Contents: January 2006, Volume 50, Issue 1        Instructions To Authors        Minireviews        Experimental Therapeutics        Mechanisms of Resistance        Clinical Therapeutics        Susceptibility        Pharmacology        Antiviral Agents        Mechanisms of Action        Letters        Errata Other Issues

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Instructions To Authors:

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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY: 2006 INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 1-21; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Minireviews:

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Quinolones for Treatment of Human Brucellosis: Critical Review of the Evidence from Microbiological and Clinical Studies Matthew E. Falagas and Ioannis A. Bliziotis Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 22-33; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Experimental Therapeutics:

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Microdialysis Study of Imipenem Distribution in the Intraperitoneal Fluid of Rats with or without Experimental Peritonitis Sandrine Lefeuvre, Sandrine Marchand, Isabelle Lamarche, Olivier Mimoz, and William Couet Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 34-37; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple Combination Bactericidal Testing of Staphylococcal Biofilms from Implant-Associated Infections Raphael Saginur, Melissa StDenis, Wendy Ferris, Shawn D. Aaron, Francis Chan, Craig Lee, and Karam Ramotar Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 55-61; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro and In Vivo Interactions between Miltefosine and Other Antileishmanial Drugs Karin Seifert and Simon L. Croft Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 73-79; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lovastatin Has Significant Activity against Zygomycetes and Interacts Synergistically with Voriconazole Georgios Chamilos, Russell E. Lewis, and Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 96-103; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Efficacy of Amphotericin B in Combination with Flucytosine against Flucytosine-Susceptible or Flucytosine-Resistant Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans during Disseminated Murine Cryptococcosis Patrick Schwarz, Françoise Dromer, Olivier Lortholary, and Eric Dannaoui Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 113-120; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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. January 2006 50: 121-125; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Effect of Ethanol on Fluoroquinolone Efficacy in a Rat Model of Pneumococcal Pneumonia Keith M. Olsen, Martha Gentry-Nielsen, Mei Yue, Mary U. Snitily, and Laurel C. Preheim Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 210-219; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pharmacodynamics of a New Streptogramin, XRP 2868, in Murine Thigh and Lung Infection Models D. Andes and W. A. Craig Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 243-249; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Topical Voriconazole as a Novel Treatment for Fungal Keratitis William Sponsel, Nancy Chen, Demi Dang, Gianmarco Paris, John Graybill, Laura K. Najvar, Lei Zhou, Kwok-Wai Lam, Randolph Glickman, and Frank Scribbick Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 262-268; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Pentamidine Is Active in a Neutropenic Murine Model of Acute Invasive Pulmonary Fusariosis Michail S. Lionakis, Georgios Chamilos, Russell E. Lewis, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Issam I. Raad, George Samonis, and Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 294-297; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vivo and In Vitro Studies of Antibiotic Release from and Bacterial Growth Inhibition by Antibiotic-Impregnated Polymethylmethacrylate Hip Spacers Jens Kelm, Thilo Regitz, Eduard Schmitt, Werner Jung, and Konstantinos Anagnostakos Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 332-335; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Norfloxacin Blood-Brain Barrier Transport in Rats Is Not Affected by Probenecid Coadministration Sandrine Marchand, Anna Forsell, Marylore Chenel, Emmanuelle Comets, Isabelle Lamarche, and William Couet Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 371-373; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Arginine or Nitrate Enhances Antibiotic Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Biofilms Giorgia Borriello, Lee Richards, Garth D. Ehrlich, and Philip S. Stewart Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 382-384; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Dexamethasone Attenuates Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Hypothermic Response and Protects Mice from Superantigen-Induced Toxic Shock Teresa Krakauer and Marilyn Buckley Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 391-395; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mechanisms of Resistance:

