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7 October 2008

Abstract Original research: Shuichi Miyazaki, Fumio Ishikawa, Saburo Matsuo, and Keizo Yamaguchi
Effect of fluoroquinolones on body temperature of mice
JAC Advance Access published on October 7, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn418
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3 October 2008

Abstract Original research: Janne K. Klitgaard, Marianne N. Skov, Birgitte H. Kallipolitis, and Hans Jørn Kolmos
Reversal of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus by thioridazine
JAC Advance Access published on October 3, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn417
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Abstract Original research: Yoshitomo Morinaga, Katsunori Yanagihara, Shigeki Nakamura, Kazuko Yamamoto, Koichi Izumikawa, Masafumi Seki, Hiroshi Kakeya, Yoshihiro Yamamoto, Yasuaki Yamada, Shigeru Kohno, and Shimeru Kamihira
In vivo efficacy and pharmacokinetics of tomopenem (CS-023), a novel carbapenem, against Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a murine chronic respiratory tract infection model
JAC Advance Access published on October 3, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn411
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Abstract Original research: R. Y. Hachem, A. A. Langston, J. R. Graybill, J. R. Perfect, L. D. Pedicone, H. Patino, and I. I. Raad
Posaconazole as salvage treatment of invasive fungal infections in patients with underlying renal impairment
JAC Advance Access published on October 3, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn401
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2 October 2008

Research letter: Eugenia Vispo, Ivana Maida, Alberto Moreno, Pablo Barreiro, and Vincent Soriano
Autoimmune hepatitis induced by pegylated interferon in an HIV-infected patient with chronic hepatitis C
JAC Advance Access published on October 2, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn416
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30 September 2008

Abstract Original research: G. Ll. Jones, R. E. Warren, S. J. Skidmore, V. A. Davies, T. Gibreel, and M. Upton
Prevalence and distribution of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance genes in clinical isolates of Escherichia coli lacking extended-spectrum β-lactamases
JAC Advance Access published on September 30, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn406
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29 September 2008

Abstract Original research: Laura Dickinson, Marta Boffito, David J. Back, Saye H. Khoo, Anton L. Pozniak, Peter Mugyenyi, Concepta Merry, Reshma Saskia Autar, David M. Burger, and Leon J. Aarons
Population pharmacokinetics of ritonavir-boosted saquinavir regimens in HIV-infected individuals
JAC Advance Access published on September 29, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn399
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28 September 2008

Abstract Original research: Ricardo Araujo, Isabel Coutinho, and Ana Espinel-Ingroff
Rapid method for testing the susceptibility of Aspergillus fumigatus to amphotericin B, itraconazole, voriconazole and posaconazole by assessment of oxygen consumption
JAC Advance Access published on September 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn415
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Research letter: C. M. Tobin, J. M. Darville, A. M. Lovering, and A. P. MacGowan
An HPLC assay for daptomycin in serum
JAC Advance Access published on September 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn414
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Research letter: Maria J. G. T. Rüping, Nadine Albermann, Friedrich Ebinger, Irene Burckhardt, Claudia Beisel, Carsten Müller, Jörg J. Vehreschild, Matthias Kochanek, Gerd Fätkenheuer, Christopher Bangard, Andrew J. Ullmann, Wolfgang Herr, Karin Kolbe, Michael Hallek, and Oliver A. Cornely
Posaconazole concentrations in the central nervous system
JAC Advance Access published on September 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn409
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Research letter: I. Varga, G. Sóczó, G. Kardos, Á. Borbély, Zs. Szabó, Á. Kemény-Beke, and L. Majoros
Comparison of killing activity of caspofungin against Candida parapsilosis, Candida orthopsilosis and Candida metapsilosis
JAC Advance Access published on September 28, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn403
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26 September 2008

