International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 2001: Vol 17 Table of Contents

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
Antimicrobial
Agents
ELS EVIER International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents 17 (2001) 539-545
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Volume contents
Volume 17 (2001)
No. 1
Reviews
Pharmacodynamic effects of subinhibitory antibiotic concentrations
I. Odenholt l
Quality measures of antimicrobial drug use
I.C. Gyssens 9
Commentary
Resistance to antimicrobial agents in Mediterranean countries
D. Giir and S. Unal 21
Original articles
Meningococcal disease in Slovenia (1993-1999): serogroups and susceptibility to antibiotics
M. Cizman, M. Gubina, M. Paragi, B. Beovié, G. Lesni¢ar and Slovenian Meningitis Study Group 27
Measurement of the bactericidal activity of fluoroquinolones against Streptococcus pneumoniae using the bactericidal
index method
I. Morrissey and J.T. George 33
Comparison of the Etest and the NCCLS-approved agar dilution method to detect metronidazole and clarithromycin
resistant Helicobacter pylori
M.S. Osato, R. Reddy, S.G. Reddy, R.L. Penland and D.Y. Graham 39
Ceftibuten stability to active-site serine and metallo-B-lactamases
M. Perilli, B. Segatore, N. Franceschini, G. Gizzi, A. Mancinelli, B. Caravelli, D. Setacci, MM. Tavio-Perez, B. Bianchi
and G. Amicosante 45
In vitro, ex-vivo and in vivo activities of ethambutol and sparfloxacin alone and in combination against mycobacteria
D. Kaur and G.K. Khuller 51
In vitro activity of KRM-1648, either singly or in combination with ofloxacin, against Mycobacterium ulcerans
A.M. Dhople 57
Short communications
Survival of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia following exposure to concentrations of tobramycin used in aerosolized
therapy for cystic fibrosis patients
L. Mooney, K.G. Kerr and M. Denton 63
A single high dose treatment of kala-azar with Ambisome (amphotericin B lipid complex): a pilot study
C.P. Thakur 67
Antibacterial effect of the culture fluid of Lentinus edodes mycelium grown in submerged liquid culture
N. Hatvani 71
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Letter
Antimicrobial sensitivity pattern of aerobic bacteria blood isolates: experience at a university hospital in Trinidad
F.A. Orrett 75
Instructions to Authors 79
No. 2
Reviews
Current and future approaches to antimycotic treatment in the era of resistant fungi and immunocompromised hosts
J. Bastert, M. Schaller, H.C. Korting and E.G.V. Evans 81
Changes in strategies for optimal antibacterial therapy in cystic fibrosis
F. Ratjen 93
Original Articles
Effect of 3-hydroxymethylene-2-thioxopyrrolidine on growth of two species of mutans streptococci and their in vitro plaque
formation
K. Hashimoto, K. Yanagi, K. Fukushima and Y. Uda 97
Activity of gatifloxacin and ciprofloxacin in combination with other antimicrobial agents
E. Gradelski, B. Kolek, D.P. Bonner, L. Valera, B. Minassian and J. Fung-Tomc 103
Antibiotic susceptibility of Burkholderia pseudomallei from tropical northern Australia and implications for therapy of
melioidosis
A.W.J. Jenney, G. Lum, D.A. Fisher and B.J. Currie 109
Sustained release of isoniazid from a single injectable dose of poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide) microparticles as a therapeutic
approach towards tuberculosis
M. Dutt and G.K. Khuller 115
Intra- and inter-generic plasmid-mediated spread of cephalosporin and aminoglycoside resistance amongst Klebsiella
aerogenes K41 and other enterobacteria
A. Verma, N. Desai, K. Shannon, J. Philpott-Howard and R.L.R. Hill 123
Properties of multidrug-resistant, ESBL-producing Proteus mirabilis isolates and possible role of B-lactam/B-lactamase
inhibitor combinations
F. Luzzaro, M. Perilli, G. Amicosante, G. Lombardi, R. Belloni, A. Zollo, C. Bianchi and
A. Toniolo 131
Effect of antimicrobial apomyoglobin 56—131 peptide on liposomes and planar lipid bilayer membrane
P. Mak, A. Szewczyk, B. Mickowska, A. Kicinska and A. Dubin 137
Short communications
