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Article

Catechin Hydrate Augments the Antibacterial Action of Selected Antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Strains

by
Maria Miklasińska
1,†,
Małgorzata Kępa
1,†,
Robert D. Wojtyczka
1,
Danuta Idzik
1,
Arkadiusz Dziedzic
2 and
Tomasz J. Wąsik
1,*
1
Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Pharmacy and Division of Laboratory Medicine in Sosnowiec, Medical University of Silesia, ul. Jagiellońska 4, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland
2
Department of Conservative Dentistry with Endodontics, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Pl. Akademicki 17, 41-902 Bytom, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Molecules 2016, 21(2), 244; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules21020244
Submission received: 17 December 2015 / Revised: 9 February 2016 / Accepted: 18 February 2016 / Published: 20 February 2016
(This article belongs to the Section Medicinal Chemistry)
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Abstract

:
Synergistic effects between commonly used antibiotics and natural substances may be an alternative to conventional antibacterial therapies. The objective of the presented study was to assess the in vitro antibacterial activity of catechin hydrate (CH) and evaluate the interactions of CH with selected antibiotics using Staphylococcus aureus clinical and reference strains. CH displayed diverse activity towards examined S. aureus strains, with minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranging from 256 to 2048 µg/mL. The interaction between CH and antibiotics was assessed by an E-test. The most significant synergistic effects were noticed for CH in combination with clindamycin and erythromycin. For cefoxitin and vancomycin a decrease of MIC values in the presence of CH was also observed, but it did not reach statistical significance. The obtained results demonstrate that CH shows antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus clinical strains. What is more, we proved a synergistic effect of CH with erythromycin and clindamycin.

1. Introduction

The research concept of the study presented herein resulted from the worldwide escalation of clinical infections caused by multi-drug resistant microorganisms and the spread of resistance among bacteria to commonly used antibiotics. At present one of the main public health problems is associated with the infections caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria, so it is clear that the search for new antibacterial agents is absolutely necessary [1]. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains, which are resistant to nearly all current anti-staphylococcal drugs, pose a particular threat, especially for hospitalized patients with decreased immunity [2,3]. The spread of the drug resistance among S. aureus strains has stimulated the search for the new strategies for the treatment of multi-drug resistance infections. The best way to fight such infections would be to develop a new class of potent antibacterial agents, yet such an approach is extremely expensive and time consuming. What is more, the probability of success is rather disputable. Another way to overcome bacterial resistance is to find compounds which can improve the antibacterial effect of commonly used antibiotics [3,4]. Many studies have demonstrated that some natural flavonoids have antimicrobial properties against a broad spectrum of microorganisms and may be an alternative to conventional therapy [5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15], therefore we undertook research to discover new natural compounds with antibacterial properties which can contribute to the fight against multi-drug resistant bacteria.
Catechin is a flavonoid (flavan-3-ol) found, for example, in tea, wine, some fruits, vegetables and chocolate [16]. It has been proved that catechin has radical scavenging [17,18,19] metal-chelating [20,21] and antiproliferative effects [22,23]. It also has been demonstrated that (+)-catechin has the ability to inhibit HIV-1 reverse transcriptase in vitro [12,24]. Many studies have indicated that flavan-3-ols also possess antibacterial activity. The antimicrobial properties of tea have been known for over a century and its bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects have been assessed [25]. Catechins possess the ability to bind to artificial lipid bilayers [26,27,28,29,30]. It has been shown that the catechins (−)-epicatechin gallate and (−)-epigallocatechin gallate can sensitize MRSA strains to β-lactam antibiotics, including methicillin [25,31,32,33,34]. It has been also reported that epicatechin gallate and epigallocatechin gallate acted as a norA gene suppressors [35] and decreased β-lactam MICs to the antibiotic breakpoint, thus increasing the antimicrobial activity of those antibiotics [3,31,33,36,37]. Kubo et al. proved the direct antibacterial activity of alkyl gallates [38].
The majority of conducted studies on the antimicrobial activity of catechins focused on epicatechin and gallates of epicatechin [25,32,33,37,39,40] as the main representatives of flavonoids but reports on antimicrobial properties of catechin are scarce. Research on the antibacterial activity of (+)-catechin has demonstrated that it has an ability to reduce the biosynthesis of the virulence factors which control a quorum-sensing system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa [41]. It has also been shown that polymerized catechin suppresses the activity of Staphylococcus aureus α-toxin and that CH is an effective urease inhibitor in Staphylococcus saprophyticus strains [42,43]. The above observations prompted us to investigate in vitro antimicrobial activity of CH against S. aureus clinical strains.

