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Temperature effect on cephalothin sensitivity of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 1981

H N Canawati, and F L Sapico, and J Z Montgomerie, and J Zucchero

Nineteen methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from clinical specimens were tested for cephalothin sensitivity by disk diffusion and tube-dilution methods using incubation temperatures of 35 C and 30 C. Resistant colonies were observed to grow within the zones of antibiotic inhibition for 17 of the 19 isolates at 30 C but not at 35 C incubation. Twenty control strains known to be methicillin-sensitive did not show these resistant colonies at 30 C. Five of the methicillin-resistant isolates were sensitive, one of intermediate sensitivity to cephalothin, and the rest were resistent by tube-dilution testing at 35 C. At 30 C, however, two isolates were of intermediate sensitivity, and the rest were resistant to cephalothin by tube-dilution testing. These observations strongly suggest that the 30 C incubation temperature is more reliable in detecting in-vitro resistance of methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus to cephalothin in agar as well as in liquid media.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008712 Methicillin One of the PENICILLINS which is resistant to PENICILLINASE but susceptible to a penicillin-binding protein. It is inactivated by gastric acid so administered by injection. Penicillin, Dimethoxyphenyl,Methicillin Hydrate, Monosodium Salt,Methicillin Monohydrate, Monosodium Salt,Methicillin Sodium,Meticillin,Metin,Staphcillin,Dimethoxyphenyl Penicillin
D008826 Microbial Sensitivity Tests Any tests that demonstrate the relative efficacy of different chemotherapeutic agents against specific microorganisms (i.e., bacteria, fungi, viruses). Bacterial Sensitivity Tests,Drug Sensitivity Assay, Microbial,Minimum Inhibitory Concentration,Antibacterial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination,Antibiogram,Antimicrobial Susceptibility Breakpoint Determination,Bacterial Sensitivity Test,Breakpoint Determination, Antibacterial Susceptibility,Breakpoint Determination, Antimicrobial Susceptibility,Fungal Drug Sensitivity Tests,Fungus Drug Sensitivity Tests,Sensitivity Test, Bacterial,Sensitivity Tests, Bacterial,Test, Bacterial Sensitivity,Tests, Bacterial Sensitivity,Viral Drug Sensitivity Tests,Virus Drug Sensitivity Tests,Antibiograms,Concentration, Minimum Inhibitory,Concentrations, Minimum Inhibitory,Inhibitory Concentration, Minimum,Inhibitory Concentrations, Minimum,Microbial Sensitivity Test,Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations,Sensitivity Test, Microbial,Sensitivity Tests, Microbial,Test, Microbial Sensitivity,Tests, Microbial Sensitivity
D010403 Penicillin Resistance Nonsusceptibility of an organism to the action of penicillins. Penicillin Resistances,Resistance, Penicillin,Resistances, Penicillin
D002512 Cephalothin A cephalosporin antibiotic. Cefalotin,Sodium Cephalothin,Cefalotina Normon,Cefalotina Sodica Spaly,Ceftina,Cephalothin Monosodium Salt,Keflin,Seffin,Cephalothin, Sodium,Monosodium Salt, Cephalothin,Salt, Cephalothin Monosodium
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013210 Staphylococcus A genus of gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, coccoid bacteria. Its organisms occur singly, in pairs, and in tetrads and characteristically divide in more than one plane to form irregular clusters. Natural populations of Staphylococcus are found on the skin and mucous membranes of warm-blooded animals. Some species are opportunistic pathogens of humans and animals.
D013696 Temperature The property of objects that determines the direction of heat flow when they are placed in direct thermal contact. The temperature is the energy of microscopic motions (vibrational and translational) of the particles of atoms. Temperatures

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