Publications

Critical Assessment of P. aeruginosa (PSA) Susceptibility Testing Results for Six Beta-Lactams Using the BD Phoenix System, Lead author: Jones RN, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

An Evaluation of MicroScan WalkAway Results for Broad-Spectrum Beta-Lactams When Testing Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PSA), Lead author: Jones RN, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Evaluation of the In Vitro Activity of Levofloxacin and Moxifloxacin Tested Against Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: Can Moxifloxacin Activity Be Predicted by Levofloxacin MIC Results?, Lead author: Gales AC, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Susceptibility Analysis of Gastroenteritis and Beta-Haemolytic Streptococcal Pathogens Collected During a Decade of SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program Monitoring in Europe (1997-2006), Lead author: Biedenbach DJ, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility (S) Profiles of Skin and Skin Structure Infection (SSSI) Pathogens in Europe (EUR): Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997-2005), Lead author: Ross JE, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Resistance Rates Among Selected Gram-positive and -negative Isolates from European (EU) Medical Centers: A Decade of SENTRY Program Surveillance (1997-2006), Lead author: Biedenbach DJ, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Update on Potency and Spectrum of Activity of Meropenem (MEM) and Selected Broad-Spectrum Agents: Testing Results from the USA MYSTIC Program (2006), Lead author: Rhomberg PR, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Update on Daptomycin Activity and Spectrum When Tested Against Gram-Positive Strains Collected in European Medical Centers (2006), Lead author: Sader HS, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Activity of Daptomycin and Selected Antimicrobial Agents Tested against Gram-positive Organisms Isolated from European Patients with Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections (cSSSI), Lead author: Sader HS, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Trends in Species Distributions and Susceptibilities of Fungal Pathogens Recovered from European Medical Centers: A Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1999-2006), Lead author: Fritsche TR, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Antimicrobial Activity of Tigecycline and Other Broad-Spectrum Agents Tested Against Bacterial Isolates Collected in European Hospitals in 2006, Lead author: Sader HS, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Evaluation of Expected Clinical Success Rates of Tigecycline and Other Commonly Used Antimicrobials for Empiric Treatment of Complicated Skin and Skin Structure Infections (cSSSI) in Germany, Spain and the United States, Lead author: Sader HS, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Spectrum and Activity of Doripenem, an Investigational Carbapenem, Tested Against Bacterial Pathogens Recovered from Patients Hospitalized with Pneumonia (Europe; 2004-2006), Lead author: Fritsche TR, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Variations and Trends in the Activity of Doripenem and Other Broad-Spectrum Agents Against Leading Bacterial Pathogens: Results from a European Surveillance Program (2003-2006), Lead author: Fritsche TR, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Prevalence of Confirmed ESBL-Production among European Enterobacteriaceae: A Ten Year Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, Lead author: Deshpande LM, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Emergence and Dissemination of Metallo-Beta-Lactamases Producing Strains in Europe: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, Lead author: Deshpande LM, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Assessment of the Polymyxin B Antimicrobial Activity Tested against 26,921 Clinical Strains of Gram-Negative Bacilli Collected in Europe: Report from 10 Years of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, Lead author: Sader HS, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Characterization VIM-1-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains from Germany: Report from SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, Lead author: Deshpande LM, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

The Evaluation of the Bactericidal Activity of Daptomycin, Vancomycin and Linezolid and determination of the Interactions of These Antimicrobials with Gentamicin or Rifampin against S. aureus, Lead author: Sader HS, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiles of Leading Nosocomial Pneumonia Pathogens: The Ten Year Report from the European SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, Lead author: Fritsche TR, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

High-Level Multidrug-Resistance (MDR) Among Viridians Group Streptococci Isolated from Turkey: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, Lead author: Biedenbach DJ, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Activity of Ceftobiprole Tested Against Contemporary European Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2005-2006), Lead author: Fritsche TR, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Activity of Ceftobiprole Tested Against Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Isolates Recovered from Patients in European Medical Centers (2005-2006), Lead author: Fritsche TR, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Dalbavancin Activity Tested Against Rarely Isolated Gram-positive Organism Species from Europe, Lead author: Jones RN, presented at 17th annual European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID), March 31 – April 3, 2007, Munich, Germany

Antimicrobial Activity of Tigecycyline (TGC) Tested Against Contemporary Bacterial Isolates Collected in European Hospitals, Lead author: Jones RN, presented at 6th annual International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR), March 7 – 9, 2007, Raffles City Convention Center, Singapore

Activity of Tigecycline (TGC) When Tested Against Gram-positive (GP) Pathogens in North American (NA) Hospitals (2006), Lead author: Jones RN, presented at 6th annual International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR), March 7 – 9, 2007, Raffles City Convention Center, Singapore

Activity of ceftobiprole tested against staphylococci and streptococci in the Asia-Pacific region: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2006), Lead author: Bell JM, presented at 6th annual International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR), March 7 – 9, 2007, Raffles City Convention Center, Singapore

Doripenem (DOR) activity against leading bacterial pathogens in the Asia-Pacific region: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program, 2006, Lead author: Bell JM, presented at 6th annual International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR), March 7 – 9, 2007, Raffles City Convention Center, Singapore

Tigecycline Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) Region: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2006), Lead author: Bell JM, presented at 6th annual International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR), March 7 – 9, 2007, Raffles City Convention Center, Singapore

