Role of the culture medium in porin expression and piperacillin-tazobactam susceptibility in Escherichia coli.
This study suggests that porin expression may be impacted by a susceptibility testing medium, which may modify the antibiotic diffusion into the bacteria thus affecting MIC results.
PMID: 26242994 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Pinet E, Franceschi C, Davin-Regli A, Zambardi G, Pagès JM Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research