Figures & data
Figure 1 The efficacy of cephalosporins determined by BacTiter-Glo Assay.
![Figure 1 The efficacy of cephalosporins determined by BacTiter-Glo Assay.](/cms/asset/b86c18fd-14e5-4e8d-9767-973956e1850b/dddt_a_12181749_f0001_c.jpg)
Table 1 MIC and MBC values (in µM) of the tested compounds on bacterial strains CA8, JLB31, and NP40
Table 2 Therapeutic effectiveness of tested compounds in Borrelia burgdorferi-infected C3H mice
Table 3 Predicted docking scores of cephalosporins with Borrelia burgdorferi SecA-PBP and OspE
Figure 2 Spatial arrangement of the in silico tested cephalosporins with secA translocase PBP of Borrelia burgdorferi: (A) cefamandole, (B) cefapirin, (C) cefoxitin, and (D) cefuroxime.
Abbreviation: PBP, penicillin-binding protein.
![Figure 2 Spatial arrangement of the in silico tested cephalosporins with secA translocase PBP of Borrelia burgdorferi: (A) cefamandole, (B) cefapirin, (C) cefoxitin, and (D) cefuroxime.](/cms/asset/11455420-dd36-4def-a6fd-1fe9f79294ce/dddt_a_12181749_f0002_c.jpg)
Table 4 Interaction of tested cephalosporins with Borrelia burgdorferi SecA-penicillin-binding protein (SecA-PBP)