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Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Strains Are Difficult To Select in the Absence of AcrB and TolC Vito Ricci, Peter Tzakas, Anthony Buckley, Nick C. Coldham, and Laura J. V. Piddock Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 38-42; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Involvement of the Drug Transporters P Glycoprotein and Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein Mrp2 in Telithromycin Transport Shoji Yamaguchi, Ying Lan Zhao, Masayuki Nadai, Hideo Yoshizumi, Xiaobo Cen, Shoko Torita, Kenji Takagi, Kenzo Takagi, and Takaaki Hasegawa Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 80-87; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resistance of Leishmania donovani to Sodium Stibogluconate Is Related to the Expression of Host and Parasite -Glutamylcysteine Synthetase K. C. Carter, S. Hutchison, F. L. Henriquez, D. Légaré, M. Ouellette, C. W. Roberts, and A. B. Mullen Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 88-95; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Gyrase Mutations in Quinolone-Resistant and -Hypersusceptible Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Functional Analysis of Mutant Enzymes Alexandra Aubry, Nicolas Veziris, Emmanuelle Cambau, Chantal Truffot-Pernot, Vincent Jarlier, and L. Mark Fisher Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 104-112; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Tetracycline Resistance in Escherichia coli and Persistence in the Infantile Colonic Microbiota Nahid Karami, Forough Nowrouzian, Ingegerd Adlerberth, and Agnes E. Wold Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 156-161; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Effects of Thiazolides on Giardia lamblia WB Clone C6 Cultured Axenically and in Coculture with Caco2 Cells Joachim Müller, Géraldine Rühle, Norbert Müller, Jean-François Rossignol, and Andrew Hemphill Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 162-170; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Novel Plasmid-Mediated 16S rRNA Methylase, RmtC, Found in a Proteus mirabilis Isolate Demonstrating Extraordinary High-Level Resistance against Various Aminoglycosides Jun-ichi Wachino, Kunikazu Yamane, Keigo Shibayama, Hiroshi Kurokawa, Naohiro Shibata, Satowa Suzuki, Yohei Doi, Kouji Kimura, Yasuyoshi Ike, and Yoshichika Arakawa Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 178-184; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Two Cathelicidin Genes Are Present in both Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) Chin-I Chang, Yong-An Zhang, Jun Zou, Pin Nie, and Christopher J. Secombes Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 185-195; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Phenothiazinium Antimicrobial Photosensitizers Are Substrates of Bacterial Multidrug Resistance Pumps George P. Tegos and Michael R. Hamblin Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 196-203; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Simultaneous Detection of Nine Antibiotic Resistance-Related Genes in Streptococcus agalactiae Using Multiplex PCR and Reverse Line Blot Hybridization Assay Xianyu Zeng, Fanrong Kong, Hui Wang, Archie Darbar, and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 204-209; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

Induction and Inhibition of Ciprofloxacin Resistance-Conferring Mutations in Hypermutator Bacteria Ryan T. Cirz and Floyd E. Romesberg Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 220-225; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

First Detection of Metallo-ß-Lactamase VIM-2 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Colombia Maria Virginia Villegas, Karen Lolans, Maria del Rosario Olivera, Carlos José Suarez, Adriana Correa, Anne Marie Queenan, John P. Quinn the Colombian Nosocomial Resistance Study Group Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 226-229; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

AsnB Is Involved in Natural Resistance of Mycobacterium smegmatis to Multiple Drugs Huiping Ren and Jun Liu Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 250-255; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Resistance to Erythromycin and Telithromycin in Streptococcus pyogenes Isolates Obtained between 1999 and 2002 from Greek Children with Tonsillopharyngitis: Phenotypic and Genotypic Analysis Ioanna N. Grivea, Adnan Al-Lahham, George D. Katopodis, George A. Syrogiannopoulos, and Ralf René Reinert Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 256-261; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Global Transcriptome Analysis of the Responses of a Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Mutant and Its Parent to Ciprofloxacin Estelle Marrer, A. Tatsuo Satoh, Margaret M. Johnson, Laura J. V. Piddock, and Malcolm G. P. Page Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 269-278; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Molecular Genetic and Structural Modeling Studies of Staphylococcus aureus RNA Polymerase and the Fitness of Rifampin Resistance Genotypes in Relation to Clinical Prevalence A. J. O'Neill, T. Huovinen, C. W. G. Fishwick, and I. Chopra Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 298-309; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Quinolone Efflux Pumps Play a Central Role in Emergence of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae Nelson L. Jumbe, Arnold Louie, Michael H. Miller, Weiguo Liu, Mark R. Deziel, Vincent H. Tam, Reetu Bachhawat, and George L. Drusano Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 310-317; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

