Synergistic effects of berberines with antibiotics on clinical multi-drug resistant isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Medicinal Chemistry Research
2014.0

Abstract

N-Methyl-dihydroberberine (M-Ber) was synthesized, and antibacterial activities of Berberine (Ber) and M-Ber alone and combined with antibiotics were studied against ten clinical MRSA isolates. MICs/MBCs (lg/ml, alone) ranges were 32–128/64–256 (Ber) and 64–128/ 256–1,024 (M-Ber) by a broth microdilution method. Significant synergies of Ber (M-Ber)/Azithromycin and Ber (M-Ber)/Levofloxacin combinations were observed by the chequerboard test. The Ber (M-Ber)/Ampicillin and Ber (M-Ber)/Cefazolin combinations showed indifference. These results demonstrated that Ber and M-Ber enhanced the in vitro inhibitory efficacy of Azithromycin and Levofloxacin, which had potential for combinatory therapy of patients infected with MRSA.

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