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Characterization of bee venom and its synergistic effect combating antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Abstract

The bacterial resistance increases day after day augmenting the need for the discovery of new generations of antibiotics, particularly those belonging to the natural origin. During our study, sixty-two bacterial isolates were recovered from 75 clinical specimens, 11 bacterial isolates (18%) were preliminarily identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa through checking their behavior on blood agar medium, MacConkey agar medium, and Gram stain. A susceptibility test was performed using 16 different antibacterial discs, and P. aeruginosa exhibited a multidrug resistance phenomenon. Susceptibility of P. aeruginosa toward three different antibacterial drugs which are commonly prescribed in the Egyptian medical was estimated, and regretfully the activity of selected drugs was limited hence, bee venom (Apis mellifera L.) was investigated as an antibacterial agent and fortunately, it exhibited a promising result. Combinations of bee venom and drugs were made and evaluated, a synergistic effect was easily observed. MIC and MBC for the combinations were determined, in addition to characterization of bee venom was performed. Conclusively, bee venom has a promising antibacterial activity against P. aeruginosa, and when it was combined with antibacterial drugs, it gave a superior activity as evidence for synergism. Subsequently, the dose administrated and the side effects would be minimized via combined therapy.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.99417.4626

Keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Multidrug resistance, Combined therapy, Bee venom, SDS-PAGE, Antibiotic Susceptibility

Authors

First Name

Abdullah

Last Name

Kamel

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Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, The Permanent Camp St., 6th Ward, Nasr City (11884), Cairo-Egypt.

Email

abdullah.kamel44@yahoo.com

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First Name

Waleed

Last Name

Suleiman

MiddleName

B

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Dept., Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar Univ., Cairo-EG

Email

dr_wbs@azhar.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-5654-3819

First Name

Abir

Last Name

Elfeky

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

VACSERA

Email

elfikyabir@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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-

First Name

Gamal

Last Name

El-Sherbiny

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

gamalelsherbiny1970@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0003-3968-0536

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Elhaw

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City-Cairo 11884, Egypt

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elhaw99@gmail.com

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Volume

65

Article Issue

5

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29749

Issue Date

2022-05-01

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2021-10-04

Publish Date

2022-05-01

Page Start

297

Page End

306

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_202565.html

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Characterization of bee venom and its synergistic effect combating antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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22 Jan 2023