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Rawangkan Anchalee,Yosboonruang Atchariya,Kiddee Anong,Siriphap Achiraya,Pook-In Grissana,Praphasawat Ratsada,Saokaew Surasak,Duangjai Acharaporn 한국미생물·생명공학회 2023 Journal of microbiology and biotechnology Vol.33 No.9
Escherichia coli, particularly multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains, is a serious cause of healthcareassociated infections. Development of novel antimicrobial agents or restoration of drug efficiency is required to treat MDR bacteria, and the use of natural products to solve this problem is promising. We investigated the antimicrobial activity of dried green coffee (DGC) beans, coffee pulp (CP), and arabica leaf (AL) crude extracts against 28 isolated MDR E. coli strains and restoration of ampicillin (AMP) efficiency with a combination test. DGC, CP, and AL extracts were effective against all 28 strains, with a minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of 12.5–50 mg/ml and minimum bactericidal concentration of 25–100 mg/ml. The CP–AMP combination was more effective than CP or AMP alone, with a fractional inhibitory concentration index value of 0.01. In the combination, the MIC of CP was 0.2 mg/ml (compared to 25 mg/ml of CP alone) and that of AMP was 0.1 mg/ml (compared to 50 mg/ml of AMP alone), or a 125-fold and 500-fold reduction, respectively, against 13-drug resistant MDR E. coli strains. Time-kill kinetics showed that the bactericidal effect of the CP–AMP combination occurred within 3 h through disruption of membrane permeability and biofilm eradication, as verified by scanning electron microscopy. This is the first report indicating that CP–AMP combination therapy could be employed to treat MDR E. coli by repurposing AMP.