Article
Resistance to cefotaxime and peptidoglycan composition in Enterococcus faecalis are influenced by exogenous sodium chloride.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Oct 1998
Mainardi Jean-Luc, Billot-Klein Daniele, Coutrot Anne, Legrand Raymond, Schoot Bernard, Gutmann Laurent
Abstract excerpt
The influence of NaCl on the susceptibility of Enterococcus faecalis to cefotaxime was tested with JH2-2, a laboratory strain, and 20 clinical strains grown on tryptic soy agar supplemented with 5% horse blood. Growth with 3% NaCl in the medium resulted in an increase in cefotaxime resistance and...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Carrier Proteins
- Cefotaxime
- Cephalosporin Resistance
- Cephalosporins
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Dimerization
- Disaccharides
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Hexosyltransferases
- Humans
- Mass Spectrometry
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Models, Biological