Annals ofAntibiotics

Volume: 8 - Number: 79 - August 15, 2010

Outstanding

Nasal decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus with mupirocin: strengths, weaknesses and future prospects

A competition-based assay for the screening of species-specific antibiotics

Targeting cell signalling pathways to fight the flu: towards a paradigm change in anti-influenza therapy

Antiretroviral drug interactions: often unrecognized, frequently unavoidable, sometimes unmanageable

Leading articles

Targeting cell signalling pathways to fight the flu: towards a paradigm change in anti-influenza therapy

Antiretroviral drug interactions: often unrecognized, frequently unavoidable, sometimes unmanageable

Original research

Evolution of raltegravir resistance during therapy

Rapid decline in the efficiency of HIV drug resistance genotyping from dried blood spots (DBS) and dried plasma spots (DPS) stored at 37°C and high humidity

Development of homogeneous expression of resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical strains is functionally associated with a ?-lactam-mediated SOS response

Increased prevalence and clonal dissemination of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa with the blaIMP-1 gene cassette in Hiroshima

Increased macrolide resistance of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in France directly detected in clinical specimens by real-time PCR and melting curve analysis

The inability of a bacteriophage to infect Staphylococcus aureus does not prevent it from specifically delivering a photosensitizer to the bacterium enabling its lethal photosensitization

A competition-based assay for the screening of species-specific antibiotics

Influence of testing methodology on the tigecycline activity profile against presumably tigecycline-non-susceptible Acinetobacter spp.

Comparative in vitro activities of nemonoxacin, doripenem, tigecycline and 16 other antimicrobials against Nocardia brasiliensis, Nocardia asteroides and unusual Nocardia species

In vitro activity of isavuconazole against Trichosporon, Rhodotorula, Geotrichum, Saccharomyces and Pichia species

Activity of physalins purified from Physalis angulata in in vitro and in vivo models of cutaneous leishmaniasis

Antimicrobial and antibiofilm efficacy of triclosan and DispersinB® combination

Lysostaphin eradicates established Staphylococcus aureus biofilms in jugular vein catheterized mice

Pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of amphotericin B in rats following oral administration in a novel lipid-based formulation

Pharmacokinetic variability of antiretroviral drugs and correlation with virological outcome: 2 years of experience in routine clinical practice

Efficacy and safety of ritonavir-boosted dual protease inhibitor therapy in antiretroviral-naive HIV-1-infected patients: the 2IP ANRS 127 study

Review

Nasal decolonization of Staphylococcus aureus with mupirocin: strengths, weaknesses and future prospects

Systematic review:

Antibiotics versus placebo or watchful waiting for acute otitis media: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials