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Table 4 MIC of different antibiotics after the association of the extract of Piper nigrum at MIC/2, MIC/5 against eleven MDR bacteria strains

From: In Vitro antibacterial and antibiotic-potentiation activities of four edible plants against multidrug-resistant gram-negative species

 

Bacterial strains, MIC (μg/mL ) of antibiotics in the absence and presence of the extract

Antibiotics

Extract concentration

PA124

AG100

AG102

AG100Atet

CM64

EA3

EA27

EA289

BM67

KP55

NEA16

PBSS (%)

TET

0

8

16

256

64

8

16

64

16

8

> 256

4

 

MIC/2

4(2)S

16(1)I

≤ 2(≥ 128)S

16(4)S

≤ 2(> 4)S

4(4)S

16(4)S

16(1)I

8(1)I

> 256

≤2(> 2)S

63.63

MIC/5

4(2)S

16(1)I

≤ 2(≥ 128)S

16(4)S

≤ 2(> 4)S

4(4)S

8(8)S

16(1)I

8(1)I

> 256

≤ 2(> 2)S

63.63

DOX

0

16

8

32

32

32

32

32

32

8

32

64

na

MIC/2

8(2)S

≤ 2(> 4)S

≤ 2(> 16)S

≤ 2(> 16)S

≤ 2(> 16)S

4(8)S

8(4)S

32(1)I

≤ 2(> 4)S

32(1)I

4(16)S

81.81

MIC/5

8(2)S

≤ 2(> 4)S

≤ 2(> 16)S

≤ 2(> 16)S

4(8)S

≤ 2(> 16)S

8(4)S

16(1)I

≤ 2(> 4)S

32(1)I

≤ 2(> 32)S

81.81

CIP

0

32

4

128

64

64

128

≤ 2

8

128

64

128

na

MIC/2

32(1)I

≤ 2(>  2)S

16(8)S

4(16)S

8(8)S

64(2)S

≤ 2

4(2)S

64(2)S

≤ 2(> 32)S

64(2)S

90

MIC/5

32(1)I

≤ 2(> 2)S

64(2)S

16(4)S

4(16)S

64(2)S

≤ 2

4(2)S

128(1)I

≤ 2(> 32)S

128(1)I

70

NFX

0

128

128

64

128

≤ 2

128

32

64

128

128

256

na

MIC/2

64(2)S

4(32)S

≤2(> 32)S

16(8)S

≤ 2

32(4)S

8(4)S

16(4)S

128(1)I

16(8)S

128(2)S

90

MIC/5

128(1)I

≤ 2(> 64)S

64(1)I

16(8)S

≤ 2

32(4)S

16(2)S

16(4)S

128(1)I

16(8)S

128(2)S

80

STR

0

256

≤ 2

256

64

8

32

16

64

≤ 2

4

64

na

MIC/2

256(1)I

≤ 2

64(4)S

≤ 2(> 32)S

≤ 2(> 4)S

≤ 2(> 16)S

32(0.5)I

4(16)S

≤ 2

≤ 2(> 2)S

≤ 2(> 32)S

77.78

MIC/5

256(1)I

≤ 2

64(4)S

≤ 2(> 32)S

≤ 2(> 4)S

4(8)S

16(1)I

4(16)S

≤ 2

≤ 2(> 2)S

≤ 2(> 32)S

77.78

KAN

0

ND

8

128

32

≤2

16

16

32

≤ 2

8

≤ 2

na

MIC/2

ND

≤ 2(> 4)S

≤ 2(> 64)S

16(2)S

≤2

≤ 2(> 8)S

4(4)S

4(8)S

≤ 2

16(0.5)

≤ 2

75

MIC/5

ND

≤ 2(> 4)S

≤ 2(> 64)S

4(8)S

≤2

≤ 2(> 8)S

4(4)S

4(8)S

≤ 2

8(1)I

≤ 2

75

CHL

0

32

64

> 256

64

256

32

> 256

> 256

64

16

128

na

MIC/2

16(2)S

4(16)S

16(> 16)S

64(1)I

32(8)S

4(8)S

32(> 8)S

> 256

32(2)S

8(2)S

8(16)S

81.81

MIC/5

32(1)I

16(4)S

16(> 16)S

64(1)I

128(2)S

4(8)S

64(> 4)S

> 256

32(2)S

16

128(1)I

54.54

ERY

0

128

32

256

128

> 256

256

64

256

256

256

256

na

MIC/2

128(1) I

8(4)S

64(4)S

256(0.5)I

32(> 8)S

64(4)S

32(2)S

256(1)I

64(4)S

16(16)S

64(4)S

72.72

MIC/5

128(1)I

16(2)S

32(4)S

128(1)I

8(> 32)S

256(1)I

8(8)S

256(1)I

128(2)S

16(16)S

64(4)S

63.63

AMP

0

128

128

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

>256

> 256

> 256

> 256

na

MIC/2

128(1)I

128(1)I

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

na

MIC/5

128(1)I

128(1)I

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

na

FEP

0

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

na

MIC/2

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

na

MIC/5

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

>256

> 256

> 256

> 256

na

CLX

0

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

na

MIC/2

> 256

16(> 16)S

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

1.1

MIC/5

> 256

32(> 8)S

> 256

> 256

64(> 4)S

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

> 256

18.2

  1. aAntibotics [TET : tetracycline, DOX: doxycyclin, CIP : ciprofloxacin, NOR : norfloxacin, STR : streptomycin, KAN : kanamycin, CHL: chloramphenicol, ERY : erythromycin, AMP : ampicillin, FEP: cefepime, CLX : cloxacillin]. bBacterial strains: Escherichia coli [AG100, AG100A, AG100Atet], Pseudomonas aeruginosa [PA124], Enterobacter aerogenes [CM64, EA3, EA27, EA289], Enterobacter cloacae [BM67], Klebsiella pneumoniae [KP55], Providencia stuartii [NAE16]. cPBSS: percentage of bacteria strain on which synergism has been observed; (): fold increase in MIC values of the antibiotics after association with plants extract; S: Synergy, I: Indifference; na: not applicable.