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Mechanisms of Resistance:

Sho Takahata, Takashi Ida, Nami Senju, Yumiko Sanbongi, Aiko Miyata, Kazunori Maebashi, and Shigeru Hoshiko

Horizontal Gene Transfer of ftsI, Encoding Penicillin-Binding Protein 3, in Haemophilus influenzae
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1589-1595. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Anne-Merethe Hanssen and Johanna U. Ericson Sollid

Multiple Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosomes and Allelic Variants of Cassette Chromosome Recombinases in Staphylococcus aureus and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci from Norway
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1671-1677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

A. J. O'Neill, F. McLaws, G. Kahlmeter, A. S. Henriksen, and I. Chopra

Genetic Basis of Resistance to Fusidic Acid in Staphylococci
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1737-1740. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. W. Stokes, Liam D. H. Elbourne, and Ruth M. Hall

Tn1403, a Multiple-Antibiotic Resistance Transposon Made Up of Three Distinct Transposons
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1827-1829. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark van der Linden, Adnan Al-Lahham, Stefan Haupts, and Ralf René Reinert

Clonal Spread of mef-Positive Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates Causing Invasive Disease in Adults in Germany
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1830-1834. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

T. Norén, T. Åkerlund, M. Wullt, L. G. Burman, and M. Unemo

Mutations in fusA Associated with Posttherapy Fusidic Acid Resistance in Clostridium difficile
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1840-1843. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Shaoji Cheng, Cornelius J. Clancy, Katherine T. Nguyen, William Clapp, and M. Hong Nguyen

A Candida albicans Petite Mutant Strain with Uncoupled Oxidative Phosphorylation Overexpresses MDR1 and Has Diminished Susceptibility to Fluconazole and Voriconazole
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1855-1858. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

M. Grape, L. Sundström, and G. Kronvall

Two New dfr Genes in Trimethoprim-Resistant Integron-Negative Escherichia coli Isolates
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1863-1864. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Vanessa Ayer, Wezenet Tewodros, Anand Manoharan, Sini Skariah, Feng Luo, and Debra E. Bessen

Tetracycline Resistance in Group A Streptococci: Emergence on a Global Scale and Influence on Multiple-Drug Resistance
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1865-1868. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Axel Cloeckaert, Karine Praud, Benoît Doublet, Alessia Bertini, Alessandra Carattoli, Patrick Butaye, Hein Imberechts, Sophie Bertrand, Jean-Marc Collard, Guillaume Arlet, and François-Xavier Weill

Dissemination of an Extended-Spectrum-ß-Lactamase bla_TEM-52 Gene-Carrying IncI1 Plasmid in Various Salmonella enterica Serovars Isolated from Poultry and Humans in Belgium and France between 2001 and 2005
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1872-1875. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jennifer Nielsen Kahn, Guillermo Garcia-Effron, Ming-Jo Hsu, Steven Park, Kieren A. Marr, and David S. Perlin

Acquired Echinocandin Resistance in a Candida krusei Isolate Due to Modification of Glucan Synthase
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1876-1878. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Antiviral Agents:

Hermann Bultmann, Jeremy Teuton, and Curtis R. Brandt

Addition of a C-Terminal Cysteine Improves the Anti-Herpes Simplex Virus Activity of a Peptide Containing the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 TAT Protein Transduction Domain
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1596-1607. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. L. Patton, Y. T. Cosgrove Sweeney, J. E. Balkus, L. C. Rohan, B. J. Moncla, M. A. Parniak, and S. L. Hillier

Preclinical Safety Assessments of UC781 Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Topical Microbicide Formulations
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1608-1615. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chih-Hung Hsu, Rong Hu, Ginger E. Dutschman, Guangwei Yang, Preethi Krishnan, Hiromichi Tanaka, Masanori Baba, and Yung-Chi Cheng

Comparison of the Phosphorylation of 4'-Ethynyl 2',3'-Dihydro-3'-Deoxythymidine with That of Other Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Thymidine Analogs
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1687-1693. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

James E. Cummins, Jr., Jeannette Guarner, Lisa Flowers, Patricia C. Guenthner, Jeanine Bartlett, Timothy Morken, Lisa A. Grohskopf, Lynn Paxton, and Charlene S. Dezzutti

Preclinical Testing of Candidate Topical Microbicides for Anti-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Activity and Tissue Toxicity in a Human Cervical Explant Culture
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1770-1779. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yen T. Duong, D. Christopher Meadows, Indresh K. Srivastava, Jacquelyn Gervay-Hague, and Thomas W. North

Direct Inactivation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 by a Novel Small-Molecule Entry Inhibitor, DCM205
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1780-1786. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mark N. Prichard, Kathy A. Keith, Mary P. Johnson, Emma A. Harden, Alexis McBrayer, Ming Luo, Shihong Qiu, Debasish Chattopadhyay, Xuesen Fan, Paul F. Torrence, and Earl R. Kern

