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Minireviews:

Marc Galimand, Elisabeth Carniel, and Patrice Courvalin

Resistance of Yersinia pestis to Antimicrobial Agents
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3233-3236. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mechanisms of Resistance:

A. R. Gomes, H. Westh, and H. de Lencastre

Origins and Evolution of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Lineages
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3237-3244. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sara Thulin, Per Olcén, Hans Fredlund, and Magnus Unemo

Total Variation in the penA Gene of Neisseria meningitidis: Correlation between Susceptibility to ß-Lactam Antibiotics and penA Gene Heterogeneity
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3317-3324. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Maria Del Grosso, Romina Camilli, Francesco Iannelli, Gianni Pozzi, and Annalisa Pantosti

The mef(E)-Carrying Genetic Element (mega) of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Insertion Sites and Association with Other Genetic Elements
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3361-3366. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Frank M. Kaczmarek, Fadia Dib-Hajj, Wenchi Shang, and Thomas D. Gootz

High-Level Carbapenem Resistance in a Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolate Is Due to the Combination of bla_ACT-1 ß-Lactamase Production, Porin OmpK35/36 Insertional Inactivation, and Down-Regulation of the Phosphate Transport Porin PhoE
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3396-3406. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

S. Gardete, S. W. Wu, S. Gill, and A. Tomasz

Role of VraSR in Antibiotic Resistance and Antibiotic-Induced Stress Response in Staphylococcus aureus
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3424-3434. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Hanna Örlén and Diarmaid Hughes

Weak Mutators Can Drive the Evolution of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Escherichia coli
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3454-3456. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Duarte C. Oliveira, Catarina Milheiriço, and Hermínia de Lencastre

Redefining a Structural Variant of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec, SCCmec Type VI
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3457-3459. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ayush Kumar, Kim-Lee Chua, and Herbert P. Schweizer

Method for Regulated Expression of Single-Copy Efflux Pump Genes in a Surrogate Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain: Identification of the BpeEF-OprC Chloramphenicol and Trimethoprim Efflux Pump of Burkholderia pseudomallei 1026b
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3460-3463. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kevin A. Nash, Nadya Andini, Yansheng Zhang, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, and Richard J. Wallace, Jr.

Intrinsic Macrolide Resistance in Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3476-3478. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne Marie Queenan, Wenchi Shang, Paul Schreckenberger, Karen Lolans, Karen Bush, and John Quinn

SME-3, a Novel Member of the Serratia marcescens SME Family of Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing ß-Lactamases
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3485-3487. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Muriel Cornet, Claude Gaillardin, and Mathias L. Richard

Deletions of the Endocytic Components VPS28 and VPS32 in Candida albicans Lead to Echinocandin and Azole Hypersensitivity
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3492-3495. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Clinical Therapeutics:

Mark Benvenuto, David P. Benziger, Sara Yankelev, and Gloria Vigliani

Pharmacokinetics and Tolerability of Daptomycin at Doses up to 12 Milligrams per Kilogram of Body Weight Once Daily in Healthy Volunteers
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3245-3249. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Kimberly K. Scarsi, Joe M. Feinglass, Marc H. Scheetz, Michael J. Postelnick, Maureen K. Bolon, and Gary A. Noskin

Impact of Inactive Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy on Inpatient Mortality and Length of Stay
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3355-3360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Carl Erik Nord, Eva Sillerström, and Elisabeth Wahlund

Effect of Tigecycline on Normal Oropharyngeal and Intestinal Microflora
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3375-3380. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Seth Hetherington, Michele Texter, Eric Wenzel, Joseph M. Patti, Laurie Reynolds, Trish Shamp, and Suzanne Swan

Phase I Dose Escalation Study To Evaluate the Safety and Pharmacokinetic Profile of Tefibazumab in Subjects with End-Stage Renal Disease Requiring Hemodialysis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3499-3500. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Antiviral Agents:

Xiaowen Liu, Laurel A. Lagenaur, David A. Simpson, Kirsten P. Essenmacher, Courtney L. Frazier-Parker, Yang Liu, Daniel Tsai, Srinivas S. Rao, Dean H. Hamer, Thomas P. Parks, Peter P. Lee, and Qiang Xu

Engineered Vaginal Lactobacillus Strain for Mucosal Delivery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Inhibitor Cyanovirin-N
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3250-3259. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Qing Zhu, Yoko Oei, Dirk B. Mendel, Evelyn N. Garrett, Montesa B. Patawaran, Paul W. Hollenbach, Sharon L. Aukerman, and Amy J. Weiner

Novel Robust Hepatitis C Virus Mouse Efficacy Model
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3260-3268. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Jose D. Murga, Michael Franti, Daniel C. Pevear, Paul J. Maddon, and William C. Olson

