| Literature DB >> 24060866 |
Xavier Henry1, Oliver Verlaine, Ana Amoroso, Jacques Coyette, Jean-Marie Frère, Bernard Joris.
Abstract
The opportunistic human pathogen Enterococcus faecium overproduces the low-affinity PBP5. In clinical strains, mutations in PBP5 further reduce its acylation rate by β-lactams. Previous studies have reported that ceftaroline had poor inhibitory activity against β-lactam-resistant E. faecium strains. In this study, we show that ceftaroline exhibits killing activity against our laboratory-derived ampicillin-resistant E. faecium mutant that overproduces a wild-type PBP5 and that ceftaroline inactivates PBP5 much faster than benzylpenicillin and faster than ceftobiprole.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24060866 PMCID: PMC3837919 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00923-13
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191