Effect of Silver-Loaded Zeolite on the Susceptibility of <i>Escherichia Coli</i>Against Antibiotics

• 作者: Hajime Hamashima Yoshihiro Inoue
• 来源期刊: 生物材料与纳米技术(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: SILVER-LOADED ZEOLITE RIFAMPICIN Reactive Oxygen Species
• 年，卷（期）: 2012,（1）
• 页码范围: 114-117
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: R73

摘要

We investigated the effect of silver-loaded zeolite (Ag-Z) on antibacterial activity of some antibiotics against Es-cherichia coli against antibiotics. We treated the bacterial suspension of E. coli by Ag-Z to be the level which the decrease of viable cell count was not observed. Susceptibility test of E. coli treated with Ag-Z was carried out against four antibiotics with different mode of action. Apparent increase in susceptibility was found in the case of rifampicin, not in others. The result suggests that application of Ag-Z to ward environment might give a good outcome at the treatment with rifampicin and at the treatment for pathogenic microbe spread through the air, such as tubercle bacilli.