2. Results

2.1. Identification of Examined Strains

All the examined strains were classified as members of Staphylococcus aureus species. The profiles of resistance to methicillin and MLSB antibiotics obtained for the analyzed strains are presented in Table 1.

2.2. Antimicrobial Activity of the Catechin Hydrate (CH)

CH at the concentrations used in this study inhibited the growth of all tested staphylococci strains. The MICs obtained for CH ranged from 256 for the most susceptible strains, to 2048 µg/mL for the most resistant strains, with a median values of 1024 µg/mL (Table 1). The antimicrobial activity of CH against the examined S. aureus strains was identical for 16 strains, with MICs at 1024 µg/mL. CH showed the strongest antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, S. aureus ATCC 6538 reference strains and S. aureus 13 clinical strain with MICs of 256 µg/mL, while against S. aureus 1, 3, 6, 17 strains CH demonstrated weaker antibacterial activity what resulted in much higher MIC values: 2048 µg/mL (Table 1). Comparison of MRSA and MSSA strains demonstrated that in both cases the MIC values ranged from 256 to 2048 µg/mL. A statistical analysis indicated that there were no significant differences between MIC values for MRSA and MSSA strains (p = 0.203), as well as for MLSB negative, kMLSB and iMLSB strains (p = 0.632).

2.3. Combined in Vitro Effects of CH and Antibiotics

The antimicrobial activity of CH with erythromycin (E), clindamycin (DA), cefoxitin (FOX) and vancomycin (VA) is shown Table 2. Addition of one-fourth of the MIC of CH to the Mueller Hinton agar (MHA) increased sensitivity of the tested staphylococci to all examined antibiotics. In case of E (p = 0.009), and DA (p = 0.006) the results reached statistical significance. Decrease of MICs for VA-CH combination (p = 0.605) and FOX-CH (p = 0.064) combination was not significant.
The diminished MICs in the presence of CH ranged from 24 to even 99% (Table 2). The most susceptible strains to a synergistic effect of the CH and antibiotics were S. aureus 1, 4, 5 and 7 strains, which were more sensitive to all antibiotics after MHA supplementation with CH. The strongly augmented effect of CH in the presence of all antibiotics was also noted for S. aureus strain 8, except for VA, S. aureus strain 11 except for FOX and S. aureus strain 18 except for DA.
Some strains were found to be resistant to CH in combination with the tested antibiotics. No MIC changes were observed in S. aureus strains 10, 16 and 19. The level of resistance to E, DA and FOX was not affected by the MHA supplementation with CH for S. aureus strains 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20. Furthermore, for some strains and some antibiotics after CH addition antagonistic interactions were noted. The increases of MICs ranged from 32% to even 197% (Table 2).
Statistical analysis excluded the significance of the differences between the changes of MIC values for MRSA and MSSA strains for E − p = 0.363; DA − p = 0.221, FOX – p = 0.082 and VA − p = 0.391. There were no significant differences between changes of MICs obtained for MLSB negative vs. kMLSB and iMLSB staphylococci in case of E − p = 0.166; FOX − p = 0.621 and VA − p = 0.922, while for DA statistical analysis revealed significant differences (p = 0.038). Further analysis demonstrated that strains with kMLSB phenotype of resistance showed lower susceptibility to the combination of CH with DA than MLSB negative strains.