VraSR Two-Component Regulatory System and Its Role in Induction of pbp2 and vraSR Expression by Cell Wall Antimicrobials in Staphylococcus aureus Shaohui Yin, Robert S. Daum, and Susan Boyle-Vavra Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 336-343; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental material] [Reprints and Permissions]

blaIMP-9 and Its Association with Large Plasmids Carried by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from the People's Republic of China Jianhui Xiong, Michael F. Hynes, Huifen Ye, Huiling Chen, Yinmei Yang, Fatima M'Zali, Peter M. Hawkey the Guangzhou Antibiotic Resistance Study Group Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 355-358; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Heterogeneous Macrolide Resistance and Gene Conversion in the Pneumococcus Nicole Wolter, Anthony M. Smith, David J. Farrell, and Keith P. Klugman Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 359-361; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Clonal Dissemination and mupA Gene Polymorphism of Mupirocin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Long-Term-Care Facilities in South Korea Jae Il Yoo, Eun Shim Shin, Jeong Ok Cha, Jeom Kyu Lee, Young Hee Jung, Kyeong Min Lee, Bong Su Kim, and Yeong Seon Lee Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 365-367; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Bloodstream Infections with Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Clinical Outcomes Alexandre R. Marra, Carlos Alberto P. Pereira, Ana Cristina Gales, Liana C. Menezes, Ruy Guilherme R. Cal, José Marconi A. de Souza, Michael B. Edmond, Cynthia Faro, and Sérgio B. Wey Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 388-390; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Clinical Therapeutics:

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Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Risk Factors and Clinical Impact Valerie Aloush, Shiri Navon-Venezia, Yardena Seigman-Igra, Shaltiel Cabili, and Yehuda Carmeli Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 43-48; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Posaconazole as Salvage Therapy for Zygomycosis R. N. Greenberg, K. Mullane, J.-A. H. van Burik, I. Raad, M. J. Abzug, G. Anstead, R. Herbrecht, A. Langston, K. A. Marr, G. Schiller, M. Schuster, J. R. Wingard, C. E. Gonzalez, S. G. Revankar, G. Corcoran, R. J. Kryscio, and R. Hare Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 126-133; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Open-Label, Randomized Comparison of Itraconazole versus Caspofungin for Prophylaxis in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies Gloria N. Mattiuzzi, Gladys Alvarado, Francis J. Giles, Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner, Jorge Cortes, Susan O'Brien, Srdan Verstovsek, Stefan Faderl, Xian Zhou, Issam I. Raad, B. Nebiyou Bekele, G. J. Leitz, Ivonne Lopez-Roman, and Elihu H. Estey Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 143-147; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Single-Ascending-Dose Pharmacokinetics and Safety of the Novel Broad-Spectrum Antifungal Triazole BAL4815 after Intravenous Infusions (50, 100, and 200 Milligrams) and Oral Administrations (100, 200, and 400 Milligrams) of Its Prodrug, BAL8557, in Healthy Volunteers Anne Schmitt-Hoffmann, Brigitte Roos, Markus Heep, Michael Schleimer, Erhard Weidekamm, Tom Brown, Michael Roehrle, and Christoph Beglinger Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 279-285; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multiple-Dose Pharmacokinetics and Safety of the New Antifungal Triazole BAL4815 after Intravenous Infusion and Oral Administration of Its Prodrug, BAL8557, in Healthy Volunteers Anne Schmitt-Hoffmann, Brigitte Roos, Jürgen Maares, Markus Heep, Jochen Spickerman, Erhard Weidekamm, Tom Brown, and Michael Roehrle Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 286-293; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Susceptibility:

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High Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistance among Shigella Isolates in the United States Tested by the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System from 1999 to 2002 Sumathi Sivapalasingam, Jennifer M. Nelson, Kevin Joyce, Mike Hoekstra, Frederick J. Angulo, and Eric D. Mintz Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 49-54; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparison of Censored Regression and Standard Regression Analyses for Modeling Relationships between Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Patient- and Institution-Specific Variables Jeffrey P. Hammel, Sujata M. Bhavnani, Ronald N. Jones, Alan Forrest, and Paul G. Ambrose Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 62-67; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Activity of Moxifloxacin against 923 Anaerobes Isolated from Human Intra-Abdominal Infections Ellie J. C. Goldstein, Diane M. Citron, Yumi A. Warren, Kerin L. Tyrrell, C. Vreni Merriam, and Helen Fernandez Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 148-155; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Activity of a New Oral Streptogramin, XRP2868, against Gram-Positive Cocci Harboring Various Mechanisms of Resistance to Streptogramins Michel Dupuis and Roland Leclercq Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 237-242; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

5-Nitroimidazole Drugs Effective against Metronidazole-Resistant Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia duodenalis Jacqueline A. Upcroft, Linda A. Dunn, Janelle M. Wright, Kamel Benakli, Peter Upcroft, and Patrice Vanelle Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 344-347; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

