Detection of soluble peptidoglycan in urine after penicillin administration.

Abstract:

:A unique enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed to detect soluble peptidoglycans in biological fluids. It makes use of the similar affinities of vancomycin and purified rabbit antibodies to peptidoglycan precursor sequences found in soluble peptidoglycans. This assay has been used to detect as little as 500 pg of soluble peptidoglycan per ml of serum and 5 pg/ml of urine. Studies of normal individuals and Staphylococcus aureus-infected patients revealed only a few sera with detectable levels of soluble peptidoglycans. Studies of normal volunteers who were given a single oral dose of 250 mg of penicillin VK showed that about half had detectable levels of soluble peptidoglycans in their urine up to 6 h after ingestion. This suggests that soluble peptidoglycans can be released by indigenous bacteria in detectable amounts. In one volunteer, a detectable level of soluble peptidoglycan in the urine at 6 h decreased to an undetectable level at 12 h. Such an ephemeral appearance of soluble peptidoglycan in the urine could account for the small number of human sera that had detectable levels of soluble peptidoglycan.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Park H,Zeiger AR,Schumacher HR

doi

10.1128/IAI.43.1.139-142.1984

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1984-01-01 00:00:00

pages

139-42

issue

1

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

43

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