3. Discussion

It is well know that catechins have antimicrobial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Catechins exert indirect antimicrobial activity by modifying the resistance level to antibiotics and by changing gene expression associated with the bacterial virulence. The majority of the research on the flavonoids antibacterial activity was focused on epicatechin and gallates of epicatechin alone or in the combination with antibacterial agents [25,27,32,33,39,40,45]. To our knowledge the present study is one of the first to explore the antimicrobial activity of CH.
Many studies have showed that catechins possess the capacity to reverse oxacillin resistance in S. aureus [26,32,36,37], which is also observed in epicatechin gallate. Stapleton et al. studied the antibacterial activity of catechins, including (+)-catechin on three S. aureus strains—BB568, EMRSA-15 and EMRSA-16—and demonstrated that MRSA strains were insensitive to (+)-catechin with MICs > 256 mg/L [31]. In our study the MIC values of CH obtained for MRSA reference and clinical strains ranged from 256 to 2048 µg/mL, with a median value of 1024 µg/mL. A study on the antimicrobial activity of catechins alone and in combination with oxacillin against MRSA strains was carried out by Stapleton et al. in 2004 on the strains described above [26]. The obtained MIC values were the same as the ones in the authors’ previous work, so to enhance the capacity of catechins to interact with cytoplasmic membrane and consequently to increase their antibacterial activity the acyl chains were incorporated into (+)-catechin. MICs obtained after addition of acyl chains were smaller and ranged from 16 to 256 mg/L [26].
Park et al. studied the antibacterial activity of 3-O-alkyl analogues of (+)-catechin against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and demonstrated that alkylation improved the activity of a parent compound and antibacterial properties increased in relations with the number of carbons in the alkyl chain [46]. Similarly, Holloway et al. in their study tried to increase antibacterial activity of catechin and found out that metal (II) ions such as copper (II) sulphate and iron (II) enhance antibacterial activity of (+)-catechin against S. aureus strains due to increased H2O2 production after metal ions supplementation [21]. Perhaps the incorporation of substituents to CH could also increase its antibacterial properties.
The studies on the combined action of catechin and epicatechin gallate with β-lactams against standard and clinical MRSA strains were carried out by Qin et al. [3]. Catechin alone did not increase the susceptibility of MRSA strains to β-lactam antibiotics with MICs > 1024 mg/L. In our study we showed that CH alone increased susceptibility of MRSA strains to the β-lactam antibiotic cefoxitin, but it did not prove to be statistically significant. However, Qin et al. reported that a catechin-epicatechin gallate combination increased MRSA strains susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics and this effect was related to the catechin, but not to epicatechin gallate concentration. What is more, catechin showed higher activity than cis forms of non-galloylated catechins such as (−)-epicatechin or (−)-epigallocatechin in enhancing MRSA susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics. Qin et al. indicated that catechin-epicatechin gallate combination enhances activity of such antibiotics as ampicillin, ampicillin/sulbactam, cefazolin, cefepime and imipenem/cilastatin which usually cannot be used in the treatment of MRSA infections because of bacterial resistance. The authors suggested that these antibiotics could be used in treatment when combined with catechin and epicatechin gallate. Moreover, they pointed out that analyzed flavonoid-antibiotic combinations did not show similar effects when combined with non-β-lactam antibiotics. The authors suggested that the enhancement of an antibacterial effect of β-lactam antibiotics by catechin-epicatechin combination might be related to the accumulation of antibiotics and inhibition of efflux pump gene expression. In our work we demonstrated that CH decreased the MIC values of both β-lactam (cefoxitin) and non-β-lactam (erythromycin, clindamycin and vancomycin) antibiotics and the diminished of MICs in the presence of CH ranged from 24% to even 99%. Our research proved that CH exerted an antimicrobial activity toward the examined S. aureus strains. What is more, our results suggest that the combined action of CH and selected antibiotics demonstrates a synergistic effect. The MICs of CH against the tested staphylococci ranged from 256 to 2048 µg/mL and the vast majority of examined strains had a MIC of 1024 µg/mL. The statistical analysis showed that varying sensitivity of the tested staphylococci to CH was not affected by a methicillin resistance profile or a phenotype of resistance to MLSB antibiotics. The mechanism of CH effect on bacterial cells is still unknown and we can only suppose that the most likely cause of discrepancies of the obtained MICs is related to the intra-species diversity, so further studies are needed to investigate the mechanism of the CH effect on bacterial cells.
Our analysis of the influence of CH on the antibacterial properties of the selected antibiotics revealed a substantial reduction of the MICs for all antibiotics. The most noticeable synergistic effect was observed for CH in combination with erythromycin and clindamycin. Synergism between CH and vancomycin, CH and cefoxitin was also observed, but it did not prove to be statistically significant. The profile of resistance to methicillin did not influence MICs changes, but the MIC changes of clindamycin following the CH addition were affected by the profile of resistance to MLSB antibiotics. Strains resistant to clindamycin, erythromycin and cefoxitin (S. aureus ATCC 4330, S. aureus 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20) were insensitive to CH-E, CH-DA and CH-FOX combinations and statistical analysis proved that strains with a constitutive phenotype of resistance were less susceptible to CH-clindamycin combination than staphylococci without MLSB phenotype, what indicates that CH is not effective against kMLSB strains.
Since CH showed the same action against sensitive and multi drug-resistant S. aureus strains it is therefore possible that the CH can be used in the treatment of both multi-drug resistant and drug susceptible bacterial infections. In this context, it is worth noting that the antibacterial activity of catechin can be improved by chemical modifications, as previous studies have showed [21,26]. The synergy between CH and antibiotics indicates the potential application of compound combinations as an efficient, novel therapeutic tool for treatment of multi-drug resistance infections.

