AAC -- Table of Contents (March 1 2006, 50 [3])

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Contents: March 2006, Volume 50, Issue 3

       Susceptibility

       Antiviral Agents

       Mechanisms of Action

       Clinical Therapeutics

       Biologic Response Modifiers

       Mechanisms of Resistance

       Pharmacology

       Experimental Therapeutics

       Letters

       Errata

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Susceptibility:

In Vitro Activity of Novel Rifamycins against Rifamycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
Christopher K. Murphy, Steve Mullin, Marcia S. Osburne, John van Duzer, Jim Siedlecki, Xiang Yu, Kathy Kerstein, Michael Cynamon, and David M. Rothstein
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 827-834;
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Interlaboratory Comparison of PCR-Based Methods for Detection of Penicillin G Susceptibility in Neisseria meningitidis
Muhamed-Kheir Taha, Maria Leticia Zarantonelli, Arianna Neri, Rocío Enriquez, Julio A. Vázquez, and Paola Stefanelli
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 887-892;
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Head-to-Head Comparison of the Activities of Currently Available Antifungal Agents against 3,378 Spanish Clinical Isolates of Yeasts and Filamentous Fungi
Manuel Cuenca-Estrella, Alicia Gomez-Lopez, Emilia Mellado, Maria J. Buitrago, Araceli Monzon, and Juan Luis Rodriguez-Tudela
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 917-921;
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Susceptibility of Cryptococcus neoformans Biofilms to Antifungal Agents In Vitro
Luis R. Martinez and Arturo Casadevall
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1021-1033;
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Activities of Telithromycin, Erythromycin, Fluoroquinolones, and Doxycycline against Campylobacter Strains Isolated from Finnish Subjects
Daniela Schönberg-Norio, Marja-Liisa Hänninen, Marja-Leena Katila, Suvi-Sirkku Kaukoranta, Markku Koskela, Erkki Eerola, Jaakko Uksila, Sini Pajarre, and Hilpi Rautelin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1086-1088;
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Potent In Vitro Synergism of Fluconazole and Berberine Chloride against Clinical Isolates of Candida albicans Resistant to Fluconazole
Hua Quan, Ying-Ying Cao, Zheng Xu, Jing-Xia Zhao, Ping-Hui Gao, Xiao-Feng Qin, and Yuan-Ying Jiang
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1096-1099;
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Evaluation of Disk Diffusion Method for Determining Posaconazole Susceptibility of Filamentous Fungi: Comparison with CLSI Broth Microdilution Method
E. López-Oviedo, A. I. Aller, C. Martín, C. Castro, M. Ramirez, J. M. Pemán, E. Cantón, C. Almeida, and E. Martín-Mazuelos
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1108-1111;
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Activities of Tizoxanide and Nitazoxanide Compared to Those of Five Other Thiazolides and Three Other Agents against Anaerobic Species
Glenn A. Pankuch and Peter C. Appelbaum
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1112-1117;
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Antiviral Agents:

Lack of Evidence for In Vivo Transformation of Zidovudine Triphosphate to Stavudine Triphosphate in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients
Margarita Meléndez, Raúl Blanco, Wilfredo Delgado, Rosario García, Jorge Santana, Hermes García, Osvaldo Rosario, and José F. Rodríguez
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 835-840;
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Pharmacokinetics of Telbivudine following Oral Administration of Escalating Single and Multiple Doses in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Pharmacodynamic Implications
Xiao-Jian Zhou, Seng-Gee Lim, Deborah M. Lloyd, George C. Chao, Nathaniel A. Brown, and Ching-Lung Lai
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 874-879;
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Preclinical Profile of VX-950, a Potent, Selective, and Orally Bioavailable Inhibitor of Hepatitis C Virus NS3-4A Serine Protease
Robert B. Perni, Susan J. Almquist, Randal A. Byrn, Gurudatt Chandorkar, Pravin R. Chaturvedi, Lawrence F. Courtney, Caroline J. Decker, Kirk Dinehart, Cynthia A. Gates, Scott L. Harbeson, Angela Heiser, Gururaj Kalkeri, Elaine Kolaczkowski, Kai Lin, Yu-Ping Luong, B. Govinda Rao, William P. Taylor, John A. Thomson, Roger D. Tung, Yunyi Wei, Ann D. Kwong, and Chao Lin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 899-909;
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In Vitro Characterization of the Anti-Hepatitis B Virus Activity and Cross-Resistance Profile of 2',3'-Dideoxy-3'-Fluoroguanosine
A.-C. Jacquard, M.-N. Brunelle, C. Pichoud, D. Durantel, S. Carrouée-Durantel, C. Trepo, and F. Zoulim
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 955-961;
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VP35 Knockdown Inhibits Ebola Virus Amplification and Protects against Lethal Infection in Mice
Sven Enterlein, Kelly L. Warfield, Dana L. Swenson, David A. Stein, Jeffery L. Smith, C. Scott Gamble, Andrew D. Kroeker, Patrick L. Iversen, Sina Bavari, and Elke Mühlberger
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 984-993;
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SCH 503034, a Mechanism-Based Inhibitor of Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Protease, Suppresses Polyprotein Maturation and Enhances the Antiviral Activity of Alpha Interferon in Replicon Cells
B. A. Malcolm, R. Liu, F. Lahser, S. Agrawal, B. Belanger, N. Butkiewicz, R. Chase, F. Gheyas, A. Hart, D. Hesk, P. Ingravallo, C. Jiang, R. Kong, J. Lu, J. Pichardo, A. Prongay, A. Skelton, X. Tong, S. Venkatraman, E. Xia, V. Girijavallabhan, and F. G. Njoroge
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1013-1020;
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Potent Antiscrapie Activities of Degenerate Phosphorothioate Oligonucleotides
David A. Kocisko, Andrew Vaillant, Kil Sun Lee, Kevin M. Arnold, Nadine Bertholet, Richard E. Race, Emily A. Olsen, Jean-Marc Juteau, and Byron Caughey
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1034-1044;
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Inactivation of Herpes Simplex Virus Clinical Isolates by Using a Combination Microbicide
Charles E. Isaacs, Lisa Rohan, Weimin Xu, Jun Hua Jia, Timothy Mietzner, and Sharon Hillier
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1063-1066;
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In Vitro Development of Resistance to Human Immunodeficiency Virus Protease Inhibitor GW640385
P. J. Yates, R. Hazen, M. St. Clair, L. Boone, M. Tisdale, and R. C. Elston
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1092-1095;
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Mechanisms of Action:

Pharmacodynamic Evaluation of the Intracellular Activities of Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus in a Model of THP-1 Macrophages
Maritza Barcia-Macay, Cristina Seral, Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq, Paul M. Tulkens, and Françoise Van Bambeke
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 841-851;
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Structural Correlates of Antibacterial and Membrane-Permeabilizing Activities in Acylpolyamines
Rajalakshmi Balakrishna, Stewart J. Wood, Thuan B. Nguyen, Kelly A. Miller, E. V. K. Suresh Kumar, Apurba Datta, and Sunil A. David
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 852-861;
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Rate of Elimination of Wolbachia pipientis by Doxycycline In Vitro Increases following Drug Withdrawal
Benjamin L. Makepeace, Lisa Rodgers, and Alexander J. Trees
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 922-927;
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Involvement of Reactive Oxygen Species in the Action of Ciprofloxacin against Escherichia coli
M. Goswami, S. H. Mangoli, and N. Jawali
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 949-954;
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Clinical Therapeutics:

