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Volume 68(5);  2024 May

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Antimicrobial Stewardship

Difficult-to-treat (DTR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa harboring Verona-Integron metallo-β-lactamase (blaVIM): infection management and molecular analysis
Ana D. Vega, Kailynn DeRonde, Adriana Jimenez, Michael Piazza, Christine Vu, Octavio Martinez, Laura J. Rojas, Steven Marshall, Mohamad Yasmin, Robert A. Bonomo, Lilian M. Abbo
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01474-23. Published online 2024 Apr 11. doi: 10.1128/aac.01474-23
PMCID:
PMC11064525

Minireview

Updated antimicrobial dosing recommendations for obese patients
Ana Castro-Balado, Iria Varela-Rey, Beatriz Mejuto, Cristina Mondelo-García, Irene Zarra-Ferro, Teresa Rodríguez-Jato, Anxo Fernández-Ferreiro
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01719-23. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1128/aac.01719-23
PMCID:
PMC11064535

Mechanisms of Action: Physiological Effects

Masaki Ishii, Tsuyoshi Yamada, Kazuki Ishikawa, Koji Ichinose, Michel Monod, Shinya Ohata
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01609-23. Published online 2024 Apr 3. doi: 10.1128/aac.01609-23
PMCID:
PMC11064548
Eric Springer, Kim C. Heimsch, Stefan Rahlfs, Katja Becker, Jude M. Przyborski
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01690-23. Published online 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1128/aac.01690-23
PMCID:
PMC11064498

Mechanisms of Resistance

Quorum-sensing regulation of phenazine production heightens Pseudomonas aeruginosa resistance to ciprofloxacin
Lexin Xia, Yue Li, Yufan Wang, Hui Zhou, Ajai A. Dandekar, Meizhen Wang, Feng Xu
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00118-24. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1128/aac.00118-24
PMCID:
PMC11064481
Role of amino acid 159 in carbapenem and temocillin hydrolysis of OXA-933, a novel OXA-48 variant
Mariam Rima, Saoussen Oueslati, Garance Cotelon, Elodie Creton, Rémy A. Bonnin, Laurent Dortet, Bogdan I. Iorga, Thierry Naas
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00180-24. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1128/aac.00180-24
PMCID:
PMC11064584
Vancomycin heteroresistance caused by unstable tandem amplifications of the vanM gene cluster on linear conjugative plasmids in a clinical Enterococcus faecium
Lingyan Sun, Hemu Zhuang, Mengzhen Chen, Yan Chen, Yiyi Chen, Keren Shi, Yunsong Yu
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01159-23. Published online 2024 Mar 20. doi: 10.1128/aac.01159-23
PMCID:
PMC11064493
Transcriptomic responses to antibiotic exposure in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Husain Poonawala, Yu Zhang, Sravya Kuchibhotla, Anna G. Green, Daniela Maria Cirillo, Federico Di Marco, Andrea Spitlaeri, Paolo Miotto, Maha R. Farhat
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01185-23. Published online 2024 Apr 8. doi: 10.1128/aac.01185-23
PMCID:
PMC11064486
Isabel M. Barceló, Maria Escobar-Salom, Gabriel Cabot, Pau Perelló-Bauzà, Elena Jordana-Lluch, Biel Taltavull, Gabriel Torrens, Estrella Rojo-Molinero, Laura Zamorano, Astrid Pérez, Antonio Oliver, Carlos Juan
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01315-23. Published online 2024 Mar 22. doi: 10.1128/aac.01315-23
PMCID:
PMC11064642
Efflux pump effects on levofloxacin resistance in Mycobacterium abscessus
Tianlu Teng, Suting Chen, Fengmin Huo, Junnan Jia, Liping Zhao, Guanglu Jiang, Fen Wang, Naihui Chu, Hairong Huang
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01348-23. Published online 2024 Apr 4. doi: 10.1128/aac.01348-23
PMCID:
PMC11064541
Mariana Castanheira, John H. Kimbrough, Jill Lindley, Timothy B. Doyle, Jessica M. Ewald, Helio S. Sader
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01363-23. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1128/aac.01363-23
PMCID:
PMC11064483
Charbel Al Khoury, Sergio Thoumi, Sima Tokajian, Aia Sinno, Georges Nemer, Mark El Beyrouthy, Kelven Rahy
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01368-23. Published online 2024 Apr 4. doi: 10.1128/aac.01368-23
PMCID:
PMC11064568
Sreyashi Ghosh, Mehmet A. Orman
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01462-23. Published online 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1128/aac.01462-23
PMCID:
PMC11064565