In Vitro Activity of Fosfomycin against Extended-Spectrum-ß-Lactamase- Producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: Comparison of Susceptibility Testing Procedures M. de Cueto, L. López, J. R. Hernández, C. Morillo, and A. Pascual Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 368-370; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Multicenter Antimicrobial Susceptibility Survey of Gram-Negative Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Community-Acquired Infections in the People's Republic of China Thomas K. W. Ling, Jianhui Xiong, Yunsong Yu, Ching Ching Lee, Huifen Ye, Peter M. Hawkey The MK0826 China Study Group Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 374-378; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Comparative In Vitro Activities of Retapamulin (SB-275833) against 141 Clinical Isolates of Propionibacterium spp., Including 117 P. acnes Isolates Ellie J. C. Goldstein, Diane M. Citron, C. Vreni Merriam, Yumi A. Warren, Kerin L. Tyrrell, and Helen T. Fernandez Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 379-381; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Pharmacology:

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Lack of Pharmacokinetic Interaction between Linezolid and Antacid in Healthy Volunteers Gabriela Grunder, Yvonne Zysset-Aschmann, Florence Vollenweider, Thomas Maier, Stephan Krähenbühl, and Juergen Drewe Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 68-72; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Antiviral Agents:

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Preliminary Mapping of a Putative Inhibitor-Binding Pocket for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Integrase Inhibitors Deborah J. Lee and W. Edward Robinson, Jr. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 134-142; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

The K101P and K103R/V179D Mutations in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase Confer Resistance to Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Neil T. Parkin, Soumi Gupta, Colombe Chappey, and Christos J. Petropoulos Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 351-354; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Mechanisms of Action:

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Ciprofloxacin and Trimethoprim Cause Phage Induction and Virulence Modulation in Staphylococcus aureus Christiane Goerke, Johanna Köller, and Christiane Wolz Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 171-177; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Utility of Muropeptide Ligase for Identification of Inhibitors of the Cell Wall Biosynthesis Enzyme MurF Ellen Z. Baum, Steven M. Crespo-Carbone, Darren Abbanat, Barbara Foleno, Amy Maden, Raul Goldschmidt, and Karen Bush Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 230-236; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Computer-Aided Design of Agents That Inhibit the cep Quorum-Sensing System of Burkholderia cenocepacia Kathrin Riedel, Manuela Köthe, Bernd Kramer, Wael Saeb, Astrid Gotschlich, Aldo Ammendola, and Leo Eberl Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 318-323; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Distinct Antifungal Mechanisms: ß-Defensins Require Candida albicans Ssa1 Protein, while Trk1p Mediates Activity of Cysteine-Free Cationic Peptides Slavena Vylkova, Xuewei S. Li, Jennifer C. Berner, and Mira Edgerton Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 324-331; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Anucleate Cell Blue Assay: a Useful Tool for Identifying Novel Type II Topoisomerase Inhibitors Yoshihiro Oyamada, Hideaki Ito, Mika Fujimoto-Nakamura, Akihiko Tanitame, Noritaka Iwai, Kazuo Nagai, Jun-ichi Yamagishi, and Masaaki Wachi Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 348-350; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Lethal Action of Quinolones against a Temperature-Sensitive dnaB Replication Mutant of Escherichia coli Xilin Zhao, Muhammad Malik, Nymph Chan, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Jian-Ying Wang, Xinying Li, and Karl Drlica Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 362-364; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Different Modes of Action of Naphthyridones in Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria Ed T. Buurman, Kenneth D. Johnson, Roxanne K. Kelly, and Kathy MacCormack Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 385-387; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Rifampin Augments Cytokine-Induced Nitric Oxide Production in Human Alveolar Epithelial Cells Yael Yuhas, Eva Berent, Hila Ovadiah, Inbar Azoulay, and Shai Ashkenazi Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 396-398; [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Letters:

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OXA-58 and IMP-4 Carbapenem-Hydrolyzing ß-Lactamases in an Acinetobacter junii Blood Culture Isolate from Australia Anton Y. Peleg, Clare Franklin, Luke J. Walters, Jan M. Bell, and Denis W. Spelman Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 399-400; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Mutation in the Bacillus subtilis RNA Polymerase ß' Subunit Confers Resistance to Lipiarmycin Maxime Gualtieri, Philippe Villain-Guillot, Jaqueline Latouche, Jean-Paul Leonetti, and Lionel Bastide Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 401-402; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

Low Correlation between MIC and Mutant Prevention Concentration Karl Drlica, Xilin Zhao, Joseph M. Blondeau, and Christine Hesje Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 403-404; [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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Errata:

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Levofloxacin and Moxifloxacin Increase Human Gut Colonization by Candida Species Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. January 2006 50: 405 [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints and Permissions]

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