Modulation of virulence and antibiotic susceptibility of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli strains by Enterococcus faecium probiotic strain culture fractions

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 448-451

  Ditu, Lia Mara ^a   Chifiriuc, Mariana Carmen ^a   Bezirtzoglou, Eugenia ^b   Voltsi, Chrysa ^b   Bleotu, Coralia ^c   Pelinescu, Diana ^a   Mihaescu, Grigore ^a   Lazar, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c STEFAN S NICOLAU INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Co cultivation; Enterococcus faecium; Enteropathogenic E. coli; Probiotic; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BROTH DILUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CULTIVATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; CELL ADHESION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROBIOTICS; VIRULENCE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84655167673     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Moura A., Nicolau A., Hooton T., Azeredo J. Antibiotherapy and pathogenesis of uncomplicated UTI: difficult relationships. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2009, 106:1779-1791.
2. de Kievit T.R., Iglewski B.H. Bacterial quorum sensing in pathogenic relationships. Infection and Immunity 2000, 68(8):4839-4849.
3. Sherman PM., Ossa J.C., Johnson-Henry K. Unraveling mechanisms of action of probiotics. Nutrition in Clinical Practice 2009, 24:10-14.
4. Kim Y., Sae-Hun K., Kwang-Youn W., Young-Jun K., Sejong O. Inhibition of Escherichia coli O157:H7 attachment by interactions between lactic acid bacteria and intestinal epithelial cells. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2008, 18:1278-1285.
5. Resta-Lenert S., Barrett K.E. Live probiotics protect intestinal epithelial cells from the effects of infection with enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC). Gut 2003, 52:988-997.
6. Jayaraman A., Wood T.H. Bacterial quorum sensing: signals, circuits, and implications for biofilms and disease. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 2008, 10:145-167.
7. Moubareck C., Lecso M., Pinloche E., Butel M.J., Doucet-Populaire F. Inhibitory impact of Bifidobacteria on the transfer of β-Lactam resistance among Enterobacteriaceae in the Gnotobiotic Mouse Digestive Tract. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2007, 73(3):855-860.
8. Kaper J.B., Sperandio V. Bacterial cell-to-cell signaling in the gastrointestinal tract. Infection and Immunity 2005, 6:3197-3209.