Compared with the other class B multimodular penicillin- binding proteins (PBPs), the low-affinity PBP5 responsible for penicillin resistance in Enterococcus hirae R40, has an extended non-penicillin-binding module because of the presence of an approximately 110-amino-acid E-46(-)D-160 insert downstream from the membrane anchor. Expression of pbp5 genes lacking various parts of the insert-encod...

arsenic is one of the most dangerous heavy metals in the environment that is harmful for organisms such as human beings. due to this treat economic approach for elimination of arsenic from water and wastewater is necessary. in this research arsenic-resistant bacteria from water and sediments of lake maharloo were isolated and identified then their antibiotic resistance was evaluated. sampling w...

BACKGROUND In selected inpatient settings, penicillin skin testing has been shown to affect antibiotic use. Routine penicillin skin testing has not been studied in hospitalized patients with a history of penicillin allergy. OBJECTIVES To determine whether routine penicillin skin testing at a large regional hospital affected antibiotic use and/or antibiotic side effects in hospitalized persons...

Various auxotrophs are recovered from a penicillin enrichment cycle with differing efficiencies. Reconstruction experiments indicate that, under starvation conditions in the presence of penicillin, most auxotrophs undergo some death, whereas prolineless mutants are virtually immune to penicillin-induced killing.

The morphological effects of penicillin on gram-negative nonsporeforming rods, especially E8cherichia coli, have been studied by several authors. Gardner (1940) reported that grotesque forms of E. coli resulted from autolytic swelling when this organism was treated with penicillin and that elongated, swollen cells resulted from incomplete fission. Weiss (1943) showed by electron micrographs tha...

Steadily increasing interest in penicillin as a chemotherapeutic agent has led to a parallel increase in the demand for penicillin for clinical application and chemical studies. Penicillin is produced in minute quantities by Penicillium notatum so that filtrates from the mold represent exceedingly dilute solutions of penicillin from which the active agent is extracted. The magnitude of the prob...

Penicillin allergy remains the most common drug allergy, with a reported prevalence of 10% in the United States. Epidemiology of penicillin allergy in outpatient populations is relatively scarce. This study sought to determine the prevalence and characteristics of reported penicillin allergy in an urban outpatient population and to identify trends in clinical evaluation and management from a te...

In this paper we demonstrate the advantages of a new molecular typing procedure, multilocus sequence typing, for the unambiguous characterization of penicillin-resistant pneumococci. The sequences of approximately 450-bp fragments of seven housekeeping genes were determined for 74 penicillin-resistant Taiwanese isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae (MIC of penicillin > 0.5 microgram/ml). The com...

Compared with most penicillin-susceptible isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae, penicillin-resistant clinical isolate Hun 663 contains mosaic penicillin-binding protein (PBP) genes encoding PBPs with reduced penicillin affinities, anomalous molecular sizes, and also cell walls of unusual chemical composition. Chromosomal DNA prepared from Hun 663 was used to transform susceptible recipient cell...

The combination of beta-lactam antibiotics and macrolides is often recommended for the initial empirical treatment of acute pneumonia in order to obtain activity against the most important pathogens. Theoretically, this combination may be inexpedient, as the bacteriostatic agent may antagonize the effect of the bactericidal agent. In this study, the possible interaction between penicillin and e...