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Drug Resistance

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Am J Trop Med Hyg

1. BROOKS WA , Breiman RF, Goswami D, Hossain A, et al
   Invasive pneumococcal disease burden and implications for vaccine policy in urban Bangladesh.
   Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007;77:795-801.
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   Antimicrob Agents Chemother

2. AL-NASSIR WN , Sethi AK, Li Y, Pultz MJ, et al
   Both oral metronidazole and oral vancomycin promote persistent overgrowth of vancomycin-resistant enterococci during treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease.
   Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;.
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3. KOSOWSKA-SHICK K , Clark C, Credito K, Dewasse B, et al
   IN VITRO CAPABILITY OF FAROPENEM TO SELECT FOR RESISTANT MUTANTS OF STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE AND HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE.
   Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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4. DAMIER-PIOLLE L , Magnet S, Bremont S, Lambert T, et al
   AdeIJK, a resistance-nodulation-cell division pump effluxing multiple antibiotics in Acinetobacter baumannii.
   Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:557-62.
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5. BACHRACH G , Altman H, Kolenbrander PE, Chalmers NI, et al
   Resistance of Porphyromonas gingivalis ATCC 33277 to direct killing by antimicrobial peptides is protease independent.
   Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:638-42.
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6. PETINAKI E , Guerin-Faublee V, Pichereau V, Villers C, et al
   Lincomycin resistance gene lnu(D) in Streptococcus uberis.
   Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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7. DANNAOUI E , Lortholary O, Raoux D, Bougnoux ME, et al
   Comparative in vitro activities of caspofungin and micafungin, determined using the method of the European Committee on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, against yeast isolates obtained in France in 2005-2006.
   Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:778-81.
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8. MATRAT S , Cambau E, Jarlier V, Aubry A, et al
   Are all the DNA gyrase mutations found in Mycobacterium leprae clinical strains involved in resistance to fluoroquinolones?
   Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:745-7.
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9. HILLEMANN D , Rusch-Gerdes S, Richter E
   In Vitro selected Linezolid-Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Mutants.
   Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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10. MEZIANE-CHERIF D , Decre D, Hoiby EA, Courvalin P, et al
    Genetic and biochemical characterization of CAD-1, a chromosomally encoded new class A penicillinase from Carnobacterium divergens.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:551-6.
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11. GEGIA M , Mdivani N, Mendes RE, Li H, et al
    Prevalence of and Molecular Basis for Tuberculosis Drug Resistance in the Republic of Georgia: Validation of a QIAplex System for the Detection of Drug Resistance-Related Mutations.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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12. CASTANHEIRA M , Sader HS, Deshpande LM, Fritsche TR, et al
    Antimicrobial activities of tigecycline and other broad-spectrum antimicrobials tested against serine carbapenemase- and metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:570-3.
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13. KIM MJ , Hirono I, Kurokawa K, Maki T, et al
    Complete DNA sequence and analysis of the transferable multiple-drug resistance plasmids (R Plasmids) from Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida isolates collected in Japan and the United States.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:606-11.
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14. THULIN S , Olcen P, Fredlund H, Unemo M, et al
    Combined real-time PCR and pyrosequencing strategy for objective, sensitive, specific, and high-throughput identification of reduced susceptibility to penicillins in Neisseria meningitidis.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:753-6.
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15. SHI ST , Herlihy KJ, Graham JP, Fuhrman SA, et al
    In vitro resistance study of AG-021541, a novel nonnucleoside inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:675-83.
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16. PASRIJA R , Panwar SL, Prasad R
    CaCdr1p and CaMdr1p multidrug transporters of Candida albicans display different lipid specificities: both ergosterol and sphingolipids are essential for targeting of CaCdr1p to membrane rafts.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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17. FRANZEN C , Salzberger B
    Analysis of the beta-tubulin gene from Vittaforma corneae suggests benzimidazole resistance.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:790-3.
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18. CUZON G , Naas T, Demachy MC, Nordmann P, et al
    Plasmid-mediated carbapenem-hydrolyzing beta-lactamase KPC-2 in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Greece.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:796-7.
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19. CIHLAR T , Ray AS, Boojamra CG, Zhang L, et al
    Design and profiling of GS-9148, a novel nucleotide analog active against nucleoside-resistant HIV-1 variants, and its orally bioavailable phosphonoamidate prodrug GS-9131.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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20. SUN S , Li Y, Shi C, Yu J, et al
    In Vitro Interactions between Tacrolimus and Azoles against Candida albicans By Different Methods.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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21. SU SC , Siu LK, Ma L, Yeh KM, et al
    Community-acquired liver abscess caused by serotype K1 Klebsiella pneumoniae with CTX-M-15-type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:804-5.
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22. WOLTER N , Smith AM, Farrell DJ, Northwood JB, et al
    Telithromycin resistance in Streptococcus pneumoniae is conferred by a deletion in the leader sequence of erm(B) that increases rRNA methylation.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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23. LAMBERT-NICLOT S , Flandre P, Canestri A, Peytavin G, et al
    Factors associated with the selection of mutations conferring resistance to protease inhibitors in PI-experienced patients displaying treatment failure on darunavir.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2007;.
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24. MARIMON R , Serena C, Gene J, Cano J, et al
    In vitro antifungal susceptibilities of five species of sporothrix.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:732-4.
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25. GALAS M , Decousser JW, Breton N, Godard T, et al
    Nationwide study of the prevalence, characteristics, and molecular epidemiology of extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in France.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:786-9.
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26. ZONG Z , Partridge SR, Iredell JR
    RmtC 16S rRNA methyltransferase in Australia.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:794-5.
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27. GAREY KW , Lai D, Dao-Tran TK, Gentry LO, et al
    Interrupted time series analysis of vancomycin compared to cefuroxime for surgical prophylaxis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:446-51.
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28. HAMMOND DS , Harris T, Bell J, Turnidge J, et al
    Selection of SHV extended-spectrum-beta-lactamase-dependent cefotaxime and ceftazidime resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae requires a plasmid-borne blaSHV gene.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;52:441-5.
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29. GARCIA-COBOS S , Campos J, Roman F, Carrera C, et al
    Low {beta}-lactamase negative ampicillin resistant Haemophilus influenzae are best detected by testing amoxicillin susceptibility by the broth microdilution method.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;.
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30. CHEN TL , Wu RC, Shaio MF, Fung CP, et al
    Acquisition of a Plasmid Borne blaOXA-58 Gene with an Upstream IS1008 Insertion Conferring a High Level of Carbapenem Resistance to Acinetobacter baumannii.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;.
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31. NOVAIS A , Canton R, Coque TM, Moya A, et al
    Mutational Events in ESBL-Cefotaximases of the CTX-M-1 Cluster Involved in Ceftazidime Resistance.
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008;.
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    Clin Infect Dis

