Applications

Nafcillin sodium is a narrow-spectrum β-lactam antibiotic. It is used to treat infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria, in particular, species of Staphylococci that are resistant to other penicillins. Nafcillin is used to study penicillin binding proteins (PBPs). It has been used to study penicillin-binding proteins 2a and heterogeneous expression of methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus ¹. It is a potential therapy of meningitis due to Staphylococcus aureus.².