Tigecycline (TGC) Potency and Spectrum When Tested Against Gram-negative Pathogens from North American Medical Centers (2006), Lead author: Jones RN, presented at 6th annual International Symposium on Antimicrobial Agents and Resistance (ISAAR), March 7 – 9, 2007, Raffles City Convention Center, Singapore

In vitro activity of garenoxacin tested against a worldwide collection of ciprofloxacin-susceptible and ciprofloxacin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains (1999-2004). by Sader HS, Fritsche TR and Jones RN published in Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007; 58 (1): 27-32

Prevalence and significance of a negative extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) confirmation test result after a positive ESBL screening test reslt for isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae: Results from the SENTRY Asia-Pacific Surveillance Program. by Bell JM, Chitsaz M, Turnidge JD, Barton M, walters LJ and Jones RN published in J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007; 45 (5): 1478-1482

Reevaluation of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute disk diffusion breakpoints for tetracyclines for testing Enterobacteriaceae. by Sader HS, Ferraro MJ, Reller LB, Schreckenberger PC, Swenson JM and Jones RN published in J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007; 45 (5): 1640-1643

Impact of drug-exposure intensity and duration of therapy on the emergence Staphylococcus aureus resistance to a quinolone antimicrobial. by Tam VH, Louie A, Fritsche TR, Deziel M, Liu W, Brown DL, Deshpande L, Leary R, Jones RN and Drusano GL published in J. Infect. Dis. 2007; 195 (12): 1818-1827

Evaluation of the in vitro activity of daptomycin against 19,615 clinical isolates of Gram-positive cocci collected in North American hospitals (2002-2005). by Pfaller MA, Sader HS and Jones RN published in Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007; 57 (4): 459-465

Re-evaluation of the role of broad spectrum cephalosporins against staphylococci by applying contemporary in vitro results and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic principles. by Sader HS, Bhavnani SM, Ambrose PG, Jones RN and Pfaller MA published in J. Chemother. 2007; 19 (1): 38-43

Oral β-lactams applied to uncomplicated infections of skin and skin structures. by Jacobs MR, Jones RN and Giordano PA published in Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007; 57 (Suppl 3): 55S-65S

Activity of linezolid against 3,251 strains of uncommonly isolated Gram-positive organisms: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program. by Jones RN, Stilwell MG, Hogan PA and Sheehan DJ published in Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007; 51 (4): 1491-1493

Global emergence of trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole resistance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia mediated by acquisition of sul genes. by Toleman MA, Bennett PM, Bennett DMC, Jones RN and Walsh TR published in Emerg. Inf. Dis. 2007; 13 (4): 559-565

Activity of dalbavancin tested against Staphylococcus spp. and β-haemolytic Staphylococcus spp. isolated from 52 geographically diverse medical centers in the United States. by Biedenbach DJ, Ross JE, Fritsche TR, Sader HS and Jones RN published in J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007; 45 (3): 998-1004

Bactericidal activity of cefepime and ceftriaxone tested against Streptococcus pneumoniae. by Pottumarthy S, Sader HS and Jones RN published in Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007; 57 (3): 345-349

Comparative activities of cefepime and piperacillin/tazobactam tested against a global collection of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. with an ESBL phenotype. by Sader HS, Hsiung A, Fritsche TR and Jones RN published in Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007; 57 (3): 341-344

Tigecycline (GAR-936) activity against Streptococcus gallolyticus (bovis) and viridans group streptococci. by Moet GJ, Dowzicky MJ and Jones RN published in Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007; 57 (3): 333-336

Oxazolidinone susceptibility patterns for 2005: International report from the Zyvox®; Annual Appraisal of Potency and Spectrum Study. by Ross JE, Fritsche TR, Sader HS and Jones RN published in Int. J. Antimicrob. Agents 2007; 29 (3): 295-301

bla_VIM-2 and bla_VIM-7 carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates detected in a tertiary care medical center in the United States: Report from the MYSTIC Program. by Aboufaycal H, Sader HS, Deshpande LM, Toleman M, Bodey G, Raad I and Jones RN published in J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007; 45: 614-615

Cefdinir: An oral cephalosporin for the treatment of respiratory tract infections and skin and skin structure infections. by Sader HS and Jones RN published in Expert Rev. Anti. Infect. Ther. 2007; 5 (1): 29-43

Contemporary activity of meropenem and comparator broad-spectrum agents: MYSTIC Program report from the Unite States component (2005). by Rhomberg PR and Jones RN published in Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007; 57 (2): 207-215

Multicenter studies of tigecycline disk diffusions susceptibility results for Acinetobacter spp. by Jones RN, Ferraro MJ, Reller LB, Schreckenberger PC, Swenson JM and Sader HS published in J. Clin. Microbiol. 2007; 45 (1): 227-230

Contemporary causes of skin and soft tissue infections in North America, Latin America and Europe: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1998-2004). by Moet GJ, Jones RN, Biedenbach DJ, Stilwell MG and Fritsche TR published in Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007; 57 (1): 7-13

Comparisons of parenteral broad-spectrum cephalosporins tested against bacterial isolates from pediatric patients: Report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1998-2004). by Jones RN, Sader HS, Fritsche TR and Pottumarthy S published in Diagn. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 2007; 57 (1): 109-116