Research Article

Tristemma hirtum and Five Other Cameroonian Edible Plants with Weak or No Antibacterial Effects Modulate the Activities of Antibiotics against Gram-Negative Multidrug-Resistant Phenotypes

Table 6

Antibiotic-resistance modulatory activity of leaves extract of Aframomum letestuanum.

Antibiotics Extract
concentration
Bacteria, MIC (μg/mL) and modulating factors (in brackets)
Escherichia coliEnterobacter aerogenes Klebsiella pneumoniae Providencia stuartii Pseudomonas aeruginosaModulating effect (%)
AG100A AG102 EA289 KP63 NEA16 PA01 PA124

CHL025625612864128256128
CMI/2256 (1)64 (4)256 (0.5)256 (0.25)128 (1)64 (4)128 (1)28.57
CMI/4256 (1)256 (1)256 (0.5)256 (0.25)128 (1)128 (2)128 (1)14.28

KAN086464646464128
CMI/232 (0.25)64 (1)64 (1)128 (0.5)128 (0.5)32 (2)64 (2)28.57
CMI/432 (0.25)128 (0.5)64 (1)128 (0.5)128 (0.5)32 (2)64 (2)28.57

CEF064646412825664128
CMI/2≤2 (≥32)16 (4)128 (0.5)16 (8)64 (4)32 (2)128 (1)71.42
CMI/464 (1)32 (2)256 (0.25)32 (4)64 (4)128 (0.5)128 (1)42.85

CIP01616832321664
CMI/216 (1)16 (1)32 (0.25)64 (0.5)64 (0.5)32 (0.5)64 (1)00.00
CMI/416 (1)32 (0.5)32 (0.25)64 (0.5)64 (0.5)32 (0.5)64 (1)00.00

TET0>6464326432>6416
CMI/2>64 (1)128 (0.5)64 (0.5)64 (1)8 (4)64 (1)8 (2)28.57
CMI/4>64 (1)128 (0.5)64 (0.5)64 (1)16 (2)64 (1)8 (2)28.57

ERY0>256128>256128128>256128
CMI/2>256 (1)128 (0.5)>256 (1)128 (1)32 (4)128 (≥2)256 (0.5)28.57
CMI/4>256 (1)128 (0.5)>256 (1)128 (1)32 (4)128 (≥2)256 (0.5)28.57

CHL: chloramphenicol, KAN: kanamycin, CEF: ceftriaxone, CIP: ciprofloxacin, TET: tetracycline, and ERY: erythromycin; in brackets: modulating factor; MIC: minimal inhibitory concentration. Values in bold represent modulating factor ≥ 2.