Skip to main content
PMC home page
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy logoLink to Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
. 1976 Sep;10(3):564–566. doi: 10.1128/aac.10.3.564

New Method for Detecting In Vitro Inactivation of Penicillins by Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus

Wie-Shing Lee 1, Louis Komarmy 1
PMCID: PMC429788  PMID: 1086635

Abstract

A new technique for detecting penicillinase production in Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus was compared with the capillary procedure for detecting beta-lactamase and the Bauer-Kirby disk susceptibility procedure. Isolates were classified similarly by all three procedures.

Full text

PDF
564

Images in this article

565Image
on p.565

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Adams A. P., Barry A. L., Benner E. J. A simple, rapid test to differentiate penicillin-susceptible from penicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Infect Dis. 1970 Dec;122(6):544–546. doi: 10.1093/infdis/122.6.544. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Bauer A. W., Kirby W. M., Sherris J. C., Turck M. Antibiotic susceptibility testing by a standardized single disk method. Am J Clin Pathol. 1966 Apr;45(4):493–496. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Kammer R. B., Preston D. A., Turner J. R., Hawley L. C. Rapid detection of ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae and their susceptibility to sixteen antibiotics. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1975 Jul;8(1):91–94. doi: 10.1128/aac.8.1.91. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Khan W., Ross S., Rodriguez W., Controni G., Saz A. K. Haemophilus influenzae type B resistant to ampicillin. A report of two cases. JAMA. 1974 Jul 15;229(3):298–301. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. O'Callaghan C. H., Morris A., Kirby S. M., Shingler A. H. Novel method for detection of beta-lactamases by using a chromogenic cephalosporin substrate. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1972 Apr;1(4):283–288. doi: 10.1128/aac.1.4.283. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. PERCIVAL A., BRUMFITT W., DE LOUVOIS J. THE ROLE OF PENICILLINASE IN DETERMINING NATURAL AND ACQUIRED RESISTANCE OF GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA TO PENICILLINS. J Gen Microbiol. 1963 Jul;32:77–89. doi: 10.1099/00221287-32-1-77. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. PERRET C. J. Iodometric assay of penicillinase. Nature. 1954 Nov 27;174(4439):1012–1013. doi: 10.1038/1741012a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Pinkus G., Veo G., Braude A. I. Bacteroides penicillinase. J Bacteriol. 1968 Oct;96(4):1437–1438. doi: 10.1128/jb.96.4.1437-1438.1968. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Richmond M. H., Sykes R. B. The beta-lactamases of gram-negative bacteria and their possible physiological role. Adv Microb Physiol. 1973;9:31–88. doi: 10.1016/s0065-2911(08)60376-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Rosen I. G., Jacobson J., Rudderman R. Rapid capillary tube method for detecting penicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Appl Microbiol. 1972 Mar;23(3):649–650. doi: 10.1128/am.23.3.649-650.1972. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Thomas W. J., McReynolds J. W., Mock C. R., Bailey D. W. Letter: Ampicillin-resistant Haemophilus influenzae meningitis. Lancet. 1974 Feb 23;1(7852):313–313. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(74)92617-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Thornsberry C., Kirven L. A. Ampicillin resistance in Haemophilus influenzae as determined by a rapid test for beta-lactamase production. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1974 Nov;6(5):653–654. doi: 10.1128/aac.6.5.653. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Thornsberry C., Kirven L. A. Antimicrobial susceptibility of Haemophilus influenzae. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1974 Nov;6(5):620–624. doi: 10.1128/aac.6.5.620. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy are provided here courtesy of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESOURCES