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  • Title: A model system to demonstrate that beta-lactamase-associated antibiotic trapping could be a potential means of resistance.
    Author: Gutmann L, Williamson R.
    Journal: J Infect Dis; 1983 Aug; 148(2):316-21. PubMed ID: 6310004.
    Abstract:
    Addition of beta-lactamase to cultures of antibiotic-sensitive Escherichia coli protected the bacteria against lysis induced by either a hydrolyzable (cephalothin) or relatively nonhydrolyzable (ceftriaxone) cephalosporin. The later addition of a nonhydrolyzable, non-lysis-inducing beta-lactam antibiotic (oxacillin), which had a higher affinity for the beta-lactamase than ceftriaxone, allowed the reversal of the protection and the onset of lysis. These results suggest that trapping of the antibiotic by the enzyme, without significant hydrolysis, is a reversible process that may play a role in the resistance of some gram-negative bacteria to third-generation cephalosporins.
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