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Table 3 Effect of sub-inhibitory concentrations of Anthocleista schweinfurthii fruits extract on the activities of first line antibiotics against Gram-negative MDR bacteria

From: Antibacterial and antibiotic-modulation activity of six Cameroonian medicinal plants against Gram-negative multi-drug resistant phenotypes

Antibiotics and concentrations of extract

Bacterial strains and MIC values (μg/mL)

PBSS (%)

K. pneumoniae K24

P. stuartii NAE16

E. coli AG100

E. aerogenes EA289

P. aeruginosa PA124

E. aerogenes CM64

TET

0

64

64

16

8

16

32

-

MIC/2

64

64(1)I

8(2)S

8(1)I

64(0.25) A

16(2)S

33.33

MIC /5

64

64(1)I

8(2)S

8(1)I

64(0.25)A

16(2)S

33.33

NOR

0

≥64

1

≤0.25

-

128

2(1)I

-

MIC/2

≥64

1(1)I

≤0.25

-

128 (1)I

2(1)I

0

MIC/5

≥64

1(1)I

≤0.25

-

128 (1)I

2(1)I

0

STR

0

2

32

≥256

64

64

16

-

MIC/2

2(1)I

16(2)S

≥256

8(8)S

32(2)S

16(1)I

50

MIC/5

2(1)I

32(1)I

≥256

8(8)S

32(2)S

16(1)I

33.33

KAN

0

8

8

8

32

64

≤2

-

MIC/2

8(1)I

8(1)I

2(4)S

2(16)S

32(2)S

≤2

50

MIC/5

8(1)I

8(1)I

4(2)S

2(16)S

32(2)S

≤2

50

CHL

0

16

8

8

512

64

512

-

MIC/2

8(2)S

(2)S

8(1)I

256(2)S

64(1)I

256(2)S

66.67

MIC/5

8(2)S

(2)S

8(1)I

512(1)I

64(1)I

256(2)S

50

ERY

0

128

16(1)I

64

128

128

256

-

MIC/2

64(2)S

16(1)I

64(1)I

128(1)I

128(1)I

128(2)S

33.33

MIC/5

128(1)I

16(1)I

64(1)I

128(1)I

128(1)I

128(2)S

16.67

AMP

0

-

-

128

-

-

-

-

MIC/2

-

-

32(4)S

-

-

-

16.67

MIC/5

-

-

128(1)I

-

-

-

0

  1. (-) : >256 μg/ml; (): fold decrease in MIC values of the antibiotics after association with plants extract; S: Synergy, I: Indifference, A: antagonism, Antibotics (CHL chloramphenicol, AMP ampicillin, KAN kanamycin, NOR norfloxacin, ERY erythromycin, TET tetracycline, STR streptomycin); PBSS percentage of bacteria strain on which synergism has been observed