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Violacein antimicrobial activity on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm
H V Dodou1, A H M Batista1, S C Medeiros1
1Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial potential of violacein (VIO) on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm. The minimum biofilm inhibition concentration (MBIC) and minimum biofilm eradication concentration (MBEC) were determined, as well as the effect of VIO exposure time on microbial viability in mature biofilm. Violacein showed good antibiofilm action, inhibiting biofilm formation and eradicating mature biofilm of S. epidermidis at concentrations of 20 μg.mL-1 and 160 μg.mL-1, respectively. At concentrations equal to MBEC and 2x MBEC, the biofilm was eradicated in 3 h and 2h30min of incubation, respectively.When evaluating VIO modulating effect on the action of clinically-used drugs (vancomycin, cefepime, ciprofloxacin and meropenem), especial synergism was observed in the violacein-ciprofloxacin association, it can completely erradicated the mature biofilm at the concentration of 1/2xMBEC and 1/4xMBEC, respectively. VIO shows good antimicrobial action on S. epidermidis biofilm and has the potential to synergistically modulate the activity of clinically-used antimicrobials.
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