Co-investigators
Adrienne Murphy
Faculty Mentor
Debra Jackson
Location
Memorial Gym
Start Date
20-4-2012 2:30 PM
End Date
20-4-2012 3:30 PM
Description
The distribution and occurrence of multi-drug resistant bacteria is an increasing public health problem. The emergence of resistant bacteria makes the task of synthesizing new antibiotics imperative to combating these bacteria. In this study, new beta-lactam antibiotics are tested for broad spectrum activity using clinical E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus strains. The clinical isolates were grown on Mueller Hinton (MH) agar. The novel beta-lactam antibiotics were placed on sterile disc and placed on the MH plates, incubated overnight, and each zone of inhibition was measured. Our results show several novel antibiotics are effective against the clinical isolates.
The Evaluation of Novel Beta-lactam Antibiotics on Clinical Bacterial Isolates
Memorial Gym
The distribution and occurrence of multi-drug resistant bacteria is an increasing public health problem. The emergence of resistant bacteria makes the task of synthesizing new antibiotics imperative to combating these bacteria. In this study, new beta-lactam antibiotics are tested for broad spectrum activity using clinical E. coli and Staphylococcus aureus strains. The clinical isolates were grown on Mueller Hinton (MH) agar. The novel beta-lactam antibiotics were placed on sterile disc and placed on the MH plates, incubated overnight, and each zone of inhibition was measured. Our results show several novel antibiotics are effective against the clinical isolates.
Comments
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