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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
We investigated the efficacy of Tachyplesin III alone or combined with piperacillin-tazobactam (TZP) to prevent biofilm formation in vitro and in a rat model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ureteral stent infection. We have observed that in vitro TZP, in presence of Tachyplesin III, showed minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC)s twofold and minimal bactericidal concentrations (MBC)s eightfold lower. The in vivo study showed that rats that received intraperitoneal TZP showed the lowest bacterial numbers. Tachyplesin III combined with TZP showed efficacies higher than that of each single compound. Coating ureteral stents with Tachyplesin III is able to inhibit bacterial growth up to 1,000 times.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0196-9781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
28
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2293-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Bacterial Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Biofilms, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Colony Count, Microbial, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Drug-Eluting Stents, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Penicillanic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Peptides, Cyclic, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Piperacillin, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Pseudomonas Infections, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Pseudomonas aeruginosa, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:18022289-Ureteral Diseases
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The antimicrobial peptide tachyplesin III coated alone and in combination with intraperitoneal piperacillin-tazobactam prevents ureteral stent Pseudomonas infection in a rat subcutaneous pouch model.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Maternal and Children's Sciences-Urology, Polytechnic University of the Marche Region, A.O. Ospedali Riuniti, 60020 Ancona, Italy. d.minardi@univpm.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't