Research Article

Antibacterial and Antibiotic-Modifying Activity of Methanol Extracts from Six Cameroonian Food Plants against Multidrug-Resistant Enteric Bacteria

Table 8

MIC of different antibiotics after the association of the extract of Camellia sinensis at MIC/2, MIC/4 against ten MDR bacteria strains.

AntibioticBacterial strains and MIC (μg/mL) of antibiotics in the absence and presence of the extrac
Extract concentrationPA124AG102AG100AtetEA289CM64KP55KP63NEA16PS2636BM47PBS (%)

CHL0128812825625632321664128
MIC/28 (0.0625)<2 (<0.25)64 (0.5)128 (0.5)64 (0.25)8 (0.25)16 (0.5)<2 (<0.125)4 (0.25)16 (0.25)100
MIC/48 (0.0625)<2 (<0.25)64 (0.5)256 (1)128 (0.5)16 (0.5)16 (0.5)8 (0.5)64 (1)128 (1)70

CIP0644>64>64>642<0.548<0.5
MIC/232 (0.5)<0.5 (<0.125)16 (<0.25)>64 (≥1)16 (<0.25)<0.5 (<0.25)<0.5 (≥1)<0.5 (<0.125)<0.5 (<0.062)<0.5 (≥1)70
MIC/432 (0.5)<0.5 (<0.125)>64 (≥1)>64 (≥1)16 (<0.25)<0.5 (<0.25)<0.5 (≥1)4 (1)2 (0.25)<0.5 (≥1)50

TET01616326443224232
MIC/216 (1)<1 (<0.062)8 (0.25)16 (0.25)2 (0.5)32 (1)1 (0.5)<0.5 (<0.125)<0.5 (<0.25)16 (0.5)80
MIC/416 (1)<1 (<0.062)16 (0.5)32 (0.5)4 (1)32 (1)2 (1)<0.5 (<0.125)<0.5 (<0.25)32 (1)50

ERY012881282568164161616
MIC/2128 (1)<2 (<0.25)32 (0.25)64 (0.25)<2 (<0.125)16 (1)4 (1)4 (0.25)4 (0.25)<2 (<0.125)70
MIC/4128 (1)4 (0.5)64 (0.5)64 (0.25)<2 (<0.125)16 (1)4 (1)8 (0.5)4 (0.25)4 (0.25)70

KAN012848323232<216168
MIC/264 (0.5)<2 (<0.5)4 (0.5)16 (0.5)8 (0.25)32 (1)<2 (≥1)<0.5 (<0.031)16 (1)8 (1)60
MIC/464 (0.5)<2 (<0.5)8 (1)16 (0.5)16 (0.5)32 (1)<2 (≥1)8 (0.5)16 (1)8 (1)50

STP0256>256>256128864816>25664
MIC/264 (0.25)32 (<0.125)128 (<0.5)64 (0.5)4 (0.5)64 (1)<2 (<0.25)<2 (<0.125)64 (<0.25)4 (0.0625)90
MIC/464 (0.25)64 (<0.25)128 (<0.5)64 (0.5)8 (1)64 (1)8 (1)8 (0.5)64 (<0.25)16 (0.25)70

AMP0>256>256>256>256>256>256>256>256>256>256
MIC/2>256 (≥1)128 (<0.5)128 (<0.5)64 (<0.25)128 (<0.5)>256 (≥1)64 (<0.25)128 (<0.5)>256 (≥1)128 (<0.5)70
MIC/4>256 (≥1)128 (<0.5)>256 (≥1)256 (<1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)20

CEF0>256>256>256>256>256>256>256>256>256>256
MIC/2>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)128 (<0.5)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)128 (<0.5)256 (<0.5)128 (<0.5)128 (<0.5)50
MIC/4>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)>256 (≥1)00

[TET: tetracycline, CIP: ciprofloxacin, STP: streptomycin, KAN: kanamycin, CHL: chloramphenicol, ERY: erythromycin, AMP: ampicillin, and CEF: cefepime]. strains: Escherichia coli [AG102, AG100Atet], Pseudomonas aeruginosa [PA124], Enterobacter aerogenes [CM64, EA27, EA289], Klebsiella pneumonia [KP55, KP63], Providencia stuartii [NAE16], and Enterobacter cloacae [BM47]. : percentage of bacteria strain on which synergism has been observed. Values in parenthesis are fractional inhibitory concentration (FIC) of the antibiotics after association with plants extract; S: synergy; I: indifference; A: antagonism. The values in bold represent the cases of synergy between extract and antibiotic.