Susceptibility

In vitro activity of cefoxitin, imipenem, meropenem, and ceftaroline in combination with vaborbactam against Mycobacterium abscessus
Liang Chen, Elena Shashkina, Natalia Kurepina, Vinicius Calado Nogueira de Moura, Charles L. Daley, Barry N. Kreiswirth
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00174-24. Published online 2024 Apr 1. doi: 10.1128/aac.00174-24
PMCID:
PMC11064484
Extended blood stage sensitivity profiles of Plasmodium cynomolgi to doxycycline and tafenoquine, as a model for Plasmodium vivax
Peter Christensen, Rosy Cinzah, Rossarin Suwanarusk, Adeline Chiew Yen Chua, Osamu Kaneko, Dennis E. Kyle, Htin Lin Aung, Jessica Matheson, Pablo Bifani, Laurent Rénia, Gregory M. Cook, Georges Snounou, Bruce Russell
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00280-24. Published online 2024 Apr 8. doi: 10.1128/aac.00280-24
PMCID:
PMC11064600
Mahamadou D. Camara, Yitian Zhou, Antoine Dara, Mamadou M. Tékété, Taís Nóbrega de Sousa, Sékou Sissoko, Laurent Dembélé, Nouhoun Ouologuem, Amadou Hamidou Togo, Mohamed L. Alhousseini, Bakary Fofana, Issaka Sagara, Abdoulaye A. Djimde, Pedro J. Gil, Volker M. Lauschke
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01390-23. Published online 2024 Mar 28. doi: 10.1128/aac.01390-23
PMCID:
PMC11064487
Jeffrey B. Locke, Chris M. Pillar, Mariana Castanheira, Cecilia G. Carvalhaes, David Andes, Jalal A. Aram, Christina Andrzejewski, Ken Bartizal, Anita F. Das, Taylor Sandison, George R. Thompson, III, Peter G. Pappas
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01584-23. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1128/aac.01584-23
PMCID:
PMC11064504
In vitro activity of omadacycline against clinical isolates of Nocardia
Jonathan Pham, Russell J. Benefield, Natali Baker, Shane Lindblom, Nicholas Canfield, Carlos A. Gomez, Mark Fisher
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01686-23. Published online 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1128/aac.01686-23
PMCID:
PMC11064614

Antiviral Agents

Combination of ganciclovir and trifluridine prevents drug-resistance emergence in HSV-1
Hanna Helena Schalkwijk, Neesha Rajesh Shewakramani, Kalyan Das, Graciela Andrei, Robert Snoeck
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00110-24. Published online 2024 Apr 15. doi: 10.1128/aac.00110-24
PMCID:
PMC11064611
Lindsay E. Clegg, Oleg Stepanov, Henning Schmidt, Weifeng Tang, Huixia Zhang, Chris Webber, Taylor S. Cohen, Mark T. Esser, Mats Någård
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01587-23. Published online 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1128/aac.01587-23
PMCID:
PMC11064475
Naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids: novel agents against the causative pathogens of eumycetoma and actinomycetoma—en route to broad-spectrum antimycetomal drugs
Sami Ahmed Khalid, Shereen Abd Algaffar, Nasir Tajuddeen, Blaise Kimbadi Lombe, Gerhard Bringmann
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01612-23. Published online 2024 Apr 11. doi: 10.1128/aac.01612-23
PMCID:
PMC11064494
Xiao-Jian Zhou, Jason Lickliter, Maureen Montrond, Laura Ishak, Keith Pietropaolo, Dayle James, Bruce Belanger, Arantxa Horga, Janet Hammond
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01615-23. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1128/aac.01615-23
PMCID:
PMC11064583
Anton Chesnokov, Andrei A. Ivashchenko, Yoko Matsuzaki, Emi Takashita, Vasiliy P. Mishin, Alexandre V. Ivachtchenko, Larisa V. Gubareva
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01727-23. Published online 2024 Apr 8. doi: 10.1128/aac.01727-23
PMCID:
PMC11064526

