Killing of oxacillin-exposed staphylococci in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
AUTOR(ES)
Lorian, V
RESUMO
Twelve strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients and two collection strains were grown on membranes placed on agar containing subminimal inhibitory concentrations of oxacillin. Clusters of staphylococci held together by thick cross walls resulted. These organisms, as well as the same strains grown in the same way on drug-free medium (control), were eluted from the membranes and were incubated with human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) from various donors. Phagocytosis was comparable for both staphylococci exposed to oxacillin and control staphylococci, but the killing effect was different. The staphylococci grown on membranes in the presence of oxacillin were less susceptible to killing than the control staphylococci, but the killing effect was different. The staphylococci grown on membranes in the presence of oxacillin were less susceptible to killing than the control staphylococci. After 0.5 and 1 h of incubation with PMNs, the killing rates for oxacillin-grown versus control staphylococci were 52 and 70% and 65 and 85%, respectively (P < 0.01). After 2 and 3 h of incubation, the killing was similar. Most clusters of staphylococci contain a few individual cells that are located in the center of the cluster and are surrounded by other staphylococci; therefore, they are protected from adverse agents in the environment. This could explain why the phagocytized clusters are less susceptible than control staphylococci to the killing effect of PMNs during the first hour of incubation. Oxacillin does not penetrate into PMNs and in the absence of the drug the cross walls lyse, liberating the constituent staphylococci. This coincides with the increase in the percentage of cluster killing by PMNs after 2 and 3 h of incubation.
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