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. 1988 Nov;32(11):1614–1618. doi: 10.1128/aac.32.11.1614

Bactericidal activity of oxacillin against beta-lactamase-hyperproducing Staphylococcus aureus.

G L Woods 1, P Yam 1
PMCID: PMC175938  PMID: 3266987

Abstract

The bactericidal activity of oxacillin against beta-lactamase-hyperproducing strains of Staphylococcus aureus for which the MIC by MicroScan was 1 or 2 micrograms/ml after incubation for 24 h was evaluated by MBC studies and kill kinetics methods. MBC and kill kinetics tests were both performed using Mueller-Hinton broth (MHB), with and without 2% NaCl supplementation, and incubation at 30 and 35 degrees C. When MBC testing was performed with salt-supplemented MHB, the oxacillin MBC/MIC ratio was greater than 8 for 17 and 16 of 17 S. aureus isolates at 30 and 35 degrees C, respectively. With unsupplemented MHB, the MBC/MIC ratio was greater than 8 for nine and six strains at 30 and 35 degrees C, respectively. Five representative strains were selected for kill kinetics studies under the four different test conditions. Oxacillin appeared more bactericidal by the kill kinetics method than by MBC testing. Moreover, salt supplementation did not affect the results of kill kinetics studies as dramatically as it did the MBC results. Thus, bactericidal testing results are markedly influenced by the technique employed, and further in vivo studies are necessary to fully evaluate the efficiency of oxacillin against beta-lactamase-hyperproducing strains of S. aureus.

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