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Table 3 Effect of resistance modulation assay using the antibiotic alone and in combination with supernatant on multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria

From: Antimicrobial activity of supernatants produced by bacteria isolated from Brazilian stingless bee’s larval food

Multiresistant bacteria

Antibiotic disc

(+ supernatant)

Inhibition zone (mm)

Escherichia coli

Ampicillin

Absent

Ampicillin (+ S1B)

9,78 ±0,87

Ampicillin (+ S9BI)

21,87 ±3,04

Penicillin G (+ S1B)

9,72 ±0,61

Penicillin G (+ S9BI)

11,18 ±0,20

Penicillin G (+ S45)

9,3 ±0,13

Staphylococcus aureus

Ampicillin

Absent

Ampicillin (+ S9A)

15,62 ±1,28

Ampicillin (+ S20)

16,63 ±0,73

Ampicillin (+ S39B)

16,19 ±1,27

Ampicillin (+ S47)

16,25 ±0,74

Ampicillin (+ S54B)

20,74 ±0,69

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Penicillin G

Absent

Vancomycin

Absent

Penicillin G (+ S9BI)

11,84 ±0,96

Vancomycin (+ S1B)

13,87 ±1,60

Vancomycin (+ S9A)

14,25 ±1,24

Vancomycin (+ S54B)

16,01 ±1,93