SIMPLE METHOD FOR MEASURING THE ANTIBIOTIC CONCENTRATION REQUIRED TO KILL ADHERENT BACTERIA
SIMPLE METHOD FOR MEASURING THE ANTIBIOTIC CONCENTRATION REQUIRED TO KILL ADHERENT BACTERIA
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DOI:
10.1159/000239015
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发表时间:
1992-09-01
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
SUGINAKA, H
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作者:
MIYAKE, Y;FUJIWARA, S;SUGINAKA, H
A simple method was developed for measuring the antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria adherent to plastic surfaces. Staphylococcus aureus cells adhered to the bottom of a 96-well plastic tissue culture plate were incubated in serially diluted antibiotic solutions. After a 24-hour-incubation the solutions were removed, and fresh medium without antibiotics was added to each well. The viability of the cells was judged by their growth after a further 24-hour-incubation. The antibiotic concentration required to kill adherent bacteria was far higher than that required for planktonic cells, although we used bactericidal drugs; beta-lactam, quinolone, and aminoglycoside antibiotics. The tolerance demonstrated by adherent cells is likely to play a role in the difficulties encountered in the chemotherapy of biofilm infections.