Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Volume 56 No 8 August 2012

NovelAntibiotics Targeting Respiratory ATP Synthesis in Gram-Positive PathogenicBacteria

Wendy Balemans, Luc Vranckx, Nacer Lounis, Ovidiu Pop, Jérôme Guillemont, Karen Vergauwen, Selena Mol, Ron Gilissen, Magali Motte, David Lançois, Miguel De Bolle, Kristien Bonroy, Holger Lill, Koen Andries, Dirk Bald, and Anil Koul

Characterizationof RarA, a Novel AraC Family Multidrug Resistance Regulator in Klebsiellapneumoniae

Mark Veleba, Paul G. Higgins, Gerardo Gonzalez, Harald Seifert, and Thamarai Schneiders

InVitro Activities of LTX-109, a Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptide, againstMethicillin-Resistant, Vancomycin-Intermediate, Vancomycin-Resistant,Daptomycin-Nonsusceptible, and Linezolid-Nonsusceptible Staphylococcus aureus

Louis D. Saravolatz, Joan Pawlak, Leonard Johnson, Hector Bonilla, Louis D. Saravolatz II, Mohamad G. Fakih, Anders Fugelli, and Wenche Marie Olsen

AdjunctiveDaptomycin Attenuates Brain Damage and Hearing Loss More Efficiently thanRifampin in Infant Rat Pneumococcal Meningitis

Denis Grandgirard, Melchior Burri, Philipp Agyeman, and Stephen L. Leib

Impactof Antibiotic MIC on Infection Outcome in Patients with SusceptibleGram-Negative Bacteria: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Matthew E. Falagas, Giannoula S. Tansarli, Petros I. Rafailidis, Anastasios Kapaskelis, and Konstantinos Z. Vardakas

AModel for Evaluating Topical Antimicrobial Efficacy againstMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms in Superficial MurineWounds

Eric D. Roche, Paul J. Renick, Shannon P. Tetens, and Dennis L. Carson