Abstract Original research: A. Fenoll, L. Aguilar, J. J. Granizo, M. J. Giménez, L. Aragoneses-Fenoll, C. Mendez, and D. Tarragó
Has the licensing of respiratory quinolones for adults and the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV-7) for children had herd effects with respect to antimicrobial non-susceptibility in invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae?
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn413
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Abstract Original research: Nicolás A. Villagra, Alejandro A. Hidalgo, Carlos A. Santiviago, Claudia P. Saavedra, and Guido C. Mora
SmvA, and not AcrB, is the major efflux pump for acriflavine and related compounds in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn407
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Abstract Original research: Eilidh Mowat, Sue Lang, Craig Williams, Elaine McCulloch, Brian Jones, and Gordon Ramage
Phase-dependent antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus developing multicellular filamentous biofilms
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn402
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Abstract Original research: L. A. Bester and S. Y. Essack
Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter isolates from commercial poultry suppliers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn408
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Abstract Review: Marina Morgan
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and animals: zoonosis or humanosis?
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn405
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Letter to the Editor: R. W. Watkin, G. J. Roberts, T. S. J. Elliott, and on behalf of the BSAC Working Party on Infective Endocarditis
New guidance from NICE regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis – response by the BSAC working party
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn404
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Abstract Original research: Neil Woodford, Jiancheng Zhang, Mary E. Kaufmann, Susannah Yarde, Maria del Mar Tomas, Camelia Faris, Madhur S. Vardhan, Susan Dawson, Stephen L. Cotterill, and David M. Livermore
Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates producing VEB-type extended-spectrum β-lactamases in the United Kingdom
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn400
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Abstract Original research: A. Loeffler, S. J. Baines, M. S. Toleman, D. Felmingham, S. K. Milsom, E. A. Edwards, and D. H. Lloyd
In vitro activity of fusidic acid and mupirocin against coagulase-positive staphylococci from pets
JAC Advance Access published on September 26, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn398
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23 September 2008

Abstract Original research: David L. Paterson, Kristin David, Mirando Mrsic, Petr Cetkovsky, Xin-Hua Weng, Jaroslav Sterba, Gregerly Krivan, Darinka Boskovic, Minqiang Lu, Li-Ping Zhu, and on behalf of the PRoACT Investigators
Pre-medication practices and incidence of infusion-related reactions in patients receiving AMPHOTEC^®: data from the Patient Registry of Amphotericin B Cholesteryl Sulfate Complex for Injection Clinical Tolerability (PRoACT) registry
JAC Advance Access published on September 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn394
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Abstract Original research: Ping Shen, Yan Jiang, Zhihui Zhou, Junli Zhang, Yunsong Yu, and Lanjuan Li
Complete nucleotide sequence of pKP96, a 67850 bp multiresistance plasmid encoding qnrA1, aac(6')-Ib-cr and bla_CTX-M-24 from Klebsiella pneumoniae
JAC Advance Access published on September 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn397
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Abstract Original research: Neil Woodford, Jiancheng Zhang, Marina Warner, Mary E. Kaufmann, Jorge Matos, Alan MacDonald, Daniel Brudney, David Sompolinsky, Shiri Navon-Venezia, and David M. Livermore
Arrival of Klebsiella pneumoniae producing KPC carbapenemase in the United Kingdom
JAC Advance Access published on September 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn396
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Abstract Original research: M. Reza Nejadnik, Anton F. Engelsman, Isabel C. Saldarriaga Fernandez, Henk J. Busscher, Willem Norde, and Henny C. van der Mei
Bacterial colonization of polymer brush-coated and pristine silicone rubber implanted in infected pockets in mice
JAC Advance Access published on September 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn395
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Abstract Original research: Marieke J. A. de Regt, Lotte E. van der Wagen, Janetta Top, Hetty E. M. Blok, Titia E. M. Hopmans, Adriaan W. Dekker, Ronald J. Hené, Peter D. Siersema, Rob J. L. Willems, and Marc J.M. Bonten
High acquisition and environmental contamination rates of CC17 ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Dutch hospital
JAC Advance Access published on September 23, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn390
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18 September 2008

Abstract Original research: Steven N. Leonard, Glenn W. Kaatz, Latoyia R. Rucker, and Michael J. Rybak
Synergy between gemifloxacin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole against community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on September 18, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn379
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16 September 2008