32. HUANG SS , Diekema DJ, Warren DK, Zuccotti G, et al
    Strain-relatedness of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates recovered from patients with repeated infection.
    Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:1241-7.
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33. MOELLERING RC JR
    Current treatment options for community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.
    Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:1032-7.
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34. MARAGAKIS LL , Perl TM
    Acinetobacter baumannii: epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and treatment options.
    Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:1254-63.
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    Int J Antimicrob Agents

35. HA US , Kim ME, Kim CS, Shim BS, et al
    Acute bacterial prostatitis in Korea: clinical outcome, including symptoms, management, microbiology and course of disease.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2008;31 Suppl 1:S96-101.
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36. ARISOY M , Rad AY, Akin A, Akar N, et al
    Relationship between susceptibility to antimicrobials and virulence factors in paediatric Escherichia coli isolates.
    Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2008;31 Suppl 1:S4-8.
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    J Antimicrob Chemother

37. TSAGANOS T , Skiadas I, Koutoukas P, Adamis T, et al
    Efficacy and pharmacodynamics of linezolid, alone and in combination with rifampicin, in an experimental model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis.
    J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008;.
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38. KHAN MA , van der Wal M, Farrell DJ, Cossins L, et al
    Analysis of VanA vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from Saudi Arabian hospitals reveals the presence of clonal cluster 17 and two new Tn1546 lineage types.
    J Antimicrob Chemother. 2008;.
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    J Bacteriol

39. SHIN DH , Choi YS, Cho YH
    Unusual properties of catalase A (KatA) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 are associated with its biofilm peroxide resistance.
    J Bacteriol. 2008;190:2663-70.
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    J Clin Microbiol

40. BUHLMANN M , Bogli-Stuber K, Droz S, Muhlemann K, et al
    Rapid screening for carriage of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by polymerase chain reaction and associated costs.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2008;.
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41. MEHTA MS , Paule SM, Hacek DM, Thomson RB, et al
    Optimization of the Roche PCR Analyte Specific Reagent Assay for Detection of Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus species.
    J Clin Microbiol. 2008;.
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    Virology

42. OGERT RA , Wojcik L, Buontempo C, Ba L, et al
    Mapping resistance to the CCR5 co-receptor antagonist vicriviroc using heterologous chimeric HIV-1 envelope genes reveals key determinants in the C2-V5 domain of gp120.
    Virology. 2008;.
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43. SENSERRICH J , Pauls E, Armand-Ugon M, Clotet-Codina I, et al
    HIV-1 resistance to the anti-HIV activity of a shRNA targeting a dual-coding region.
    Virology. 2007;.
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