Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
DOI
10.3906/vet-1912-67
Abstract
In this study, combination antimicrobial therapy, due to its higher potential against resistant bacteria, was evaluated for the inhibition of multidrug-resistant E. coli strains. The influence of pH as an environmental variable on the activity of antimicrobial combinations was evaluated by calculating the factional concentration indexes at pH values 5.0, 6.0, 7.3, and 8.0. The highest synergistic activity rates of ceftriaxone + colistin, danofloxacin + colistin, danofloxacin + ceftiofur, and ceftiofur + gentamicin combinations were 50%, 33%, 100%, and 50%, respectively measured at ≥7.3 pH. The lowest synergistic activity rates for all combinations were observed at the acidic pH values of 5.0 and 6.0. The results of this study clearly demonstrated that acidic pH of the medium impaired the activity of the antimicrobial combinations. Although ceftriaxone and ceftiofur exert optimal activity at acidic pH values, the synergistic activity of the co-used drugs reached its highest level at pH ≥7.3.
Keywords
pH, antimicrobial combination, E. coli, resistance, animals
First Page
747
Last Page
751
Recommended Citation
CENGİZ, MURAT and HEPBOSTANCI, GÜLÇE
(2020)
"Impact of pH on the activity of co-used antimicrobials against resistant Escherichia colistrains of animal origin,"
Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 44:
No.
3, Article 35.
https://doi.org/10.3906/vet-1912-67
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol44/iss3/35