Telavancin versus Standard Therapy for Treatment of Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections Caused by Gram-Positive Bacteria: FAST 2 Study
Martin E. Stryjewski, Vivian H. Chu, William D. O'Riordan, Brian L. Warren, Lala M. Dunbar, David M. Young, Marc Vallée, Vance G. Fowler, Jr., Joel Morganroth, Steven L. Barriere, Michael M. Kitt, G. Ralph Corey for the FAST 2 Investigator Group
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 862-867;
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Age-Related Effects on Nelfinavir and M8 Pharmacokinetics: a Population Study with 182 Children
Déborah Hirt, Saïk Urien, Vincent Jullien, Ghislaine Firtion, Elisabeth Rey, Gérard Pons, Stéphane Blanche, and Jean-Marc Treluyer
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 910-916;
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Pharmacokinetic and Safety Evaluation of High-Dose Combinations of Fosamprenavir and Ritonavir
Mark J. Shelton, Mary Beth Wire, Yu Lou, Brigette Adamkiewicz, and Sherene S. Min
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 928-934;
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Artesunate Suppositories versus Intramuscular Artemether for Treatment of Severe Malaria in Children in Papua New Guinea
Harin A. Karunajeewa, John Reeder, Kerry Lorry, Elizah Dabod, Juliana Hamzah, Madhu Page-Sharp, Gregory M. Chiswell, Kenneth F. Ilett, and Timothy M. E. Davis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 968-974;
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Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Relationships Describing the Efficacy of Oritavancin in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
Sujata M. Bhavnani, Julie A. Passarell, Joel S. Owen, Jeffrey S. Loutit, Steven B. Porter, and Paul G. Ambrose
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 994-1000;
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Biologic Response Modifiers:

Effects of Lipid Formulations of Amphotericin B on Activity of Human Monocytes against Aspergillus fumigatus
J. Dotis, M. Simitsopoulou, M. Dalakiouridou, T. Konstantinou, A. Taparkou, F. Kanakoudi-Tsakalidou, T. J. Walsh, and E. Roilides
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 868-873;
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Mechanisms of Resistance:

Molecular Epidemiology of Acquired-Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Bacteria in Poland
Janusz Fiett, Anna Baraniak, Agnieszka Mrówka, Malgorzata Fleischer, Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa, Lukasz Naumiuk, Alfred Samet, Waleria Hryniewicz, and Marek Gniadkowski
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 880-886;
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Effect of Efflux on Telithromycin and Macrolide Susceptibility in Haemophilus influenzae
Tatiana Bogdanovich, Bülent Bozdogan, and Peter C. Appelbaum
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 893-898;
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Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Invasive Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates Due to Spontaneous Mutation and Horizontal Gene Transfer
M. W. R. Pletz, L. McGee, C. A. Van Beneden, S. Petit, M. Bardsley, M. Barlow, and K. P. Klugman
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 943-948;
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Biochemical and Molecular Characterization of Three New Variants of AmpC ß-Lactamases from Morganella morganii
Pablo Power, Moreno Galleni, Juan A. Ayala, and Gabriel Gutkind
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 962-967;
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Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec (SCCmec) Typing of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Isolated in 11 Asian Countries: a Proposal for a New Nomenclature for SCCmec Elements
Piriyaporn Chongtrakool, Teruyo Ito, Xiao Xue Ma, Yoko Kondo, Suwanna Trakulsomboon, Chuntima Tiensasitorn, Mantana Jamklang, Tavinun Chavalit, Jae-Hoon Song, and Keiichi Hiramatsu
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1001-1012;
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Transfer of Vancomycin Resistance Transposon Tn1549 from Clostridium symbiosum to Enterococcus spp. in the Gut of Gnotobiotic Mice
Aline Launay, Susan A. Ballard, Paul D. R. Johnson, M. Lindsay Grayson, and Thierry Lambert
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1054-1062;
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Enterococcus gallinarum N04-0414 Harbors a VanD-Type Vancomycin Resistance Operon and Does Not Contain a D-Alanine:D-Alanine 2 (ddl2) Gene
David A. Boyd, Mark A. Miller, and Michael R. Mulvey
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1067-1070;
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Medium Plays a Role in Determining Expression of acrB, marA, and soxS in Escherichia coli
Andrew M. Bailey, Mark A. Webber, and Laura J. V. Piddock
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1071-1074;
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Molecular Characterization of Isoniazid Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Identification of a Novel Mutation in inhA
E. T. Y. Leung, P. L. Ho, K. Y. Yuen, W. L. Woo, T. H. Lam, R. Y. Kao, W. H. Seto, and W. C. Yam
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1075-1078;
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Correlation between Reduced Daptomycin Susceptibility and Vancomycin Resistance in Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus
Longzhu Cui, Eiji Tominaga, Hui-min Neoh, and Keiichi Hiramatsu
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1079-1082;
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Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains Resistant to Multiple Antibiotics and Carrying the Panton-Valentine Leukocidin Genes in an Algiers Hospital
Nadjia Ramdani-Bouguessa, Michèle Bes, Hélène Meugnier, Françoise Forey, Marie-Elisabeth Reverdy, Gerard Lina, François Vandenesch, Mohamed Tazir, and Jerome Etienne
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1083-1085;
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Staphylococcus Efflux msr(A) Gene Characterized in Streptococcus, Enterococcus, Corynebacterium, and Pseudomonas Isolates
Kayode K. Ojo, Megan J. Striplin, Catherine C. Ulep, Natasha S. Close, Jennifer Zittle, Henrique Luis, Mario Bernardo, Jorge Leitao, and Marilyn C. Roberts
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1089-1091;
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Roles of Cellular Respiration, CgCDR1, and CgCDR2 in Candida glabrata Resistance to Histatin 5
Eva J. Helmerhorst, Caterina Venuleo, Dominique Sanglard, and Frank G. Oppenheim
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1100-1103;
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NorC, a New Efflux Pump Regulated by MgrA of Staphylococcus aureus
Que Chi Truong-Bolduc, Jacob Strahilevitz, and David C. Hooper
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1104-1107;
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Pharmacology:

Population Pharmacokinetics of Liposomal Amphotericin B in Pediatric Patients with Malignant Diseases
Ying Hong, Peter J. Shaw, Christa E. Nath, Satya P. Yadav, Katherine R. Stephen, John W. Earl, and Andrew J. McLachlan
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 935-942;
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Experimental Therapeutics:

Efficacy and Potential for Resistance Selection of Antipseudomonal Treatments in a Mouse Model of Lung Infection by Hypermutable Pseudomonas aeruginosa
M. D. Maciá, N. Borrell, M. Segura, C. Gómez, J. L. Pérez, and A. Oliver
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 975-983;
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Mefloquine Induces Dose-Related Neurological Effects in a Rat Model
G. Dow, R. Bauman, D. Caridha, M. Cabezas, F. Du, R. Gomez-Lobo, M. Park, K. Smith, and K. Cannard
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1045-1053;
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Letters:

Nuclear Translocation Peptides as Antibiotics
Nahoko Kobayashi, Yoshinao Yamada, and Tetsuhiko Yoshida
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1118-1119;
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Catheter Lock and Systemic Infusion of Linezolid for Treatment of Persistent Broviac Catheter-Related Staphylococcal Bacteremia
Elio Castagnola, Cristina Moroni, Paolo Gandullia, Mauro Oddone, Cristiano Peri, Rosaria Casciaro, and Alessandra De Alessandri
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1120-1121;
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Errata:

In Vivo Efficacies and Pharmacokinetics of DX-619, a Novel Des-Fluoro(6) Quinolone, against Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Mouse Lung Infection Model
Yuichi Fukuda, Katsunori Yanagihara, Hideaki Ohno, Yasuhito Higashiyama, Yoshitsugu Miyazaki, Kazuhiro Tsukamoto, Yoichi Hirakata, Kazunori Tomono, Yohei Mizuta, Takayoshi Tashiro, and Shigeru Kohno
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. March 2006 50: 1122
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