Flow cytometry as a tool to determine the effects of cell wall-active antibiotics on vancomycin-susceptible and -resistant Enterococcus faecalis strains

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jan;55(1):395-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00970-10. Epub 2010 Oct 18.

Abstract

Flow cytometry and confocal microscopy were used to study the effects of vancomycin, daptomycin, telavancin, and PA1409, a new investigational vancomyquine, on the morphology, membrane potential, and permeability of glycopeptide-susceptible and -resistant Enterococcus faecalis strains. Daptomycin exerted the most pronounced effects on bacterial size and bacterial permeability against susceptible and resistant strains.

MeSH terms

  • Aminoglycosides / pharmacology*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Daptomycin / pharmacology*
  • Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Lipoglycopeptides
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Vancomycin / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Aminoglycosides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Lipoglycopeptides
  • Vancomycin
  • Daptomycin
  • telavancin