Potent Antiviral Synergy between Monoclonal Antibody and Small-Molecule CCR5 Inhibitors of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3289-3296. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Adrian S. Ray, Tomas Cihlar, Kelly L. Robinson, Leah Tong, Jennifer E. Vela, Michael D. Fuller, Lani M. Wieman, Eugene J. Eisenberg, and Gerry R. Rhodes

Mechanism of Active Renal Tubular Efflux of Tenofovir
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3297-3304. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Marloes A. Naarding, Annette M. Dirac, Irene S. Ludwig, Dave Speijer, Susanne Lindquist, Eva-Lotta Vestman, Martijn J. Stax, Teunis B. H. Geijtenbeek, Georgios Pollakis, Olle Hernell, and William A. Paxton

Bile Salt-Stimulated Lipase from Human Milk Binds DC-SIGN and Inhibits Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Transfer to CD4⁺ T Cells
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3367-3374. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Roberta Bona, Mauro Andreotti, Viviana Buffa, Pasqualina Leone, Clementina Maria Galluzzo, Roberta Amici, Lucia Palmisano, Maria Grazia Mancini, Zuleika Michelini, Roberto Di Santo, Roberta Costi, Alessandra Roux, Yves Pommier, Christophe Marchand, Stefano Vella, and Andrea Cara

Development of a Human Immunodeficiency Virus Vector-Based, Single-Cycle Assay for Evaluation of Anti-Integrase Compounds
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3407-3417. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lotte Coelmont, Jan Paeshuyse, Marc P. Windisch, Erik De Clercq, Ralf Bartenschlager, and Johan Neyts

Ribavirin Antagonizes the In Vitro Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Activity of 2'-C-Methylcytidine, the Active Component of Valopicitabine
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3444-3446. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

David A. Kocisko, Byron Caughey, John D. Morrey, and Richard E. Race

Enhanced Antiscrapie Effect Using Combination Drug Treatment
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3447-3449. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Sunwen Chou and Gail I. Marousek

Maribavir Antagonizes the Antiviral Action of Ganciclovir on Human Cytomegalovirus
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3470-3472. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Mechanisms of Action:

Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Arianna Pompilio, Carla Picciani, Manuela Iezzi, Domenico D'Antonio, and Raffaele Piccolomini

Biofilm Formation by the Emerging Fungal Pathogen Trichosporon asahii: Development, Architecture, and Antifungal Resistance
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3269-3276. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dario Caronzolo, Valeria Lucini, Marilou Pannacci, Silvia Grosso, Nelly Kieffer, Lorenzo Bello, Andreas Bikfalvi, and Francesco Scaglione

Effect of PEX, a Noncatalytic Metalloproteinase Fragment with Integrin-Binding Activity, on Experimental Chlamydophila pneumoniae Infection
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3277-3282. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

A. James Mason, Claire Gasnier, Antoine Kichler, Gilles Prévost, Dominique Aunis, Marie-Hélène Metz-Boutigue, and Burkhard Bechinger

Enhanced Membrane Disruption and Antibiotic Action against Pathogenic Bacteria by Designed Histidine-Rich Peptides at Acidic pH
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3305-3311. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Young Soo Kim and Hyung Joon Cha

High-Throughput and Facile Assay of Antimicrobial Peptides Using pH-Controlled Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3330-3335. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Eric Richier, Giancarlo A. Biagini, Sharon Wein, Frederic Boudou, Patrick G. Bray, Steve A. Ward, Eric Precigout, Michèle Calas, Jean-François Dubremetz, and Henri J. Vial

Potent Antihematozoan Activity of Novel Bisthiazolium Drug T16: Evidence for Inhibition of Phosphatidylcholine Metabolism in Erythrocytes Infected with Babesia and Plasmodium spp.
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3381-3388. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Rajendra Upadhya, Hong Shan Zhang, and Louis M. Weiss

System for Expression of Microsporidian Methionine Amino Peptidase Type 2 (MetAP2) in the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3389-3395. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Tammy M. Joska and Amy C. Anderson

Structure-Activity Relationships of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus anthracis Dihydrofolate Reductase: toward the Identification of New Potent Drug Leads
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3435-3443. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Heidrun Peltroche-Llacsahuanga, Sophie Goyard, Christophe d'Enfert, Stephan K.-H. Prill, and Joachim F. Ernst

Protein O-Mannosyltransferase Isoforms Regulate Biofilm Formation in Candida albicans
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3488-3491. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Experimental Therapeutics:

Hend Hanna, Paul Bahna, Ruth Reitzel, Tanya Dvorak, Gassan Chaiban, Ray Hachem, and Issam Raad

Comparative In Vitro Efficacies and Antimicrobial Durabilities of Novel Antimicrobial Central Venous Catheters
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3283-3288. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Stephen P. Saville, Anna L. Lazzell, Alexander P. Bryant, Angelika Fretzen, Alex Monreal, Erik O. Solberg, Carlos Monteagudo, Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, and G. Todd Milne

