Kulikov S N, Shumkova Yu A
Laboratory of Immunology, Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Kazan, Russia,
Bull Exp Biol Med. 2014 Jun;157(2):243-5. doi: 10.1007/s10517-014-2535-8. Epub 2014 Jun 24.
The studied stimulation of lysostaphin-mediated lysis of staphylococcal cell walls under the effect of chitosan. The results suggested a mechanism of antibacterial activity of chitosan consisting in stimulation of bacterial cell wall degradation by its own autolysins in the presence of chitosan polymer.