Abstract Original research: Oscar Cirioni, Carmela Silvestri, Roberto Ghiselli, Fiorenza Orlando, Alessandra Riva, Federico Mocchegiani, Leonardo Chiodi, Sefora Castelletti, Eleonora Gabrielli, Vittorio Saba, Giorgio Scalise, and Andrea Giacometti
Protective effects of the combination of ${alpha}$ -helical antimicrobial peptides and rifampicin in three rat models of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
JAC Advance Access published on September 16, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn393
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Abstract Original research: D. M. O'Sullivan, J. Hinds, P. D. Butcher, S. H. Gillespie, and T. D. McHugh
Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA repair in response to subinhibitory concentrations of ciprofloxacin
JAC Advance Access published on September 16, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn387
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Abstract Original research: Francisco Soriano, Fabio Cafini, Lorenzo Aguilar, David Tarragó, Luis Alou, Maria-Jose Giménez, Matilde Gracia, Maria-Carmen Ponte, Denisa Leu, Marina Pana, Iwona Letowska, and Asuncion Fenoll
Breakthrough in penicillin resistance? Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates with penicillin/cefotaxime MICs of 16 mg/L and their genotypic and geographical relatedness
JAC Advance Access published on September 16, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn392
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Abstract Original research: Yoav Barnea, Yehuda Carmeli, Boris Kuzmenko, and Shiri Navon-Venezia
Staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis and sternal osteomyelitis following median sternotomy in a rat model
JAC Advance Access published on September 16, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn378
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14 September 2008

Research letter: E. Meyer, P. Gastmeier, and F. Schwab
The burden of multiresistant bacteria in German intensive care units
JAC Advance Access published on September 14, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn391
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11 September 2008

Abstract Original research: Anne-Sophie Domelier, Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet, Laurence Arnault, Laurent Mereghetti, Philippe Lanotte, Agnès Rosenau, Marie-Frédérique Lartigue, and Roland Quentin
Molecular characterization of erythromycin-resistant Streptococcus agalactiae strains
JAC Advance Access published on September 11, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn388
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Abstract Original research: Peter Davey, Matus Ferech, Faranak Ansari, Arno Muller, Herman Goossens, and on behalf of the ESAC Project Group
Outpatient antibiotic use in the four administrations of the UK: cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis
JAC Advance Access published on September 11, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn386
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Abstract Original research: Helen C. Maltezou, Vasilios Tsagris, Anastasia Antoniadou, Labrini Galani, Constantinos Douros, Ioannis Katsarolis, Antonios Maragos, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Panagiota Biskini, Kyriaki Kanellakopoulou, Andreas Fretzayas, Theodoros Papadimitriou, Polyxeni Nicolaidou, and Helen Giamarellou
Evaluation of a rapid antigen detection test in the diagnosis of streptococcal pharyngitis in children and its impact on antibiotic prescription
JAC Advance Access originally published on September 11, 2008. This version published September 30, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn376
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10 September 2008

Abstract Original research: Ana Garcia-Diaz, Chun Blok, Sara Madge, Clare Booth, Mervyn Tyrer, Stefano Bonora, Tabitha Mahungu, Andrew Owen, Margaret Johnson, and Anna Maria Geretti
Detection of low-frequency K103N mutants after unstructured discontinuation of efavirenz in the presence of the CYP2B6 516 TT polymorphism
JAC Advance Access published on September 10, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn374
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Abstract Original research: Alejandro Delgado, Shahrear Zaman, Arunachalam Muthaiyan, Vijayaraj Nagarajan, Mohamed O. Elasri, Brian J. Wilkinson, and John E. Gustafson
The fusidic acid stimulon of Staphylococcus aureus
JAC Advance Access published on September 10, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn363
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8 September 2008

Abstract Original research: Mario Tumbarello, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Enrico Maria Trecarichi, Marilena La Sorda, Marianna Rossi, Elena de Carolis, Katleen de Gaetano Donati, Giovanni Fadda, Roberto Cauda, and Brunella Posteraro
Fungaemia caused by Candida glabrata with reduced susceptibility to fluconazole due to altered gene expression: risk factors, antifungal treatment and outcome
JAC Advance Access published on September 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn381
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Research letter: Liliana Fernandez Canigia and Carlos Bantar
Susceptibility testing of tigecycline against Acinetobacter spp. by disc diffusion method: withdrawing a therapeutic option by varying the Mueller–Hinton agar?
JAC Advance Access published on September 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn389
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Abstract Original research: Bonaventura Clotet, Amedeo Capetti, Luis E. Soto-Ramirez, Jose M. Gatell, Lucy Rowell, Miklos Salgo, and Jonathan M. Schapiro
A randomized, controlled study evaluating an induction treatment strategy in which enfuvirtide was added to an oral, highly active antiretroviral therapy regimen in treatment-experienced patients: the INTENSE study
JAC Advance Access published on September 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn377
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Abstract Original research
Susan J. Rehm, Helen Boucher, Donald Levine, Marilyn Campion, Barry I. Eisenstein, Gloria A. Vigliani, G. Ralph Corey, and Elias Abrutyn
Daptomycin versus vancomycin plus gentamicin for treatment of bacteraemia and endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus: subset analysis of patients infected with methicillin-resistant isolates
JAC Advance Access published on September 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn372
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Abstract Original research: Siu Ha Lau, Mary E. Kaufmann, David M. Livermore, Neil Woodford, Geraldine A. Willshaw, Tom Cheasty, Katie Stamper, Suganya Reddy, John Cheesbrough, Frederick J. Bolton, Andrew J. Fox, and Mathew Upton
UK epidemic Escherichia coli strains A–E, with CTX-M-15 β-lactamase, all belong to the international O25:H4-ST131 clone
JAC Advance Access published on September 8, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn380
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5 September 2008

