic Mice
Brad Spellberg, Yue Fu, John E. Edwards, Jr., and Ashraf S. Ibrahim
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 830-832;
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Activity of Glycopeptides against Staphylococcus aureus Infection in a Rabbit Endocarditis Model: MICs Do Not Predict In Vivo Efficacy
Nathalie Asseray, Cedric Jacqueline, Virginie Le Mabecque, Eric Batard, Denis Bugnon, Gilles Potel, and Jocelyne Caillon
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 857-859;
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Mechanisms of Action:

Cholesterol Import by Aspergillus fumigatus and Its Influence on Antifungal Potency of Sterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors
Quanbo Xiong, Saad A. Hassan, William K. Wilson, Xiang Y. Han, Gregory S. May, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, and Seiichi P. T. Matsuda
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 518-524;
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cDNA Microarray Analysis of Differential Gene Expression in Candida albicans Biofilm Exposed to Farnesol
Ying-Ying Cao, Yong-Bing Cao, Zheng Xu, Kang Ying, Yao Li, Yi Xie, Zhen-Yu Zhu, Wan-Sheng Chen, and Yuan-Ying Jiang
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 584-589;
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Provitamin B₅ (Pantothenol) Inhibits Growth of the Intraerythrocytic Malaria Parasite
Kevin J. Saliba, Isabelle Ferru, and Kiaran Kirk
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 632-637;
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Rapid Diffusion of Fluorescent Tracers into Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilms Visualized by Time Lapse Microscopy
Suriani Abdul Rani, Betsey Pitts, and Philip S. Stewart
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 728-732;
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Discovering the Mechanism of Action of Novel Antibacterial Agents through Transcriptional Profiling of Conditional Mutants
C. Freiberg, H. P. Fischer, and N. A. Brunner
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 749-759;
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Elucidation of Essential and Nonessential Genes in the Haemophilus influenzae Rd Cell Wall Biosynthetic Pathway by Targeted Gene Disruption
Catherine M. Trepod and John E. Mott
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 824-826;
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Selected Arylpiperazines Are Capable of Reversing Multidrug Resistance in Escherichia coli Overexpressing RND Efflux Pumps
Jürgen A. Bohnert and Winfried V. Kern
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 849-852;
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Pharmacology:

Bayesian Parameter Estimates of Nelfinavir and Its Active Metabolite, Hydroxy-tert-Butylamide, in Infants Perinatally Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
Salomé Payen, Albert Faye, Alexandra Compagnucci, Carlo Giaquinto, Diana Gibbs, Roberto Gomeni, Françoise Bressolle, and Evelyne Jacqz-Aigrain
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 525-535;
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Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Cefpirome in Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue of Septic Patients
Robert Sauermann, Georg Delle-Karth, Claudia Marsik, Ilka Steiner, Markus Zeitlinger, Bernhard X. Mayer-Helm, Apostolos Georgopoulos, Markus Müller, and Christian Joukhadar
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 650-655;
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Modeling In Vivo Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Moxifloxacin Therapy for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection by Using a Novel Cartridge System
Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Jin Lee, Samuel C. Woolwine, Jacques H. Grosset, Fayez M. Hamzeh, and William R. Bishai
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 853-856;
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Chemistry; Biosynthesis:

Genetic Analysis of a Unique Bacteriocin, Smb, Produced by Streptococcus mutans GS5
Hideo Yonezawa and Howard K. Kuramitsu
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 541-548;
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Antiviral Agents:

Generation and Characterization of Recombinant Influenza A (H1N1) Viruses Harboring Amantadine Resistance Mutations
Yacine Abed, Nathalie Goyette, and Guy Boivin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 556-559;
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Pharmacokinetics of the Antiviral Agent ß-L-3'-Fluoro-2',3'-Didehydro-2',3'-Dideoxycytidine in Rhesus Monkeys
Ghazia Asif, Selwyn J. Hurwitz, Giuseppe Gumina, Chung K. Chu, Harold M. McClure, and Raymond F. Schinazi
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 560-564;
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Antiviral Treatment with Alpha Interferon Up-Regulates CD14 on Liver Macrophages and Its Soluble Form in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B
Patrizia Carotenuto, Debby van Riel, André Artsen, Sven Bruijns, Fons G. Uytdehaag, Jon D. Laman, Andeltje B. van Nunen, Pieter E. Zondervan, Robert A. De Man, Albert D. Osterhaus, and Oscar Pontesilli
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 590-599;
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Genotypic Characterization of the DNA Polymerase and Sensitivity to Antiviral Compounds of Foscarnet-Resistant Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1) Derived from a Foscarnet-Sensitive HSV-1 Strain
Masayuki Saijo, Tatsuo Suzutani, Shigeru Morikawa, and Ichiro Kurane
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 606-611;
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Conservation of Amino Acids in Human Rhinovirus 3C Protease Correlates with Broad-Spectrum Antiviral Activity of Rupintrivir, a Novel Human Rhinovirus 3C Protease Inhibitor
S. L. Binford, F. Maldonado, M. A. Brothers, P. T. Weady, L. S. Zalman, J. W. Meador, III, D. A. Matthews, and A. K. Patick
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 619-626;
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Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Nelfinavir and Its Metabolite M8 in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)-Positive and HIV-Hepatitis C Virus-Coinfected Subjects
Mario Regazzi, Renato Maserati, Paola Villani, Maria Cusato, Patrizia Zucchi, Elena Briganti, Rinaldo Roda, Luca Sacchelli, Francesca Gatti, Palma Delle Foglie, Giulia Nardini, Paolo Fabris, Fernanda Mori, Paula Castelli, and Lucia Testa
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 643-649;
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Comparison of the Antiviral Activities of Alkoxyalkyl and Alkyl Esters of Cidofovir against Human and Murine Cytomegalovirus Replication In Vitro
William B. Wan, James R. Beadle, Caroll Hartline, Earl R. Kern, Stephanie L. Ciesla, Nadejda Valiaeva, and Karl Y. Hostetler
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 656-662;
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Pharmacokinetic Study of Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate Combined with Rifampin in Healthy Volunteers
J. A. H. Droste, C. P. W. G. M. Verweij-van Wissen, B. P. Kearney, R. Buffels, P. J. vanHorssen, Y. A. Hekster, and D. M. Burger
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 680-684;
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Clinical Therapeutics:

Mefloquine versus Quinine plus Sulphalene-Pyrimethamine (Metakelfin) for Treatment of Uncomplicated Imported Falciparum Malaria Acquired in Africa
Alberto Matteelli, Nuccia Saleri, Zeno Bisoffi, Giampietro Gregis, Giovanni Gaiera, Raffaella Visonà, Simona Tedoldi, Carla Scolari, Stefania Marocco, and Maurizio Gulletta
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 663-667;
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Bloodstream Infections Caused by Antibiotic-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli: Risk Factors for Mortality and Impact of Inappropriate Initial Antimicrobial Therapy on Outcome
Cheol-In Kang, Sung-Han Kim, Wan Beom Park, Ki-Deok Lee, Hong-Bin Kim, Eui-Chong Kim, Myoung-don Oh, and Kang-Won Choe
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 760-766;
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Multiechinocandin- and Multiazole-Resistant Candida parapsilosis Isolates Serially Obtained during Therapy for Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
Varsha Moudgal, Tania Little, Dina Boikov, and Jose A. Vazquez
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 767-769;
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Test Characteristics of Perirectal and Rectal Swab Compared to Stool Sample for Detection of Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Escherichia coli in the Gastrointestinal Tract
Ebbing Lautenbach, Anthony D. Harris, Eli N. Perencevich, Irving Nachamkin, Pam Tolomeo, and Joshua P. Metlay
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 798-800;
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Letters:

Gene Cassettes Potentially Encoding Fosfomycin Resistance Determinants
Sally R. Partridge and Ruth M. Hall
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 860-861;
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High-Level Resistance to Fluoroquinolones Linked to Mutations in gyrA, parC, and parE in Salmonella enterica Serovar Schwarzengrund Isolates from Humans in Taiwan
Sylvie Baucheron, Elisabeth Chaslus-Dancla, Axel Cloeckaert, Cheng-Hsun Chiu, and Patrick Butaye
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 862-863;
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First Extended-Spectrum-ß-Lactamase (CTX-M-15)-Producing Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium Isolate Identified in Lebanon
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Escherichia coli Producing an ACC-1 Class C ß-Lactamase Isolated in Barcelona, Spain
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T2182C Mutation Is Not Associated with Clarithromycin Resistance in Helicobacter pylori
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Comparative Pharmacokinetics of Intramuscular Artesunate and Artemether in Patients with Severe Falciparum Malaria
T. T. Hien, T. M. E. Davis, L. V. Chuong, K. F. Ilett, D. X. T. Sinh, N. H. Phu, C. Agus, G. M. Chiswell, N. J. White, and J. Farrar
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. February 2005 49: 871
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