4. Materials and Methods

4.1. Bacterial Strains and CH

The antimicrobial activity of CH was assessed against 20 S. aureus strains isolated from clinical wound samples, and three reference strains of S. aureus: ATCC 25923, S. aureus ATCC 43300 and S. aureus ATCC 6538. To ensure the homogeneity of the examined samples all tested strains were collected from surgical wounds. All bacterial strains were stored for further analyses in Soy Broth medium with 20% of glycerol at −80 °C. The CH used in this study was obtained from Sigma Chemical Co. (St. Louis, MO, USA) and dissolved in DMSO immediately prior to use.

4.2. Identification of Examined Strains

All the examined isolates were identified by the conventional methods including colony morphology, hemolysis, catalase and coagulase tests and the anaerobic fermentation of mannitol. Catalase and coagulase positive strains where identified by the API STAPH test (bioMerieux, Marcy-l’Étoile, France) according to the manufacturer’s instruction. The PCR-RFLP technique was also performed. For PCR-RFLP analysis, bacterial genomic DNA was extracted with the GeneMATRIX Tissue & Bacterial DNA Purification KIT (EuRx Ltd., Gdańsk, Poland) according to the manufacturer’s recommendations with the modification described by Shah et al. [47]. The dnaJ primers SA-(F) 5′-GCC AAA AGA GAC TATTAT GA-3′ and SA-(R) 5′-ATT GTT TAC CTG TTT GTG TAC C-3′ were used to amplify the dnaJ gene fragment. The PCR amplification was performed using 10× PCR RED master mix kit (BLIRT SA, Gdańsk, Poland) in a MJ Mini Personal Thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA). PCR products were visualized under UV light following the electrophoretic separation in a 1.5% agarose gel (Promega, Madison, WI, USA) with ethidium bromide (Promega). To identify staphylococci strains, the PCR products were treated with 10U of restriction enzymes XapI and Bsp143I (Fermentas, Vilnius, Lithuania). The obtained fragments were separated by electrophoresis in a 2% agarose gel with ethidium bromide (Promega), visualized under the UV light and their size was checked against 1 Kb HypeLadderIV (BLIRT SA, Gdańsk, Poland) molecular weight marker.

4.3. Determination of Methicillin Resistance Profiles

Disk diffusion method with a 30 µg disc of cefoxitin (EMAPOL, Gdańsk, Poland) and Mueller-Hinton Agar (MHA-BTL, Łódź, Poland) was used to determine resistance phenotype to methicillin. MRSA strains were detected using a breakpoint of ≤22 mm zone diameter size for cefoxitin disk.
The mecA gene detection was performed by PCR amplification according to the method described by Murakami et al. [48]. The following mecA primers (F) (5′-AAA ATC GAT GGT AAA GGT TGG C-3′) and (R) (5′-AGT TCT GCA GTA CCG GAT TTG C-3′) were used. The PCR reaction was carried out using 10× PCR RED master mix kit (BLIRT SA) in a MJ Mini Personal Thermal Cycler (Bio-Rad, Hercules, CA, USA). The amplicons were detected under UV light after electrophoresis in 1.5% agarose gel with ethidium bromide (Promega).

4.4. Disk Diffusion Method

The antibacterial susceptibility of examined strains to MLSB antibiotics was examined by a disk-diffusion method and interpreted according to the EUCAST guidelines [44] with antibiotic discs (EMAPOL) with 15 clindamycin μg (DA), 2 μg erythromycin (E) and Mueller-Hinton Agar (MHA-BTL). The distance between the edges of disks was 15–16 mm, according to EUCAST recommendation. The staphylococci were classified as resistant or sensitive based on the zone diameter size and shape.

