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Awassa J, Cornu D, Ruby C, El-Kirat-Chatel S. Direct contact, dissolution and generation of reactive oxygen species: How to optimize the antibacterial effects of layered double hydroxides. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2022; 217:112623. [PMID: 35714507 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Infections by pathogenic bacteria have been threatening several fields as food industries, agriculture, textile industries and healthcare products. Layered double hydroxides materials (LDHs), also called anionic clays, could be utilized as efficient antibacterial materials due to their several interesting properties such as ease of synthesis, tunable chemical composition, biocompatibility and anion exchange capacity. Pristine LDHs as well as LDH-composites including antibacterial molecules and nanoparticles loaded-LDHs were proven to serve as efficient antibacterial agents against various Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. The achieved antibacterial effect was explained by the following mechanisms: (1) Direct contact between the materials and bacterial cells driven by electrostatic interactions between positively charged layers and negatively charged cell membranes, (2) Dissolution and gradual release over time of metallic ions or antibacterial molecules, (3) Generation of reactive oxygen species.
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- Jazia Awassa
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LCPME, Nancy F-54000, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LCPME, Nancy F-54000, France.
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LCPME, Nancy F-54000, France
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Mateyise NGS, Ghosh S, Gryzenhout M, Chiyindiko E, Conradie MM, Langner EH, Conradie J. Synthesis, characterization, DFT and biological activity of oligothiophene β-diketone and Cu-complexes. Polyhedron 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2021.115290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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New Functionalized Macroparticles for Environmentally Sustainable Biofilm Control in Water Systems. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10040399. [PMID: 33917084 PMCID: PMC8067768 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10040399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Reverse osmosis (RO) depends on biocidal agents to control the operating costs associated to biofouling, although this implies the discharge of undesired chemicals into the aquatic environment. Therefore, a system providing pre-treated water free of biocides arises as an interesting solution to minimize the discharge of chemicals while enhancing RO filtration performance by inactivating bacteria that could form biofilms on the membrane system. This work proposes a pretreatment approach based on the immobilization of an industrially used antimicrobial agent (benzalkonium chloride—BAC) into millimetric aluminum oxide particles with prior surface activation with DA—dopamine. The antimicrobial efficacy of the functionalized particles was assessed against Escherichia coli planktonic cells through culturability and cell membrane integrity analysis. The results showed total inactivation of bacterial cells within five min for the highest particle concentration and 100% of cell membrane damage after 15 min for all concentrations. When reusing the same particles, a higher contact time was needed to reach the total inactivation, possibly due to partial blocking of immobilized biocide by dead bacteria adhering to the particles and to the residual leaching of biocide. The overall results support the use of Al2O3-DA-BAC particles as antimicrobial agents for sustainable biocidal applications in continuous water treatment systems.
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Høiby N, Henneberg KÅ, Wang H, Stavnsbjerg C, Bjarnsholt T, Ciofu O, Johansen UR, Sams T. Formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa inhibition zone during tobramycin disk diffusion is due to transition from planktonic to biofilm mode of growth. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2019; 53:564-573. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2018.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Dafale NA, Semwal UP, Rajput RK, Singh G. Selection of appropriate analytical tools to determine the potency and bioactivity of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance. J Pharm Anal 2016; 6:207-213. [PMID: 29403984 PMCID: PMC5762606 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2016.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2015] [Revised: 02/29/2016] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Antibiotics are the chemotherapeutic agents that kill or inhibit the pathogenic microorganisms. Resistance of microorganism to antibiotics is a growing problem around the world due to indiscriminate and irrational use of antibiotics. In order to overcome the resistance problem and to safely use antibiotics, the correct measurement of potency and bioactivity of antibiotics is essential. Microbiological assay and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method are used to quantify the potency of antibiotics. HPLC method is commonly used for the quantification of potency of antibiotics, but unable to determine the bioactivity; whereas microbiological assay estimates both potency and bioactivity of antibiotics. Additionally, bioassay is used to estimate the effective dose against antibiotic resistant microbes. Simultaneously, microbiological assay addresses the several parameters such as minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC), minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC), mutation prevention concentration (MPC) and critical concentration (Ccr) which are used to describe the potency in a more informative way. Microbiological assay is a simple, sensitive, precise and cost effective method which gives reproducible results similar to HPLC. However, the HPLC cannot be a complete substitute for microbiological assay and both methods have their own significance to obtain more realistic and precise results.
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- Nishant A. Dafale
- Correspondence to: CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, India.CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI)NagpurIndia
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Antimicrobial surfaces for food and medical applications have historically involved antimicrobial coatings that elute biocides for effective kill in solution or at surfaces. However, recent efforts have focused on immobilized antimicrobial agents in order to avoid toxicity and the compatibility and reservoir limitations common to elutable agents. This review critically examines the assorted antimicrobial agents reported to have been immobilized, with an emphasis on the interpretation of antimicrobial testing as it pertains to discriminating between eluting and immobilized agents. Immobilization techniques and modes of antimicrobial action are also discussed.
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Liu Y, Li J, Du J, Hu M, Bai H, Qi J, Gao C, Wei T, Su H, Jin J, Gao P. Accurate assessment of antibiotic susceptibility and screening resistant strains of a bacterial population by linear gradient plate. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2011; 54:953-60. [PMID: 22038008 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-011-4230-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2010] [Accepted: 08/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The dynamics of a bacterial population exposed to the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of an antibiotic is an important issue in pharmacological research. Therefore, a novel antibiotic susceptibility test is urgently needed that can both precisely determine the MIC and accurately select antibiotic-resistant strains from clinical bacterial populations. For this purpose, we developed a method based on Fick's laws of diffusion using agar plates containing a linear gradient of antibiotic. The gradient plate contained two layers. The bottom layer consisted of 15 mL agar containing the appropriate concentration of enrofloxacin and allowed to harden in the form of a wedge with the plate slanted such that the entire bottom was just covered. The upper layer consisted of 15 mL plain nutrient agar added with the plate held in the horizontal position. After allowing vertical diffusion of the drug from the bottom agar layer for 12 h, the enrofloxacin concentration was diluted in proportion to the ratio of the agar layer thicknesses. The uniform linear concentration gradient was verified by measuring the enrofloxacin concentration on the agar surface. When heavy bacterial suspensions were spread on the agar surface and incubated for more than 12 h, only resistant cells were able to form colonies beyond the boundary of confluent growth of susceptible cells. In this way, the true MIC of enrofloxacin was determined. The MICs obtained using this linear gradient plate were consistent with those obtained using conventional antibiotic susceptibility tests. Discrete colonies were then spread onto a gradient plate with higher antibiotic concentrations; the boundary line increased significantly, and gene mutations conferring resistance were identified. This new method enables the rapid identification of resistant strains in the bacterial population. Use of the linear gradient plate can easily identify the precise MIC and reveal the dynamic differentiation of bacteria near the MIC. This method allows the study of genetic and physiological characteristics of individual strains, and may be useful for early warning of antibiotic resistance that may occur after use of certain antimicrobial agents, and guide clinical treatment.
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- Yuqing Liu
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Diseases Control and Breeding, Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Science, Jinan 250100, China
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Kronvall G, Karlsson I. Fluconazole and voriconazole multidisk testing of Candida species for disk test calibration and MIC estimation. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:1422-8. [PMID: 11283066 PMCID: PMC87949 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.39.4.1422-1428.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Fluconazole and voriconazole MICs were determined for 114 clinical Candida isolates, including isolates of Candida albicans, Candida glabrata, Candida krusei, Candida lusitaniae, Candida parapsilosis, and Candida tropicalis. All strains were susceptible to voriconazole, and most strains were also susceptible to fluconazole, with the exception of C. glabrata and C. krusei, the latter being fully fluconazole resistant. Single-strain regression analysis (SRA) was applied to 54 strains, including American Type Culture Collection reference strains. The regression lines obtained were markedly different for the different Candida species. Using an MIC limit of susceptibility to fluconazole of < or =8 microg/ml, according to NCCLS standards, the zone breakpoint for susceptibility for the 25-microg fluconazole disk was calculated to be > or =18 mm for C. albicans and > or =22 mm for C. glabrata and C. krusei. SRA results for voriconazole were used to estimate an optimal disk content according to rational criteria. A 5-microg disk content of voriconazole gave measurable zones for a tentative resistance limit of 4 microg/ml, whereas a 2.5-microg disk gave zones at the same MIC level for only three of the species. A novel SRA modification, multidisk testing, was also applied to the two major species, C. albicans and C. glabrata, and the MIC estimates were compared with the true MICs for the isolates. There was a significant correlation between the two measurements. Our results show that disk diffusion methods might be useful for azole testing of Candida isolates. The method can be calibrated using SRA. Multidisk testing gives direct estimations of the MICs for the isolates.
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- G Kronvall
- Department of Microbiology and Tumor Biology--MTC, Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm SE-17176, Sweden.
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Kronvall G. MIC determination of fusidic acid and of ciprofloxacin using multidisk diffusion tests. Clin Microbiol Infect 2000; 6:483-9. [PMID: 11168182 DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2000.00135.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the possibility of estimating the MICs of fusidic acid and ciprofloxacin for bacterial isolates using series of antibiotic disk concentrations in diffusion tests, so-called M-tests. METHODS Thirty Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis strains were tested for fusidic acid susceptibility. Sixty-one clinical isolates of eight bacterial species were tested for ciprofloxacin susceptibility. Disk diffusion was standardized according to the Swedish reference group for antibiotics (SRGA). For fusidic acid, a series of disks (1.5, 5.0, 15, 50 and 150 microg) was used. Ciprofloxacin was applied in four different diffusion sources (1, 3, 10 and 30 microg) on a single strip, the M-strip, and used. True MIC values were determined using the standardized agar dilution method according to the SRGA. Single-strain regression analysis (SRA) was employed to calculate critical concentration equivalents (Qzero). RESULTS Fusidic acid and ciprofloxacin critical concentrations were determined for the bacterial isolates. The mean conversion factors for Qzero to yield the true MIC were 2.06 (range 0.34-8.9) for fusidic acid and 2.05 (range 0.37-8.1) for ciprofloxacin. There was a correlation between true MIC values (all MICs expressed as 2 log + 9) and the calculated MIC values (Qzero x conversion factor) for both fusidic acid (R = 0.9822) and ciprofloxacin (R = 0.9696). CONCLUSIONS MIC values of clinical isolates can be estimated using SRA calculations on zone measurements in disk tests with several concentrations of the antibiotic in diffusion sources.
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- G Kronvall
- Clinical Microbiology-MTC, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Hospitals, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Pellerin JL, Bourdeau P, Sebbag H, Person JM. Epidemiosurveillance of antimicrobial compound resistance of Staphylococcus intermedium clinical isolates from canine pyodermas. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis 1998; 21:115-33. [PMID: 9611682 DOI: 10.1016/s0147-9571(97)00026-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In a retrospective study, 131 Staphylococcus intermedius strains isolated from apparently healthy dogs, and 187 Staphylococcus intermedius strains isolated from dog pyodermas in the clinical microbiology laboratory at the National Veterinary School in Nantes, during three successive periods: 1986-87, 1992-93 and 1995-96, were investigated and compared for their antimicrobial susceptibility. Results indicated that 60% to 65% of the strains were susceptible to Chloramphenicol and Doxycyclin, 65% to 80% of the strains were susceptible to macrolides (Erythromycin, Lincomycin and Clindamycin) and to Trimethoprim/Sulfonamide association. More than 95% of the strains were susceptible to three betalactamins tested: Oxacillin, Amoxycillin/Clavulanic acid, Cephalexin, to Gentamicin, to Fucidic Acid and to two quinolones: Enrofloxacin and Marbofloxacin. This last group is made up of choice antibacterials for the treatment of dog pyoderma. Many different resistance patterns were observed in each period with no really predominant profile, because of low plasmidic vs chromosomal balance of the genetic basis of antibacterial resistance in Staphylococcus intermedius. However, the proportion of multiresistant (> or = 3 drugs) strains increased from 10.8% in the first period, to 28% in the third period. This increased frequency of resistance suggests strongly that, as in Staphylococcus aureus human infections, the prescription of antibiotic compounds increases the prevalence of resistant strains.
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- J L Pellerin
- Unité de Microbiologie-Immunologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes, E.N.V.N.-D.P.G.I.P., France
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Guérin-Faublée V, Delignette-Muller ML, Vigneulle M, Flandrois JP. Application of a modified disc diffusion technique to antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Vibrio anguillarum and Aeromonas salmonicida clinical isolates. Vet Microbiol 1996; 51:137-49. [PMID: 8828130 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(96)00034-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Two techniques for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Vibrio anguillarum and Aeromonas salmonicida strains were compared. The first method was the reference test that determines Minimal Inhibitory Concentrations (MIC); the second was a modified diffusion test that measures the Inhibitory Concentrations in Diffusion (ICD) by carrying out the diffusion test with five discs of differing contents. ICD measurement was not applicable for the susceptibility testing of oxytetracycline and sulfadimethoxine. On the other hand, a good correlation between the MICs and the ICDs was observed for oxolinic acid, sarafloxacin, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim. Moreover, the ICD values were close to those obtained for the MIC values. A. salmonicida resistant strains were detected by ICD determination. Thus, ICD could be used instead of MIC for oxolinic acid, sarafloxacin, trimethoprim and chloramphenicol susceptibility testings. The ICD technique is easy to carry out and is not dependent on the growth characteristics of bacteria.
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- V Guérin-Faublée
- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Marcy l'étoile France
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Sirot J, Courvalin P, Soussy CJ. Definition and determination of in vitro antibiotic susceptibility breakpoints for bacteria. Clin Microbiol Infect 1996; 2 Suppl 1:S5-S10. [PMID: 11866857 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00870.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Jacques Sirot
- Faculté de Médecine, Service de Bactériologie-Virologie, 28 Place Henri Dunant, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Soussy CJ, Cluzel R, Courvalin P. Definition and determination of in vitro antibiotic susceptibility breakpoints for bacteria in France. The Comité de l'Antibiogramme de la Société Française de Microbiologie. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1994; 13:238-46. [PMID: 8050437 DOI: 10.1007/bf01974543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- C J Soussy
- CHU Henri Mondor, Service de Bactériologie, Créteil, France
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Lewus CB, Montville TJ. Further characterization of bacteriocins Plantaricin BN, bavaricin MN and pediocin A. FOOD BIOTECHNOL 1992. [DOI: 10.1080/08905439209549829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Nichols WW, Dorrington SM, Slack MP, Walmsley HL. Inhibition of tobramycin diffusion by binding to alginate. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1988; 32:518-23. [PMID: 3132093 PMCID: PMC172213 DOI: 10.1128/aac.32.4.518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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[3H]tobramycin bound to sodium alginate and to exopolysaccharide prepared from two mucoid strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Binding to sodium alginate was similar to binding to exopolysaccharide, both in the dependence on tobramycin concentration and in the maximum binding observed at saturation. Incorporation of sodium alginate into agar plates reduced the zone sizes of growth inhibition caused by tobramycin. The reductions in zone sizes were quantitatively accounted for by the binding of tobramycin to sodium alginate during diffusion of the antibiotic away from the well in which it had been placed at the start of the experiment. However, the binding of tobramycin to the exopolysaccharide of P. aeruginosa, and the resulting inhibition of diffusion of the antibiotic, did not significantly increase the penetration time of a spherical microcolony with a radius of 125 micron, such as might be found in the respiratory tract of a patient with cystic fibrosis (from a 90% penetration time of 12 s in the absence of exopolysaccharide to one of 35 s with an exopolysaccharide concentration of 1.0% [wt/vol]).
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- W W Nichols
- Regional Public Health Laboratory, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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