Inhibition of Filamentation Can Be Used To Treat Disseminated Candidiasis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3312-3316. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ujjini H. Manjunatha, Ramanuj Lahiri, Baljit Randhawa, Cynthia S. Dowd, James L. Krahenbuhl, and Clifton E. Barry, III

Mycobacterium leprae Is Naturally Resistant to PA-824
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3350-3354. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lisa Y. Chiang, Daniele E. Ejzykowicz, Zong-Qiang Tian, Leonard Katz, and Scott G. Filler

Efficacy of Ambruticin Analogs in a Murine Model of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3464-3466. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Lisa F. Shubitz, John N. Galgiani, Zong-Qiang Tian, Ziyang Zhong, Pieter Timmermans, and Leonard Katz

Efficacy of Ambruticin Analogs in a Murine Model of Coccidioidomycosis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3467-3469. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Donald C. Sheppard, John R. Graybill, Laura K. Najvar, Lisa Y. Chiang, Thomas Doedt, William R. Kirkpatrick, Rosie Bocanegra, Ana C. Vallor, Thomas F. Patterson, and Scott G. Filler

Standardization of an Experimental Murine Model of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3501-3503. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Susceptibility:

Xuan Qin, Yasmin Razia, James R. Johnson, Jennifer R. Stapp, Daniel R. Boster, Treva Tsosie, Donna L. Smith, Christopher R. Braden, Kathryn Gay, Frederick J. Angulo, and Phillip I. Tarr

Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacilli in the Fecal Microflora of Children
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3325-3329. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Halima Kaddouri, Serge Nakache, Sandrine Houzé, France Mentré, and Jacques Le Bras

Assessment of the Drug Susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum Clinical Isolates from Africa by Using a Plasmodium Lactate Dehydrogenase Immunodetection Assay and an Inhibitory Maximum Effect Model for Precise Measurement of the 50-Percent Inhibitory Concentration
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3343-3349. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Anne-Marie Bourgault, François Lamothe, Vivian G. Loo, Louise Poirier, and the CDAD-CSI Study Group

In Vitro Susceptibility of Clostridium difficile Clinical Isolates from a Multi-Institutional Outbreak in Southern Québec, Canada
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3473-3475. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ken B. Waites, Lynn B. Duffy, and Michael J. Dowzicky

Antimicrobial Susceptibility among Pathogens Collected from Hospitalized Patients in the United States and In Vitro Activity of Tigecycline, a New Glycylcycline Antimicrobial
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3479-3484. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Cornelius J. Clancy, Benjamin Staley, and M. Hong Nguyen

In Vitro Susceptibility of Breakthrough Candida Bloodstream Isolates Correlates with Daily and Cumulative Doses of Fluconazole
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3496-3498. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Ellie J. C. Goldstein, Diane M. Citron, C. Vreni Merriam, Yumi A. Warren, Kerin L. Tyrrell, and Helen T. Fernandez

Comparative In Vitro Susceptibilities of 396 Unusual Anaerobic Strains to Tigecycline and Eight Other Antimicrobial Agents
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3507-3513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Pharmacology:

D. M. Burger, S. Agarwala, M. Child, A. Been-Tiktak, Y. Wang, and R. Bertz

Effect of Rifampin on Steady-State Pharmacokinetics of Atazanavir with Ritonavir in Healthy Volunteers
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3336-3342. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andreas H. Groll, Caron A. Lyman, Vidmantas Petraitis, Ruta Petraitiene, Derek Armstrong, Diana Mickiene, Raul M. Alfaro, Robert L. Schaufele, Tin Sein, John Bacher, and Thomas J. Walsh

Compartmentalized Intrapulmonary Pharmacokinetics of Amphotericin B and Its Lipid Formulations
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3418-3423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Andrew Crowe, Kenneth F. Ilett, Harin A. Karunajeewa, Kevin T. Batty, and Timothy M. E. Davis

Role of P Glycoprotein in Absorption of Novel Antimalarial Drugs
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3504-3506. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Analytical Procedures:

Francisco M. Marty, Colleen M. Lowry, Steven J. Lempitski, David W. Kubiak, Malcolm A. Finkelman, and Lindsey R. Baden

Reactivity of (13)-ß-D-Glucan Assay with Commonly Used Intravenous Antimicrobials
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3450-3453. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Letters:

Renee S. Levings, Ruth M. Hall, Diane Lightfoot, and Steven P. Djordjevic

linG, a New Integron-Associated Gene Cassette Encoding a Lincosamide Nucleotidyltransferase
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3514-3515. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

Dilruba Ahmed, Liton T. D'Costa, Khorshed Alam, G. Balakrish Nair, and M. Anowar Hossain

Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolates with High-Level Resistance to Ciprofloxacin in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2006 50: 3516-3517. [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]  

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