Epidemiology and Surveillance

Hirokazu Yano, Wataru Hayashi, Sayoko Kawakami, Sadao Aoki, Eiko Anzai, Hui Zuo, Norikazu Kitamura, Aki Hirabayashi, Toshiki Kajihara, Shizuo Kayama, Yo Sugawara, Koji Yahara, Motoyuki Sugai
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01669-23. Published online 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1128/aac.01669-23
PMCID:
PMC11064530
Clinical and genomic characteristics of IMP-producing Enterobacter cloacae complex and Klebsiella pneumoniae
Daisuke Suzuki, Aki Sakurai, Mitsutaka Wakuda, Masahiro Suzuki, Yohei Doi
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01672-23. Published online 2024 Mar 22. doi: 10.1128/aac.01672-23
PMCID:
PMC11064536
Takaya Segawa, Kanako Masuda, Junzo Hisatsune, Kasumi Ishida-Kuroki, Yo Sugawara, Masao Kuwabara, Hideki Nishikawa, Takahiro Hiratsuka, Tatsuaki Aota, Yasuo Tao, Yoshimi Iwahashi, Kuniko Ueda, Kaori Mae, Ken Masumoto, Hiroki Kitagawa, Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Hiroki Ohge, Motoyuki Sugai
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01716-23. Published online 2024 Mar 20. doi: 10.1128/aac.01716-23
PMCID:
PMC11064488

Experimental Therapeutics

Preventive nasal administration of flagellin restores antimicrobial effect of gentamicin and protects against a multidrug-resistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Ana Raquel Maia, Adeline Cezard, Delphine Fouquenet, Virginie Vasseur, Benoit Briard, Jean-Claude Sirard, Mustapha Si-Tahar, Virginie Hervé
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01361-23. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1128/aac.01361-23
PMCID:
PMC11064517
Metabolic mechanism and pharmacological study of albendazole in secondary hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) model rats
Chaoqun Li, Yaogang zhang, Mingquan Pang, Yong Zhang, Chunhui Hu, Haining Fan
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01449-23. Published online 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1128/aac.01449-23
PMCID:
PMC11064478
Michael R. Hodges, Susan Hazel, William G. Kramer, Ewoud-Jan van Hoogdalem, Sjoerd van Marle, Margaret Tawadrous, Abhijeet Jakate
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01455-23. Published online 2024 Mar 29. doi: 10.1128/aac.01455-23
PMCID:
PMC11064621
Ibrexafungerp is efficacious in a neutropenic murine model of pulmonary mucormycosis as monotherapy and combined with liposomal amphotericin B
Teclegiorgis Gebremariam, Sondus Alkhazraji, Yiyou Gu, Laura K. Najvar, Katyna Borroto-Esoda, Thomas F. Patterson, Scott G. Filler, Nathan P. Wiederhold, Ashraf S. Ibrahim
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01545-23. Published online 2024 Apr 1. doi: 10.1128/aac.01545-23
PMCID:
PMC11064560

Clinical Therapeutics

Infection and antibiotic-associated changes in the fecal microbiota of C. rodentium ϕstx2dact-infected C57BL/6 mice
Sabrina Mühlen, Ann Kathrin Heroven, Bettina Elxnat, Silke Kahl, Dietmar H. Pieper, Petra Dersch
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00057-24. Published online 2024 Mar 25. doi: 10.1128/aac.00057-24
PMCID:
PMC11064522
Makoto Saito, Pornpimon Wilaisrisak, Mupawjay Pimanpanarak, Jacher Viladpai-Nguen, Moo Kho Paw, Urairat Koesukwiwat, Joel Tarning, Nicholas J. White, Francois Nosten, Rose McGready
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00093-24. Published online 2024 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/aac.00093-24
PMCID:
PMC11064628
Paul Alvyn Nguema Moure, Moustapha Nzamba Maloum, Gédéon Prince Manouana, Roméo-Aimé Laclong Lontchi, Mirabeau Mbong Ngwese, Jean Ronald Edoa, Jeannot Fréjus Zinsou, Brice Meulah, Saidou Mahmoudou, Elsy Mirna N'noh Dansou, Yabo Josiane Honkpehedji, Bayode Romeo Adegbite, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Michael Ramharter, Bertrand Lell, Steffen Borrmann, Peter G. Kremsner, Jean Claude Dejon-Agobé, Ayôla Akim Adegnika
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01211-23. Published online 2024 Apr 2. doi: 10.1128/aac.01211-23
PMCID:
PMC11064543
Alita A. Miller, Samir H. Moussa, Sarah M. McLeod
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01698-23. Published online 2024 Apr 3. doi: 10.1128/aac.01698-23
PMCID:
PMC11064521

