In vitro activity against Staphylococcus aureus of a novel antimicrobial agent, PRF-119, a recombinant chimeric bacteriophage endolysin

  • Evgeny A. Idelevich
  • , Christof Von Eiff
  • , Alexander W. Friedrich
  • , Domenico Iannelli
  • , Guoqing Xia
  • , Georg Peters
  • , Andreas Peschel
  • , Ingrid Wanninger
  • , Karsten Becker

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    Abstract

    Antistaphylococcal activity of the novel chimeric endolysin PRF-119 was evaluated with the microdilution method. The MIC50 and MIC90 of 398 methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus isolates were 0.098 μg/ml and 0.391 μg/ml, respectively (range, 0.024 to 0.780 μg/ml). Both the MIC50 and MIC90 values of 776 methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates were 0.391 μg/ml (range, 0.024 to 1.563 μg/ml). All 192 clinical isolates of coagulase-negative staphylococci exhibited MIC values of >50 μg/ml. In conclusion, PRF-119 exhibited very good activity specifically against S. aureus. Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)4416-4419
    Number of pages3
    JournalAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
    Volume55
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2011

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