Effect of antibiotics on the adherence of enterobacteriaceae to human buccal cells.
Antibiotics at bacteriostatic concentrations (four times the minimal inhibitory concentration) decreased the attachment of Enterobacteriaceae to human buccal cells in vitro and augmented the reversibility of such adherence. These actions of antibiotics may influence colonization by nosocomial bacteria and the subsequent infection that they cause.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001665:Binding Sites; D002610:Cheek; D004754:Enterobacter / Q000187:drug effects; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007711:Klebsiella pneumoniae / Q000187:drug effects; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology*; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000187:drug effects
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents