Drug susceptibility testing and synergistic antibacterial activity of curcumin with antibiotics against enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Rangel Castañeda Itzia Azucena, Cruz Lozano José Roberto, Zermeño Ruiz Martin, Cortes Zarate Rafael, Hernández Hernández Leonardo, Tapia Pastrana Gabriela, Castillo Romero Araceli

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Aim: This study investigated the susceptibility of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli to curcumin, as well as its synergistic effect with 12 antimicrobial drugs.Methods and Results: Our study shows that curcumin did not affect bacterial growth. The antimicrobial susceptibility of curcumin and antibiotic synergy were identified using disc diffusion on Mueller-Hinton agar. The strain of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli used was resistant to Ampicillin, Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid, Ampicillin/Sulbactam, Ciprofloxacin, and Cefazolin. There was synergy between curcumin and the majority of antibiotics tested. Maximum synergy was observed with combinations of 330 μg/mL curcumin and Ceftazidime, followed by Cefotaxime, Amoxicillin/Clavulanic acid, Ampicillin, Aztreonam, Trimethoprim, Ciprofloxacin, Ceftriaxone, Cefazolin, Tetracycline, and Imipenem. Conclusion: Our findings indicated that curcumin might be useful as a combinatorial strategy to combat the antibiotic resistance of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

Idioma originalInglés
Número de artículo43
PublicaciónAntibiotics
Volumen8
N.º2
DOI
EstadoPublicada - jun. 2019
Publicado de forma externa

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