Annals ofAntibiotics

Volume: 5 - Number: 44 - August 15, 2007

Outstanding

Macrolide resistance mechanisms and in vitro susceptibility patterns of viridans group streptococci isolated from blood cultures

Empirical antibiotic monotherapy for febrile neutropenia: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: more answers, more questions

Resistance is futile—a conference to promote the rational use of antimicrobials in acute hospitals

Brief Reports

Macrolide resistance mechanisms and in vitro susceptibility patterns of viridans group streptococci isolated from blood cultures

First outbreak of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying blaVIM-1 and blaSHV-5 in a French university hospital

A 1 year surveillance study of glycopeptide-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus strains in a French hospital

Leading articles

Reducing HIV-1 transmission through prevention strategies targeting HIV-1-seropositive individuals

Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: more answers, more questions

Meeting report

Resistance is futile—a conference to promote the rational use of antimicrobials in acute hospitals

Systematic Review

Empirical antibiotic monotherapy for febrile neutropenia: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Genetic relatedness of a rarely isolated Salmonella: Salmonella enterica serotype Niakhar from NARMS animal isolates

Lactam resistance and ß-lactamase expression in clinical Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates having defined phylogenetic relationships

Quinolone, fluoroquinolone and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole resistance in relation to virulence determinants and phylogenetic background among uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Molecular investigation of genetic elements contributing to metronidazole resistance in Bacteroides strains

Genotypic resistance to lamivudine among hepatitis B virus isolates in Mexico

Alterations of the penicillin-binding proteins and murM alleles of clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with high-level resistance to amoxicillin in Spain

Anti-inflammatory effects of moxifloxacin on IL-8, IL-1ß and TNF- secretion and NFB and MAP-kinase activation in human monocytes stimulated with Aspergillus fumigatus

Water-soluble amphotericin B–polyvinylpyrrolidone complexes with maintained antifungal activity against Candida spp. and Aspergillus spp. and reduced haemolytic and cytotoxic effects

Novel synthetic molecules targeting the bacterial RNA polymerase assembly

Characterization of tetracycline resistance mediated by the efflux pump Tap from Mycobacterium fortuitum

Glycosaminoglycans inhibit the antibacterial activity of LL-37 in biological fluids

Effect of triclosan on the development of bacterial biofilms by urinary tract pathogens on urinary catheters

In vitro activity of hexadecylphosphocholine (miltefosine) against metronidazole-resistant and -susceptible strains of Trichomonas vaginalis