4.5. Microdilution Method

MIC is the lowest concentration of an antimicrobial that will inhibit the visible growth of a microorganism. MICs indicate and confirm the resistance of microorganisms to an antimicrobial agent and also to determine the potency of new antimicrobial agents [49]. In the presented study MICs were defined as the lowest CH concentration that yielded no visible growth after 24 h of incubation [50,51]The MICs of CH were determined by a microtiter broth dilution method. The growth inhibition assays were performed in sterile 96-well plates (FL Medical, Torreglia, Italy) in a final volume of 200 µL [50,51]. The cell concentrations were estimated from the optical densities at 600 nm wavelength with the formula CFU/mL = A600 (3.8 × 108), where CFU was the number of colony-forming units. One hundred microliters of mid-logarithmic-phase bacterial cultures (5 × 105 CFU/mL) in TSB was added to 100 μL of sterile dilutions of CH (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 1024 and 2048 μg/mL). Wells containing TSB with bacterial inoculum only served as a bacterial growth control (GC). The additional controls included TSB alone (medium sterility control) and TSB with different concentrations of CH and bacterial inoculum. All samples were prepared in triplicates. Microplates were incubated at 37 °C for 24 h, and the bacterial cell growth was assessed by measuring the optical density of cultures at 600 nm wavelength with a Multiskan EX microplate reader (Thermo Electron Corp., Vantoa, Finland) [52,53].

4.6. The Synergistic Effect of CH and Antibiotics

All analyzed strains were examined for the susceptibility to antibiotics by the E-test, using MHA and commercially available MIC Test Strips (Liofilchem, Roseto Degli Abruzzi, Italy) containing antibiotic concentration gradient according to the EUCAST recommendations [44]. For E-test, 90 mm plates with the agar medium were inoculated by swabbing the agar with a swab soaked in a bacterial suspension of 1× 108 cells/mL. MIC Test Strips containing concentration gradient of erythromycin (E), clindamycin (DA), cefoxitin (FOX) and vancomycin (VA) were used for the analysis of antibacterial susceptibility of S. aureus strains. The combined effect of CH and antibiotics was examined using plates with MHA plus one-fourth of the MIC of CH, which was considered as a sub-inhibitory concentration [54,55]. The test strips were placed onto an agar surface and gently pressed with the sterile forceps to ensure the contact. Plates were incubated at 35 °C for 20 h in aerobic conditions. The susceptibility testing of each antibiotic for each isolate and for the reference strains was performed in triplicates. After the incubation MIC values were read and the median values were calculated.

4.7. Statistical Analysis

To compare MICs and MICs changes across MRSA and MSSA U Mann-Whitney test was used and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare MICs and MICs changes across MLSB negative, kMLSB and iMLSB strains. The post-hoc analysis was carried out using Bonferroni correction. The results from the synergism assay were submitted to the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test. For all used tests p ≤ 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. The data was analyzed with the use of STATISTICA v 10.0 software (StatSoft, Krakow, Poland) and Windows 10.

5. Conclusions

Our data showed that MSSA and MRSA clinical strains are susceptible to CH. This antimicrobial effect of CH varied across analyzed strains, probably due to intra-species diversity. The addition of CH to MHA significantly increased erythromycin and clindamycin antimicrobial activity. The synergy of CH and antibiotics activity in vitro can indicate the potential role of CH as a factor capable to augment the antibacterial activity of selected antibiotics in vivo.

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the research grant from Medical University of Silesia NO. KNW-1- 035/N/5/0 and KNW-2-032/D/5/N.

Author Contributions

Maria Miklasińska, Małgorzata Kępa, and Tomasz J. Wąsik conceived and designed the experiments; Maria Miklasińska, Małgorzata Kępa, Robert D. Wojtyczka, Danuta Idzik, Arkadiusz Dziedzic performed the experiments; Maria Miklasińska, Małgorzata Kępa and Tomasz J. Wąsik analyzed the data; Maria Miklasińska, Małgorzata Kępa and Tomasz J. Wąsik wrote the paper.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript:
CFU
colony forming-unit
CH
catechin hydrate
DA
clindamycin
E
erythromycin
EUCAST
European Committee for Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
FOX
cefoxitin
iMLSB
inducible macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin B mechanism
kMLSB
constitutive macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin B mechanism
MHA
Mueller-Hinton agar
MIC
minimal inhibitory concentration
MRSA
methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus
MSSA
methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
VA
vancomycin

