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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 60, Issue 10, Pages 1472-1478Publisher
MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.033167-0
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Piperine, a trans-trans-isomer of 1-piperoyl-piperidine, was tested in combination with mupirocin for antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus strains including meticillin-resistant S. aureus. The combination markedly reduced the MIC of mupirocin and also lowered the mutation frequency. Enhanced accumulation and efflux of ethidium bromide from wild-type and mutant (Mup(r)-1) strains in the presence of piperine indicated that inhibition of efflux could be a possible mechanism of potentiation of mupirocin activity by piperine. The combination of piperine with mupirocin in a dermal infection model of mice showed better in vivo efficacy when compared with the commercially available formulation of 2% mupirocin.
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