Meroni, G.; Laterza, G.; Tsikopoulos, A.; Tsikopoulos, K.; Vitalini, S.; Scaglia, B.; Iriti, M.; Bonizzi, L.; Martino, P.A.; Soggiu, A. Antibacterial Potential of Essential Oils and Silver Nanoparticles against Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Isolates. Pathogens2024, 13, 156.
Meroni, G.; Laterza, G.; Tsikopoulos, A.; Tsikopoulos, K.; Vitalini, S.; Scaglia, B.; Iriti, M.; Bonizzi, L.; Martino, P.A.; Soggiu, A. Antibacterial Potential of Essential Oils and Silver Nanoparticles against Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Isolates. Pathogens 2024, 13, 156.
Meroni, G.; Laterza, G.; Tsikopoulos, A.; Tsikopoulos, K.; Vitalini, S.; Scaglia, B.; Iriti, M.; Bonizzi, L.; Martino, P.A.; Soggiu, A. Antibacterial Potential of Essential Oils and Silver Nanoparticles against Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Isolates. Pathogens2024, 13, 156.
Meroni, G.; Laterza, G.; Tsikopoulos, A.; Tsikopoulos, K.; Vitalini, S.; Scaglia, B.; Iriti, M.; Bonizzi, L.; Martino, P.A.; Soggiu, A. Antibacterial Potential of Essential Oils and Silver Nanoparticles against Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Isolates. Pathogens 2024, 13, 156.
Abstract
Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (SP) is an emergent zoonotic agent associated with multidrug resistance (MDR). This work aimed to describe the antibacterial activity of four essential oils (EOs) and silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) against SP. Fifteen SP strains were tested. The four EOs, namely Rosmarinus officinalis (RO), Juniperus communis (GI), Citrus sinensis (AR) and Abies alba (AB), and AgNPs were used alone and in combination to determine the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) against SP. All strains presented MDR and methicillin resistance. Among the antibiotic cohort, only rifampicin, doxycycline and amikacin were effective. When EOs were tested alone, AB showed the lowest MIC followed by GI, RO and AR (0.23%±0.3; 0.5%±0.51; 0.79%±0.39; 0.93%±0.63). MBC was increased with the following order: AB, GI, AR and RO (3.56%±4.87; 4.93%±6.27; 8.53%±7.2; 10.34%±5.31). MIC and MBC values for AgNPs were 10.74 mg/L±4.23; 261.05 mg/L±172.74. In combination, the MIC and MBC values were lower for all compounds. In conclusion, EOs and AgNPs could be considered as promising antibacterial alternatives to antibiotics.
Keywords
MRSP; MDR; essential oil; silver nanoparticles
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
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