Journal
JOURNAL OF CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages 137-143Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1179/1973947812Y.0000000007
Keywords
Melittin; Nisin; In vitro activity; Combination; Time-killing curve
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- Research Fund of Istanbul University [578/14082006]
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The in vitro activities of two antimicrobial cationic peptides, melittin and nisin alone and in combination with frequently used antibiotics (daptomycin, vancomycin, linezolid, ampicillin, and erythromycin), were assessed against clinical isolates of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. Using the broth microdilution method, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranges of melittin and nisin against all strains were 2-8 mu g/ml and 2-32 mu g/ml respectively. In combination studies performed with the microdilution checkerboard method using a fractional inhibitory concentration index of <= 0.5 as borderline, synergistic interactions occurred more frequently with nisin-ampicillin combination against MSSA and nisin-daptomycin combination against E. faecalis strains. The results of the time-killing curve analysis demonstrated that the concentration dependent rapid bactericidal activity of nisin, and that synergism or early synergism was detected in most strains when nisin or melittin was used in combination with antibiotics even at concentrations of 0.5 x MIC.
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