The in vitro activity of sulbactam combined with third generation cephalosporins against third generation
cephalosporin-resistant bacteria
Y.-L. Zhang and J.-T. Li 143
Nosocomial pneumonia: importance of recognition of aetiological agents to define an appropriate initial empirical therapy
S.F. Costa, M. Newbaer, C.R. Santos, M. Basso, I. Soares and A.S.S. Levin 147
Antimicrobial activity and postantibiotic effect of flurithromycin against Helicobacter pylori strains
M.T. Fera, M. Giannone, S. Pallio, A. Tortora, G. Blandino and M. Carbone 15]
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease inhibitors have no effect on hepatitis C virus (HCV) serum levels of
HIV—HCV co-infected patients
P. Matsiota-Bernard, G. Vrioni, C. Onody, L. Bernard, P. de Truchis and C. Peronne 155
Instructions to Authors 159
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No. 3
Reviews
Lipid-based amphotericin B: a review of the last 10 years of use
I.M. Hann and H.G. Prentice 161
Antibiotic resistance in the absence of selective pressure
S.H. Gillespie 171
Original Articles
An open, randomised, multi-centre study comparing the safety and efficacy of sitafloxacin and imipenem/cilastatin in the
intravenous treatment of hospitalised patients with pneumonia
C. Feldman, H. White, J. O’Grady, A. Flitcroft, A. Briggs and G. Richards 177
Management of upper respiratory tract infections in primary care in Italy: a national survey
S. Esposito, S. Noviello, A. Boccazzi and P. Tonelli 189
Antibiotic resistance rates and macrolide resistance phenotypes of viridans group streptococci from the oropharynx of
healthy Greek children
S. Ioannidou, P.T. Tassios, A. Kotsovili-Tseleni, M. Foustoukou, N.J. Legakis and A. Vatopoulos 195
In vitro activity of mezlocillin, meropenem, aztreonam, vancomycin, teicoplanin, ribostamycin and fusidic acid against
Borrelia burgdorferi
K.-P. Hunfeld, J. Weigand, T.A. Wichelhaus, E. Kekoukh, P. Kraiczy and V. Brade 203
Antimicrobial resistance of Enterococci in Lebanon
M.G. Zouain and G.F. Araj 209
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from meningoencephalitis in sheep
A.I. Vela, J.F. Fernandez-Garayzdbal, M.V. Latre, A.A. Rodriguez, L. Dominguez and M.A. Moreno 215
Short communications
Pharmacokinetics of intravenously administered perfloxacin in the prostate; perspectives for its application in surgical
prophylaxis
A. Giannopoulos, G. Koratzanis, E.J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, I. Stinios, M. Chrisofos, M. Giannopoulou and H.
Giamarellou 221
Enhancement of antibiotic activity against poly-drug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by phenothiazines
M. Viveiros and L. Amaral 225
In vitro activity of four fluoroquinolones against Mycobacterium tuberculosis
J.C. Rodriguez, M. Ruiz, A. Climent and G. Royo 229
Evolution of metronidazole and tetracycline susceptibility pattern in Helicobacter pylori at a hospital in Saudi Arabia
A.R. Al-Qurashi, F. El-Morsy and A.-A. Al-Quorain 233
An in vitro study of the efficacy of rifampicin and minocycline coated umbilical venous catheters
R.E. Norton, S. Patole and J. Whitehall 237
Instructions to Authors 241
No. 4
Opening Remarks
Announcement
Preface
I. Host pathogenesis and prophylaxis of recurrent UTI
Host pathogenesis in urinary tract infections
A.J. Schaeffer, N. Rajan, Q. Cao, B.E. Anderson, D.L. Pruden, J. Sensibar and J.L. Duncan 245
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Secretion of cytokines by uroepithelial cells stimulated by Escherichia coli and Citrobacter spp.
R. Fiinfstiick, S. Franke, M. Hellberg, U. Ott, B. Knofel, E. Straube, M. Sommer and J. Hacker 253
Recurrent urinary tract infection in women
T.M. Hooton 259
Postmenopausal women with recurrent UTI
R. Raz 269
II. Urinary tract infections in pregnancy
Urinary tract infection in pregnancy
A.B. MacLean 273
Treatment of lower urinary tract infection in pregnancy
S. Kremery, J. Hromec and D. Demesova 279
Use of antibiotics to treat bacteriuria of pregnancy in the Nordic countries. Which antibiotics are appropriate to treat
bacteriuria of pregnancy?
