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Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016
Editorial
Editorial: Celebrating 40 years of the Journal
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 1–2, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv377
Leading article
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing breakpoints and methods from BSAC to EUCAST
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 3–5, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv287
Harmonizing breakpoints and methods across Europe and beyond will lead to more consistent susceptibility reports and allow better comparisons of resistance rates in surveillance studies between different countries.
Reviews
Database on natural polymorphisms and resistance-related non-synonymous mutations in thymidine kinase and DNA polymerase genes of herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 6–16, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv285
Efflux pump inhibitors: targeting mycobacterial efflux systems to enhance TB therapy
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 17–26, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv316
Systematic review
A systematic review of the public's knowledge and beliefs about antibiotic resistance
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 27–33, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv310
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Potential of Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying different PBP2a alleles to develop resistance to ceftaroline
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 34–40, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv329
Missense mutations of PBP2a are associated with reduced susceptibility to ceftaroline and ceftobiprole in African MRSA
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 41–44, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv325
Molecular epidemiology of MRSA in 13 ICUs from eight European countries
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 45–52, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv298
Rigorous screening of carriage of MRSA, rather than relying on clinical isolates, together with standardized methods and centralized genotyping allowed for a more comprehensive and complete estimation of the prevalence and epidemiology of the isolates in the ICUs involved in the study.
Detection of MRSA ST3061-t843-mecC and ST398-t011-mecA in white stork nestlings exposed to human residues
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 53–57, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv314
Transmission of MRSA between humans and animals on duck and turkey farms
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 58–62, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv313
High prevalence of Salmonella and IMP-4-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the silver gull on Five Islands, Australia
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 63–70, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv306
Characterization of Acinetobacter johnsonii isolate XBB1 carrying nine plasmids and encoding NDM-1, OXA-58 and PER-1 by genome sequencing
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 71–75, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv324
A new mechanism to render clinical isolates of Escherichia coli non-susceptible to imipenem: substitutions in the PBP2 penicillin-binding domain
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 76–79, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv318
Identification of Haemophilus haemolyticus in clinical samples and characterization of their mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 80–84, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv307
NDM-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Poland, 2012–14: inter-regional outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae ST11 and sporadic cases
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 85–91, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv282
First nationwide study regarding ceftriaxone resistance and molecular epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in China
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 92–99, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv321
Indirect resistance to several classes of antibiotics in cocultures with resistant bacteria expressing antibiotic-modifying or -degrading enzymes
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 100–110, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv312
The detection of indirect resistance in vitro suggests that coinfecting bacteria from the normal microbial flora may have a more important negative impact during antimicrobial therapy than is generally appreciated.
Attenuation of in vitro host–pathogen interactions in quinolone-resistant Salmonella Typhi mutants
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 111–122, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv299
Antibiofilm agents against MDR bacterial strains: is bioactive glass BAG-S53P4 also effective?
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 123–127, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv327
Anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-based drugs against both planktonic- and biofilm-growing cells
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 128–134, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv292
Prospective evaluation of an algorithm for the phenotypic screening of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 135–140, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv308
Relative contribution of biological variation and technical variables to zone diameter variations of disc diffusion susceptibility testing
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 141–151, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv309
Evaluation of tedizolid against Staphylococcus aureus and enterococci with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin, daptomycin or linezolid
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 152–155, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv302
In vitro evaluation of dual carbapenem combinations against carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 156–161, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv294
In vitro activity of ceftaroline against bacterial pathogens isolated from skin and soft tissue infections in Europe, Russia and Turkey in 2012: results from the Assessing Worldwide Antimicrobial Resistance Evaluation (AWARE) surveillance programme
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 162–169, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv311
NLF20: an antimicrobial peptide with therapeutic potential against invasive Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 170–180, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv322
Rhesus θ-defensin-1 (RTD-1) exhibits in vitro and in vivo activity against cystic fibrosis strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 181–188, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv301
Population pharmacokinetics of meropenem administered as a prolonged infusion in children with cystic fibrosis
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 189–195, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv289
Is prolonged infusion of piperacillin/tazobactam and meropenem in critically ill patients associated with improved pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic and patient outcomes? An observation from the Defining Antibiotic Levels in Intensive care unit patients (DALI) cohort
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 196–207, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv288
Impact of 30 mg/kg amikacin and 8 mg/kg gentamicin on serum concentrations in critically ill patients with severe sepsis
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 208–212, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv291
Susceptibility of Clostridium difficile isolates from a Phase 2 clinical trial of cadazolid and vancomycin in C. difficile infection
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 213–219, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv300
Subcutaneous ivermectin use in the treatment of severe Strongyloides stercoralis infection: two case reports and a discussion of the literature
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 220–225, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv315
Transmitted drug resistance of HIV-1 strains among individuals attending voluntary counselling and testing in Taiwan
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 226–234, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv284
HIV-1 CNS in vitro infectivity models based on clinical CSF samples
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 235–243, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv326
Telaprevir-based therapy in patients coinfected with chronic hepatitis C virus infection and HIV: INSIGHT study
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 244–250, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv323
Trends in the use of prescription antibiotics: NHANES 1999–2012
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 251–256, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv319
Improving antibiotic prescribing quality by an intervention embedded in the primary care practice accreditation: the ARTI4 randomized trial
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 257–263, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv328
Research Letters
Environmental dissemination of vanA-containing Enterococcus faecium strains belonging to hospital-associated clonal lineages
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 264–266, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv320
Low prevalence of mupirocin resistance in Belgian Staphylococcus aureus isolates collected during a 10 year nationwide surveillance
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 266–267, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv286
PBP2a substitutions linked to ceftaroline resistance in MRSA isolates from the UK
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 268–269, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv317
A small Acinetobacter plasmid carrying the tet39 tetracycline resistance determinant
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 269–271, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv293
Newborn bacteraemia caused by an Aeromonas caviae producing the VIM-1 and SHV-12 β-lactamases, encoded by a transferable plasmid
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 272–274, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv304
Detection of carbapenemase activity in Enterobacteriaceae: comparison of the carbapenem inactivation method versus the Carba NP test
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 274–276, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv283
Update on dalbavancin activity tested against Gram-positive clinical isolates responsible for documented skin and skin-structure infections in US and European hospitals (2011–13)
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 276–278, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv303
A highly concentrated tigecycline lock solution ensures in vivo activity against staphylococcal catheter-related infections
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 278–279, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv295
Amiodarone increases positive-strand RNA virus replication in vitro: implications for its use in patients with viral infections
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 280–281, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv305
Dolutegravir-induced colitis in an HIV-infected patient
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, Volume 71, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 281–282, https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv296
