Isolation of L-Forms Reverting to Staphylococcus Aureus from Pus of Patients with Staphylococcal Infections: A Study on 31 Cases of Staphylococcal Infections Treated with Antibiotics

John-Erik Brorson Institute of Medical Microbiology, the Department of Clinical Bacteriology, and the Hospital for Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Sören Larsson Institute of Medical Microbiology, the Department of Clinical Bacteriology, and the Hospital for Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Staffan Seeberg Institute of Medical Microbiology, the Department of Clinical Bacteriology, and the Hospital for Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

Abstract

The results of regularly performed cultures with the aim of isolating L-forms from pus from 31 patients treated with antibiotics for staphylococcal infections are presented. In 3 cases growth of L-forms of Staphylococcus aureus was obtained on penicillin-free media. These patients had not been treated with cell wall affecting antibiotics for 2 weeks or more prior to the isolation of Informs.

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