Effects of penicillin and erythromycin on adherence of invasive and noninvasive isolates of Streptococcus pyogenes to laminin

AUTOR(ES)

Šmitran, Aleksandra, Vuković, Dragana, Gajić, Ina, Marinković, Jelena, Ranin, Lazar

FONTE

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

04/08/2015

RESUMO

This study investigated the possible relationship between the invasiveness of group A Streptococcus (GAS) strains and their abilities to adhere to laminin and assessed the effects of subinhibitory concentrations of penicillin and erythromycin on the ability of GAS to adhere to laminin. The adherence of noninvasive and highly invasive isolates of GAS to laminin was significantly higher than the adherence displayed by isolates of low invasiveness. Antibiotic treatment caused significant reductions in adherence to laminin in all three groups of strains. Penicillin was more successful in reducing the adherence abilities of the tested GAS strains than erythromycin.

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