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Table 1. Profile of resistance to methicillin and MLSB antibiotics for examined strains and MIC of CH against examined S. aureus strains.
Table 1. Profile of resistance to methicillin and MLSB antibiotics for examined strains and MIC of CH against examined S. aureus strains.
StrainCefoxitin Diameter of the Inhibition Zone (mm)Presence of mecAMethicillin Resistance ProfileErythromycin Diameter of the Inhibition Zone (mm)Clindamycin Diameter of the Inhibition Zone (mm)Mechanism of Resistance to MLSB AntibioticsCH MIC (µg/mL)
S. aureus ATCC 2592335−MSSA2525-2048
S. aureus ATCC 4330021+MRSA00kMLSB1024
S. aureus ATCC 653831+MRSA *3030-2048
S. aureus 134−MSSA2525-1024
S. aureus 232−MSSA2325-1024
S. aureus 331−MSSA025iMLSB2048
S. aureus 432+MRSA *2527-1024
S. aureus 513+MRSA030iMLSB1024
S. aureus 631−MSSA3035-1024
S. aureus 732+MRSA *3533-1024
S. aureus 831−MSSA3035-1024
S. aureus 930+MRSA *3525-1024
S. aureus 1031−MSSA1022iMLSB256
S. aureus 1131−MSSA2122-1024
S. aureus 128+MRSA00kMLSB1024
S. aureus 1314+MRSA00kMLSB1024
S. aureus 140+MRSA00kMLSB2048
S. aureus 1521+MRSA2530-1024
S. aureus 1618+MRSA00kMLSB1024
S. aureus 1711+MRSA00kMLSB1024
S. aureus 1819+MRSA2530-256
S. aureus 1914+MRSA00kMLSB1024
S. aureus 2019+MRSA00kMLSB256
CH: catechin hydrate, MIC: minimal inhibitory concentration, MRSA: methicillin resistance Staphylococcus aureus, according to the EUCAST recommendations FOX ≤ 22 mm [44 MSSA: methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, according to the EUCAST recommendations FOX > 22 mm [44], MRSA *: phenotype and genotype discordance, kMLSB: constitutive macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin B mechanism, according to the EUCAST recommendations E < 18 mm and DA < 19 mm [44] iMLSB: inducible macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin B mechanism, according to the EUCAST recommendations E < 18 and DA ≥ 22 (D-shaped zone of inhibition around clindamycin with flattening towards erythromycin disc [44].
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Table 2. The combined antibacterial effects of catechin hydrate and erythromycin, clindamycin, cefoxitin and vancomycin on Staphylococcus aureus examined strains (MIC values expressed in µg/mL).
Table 2. The combined antibacterial effects of catechin hydrate and erythromycin, clindamycin, cefoxitin and vancomycin on Staphylococcus aureus examined strains (MIC values expressed in µg/mL).
Bacterial StrainEE + CH∆%DADA + CH∆%FOXFOX+CH∆%VAVA + CH∆%
S. aureus ATCC 259230.380.5032%0.0640.0640%110%0.75133%
S. aureus ATCC 433002562560%2562560%128−33%0.380.7597%
S. aureus ATCC 65380.0640.19197%0.0230.03239%21.5−25%0.500.38−24%
S. aureus 10.500.19−62%0.0640.032−50%21.5−25%0.750.50−33%
S. aureus 20.500.25−50%0.0640.0640%0.751.5100%0.380.7597%
S. aureus 32562560%0.0230.016−30%1.51.50%0.500.500%
S. aureus 40.380.064−83%0.0640.023−64%21.5−25%0.500.38−24%
S. aureus 52564−98%0.0940.064−32%25624−91%0.750.50−33%
S. aureus 60.500.25−50%0.0640.032−50%1.5233%0.380.380%
S. aureus 70.380.125−67%0.0320.016−50%10.25−75%0.500.25−50%
S. aureus 80.190.064−66%0.0320.016−50%1.51−33%0.380.5032%
S. aureus 90.380.19−50%0.0640.016−75%12100%0.380.5032%
S. aureus 1032320%0.0470.0470%220%0.380.380%
S. aureus 110.380.094−75%0.0470.023−51%1.5233%0.380.25−34%
S. aureus 122562560%2562560%2562560%0.750.50−33%
S. aureus 132562560%2562560%32320%0.750.50−33%
S. aureus 142562560%2562560%2562560%0.750.50−33%
S. aureus 150.250.3852%0.0640.047−27%86−25%0.380.7597%
S. aureus 162562560%2562560%2562560%0.500.500%
S. aureus 172562560%2562560%2562−99%0.380.380%
S. aureus 180.380.25−34%0.0470.0470%61−83%0.500.38−24%
S. aureus 192562560%2562560%2562560%0.500.500%
S. aureus 202562560%2562560%124−67%0.380.380%
Median0.50.500.0640.04702200.500.50
Q10.380.1900.0470.02301.51,500.380.38−32
Q3256256622562565025632330.750.533
p 0.009 0.006 0.064 0.605
CH: catechin hydrate, E: erythromycin, DA: clindamycin, FOX: cefoxitin, VA: vancomycin, Q1: lowest quartile, Q3: upper quartile.

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