Abstract
Recent surveys in Vancouver showed most healthy children were colonized with beta-lactamase-producing Haemophilus parainfluenzae. Such organisms might alter the effects of penicillins on throat bacteria by local inactivation. To test this hypothesis in vitro, three isolates of beta-lactamase-producing Haemophilus parainfluenzae were each mixed on a membrane with ampicillin-sensitive strains of Haemophilus influenzae type b or group A Streptococcus pyogenes and exposed to ampicillin. When tested alone, susceptible strains were rapidly killed but when tested together with a beta-lactamase producer, they were protected, indicating efficient ampicillin degradation by Haemophilus parainfluenzae strains. If similar interactions occur in vivo, the effects of beta-lactams on throat bacteria could be significantly altered in the presence of beta-lactamase-producing Haemophilus parainfluenzae.
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