Selective Phosphorylation of Antiviral Drugs by Vaccinia Virus Thymidine Kinase
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1795-1803. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Olanrewaju Okusanya, Alan Forrest, Robin DiFrancesco, Sanela Bilic, Susan Rosenkranz, Michael F. Para, Elizabeth Adams, Kevin E. Yarasheski, Richard C. Reichman, Gene D. Morse and the ACTG 5043 Protocol Team

Compartmental Pharmacokinetic Analysis of Oral Amprenavir with Secondary Peaks
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1822-1826. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Niklas Lindegardh, Geraint R. Davies, Tran Tinh Hien, Jeremy Farrar, Pratap Singhasivanon, Nicholas P. J. Day, and Nicholas J. White

Importance of Collection Tube during Clinical Studies of Oseltamivir
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1835-1836. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Paul Schnitzler, Christine Koch, and Jürgen Reichling

Susceptibility of Drug-Resistant Clinical Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Strains to Essential Oils of Ginger, Thyme, Hyssop, and Sandalwood
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1859-1862. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Susceptibility:

Nathan P. Wiederhold, Laura K. Najvar, Rosie Bocanegra, Destiny Molina, Marcos Olivo, and John R. Graybill

In Vivo Efficacy of Anidulafungin and Caspofungin against Candida glabrata and Association with In Vitro Potency in the Presence of Sera
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1616-1620. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Marc H. Scheetz, Chao Qi, John R. Warren, Michael J. Postelnick, Teresa Zembower, Arlene Obias, and Gary A. Noskin

In Vitro Activities of Various Antimicrobials Alone and in Combination with Tigecycline against Carbapenem-Intermediate or -Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1621-1626. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sandrine Lemaire, Françoise Van Bambeke, Marie-Paule Mingeot-Leclercq, Youri Glupczynski, and Paul M. Tulkens

Role of Acidic pH in the Susceptibility of Intraphagocytic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strains to Meropenem and Cloxacillin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1627-1632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Stéphanie Matrat, Stéphanie Petrella, Emmanuelle Cambau, Wladimir Sougakoff, Vincent Jarlier, and Alexandra Aubry

Expression and Purification of an Active Form of the Mycobacterium leprae DNA Gyrase and Its Inhibition by Quinolones
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1643-1648. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

D. R. Snydman, N. V. Jacobus, L. A. McDermott, R. Ruthazer, Y. Golan, E. J. C. Goldstein, S. M. Finegold, L. J. Harrell, D. W. Hecht, S. G. Jenkins, C. Pierson, R. Venezia, V. Yu, J. Rihs, and S. L. Gorbach

National Survey on the Susceptibility of Bacteroides fragilis Group: Report and Analysis of Trends in the United States from 1997 to 2004
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1649-1655. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Jun Lin, Meiguan Yan, Orhan Sahin, Sonia Pereira, Yun-Juan Chang, and Qijing Zhang

Effect of Macrolide Usage on Emergence of Erythromycin-Resistant Campylobacter Isolates in Chickens
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1678-1686. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

I. Radzishevsky, M. Krugliak, H. Ginsburg, and A. Mor

Antiplasmodial Activity of Lauryl-Lysine Oligomers
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1753-1759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

H. Seifert, U. Aurbach, D. Stefanik, and O. Cornely

In Vitro Activities of Isavuconazole and Other Antifungal Agents against Candida Bloodstream Isolates
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1818-1821. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen F. Novak, William J. Diamond, Sreenatha Kirakodu, Rebecca Peyyala, Kimberly W. Anderson, Ronald C. Montelaro, and Timothy A. Mietzner

Efficacy of the De Novo-Derived Antimicrobial Peptide WLBU2 against Oral Bacteria
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1837-1839. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gwan-Han Shen, Bo-Da Wu, Kun-Ming Wu, and Jiann-Hwa Chen

In Vitro Activities of Isepamicin, Other Aminoglycosides, and Capreomycin against Clinical Isolates of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria in Taiwan
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1849-1851. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yuliya V. Mishina, Sanjeev Krishna, Richard K. Haynes, and John C. Meade

Artemisinins Inhibit Trypanosoma cruzi and Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense In Vitro Growth
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1852-1854. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mette D. Jacobsen, Julie A. Whyte, and Frank C. Odds

Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis Respond Differently to Echinocandin Antifungal Agents In Vitro
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1882-1884. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Experimental Therapeutics:

David Andes and William A. Craig

In Vivo Pharmacodynamic Activity of the Glycopeptide Dalbavancin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1633-1642. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Issam Raad, Hend Hanna, Ying Jiang, Tanya Dvorak, Ruth Reitzel, Gassan Chaiban, Robert Sherertz, and Ray Hachem

Comparative Activities of Daptomycin, Linezolid, and Tigecycline against Catheter-Related Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Bacteremic Isolates Embedded in Biofilm
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1656-1660. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Philippe Moreillon, Walter R. Wilson, Roland Leclercq, and José M. Entenza

Single-Dose Oral Amoxicillin or Linezolid for Prophylaxis of Experimental Endocarditis Due to Vancomycin-Susceptible and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1661-1665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Luiz E. Bermudez, Nima Motamedi, Christopher Chee, Gyulnar Baimukanova, Peter Kolonoski, Clark Inderlied, Priscilla Aralar, Guoqiang Wang, Ly Tam Phan, and Lowell S. Young