B. Christensen
III. Diabetes mellitus
Urinary tract infections in adults with diabetes
A. Ronald and E. Ludwig 287
IV. Urinary tract infections in patients with neurogenic bladder disturbances
Urinary tract infection in neurogenic bladder
T. Matsumoto, K. Takahashi, N. Manabe, E. Iwatsubo and Y. Kawakami
V. Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
J.W. Warren 299
Catheter associated urinary tract infection and encrustation
S. Choong, S. Wood, C. Fry and H. Whitfield 305
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections: impact of catheter materials on their management
H. Kumon, H. Hashimoto, M. Nishimura, K. Monden and N. Ono 311
Oral fluoroquinolone therapy results in drug adsorption on ureteral stents and prevention of biofilm formation
G. Reid, M. Habash, D. Vachon, J. Denstedt, J. Riddell and M. Beheshti 317
VI. Perioperative prophylaxis
Guidelines for the perioperative prophylaxis in urological interventions of the urinary and male genital tract
K.G. Naber, A.G. Hofstetter, P. Briihl, K.-H. Bichler, C. Lebert, Working Group ‘Urinary Tract
Infectionso’f the Paul Ehrlich Societyfo r Chemotherapy and Working Group ‘Urological Infections’of the German Society
for Urology 321
Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria and surgical site infections by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
M. Matsukawa, Y. Kunishima, S. Takahashi, K. Takeyama and T. Tsukamoto
VII. Current concepts of fluoroquinolones use in UTI
Which fluoroquinolones are suitable for the treatment of urinary tract infections?
K.G. Naber 331
Urinary tract infection in adults: research priorities and strategies
A.R. Ronald, L.E. Nicolle, E. Stamm, J. Krieger, J. Warren, A. Schaeffer, K.G. Naber, T.M. Hooton, J. Johnson, S.
Chambers and V. Andriole
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No. 5
Review
Airway biofilm disease
H. Kobayashi 351
Original Articles
Antibiotic selective pressure and development of bacterial resistance
M. Kolar, K. Urbanek and T. Latal 357
Evaluation of two in vitro pharmacodynamic simulation models: microfiltration versus centrifugation—filtration
L. Alou, D. Sevillano, J.H. Bugella, F. Fuentes, M.L. Gomez-Lus and J. Prieto 365
Performance of the VITEK2 system for identification and susceptibility testing of routine Enterobacteriaceae clinical
isolates
M. Pérez-Vazquez, A. Oliver, B. Sanchez del Saz, E. Loza, F. Baquero and R. Canton 371
Activity of moxifloxacin and other quinolones against pneumococci resistant to first-line agents, or with high-level
ciprofloxacin resistance
A.P. Johnson, M. Warner and D.M. Livermore 377
In vitro susceptibility to 15 antibiotics of vibrios isolated from penaeid shrimps in Northwestern Mexico
A. Roque, A. Molina-Aja, C. Bolan-Mejia and B. Gomez-Gil 383
Contact imidazole activity against resistant bacteria and fungi
G. Simonetti, S. Baffa and N. Simonetti 389
High prevalence of carriage of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in children in Kampala Uganda
M.L. Joloba, S. Bajaksouzian, E. Palavecino, C. Whalen and M.R. Jacobs 395
Effect of different antibacterial agents and surfactant protein-A (SP-A) on adherence of some respiratory pathogens to
bronchial epithelial cells
A. Ferrara, C. Dos Santos and A. Lupi 401
Short Communications
In vitro susceptibility of Vibrio spp. isolated from the environment
S. Zanetti, T. Spanu, A. Deriu, L. Romano, L.A. Sechi and G. Fadda 407
Mupirocin resistance among Malaysian isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
A. Norazah, Y.T. Koh, A. Ghani Kamel, R. Alias and V.K.E. Lim 41]
Increasing resistance of M. tuberculosis to anti-TB drugs in Saudi Arabia
M.Y. Khan, A.J. Kinsara, A.O. Osoba, S. Wali, Y. Samman and Z. Memish 415
Letters
Fungaemia in elderly patients
V. Krcmery, L. Jurga, F. Mateicka and M. Sulcova 419
