Annals ofAntibiotics

Volume: 6 - Number: 48 - January 15, 2008

Outstanding

Bloodstream Infections with Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Clinical Outcomes

Global Transcriptome Analysis of the Responses of a Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Mutant and Its Parent to Ciprofloxacin

Ciprofloxacin and Trimethoprim Cause Phage Induction and Virulence Modulation in Staphylococcus aureus

Distinct Antifungal Mechanisms: ß-Defensins Require Candida albicans Ssa1 Protein, while Trk1p Mediates Activity of Cysteine-Free Cationic Peptides

Experimental Therapeutics

Arginine or Nitrate Enhances Antibiotic Susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Biofilms

Dexamethasone Attenuates Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B-Induced Hypothermic Response and Protects Mice from Superantigen-Induced Toxic Shock

Effect of Ethanol on Fluoroquinolone Efficacy in a Rat Model of Pneumococcal Pneumonia

Efficacy of Amphotericin B in Combination with Flucytosine against Flucytosine-Susceptible or Flucytosine-Resistant Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans during Disseminated Murine Cryptococcosis

Mechanisms of Action

Anucleate Cell Blue Assay: a Useful Tool for Identifying Novel Type II Topoisomerase Inhibitors

Ciprofloxacin and Trimethoprim Cause Phage Induction and Virulence Modulation in Staphylococcus aureus

Computer-Aided Design of Agents That Inhibit the cep Quorum-Sensing System of Burkholderia cenocepacia

Different Modes of Action of Naphthyridones in Gram-Positive and Gram-Negative Bacteria

Distinct Antifungal Mechanisms: ß-Defensins Require Candida albicans Ssa1 Protein, while Trk1p Mediates Activity of Cysteine-Free Cationic Peptides

Resistence mechanism

AsnB Is Involved in Natural Resistance of Mycobacterium smegmatis to Multiple Drugs

blaIMP-9 and Its Association with Large Plasmids Carried by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from the People\'s Republic of China

Bloodstream Infections with Metallo-ß-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Clinical Outcomes

Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Strains Are Difficult To Select in the Absence of AcrB and TolC

Clonal Dissemination and mupA Gene Polymorphism of Mupirocin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Long-Term-Care Facilities in South Korea

First Detection of Metallo-ß-Lactamase VIM-2 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Colombia

Global Transcriptome Analysis of the Responses of a Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Mutant and Its Parent to Ciprofloxacin

Heterogeneous Macrolide Resistance and Gene Conversion in the Pneumococcus

Susceptibility

5-Nitroimidazole Drugs Effective against Metronidazole-Resistant Trichomonas vaginalis and Giardia duodenalis

Activity of a New Oral Streptogramin, XRP2868, against Gram-Positive Cocci Harboring Various Mechanisms of Resistance to Streptogramins

Comparative In Vitro Activities of Retapamulin (SB-275833) against 141 Clinical Isolates of Propionibacterium spp., Including 117 P. acnes Isolates

Comparison of Censored Regression and Standard Regression Analyses for Modeling Relationships between Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Patient- and Institution-Specific Variables