EDP-420, a Bicyclolide (Bridged Bicyclic Macrolide), Is Active against Mycobacterium avium
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1666-1670. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Yasuki Yasuda, Kei Kasahara, Fumiko Mizuno, Kazuyuki Nishi, Keiichi Mikasa, and Eiji Kita

Roxithromycin Favorably Modifies the Initial Phase of Resistance against Infection with Macrolide-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Murine Pneumonia Model
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1741-1752. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Lawrence I. Mortin, Tongchuan Li, Andrew D. G. Van Praagh, Shuxin Zhang, Xi-Xian Zhang, and Jeff D. Alder

Rapid Bactericidal Activity of Daptomycin against Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Peritonitis in Mice as Measured with Bioluminescent Bacteria
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1787-1794. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Therapeutics:

Akintunde Sowunmi, Tunde Balogun, Grace O. Gbotosho, Christian T. Happi, Ahmed A. Adedeji, and Fatai A. Fehintola

Activities of Amodiaquine, Artesunate, and Artesunate-Amodiaquine against Asexual- and Sexual-Stage Parasites in Falciparum Malaria in Children
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1694-1699. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Chonghua Li, Xiaoli Du, Joseph L. Kuti, and David P. Nicolau

Clinical Pharmacodynamics of Meropenem in Patients with Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1725-1730. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Sunny Oyakhirome, Saadou Issifou, Peter Pongratz, Fortune Barondi, Michael Ramharter, Jürgen F. Kun, Michel A. Missinou, Bertrand Lell, and Peter G. Kremsner

Randomized Controlled Trial of Fosmidomycin-Clindamycin versus Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine in the Treatment of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1869-1871. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Mechanisms of Action:

Snigdha Mukherjee, Anindita Ukil, and Pijush K. Das

Immunomodulatory Peptide from Cystatin, a Natural Cysteine Protease Inhibitor, against Leishmaniasis as a Model Macrophage Disease
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1700-1707. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

G. C. Kedar, Vickie Brown-Driver, Daniel R. Reyes, Mark T. Hilgers, Mark A. Stidham, Karen Joy Shaw, John Finn, and Robert J. Haselbeck

Evaluation of the metS and murB Loci for Antibiotic Discovery Using Targeted Antisense RNA Expression Analysis in Bacillus anthracis
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1708-1718. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen Taylor, Bryan McCullough, David J. Clarke, Ross J. Langley, Tali Pechenick, Adrian Hill, Dominic J. Campopiano, Perdita E. Barran, Julia R. Dorin, and John R. W. Govan

Covalent Dimer Species of ß-Defensin Defr1 Display Potent Antimicrobial Activity against Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1719-1724. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ishac Nazi, Adam Scott, Anita Sham, Laura Rossi, Peter R. Williamson, James W. Kronstad, and Gerard D. Wright

Role of Homoserine Transacetylase as a New Target for Antifungal Agents
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1731-1736. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Christopher M. Barbieri, Malvika Kaul, Melanie Bozza-Hingos, Fang Zhao, Yitzhak Tor, Thomas Hermann, and Daniel S. Pilch

Defining the Molecular Forces That Determine the Impact of Neomycin on Bacterial Protein Synthesis: Importance of the 2'-Amino Functionality
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1760-1769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material]  

Eliane Garo, Gary R. Eldridge, Matt G. Goering, Elinor DeLancey Pulcini, Martin A. Hamilton, John W. Costerton, and Garth A. James

Asiatic Acid and Corosolic Acid Enhance the Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms to Tobramycin
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1813-1817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Daniel Llull, Luis Rivas, and Ernesto García

In Vitro Bactericidal Activity of the Antiprotozoal Drug Miltefosine against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Other Pathogenic Streptococci
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1844-1848. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Analytical Procedures:

Yseult F. Brun, Carly G. Dennis, William R. Greco, Ralph J. Bernacki, Paula J. Pera, Jennifer J. Bushey, Richard C. Youn, Donald B. White, and Brahm H. Segal

Modeling the Combination of Amphotericin B, Micafungin, and Nikkomycin Z against Aspergillus fumigatus In Vitro Using a Novel Response Surface Paradigm
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1804-1812. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biologic Response Modifiers:

Robert Sauermann, Claudia Marsik, Ilka Steiner, Katja Seir, Tuende Cvitko, Markus Zeitlinger, Oswald Wagner, and Christian Joukhadar

Immunomodulatory Effects of Fosfomycin in Experimental Human Endotoxemia
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1879-1881. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

Merja Rantala, Sofia Nyberg, Marianne Lindgren, Pentti Huovinen, Jari Jalava, Reetta Skyttä, Laura Teirilä, Anni Vainio, Anni Virolainen-Julkunen, and Tarja Kaijalainen

Molecular Epidemiology of Telithromycin-Resistant Pneumococci in Finland
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1885-1887. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Errata:

Lluis Ballell, Robert A. Field, Ken Duncan, and Robert J. Young

New Small-Molecule Synthetic Antimycobacterials
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007 51: 1888. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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