Pharmacology

Cefadroxil and cephalexin pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in children with musculoskeletal infections
Andrew S. Haynes, Zixuan Wei, Peter Anderson, Marc H. Scheetz, Sarah K. Parker, Douglas N. Fish
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00182-24. Published online 2024 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/aac.00182-24
PMCID:
PMC11064491
F. Gomes, A. C. Ribeiro, G. S. Sanches, H. S. Borges, L. A. U. Takahashi, C. T. Daniel-Ribeiro, A. C. Tedesco, J. W. L. Nascimento, L. J. M. Carvalho
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00915-23. Published online 2024 Mar 22. doi: 10.1128/aac.00915-23
PMCID:
PMC11064505
M. A. Lyons, A. Obregon-Henao, M. E. Ramey, A. A. Bauman, S. Pauly, K. Rossmassler, J. Reid, B. Karger, N. D. Walter, G. T. Robertson
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01010-23. Published online 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1128/aac.01010-23
PMCID:
PMC11064538
Effect modification of dosing strategy (AUC or trough) on AKI associated with vancomycin in combination with piperacillin/tazobactam or cefepime and meropenem
Breanne Mefford, Katie L. Wallace, J. Chris Donaldson, Brittany D. Bissell Turpin, Parijat Sen, Aric D. Schadler, Lucas J. Liu, Melissa L. Thompson Bastin
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01085-23. Published online 2024 Apr 12. doi: 10.1128/aac.01085-23
PMCID:
PMC11064542
A machine learning approach to predict daptomycin exposure from two concentrations based on Monte Carlo simulations
Cyrielle Codde, Florence Rivals, Alexandre Destere, Yeleen Fromage, Marc Labriffe, Pierre Marquet, Clément Benoist, Laure Ponthier, Jean-François Faucher, Jean-Baptiste Woillard
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01415-23. Published online 2024 Mar 19. doi: 10.1128/aac.01415-23
PMCID:
PMC11064575
Hardik Chandasana, Rajendra Singh, Kimberly Adkison, Mounir Ait-Khaled, Teodora Pene Dumitrescu
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01504-23. Published online 2024 Apr 8. doi: 10.1128/aac.01504-23
PMCID:
PMC11064544
Allan Kengo, Firdaus Nabeemeeah, Paolo Denti, Ryan Sabet, Gifty Okyere-Manu, Pattamukkil Abraham, Lubbe Weisner, Modiehi Helen Mosala, Sibongile Tshabalala, Janine Scholefield, Juan Eduardo Resendiz-Galvan, Neil A. Martinson, Ebrahim Variava
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01583-23. Published online 2024 Apr 10. doi: 10.1128/aac.01583-23
PMCID:
PMC11064479
Riste Kalamees, Hiie Soeorg, Mari-Liis Ilmoja, Kadri Margus, Irja Lutsar, Tuuli Metsvaht
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01591-23. Published online 2024 Apr 5. doi: 10.1128/aac.01591-23
PMCID:
PMC11064528

Letters to the Editor

Switching to deltoid intramuscular injections maintains therapeutic trough concentrations of rilpivirine and cabotegravir in people with HIV
Maria Vittoria Cossu, Antonio D'Avolio, Cristina Gervasoni, Andrea Giacomelli, Dario Cattaneo, Davide Moschese
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00175-24. Published online 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1128/aac.00175-24
PMCID:
PMC11064637
Acinetobacter baumannii international clone 2 co-producing OXA-23, NDM-1, and ArmA emerging in South America
Thais Martins-Gonçalves, Julia S. Pimenta, Herrison Fontana, Fernanda Esposito, Gregory Melocco, Karine Dantas, Felipe Vásquez-Ponce, Floristher E. Carrara, Eliana C. Vespero, Nilton Lincopan
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e00298-24. Published online 2024 Apr 1. doi: 10.1128/aac.00298-24
PMCID:
PMC11064515
Reduced critical concentration might not have improved MGIT-based DST’s sensitivity to rifampicin
Praharshinie Rupasinghe, Azka Ashraf, Nadia Barreda, Shafiqua Parveen, Muhammad Zubair, Roger Calderon, Sunil Asif, Nilma Hirani, Layila Chingisova, Atang Bulane, Pham Thu Hang, Doan Thu Ha, Elisa Ardizzoni, Nazia Kursheed, Willem Bram De Rijk, Leen Rigouts, Lorenzo Guglielmetti, Carol Mitnick, Bouke C. de Jong
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2024 May; 68(5): e01701-23. Published online 2024 Mar 27. doi: 10.1128/aac.01701-23
PMCID:
PMC11064607

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