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Contents: December 2008, Volume 52, Issue 12

       Mechanisms of Resistance

       Mechanisms of Action

       Pharmacology

       Antiviral Agents

       Experimental Therapeutics

       Susceptibility

       Clinical Therapeutics

       Chemistry; Biosynthesis

       Analytical Procedures

       Letters

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Mechanisms of Resistance:

Novel Genetic Determinants of Low-Level Aminoglycoside Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Kristen N. Schurek, Alexandra K. Marr, Patrick K. Taylor, Irith Wiegand, Lucie Semenec, Bhavjinder K. Khaira, and Robert E. W. Hancock
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4213-4219; published ahead of print September 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00507-08
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Plasmodium vivax Resistance to Chloroquine in Madagascar: Clinical Efficacy and Polymorphisms in pvmdr1 and pvcrt-o Genes
Céline Barnadas, Arsène Ratsimbasoa, Magali Tichit, Christiane Bouchier, Martial Jahevitra, Stéphane Picot, and Didier Ménard
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4233-4240; published ahead of print September 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00578-08
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Genetic Heterogeneity in pbp Genes among Clinically Isolated Group B Streptococci with Reduced Penicillin Susceptibility
Noriyuki Nagano, Yukiko Nagano, Kouji Kimura, Kiyoko Tamai, Hideji Yanagisawa, and Yoshichika Arakawa
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4258-4267; published ahead of print September 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00596-08
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High Prevalence of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance Genes qnr and aac(6')-Ib-cr in Clinical Isolates of Enterobacteriaceae from Nine Teaching Hospitals in China
Hong Yang, Hongbin Chen, Qiwen Yang, Minjun Chen, and Hui Wang
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4268-4273; published ahead of print September 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00830-08
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Gain-of-Function Mutations in the Transcription Factor MRR1 Are Responsible for Overexpression of the MDR1 Efflux Pump in Fluconazole-Resistant Candida dubliniensis Strains
Sabrina Schubert, P. David Rogers, and Joachim Morschhäuser
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4274-4280; published ahead of print September 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00740-08
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Serial Daptomycin Selection Generates Daptomycin-Nonsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus Strains with a Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Phenotype
Ilana Lopes Baratella da Cunha Camargo, Hui-Min Neoh, Longzhu Cui, and Keiichi Hiramatsu
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4289-4299; published ahead of print September 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00417-08
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Chloroquine Resistance-Conferring Mutations in pfcrt Give Rise to a Chloroquine-Associated H⁺ Leak from the Malaria Parasite's Digestive Vacuole
Adele M. Lehane and Kiaran Kirk
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4374-4380; published ahead of print October 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00666-08
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Detection of Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec-Associated DNA Segments in Multiresistant Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and Identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis ccrAB4 in both Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus and MSSA
Anna C. Shore, Angela S. Rossney, Brian O'Connell, Celine M. Herra, Derek J. Sullivan, Hilary Humphreys, and David C. Coleman
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4407-4419; published ahead of print October 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00447-08
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MexCD-OprJ Multidrug Efflux System of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Involvement in Chlorhexidine Resistance and Induction by Membrane-Damaging Agents Dependent upon the AlgU Stress Response Sigma Factor
Sebastien Fraud, Aaron J. Campigotto, Zhilin Chen, and Keith Poole
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4478-4482; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.01072-08
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Complex Ciprofloxacin Resistome Revealed by Screening a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mutant Library for Altered Susceptibility
Elena B. M. Breidenstein, Bhavjinder K. Khaira, Irith Wiegand, Joerg Overhage, and Robert E. W. Hancock
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4486-4491; published ahead of print September 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00222-08
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Antimony Resistance and Trypanothione in Experimentally Selected and Clinical Strains of Leishmania panamensis
Diego A. Goyeneche-Patino, Liliana Valderrama, John Walker, and Nancy G. Saravia
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4503-4506; published ahead of print September 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.01075-08
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Genetic Characterization of Vga ABC Proteins Conferring Reduced Susceptibility to Pleuromutilins in Staphylococcus aureus
Daniel R. Gentry, Lynn McCloskey, Michael N. Gwynn, Stephen F. Rittenhouse, Nicole Scangarella, Ribhi Shawar, and David J. Holmes
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4507-4509; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00915-08
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Characterization of pUO-StVR2, a Virulence-Resistance Plasmid Evolved from the pSLT Virulence Plasmid of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium
Ana Herrero, M. Carmen Mendoza, Rosaura Rodicio, and M. Rosario Rodicio
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4514-4517; published ahead of print October 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00563-08
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Tet 42, a Novel Tetracycline Resistance Determinant Isolated from Deep Terrestrial Subsurface Bacteria
Mindy G. Brown, Elizabeth H. Mitchell, and David L. Balkwill
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4518-4521; published ahead of print September 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00640-08
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Mechanisms of Action:

Proteomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Aspergillus fumigatus on Exposure to Amphotericin B
Poonam Gautam, Jata Shankar, Taruna Madan, Ravi Sirdeshmukh, Curam Sreenivasacharlu Sundaram, Wasudev Namdeo Gade, Seemi Farhat Basir, and Puranam Usha Sarma
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4220-4227; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.01431-07
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Inhibition of Bacillus anthracis Spore Outgrowth by Nisin
Ian M. Gut, Angela M. Prouty, Jimmy D. Ballard, Wilfred A. van der Donk, and Steven R. Blanke
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4281-4288; published ahead of print September 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00625-08
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Impact of Self-Assembly Properties on Antibacterial Activity of Short Acyl-Lysine Oligomers
Hadar Sarig, Shahar Rotem, Lior Ziserman, Dganit Danino, and Amram Mor
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4308-4314; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00656-08
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Pharmacology:

Minimal Pharmacokinetic Interaction between the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Etravirine and the Integrase Inhibitor Raltegravir in Healthy Subjects
Matt S. Anderson, Thomas N. Kakuda, William Hanley, Jutta Miller, James T. Kost, Randall Stoltz, Larissa A. Wenning, Julie A. Stone, Richard M. W. Hoetelmans, John A. Wagner, and Marian Iwamoto
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4228-4232; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00487-08
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Development of an Optimized Dose for Coformulation of Zidovudine with Drugs That Select for the K65R Mutation Using a Population Pharmacokinetic and Enzyme Kinetic Simulation Model
Selwyn J. Hurwitz, Ghazia Asif, Nancy M. Kivel, and Raymond F. Schinazi
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4241-4250; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00054-08
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Pharmacokinetic and Safety Evaluation of BILR 355, a Second-Generation Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor, in Healthy Volunteers
Fenglei Huang, Michael Koenen-Bergmann, Thomas R. MacGregor, Arne Ring, Susan Hattox, and Patrick Robinson
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4300-4307; published ahead of print September 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00363-08
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Minimal Effects of Ritonavir and Efavirenz on the Pharmacokinetics of Raltegravir
Marian Iwamoto, Larissa A. Wenning, Amelia S. Petry, Martine Laethem, Marina De Smet, James T. Kost, Sheila A. Breidinger, Eric C. Mangin, Neal Azrolan, Howard E. Greenberg, Wouter Haazen, Julie A. Stone, Keith M. Gottesdiener, and John A. Wagner
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4338-4343; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.01543-07
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Bacteriophage Therapy and the Mutant Selection Window
Benjamin J. Cairns and Robert J. H. Payne
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4344-4350; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00574-08
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Pharmacokinetics of L-Arginine in Adults with Moderately Severe Malaria
Tsin W. Yeo, Indri Rooslamiati, Retno Gitawati, Emiliana Tjitra, Daniel A. Lampah, Enny Kenangalem, Yvette R. McNeil, Richard N. Price, Nicholas M. Anstey, and Stephen B. Duffull
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4381-4387; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00421-08
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Antiviral Agents:

Genotypic Resistance Analysis of the Virological Response to Fosamprenavir-Ritonavir in Protease Inhibitor-Experienced Patients in CONTEXT and TRIAD Clinical Trials
Anne-Geneviève Marcelin, Philippe Flandre, Jean-Michel Molina, Christine Katlama, Patrick Yeni, Francois Raffi, Zeina Antoun, Mounir Ait-Khaled, and Vincent Calvez
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4251-4257; published ahead of print October 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00514-08
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Safety and Efficacy of Enfuvirtide in Combination with Darunavir-Ritonavir and an Optimized Background Regimen in Treatment-Experienced Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients: the Below the Level of Quantification Study
Edwin DeJesus, Michael S. Gottlieb, Joseph C. Gathe, Jr., Michael L. Greenberg, Carol Jean Guittari, and Andrew R. Zolopa
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4315-4319; published ahead of print September 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00467-08
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Impact of Secondary Structure of Toll-Like Receptor 9 Agonists on Interferon Alpha Induction
Dong Yu, Mallikarjuna R. Putta, Lakshmi Bhagat, Meiru Dai, Daqing Wang, Anthony F. Trombino, Tim Sullivan, Ekambar R. Kandimalla, and Sudhir Agrawal
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4320-4325; published ahead of print October 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00701-08
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Inhibition of Herpesvirus Replication by Hexadecyloxypropyl Esters of Purine- and Pyrimidine-Based Phosphonomethoxyethyl Nucleoside Phosphonates
Mark N. Prichard, Caroll B. Hartline, Emma A. Harden, Shannon L. Daily, James R. Beadle, Nadejda Valiaeva, Earl R. Kern, and Karl Y. Hostetler
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4326-4330; published ahead of print October 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00918-08
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Therapeutic Activity of an Anti-Idiotypic Antibody-Derived Killer Peptide against Influenza A Virus Experimental Infection
Giorgio Conti, Walter Magliani, Stefania Conti, Lucia Nencioni, Rossella Sgarbanti, Anna Teresa Palamara, and Luciano Polonelli
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4331-4337; published ahead of print September 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00506-08
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Selected Replicon Variants with Low-Level In Vitro Resistance to the Hepatitis C Virus NS5B Polymerase Inhibitor PSI-6130 Lack Cross-Resistance with R1479
Samir Ali, Vincent Leveque, Sophie Le Pogam, Han Ma, Friederike Philipp, Nicole Inocencio, Mark Smith, Andre Alker, Hyunsoon Kang, Isabel Najera, Klaus Klumpp, Julian Symons, Nick Cammack, and Wen-Rong Jiang
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4356-4369; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00444-08
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1,5-Benzodiazepines, a Novel Class of Hepatitis C Virus Polymerase Nonnucleoside Inhibitors
Origène Nyanguile, Frederik Pauwels, Walter Van den Broeck, Carlo W. Boutton, Ludo Quirynen, Tania Ivens, Liesbet van der Helm, Geneviève Vandercruyssen, Wendy Mostmans, Frédéric Delouvroy, Pascale Dehertogh, Maxwell D. Cummings, Jean-Francois Bonfanti, Kenneth A. Simmen, and Pierre Raboisson
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4420-4431; published ahead of print October 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00669-08
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Preclinical Characteristics of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3/4A Protease Inhibitor ITMN-191 (R7227)
Scott D. Seiwert, Steven W. Andrews, Yutong Jiang, Vladimir Serebryany, Hua Tan, Karl Kossen, P. T. Ravi Rajagopalan, Shawn Misialek, Sarah K. Stevens, Antitsa Stoycheva, Jin Hong, Sharlene R. Lim, Xiaoli Qin, Robert Rieger, Kevin R. Condroski, Hailong Zhang, Mary Geck Do, Christine Lemieux, Gary P. Hingorani, Dylan P. Hartley, John A. Josey, Lin Pan, Leonid Beigelman, and Lawrence M. Blatt
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4432-4441; published ahead of print September 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00699-08
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Glycerol Monolaurate Does Not Alter Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) Vaginal Lactobacilli and Is Safe for Chronic Use
Patrick M. Schlievert, Kristi L. Strandberg, Amanda J. Brosnahan, Marnie L. Peterson, Stefan E. Pambuccian, Karla R. Nephew, Kevin G. Brunner, Nancy J. Schultz-Darken, and Ashley T. Haase
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4448-4454; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00989-08
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Drug Resistance Mutation Profile and Accumulation Kinetics in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Individuals Infected with Subtypes B and F Failing Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Are Influenced by Different Viral Codon Usage Patterns
A. Waléria-Aleixo, A. N. Martins, M. B. Arruda, R. M. Brindeiro, R. M. Da-Silva, F. F. Nobre, D. B. Greco, and A. Tanuri
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4497-4502; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00820-08
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Experimental Therapeutics:

Efficacy of the Combination of Tachyplesin III and Clarithromycin in Rat Models of Escherichia coli Sepsis
Oscar Cirioni, Roberto Ghiselli, Carmela Silvestri, Wojciech Kamysz, Fiorenza Orlando, Alessandra Riva, Elzbieta Kamysz, Sefora Castelletti, Marco Rocchi, Vittorio Saba, Giorgio Scalise, and Andrea Giacometti
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4351-4355; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00086-08
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Pharmacodynamics of Minocycline against Staphylococcus aureus in an In Vitro Pharmacokinetic Model
Karen E. Bowker, Alan R. Noel, and Alasdair P. MacGowan
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4370-4373; published ahead of print June 2, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00922-07
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In Vitro Activities at pH 5.0 and pH 7.0 and In Vivo Efficacy of Flucytosine against Aspergillus fumigatus
Paul E. Verweij, Debbie T. A. Te Dorsthorst, Willem H. P. Janssen, Jacques F. G. M. Meis, and Johan W. Mouton
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4483-4485; published ahead of print September 15, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00491-08
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In Vitro Activity of the Antifungal Plant Defensin RsAFP2 against Candida Isolates and Its In Vivo Efficacy in Prophylactic Murine Models of Candidiasis
Patricia M. Tavares, Karin Thevissen, Bruno P. A. Cammue, Isabelle E. J. A. François, Eliana Barreto-Bergter, Carlos P. Taborda, Alexandre F. Marques, Marcio L. Rodrigues, and Leonardo Nimrichter
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4522-4525; published ahead of print September 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00448-08
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Susceptibility:

In Vitro Activity of Doripenem, a Carbapenem for the Treatment of Challenging Infections Caused by Gram-Negative Bacteria, against Recent Clinical Isolates from the United States
Chris M. Pillar, Mohana K. Torres, Nina P. Brown, Dineshchandra Shah, and Daniel F. Sahm
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4388-4399; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00381-08
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In Vitro Activity of TR-700, the Antibacterial Moiety of the Prodrug TR-701, against Linezolid-Resistant Strains
K. J. Shaw, S. Poppe, R. Schaadt, V. Brown-Driver, J. Finn, C. M. Pillar, D. Shinabarger, and G. Zurenko
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4442-4447; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00859-08
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Inhibition of Toxoplasma gondii by Indirubin and Tryptanthrin Analogs
Bogdana Krivogorsky, Peter Grundt, Robert Yolken, and Lorraine Jones-Brando
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4466-4469; published ahead of print September 29, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00903-08
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Comparison of Disk Diffusion and Agar Dilution Methods for Erythromycin, Ciprofloxacin, and Tetracycline Susceptibility Testing of Campylobacter coli and for Tetracycline Susceptibility Testing of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni
Christiane Gaudreau, Yves Girouard, Huguette Gilbert, Josée Gagnon, and Sadjia Bekal
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4475-4477; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00767-08
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In Vitro Activities of Doripenem, a New Broad-Spectrum Carbapenem, against Recently Collected Clinical Anaerobic Isolates, with Emphasis on the Bacteroides fragilis Group
David R. Snydman, Nilda V. Jacobus, and Laura A. McDermott
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4492-4496; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00696-08
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Incidence and Characteristics of Vancomycin Nonsusceptible Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Hershey Medical Center
Klaudia Kosowska-Shick, Lois M. Ednie, Pamela McGhee, Kathy Smith, Cynthia D. Todd, Amanda Wehler, and Peter C. Appelbaum
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4510-4513; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.01073-08
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Clinical Therapeutics:

Effect of Concomitant Artesunate Administration and Cytochrome P4502C8 Polymorphisms on the Pharmacokinetics of Amodiaquine in Ghanaian Children with Uncomplicated Malaria
George O. Adjei, Kim Kristensen, Bamenla Q. Goka, Lotte C. G. Hoegberg, Michael Alifrangis, Onike P. Rodrigues, and Jorgen A. L. Kurtzhals
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4400-4406; published ahead of print September 8, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00673-07
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Chemistry; Biosynthesis:

Identification of Potent Bactericidal Compounds Produced by Escapin, an L-Amino Acid Oxidase in the Ink of the Sea Hare Aplysia californica
Ko-Chun Ko, Binghe Wang, Phang C. Tai, and Charles D. Derby
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4455-4462; published ahead of print October 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.01103-08
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Lysine-Enriched Cecropin-Mellitin Antimicrobial Peptides with Enhanced Selectivity
Hiromi Sato and Jimmy B. Feix
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4463-4465; published ahead of print October 13, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00810-08
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Analytical Procedures:

In Vitro and In Vivo Validation of ligA and tarI as Essential Targets in Staphylococcus aureus
Karin Streker, Tina Schäfer, Christoph Freiberg, Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt, Jörg Hacker, Harald Labischinski, and Knut Ohlsen
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4470-4474; published ahead of print September 22, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00548-07
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Letters:

Plasmid-Mediated 16S rRNA Methylases among Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae Isolates
Béatrice Berçot, Laurent Poirel, and Patrice Nordmann
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4526-4527; published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00882-08
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Vancomycin MICs for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Differ Based upon the Susceptibility Test Method Used
V. Prakash, J. S. Lewis, II, and J. H. Jorgensen
Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. December 2008 52: 4528 published ahead of print October 6, 2008, doi:10.1128/AAC.00904-08
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