The antibacterial activity of Commelina erecta extracts
M.P. Cerdeiras, M.J. Pianzzola and A. Vazquez
Eradication of Helicobacter pylori from the stomach and duodenum of patients with duodenal ulcers
M.R. Konorev
Book review
Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 4th edition, Edited by David Greenwood, Oxford University Press
J. Philpott-Howard
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No. 6
Reviews
Use of antimicrobial agents in veterinary medicine and food animal production
S. Schwarz, C. Kehrenberg and T.R. Walsh 43]
The role of B-lactamase producing bacteria and bacterial interference in streptococcal tonsillitis
I. Brook 439
Commentary
Classification of oral cephalosporins. A matter for debate
443
J.D. Williams, K.G. Naber, A. Bryskier, N. Hoiby, I.M. Gould, P. Periti, H. Giamarellou and B. Rouveix
Original articles
Comparative antimicrobial activity of ABT-773, a novel ketolide, tested against drug-resistant Gram-positive cocci and
Haemophilus influenzae
M.F. Rospide, D.J. Biedenbach and R.N. Jones 45]
Susceptibility of Canadian isolates of Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis and Streptococcus pneumoniae to
oral antimicrobial agents
J.M. Blondeau, D. Vaughan, R. Laskowski, S. Borsos and The Canadian Antimicrobial Study Group 457
Antimicrobial resistance and serotype distribution of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates from Crete, Greece
S. Maraki, A. Christidou and Y. Tselentis 465
Postantibiotic effects and postantibiotic sub-MIC effects of erythromycin, roxithromycin, tilmicosin, and tylosin on
Pasteurella multocida
J.-h. Lim and H.-i. Yun 471
Nosocomial bloodstream infections in a Turkish university hospital: study of Gram-negative bacilli and their sensitivity
patterns
O. Késeoglu, S. Kocagéz, D. Giir and M. Akova° 477
Pharmacodynamics of ceftriaxone and cefixime against community-acquired respiratory tract pathogens
R.C. Owens Jr., P. Tessier, C.H. Nightingale, P.G. Ambrose, R. Quintiliani and D.P. Nicolau 483
Crossover assessment of serum bactericidal activity of grepafloxacin, ofloxacin and clarithromycin against respiratory
pathogens after oral administration to healthy volunteers
M. Dan, F. Poch and J. Asherov 491
Continuous versus intermittent administration of ceftazidime in intensive care unit patients with nosocomial pneumonia
D.P. Nicolau, J.C. McNabb, M.K. Lacy, R. Quintiliani and C.H. Nightingale 497
Suppression of Mannheimia (Pasteurella) haemolytica serovar | infection in lambs by intrapulmonary administration of
Ovine antimicrobial anionic peptide
V.C. Kalfa, D. Palmquist, M.R. Ackermann and K.A. Brogden 505
Limits of deep salvage antiretroviral therapy with nelfinavir plus either efavirenz or nevirapine, in highly pre-treated
patients with HIV disease
R. Manfredi and F. Chiodo S11
Effects of Helichrysum italicum extract on growth and enzymatic activity of Staphylococcus aureus
A. Nostro, G. Bisignano, M.A. Cannatelli, G. Crisafi, M.P. Germano and V. Alonzo 517
Short communication
Another look at differences in the susceptibility of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae to cephalothin and
cefazolin
L.L.L. Yeh and C.L. Chi 521
Letters
Clinical significance of high-level gentamicin resistance in enterococci causing bacteraemia
E. Bilikova, M. Gogova, I. Svetlansky, M. Lovaszova, E. Kadlubjakova, E. Pichnova and V. Krcmery 525
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Antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of some Chinese plant extracts
C.F. Duffy and R.F. Power 527
In vitro activity of quinolones against isolates from paediatric urinary tract infections from three Venezuelan centres
A.J. Rodriguez, C.N. Rodriguez, P. Meijomil, A. Garcia, C. Duque, N. Molina, R. Barbella, M. Lakatos, E. Bellorin
and M. Mendoza 531
Author index 533
Volume contents 539