Abstract Original research: Ria Benko, Mária Matuz, Réka Viola, Péter Doró, Edit Hajdú, and Gyöngyvér Soós
Quantitative disparities in outpatient antibiotic exposure in a Hungarian county
JAC Advance Access published on September 5, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn385
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Abstract Original research: Stefan P. Kuster, Christian Ruef, Reinhard Zbinden, Jochen Gottschalk, Bruno Ledergerber, Lutz Neuber, and Rainer Weber
Stratification of cumulative antibiograms in hospitals for hospital unit, specimen type, isolate sequence and duration of hospital stay
JAC Advance Access published on September 5, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn384
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Abstract Original research: Giovanni Guaraldi, Stefania Cocchi, Alice Motta, Sara Ciaffi, Mauro Codeluppi, Stefano Bonora, Fabrizio Di Benedetto, Michele Masetti, Marco Floridia, Silvia Baroncelli, Diego Pinetti, Antonio D’Avolio, Alfio Bertolini, and Roberto Esposito
A pilot study on the efficacy, pharmacokinetics and safety of atazanavir in patients with end-stage liver disease
JAC Advance Access published on September 5, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn383
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4 September 2008

Abstract Original research: Izabel Cristina Vanzato Palazzo, Pedro A. d'Azevedo, Carina Secchi, Antonio Carlos C. Pignatari, and Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini
Staphylococcus hominis subsp. novobiosepticus strains causing nosocomial bloodstream infection in Brazil
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn375
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Research letter: Stephen G. Tristram
A comparison of Etest^®, M.I.C.Evaluator^TM strips and CLSI broth microdilution for determining β-lactam antimicrobial susceptibility in Haemophilus influenzae
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn365
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Abstract Original research: Athanassios Tsakris, Ioulia Kristo, Aggeliki Poulou, Fani Markou, Alexandros Ikonomidis, and Spyros Pournaras
First occurrence of KPC-2-possessing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a Greek hospital and recommendation for detection with boronic acid disc tests
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn364
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Research letter: Sophie Boyer-Mariotte, Pauline Duboc, Stéphane Bonacorsi, Jean-François Lemeland, Edouard Bingen, and Didier Pinquier
CTX-M-15-producing Escherichia coli in fatal neonatal meningitis: failure of empirical chemotherapy
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn362
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Abstract Original research: Aldona L. Baltch, Lawrence H. Bopp, Raymond P. Smith, William J. Ritz, and Phyllis B. Michelsen
Anticandidal effects of voriconazole and caspofungin, singly and in combination, against Candida glabrata, extracellularly and intracellularly in granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-activated human monocytes
JAC Advance Access published on September 4, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn361
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1 September 2008

Abstract Original research: Iris F. Chaberny, Frank Schwab, Stefan Ziesing, Sebastian Suerbaum, and Petra Gastmeier
Impact of routine surgical ward and intensive care unit admission surveillance cultures on hospital-wide nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in a university hospital: an interrupted time-series analysis
JAC Advance Access published on September 1, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn373
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Abstract Original research: Camilla H. Lester, Dorthe Sandvang, Stefan S. Olsen, Henrik Carl Schønheyder, Jens Otto Jarløv, Jette Bangsborg, Dennis S. Hansen, Thøger G. Jensen, Niels Frimodt-Møller, Anette M. Hammerum, and on behalf of the DANRES Study Group
Emergence of ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Danish hospitals
JAC Advance Access published on September 1, 2008.
doi:10.1093/jac/dkn360
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