Archive for June 13th, 2008
Guidelines for the management of hospital-acquired pneumonia in the UK: Report of the Working Party on Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Jul 2008 V.62 N.1 p.5-34
Reviews
R. G. Masterton1,*, A. Galloway2, G. French3, M. Street4, J. Armstrong5, E. Brown6, J. Cleverley7, P. Dilworth8, C. Fry9, A. D. Gascoigne10, Alan Knox11, Dilip Nathwani12, Robert Spencer13 and Mark Wilcox14
1 Department of Microbiology, Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, UK 2 Department of Microbiology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK 3 Department of Infection, Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust and King’s College, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK 4 Department of Intensive Care, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK 5 Department of Public Health, North Durham Strategic Health Authority, Earls House, Durham, UK 6 Department of Microbiology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, UK 7 Department of Radiology, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 8 Department of Thoracic Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK 9 Department of Health, London, UK 10 Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK 11 Respiratory Medicine Unit, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK 12 Infection Unit, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK 13 Health Protection Agency, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Marlborough St, Bristol, UK 14 University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Why are there different dynamics in the selection of drug resistance in HIV and hepatitis B and C viruses?
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Jul 2008 V.62 N.1 p.1-4
Vincent Soriano1,*, Alan S. Perelson2 and Fabien Zoulim3
1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Carlos III, Sinesio Delgado 10, 28029 Madrid, Spain 2 Theoretical Biology and Biophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA 3 INSERM, U871, Université Lyon 1, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Trimethoprim and enterococci in urinary tract infections: new perspectives on an old issue
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Jul 2008 V.62 N.1 p.35-40
Reviews
Karin Tegmark Wisell1,*, Gunnar Kahlmeter2 and Christian G. Giske3
1 Department of Antibiotic Resistance and Hospital Hygiene, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, 17182 Solna, Sweden 2 Clinical Microbiology, Central Hospital, Växjö, Sweden 3 Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Antiretroviral therapy of late presenters with advanced HIV disease
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Jul 2008 V.62 N.1 p.41-44
Reviews
Manuel Battegay*, Jan Fehr, Ursula Flückiger and Luigia Elzi
Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland
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Tigecycline for the treatment of multidrug-resistant (including carbapenem-resistant) Acinetobacter infections: a review of the scientific evidence
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Jul 2008 V.62 N.1 p.45-55
Systematic reviews
Drosos E. Karageorgopoulos1, Theodore Kelesidis1,2, Iosif Kelesidis1,3 and Matthew E. Falagas1,4,5,*
1 Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences (AIBS), Athens, Greece 2 Department of Medicine, Caritas St Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA 3 Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA 4 Department of Medicine, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece 5 Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from skin and wound infections in the United States 2005–07: laboratory-based surveillance study
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Jul 2008 V.62 N.1 p.109-115
Glenn S. Tillotson1,*, Deborah C. Draghi2, Daniel F. Sahm2, Karla M. Tomfohrde2, Tena del Fabro2 and Ian A. Critchley1
1 Replidyne Inc., 1450 Infinite Drive, Louisville, CO 80027, USA 2 Eurofins Medinet Inc, 13665 Dulles Technology Drive, Herndon, VA 20171, USA
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http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/1/109
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