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Antimicrobial and antibiofilm effect of silver nanoparticles on clinical isolates of multidrug resistant <i>Klebsiella Pneumoniae</i>

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Medical microbiology

Abstract

Background:  Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae) causes life threatening infections. Pharmaceutical nanotechnology is anticipated to produce new therapeutic products for biomedical uses. One of these compounds, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs), is with promising antibacterial and anti-biofilm characteristics. Aim of the work: To evaluate the anti-microbial and anti-biofilm activities of AgNPs against MDR K. pneumoniae clinical isolates in Ain-Shams university hospitals. Methodology: The study was conducted on fifty MDR K. pneumoniae. The isolates were retrieved from Ain Shams university Microbiology laboratory. The biofilm-forming activity was tested by a microtiter plate based on crystal violet staining, the AgNPs were synthesized biologically and characterized by different methods. The antibacterial and antibiofilm activities of biosynthesized AgNPs were investigated against selected strains using standard methods. Results: The results revealed that all isolates were resistant to tested antibiotics and biofilm-forming ability was detected in 28/50 (56%) isolates. The antibacterial activities of AgNPs showed that all isolates were susceptible to AgNPs with Minimal Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) ranging from 15.625 μg /ml to 125 μg /ml. Also, AgNPs significantly reduced the biofilm formation as 26/28 of isolates became non-biofilm producers (0) and 2/28 became weak.  Silver nanoparticles showed minimal cytotoxic concentration (conc.) up to 100 percent and 99.42 percent viability on normal human lung fibroblast cells (MRC-5) cell lines treated with AgNPs at conc. of 2 μg/ml and 3.9 μg/ml respectively. Conclusion: Multi drug resistant K. pneumoniae is a rising problem and the rate of biofilm formation in these isolates is high.  Silver nanoparticles exhibit good antibacterial and antibiofilm activity against them.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2023.200483.1487

Keywords

Klebsiella pneumoniae, multidrug resistant, Biofilm, and silver nanoparticles

Authors

First Name

Eman

Last Name

Elsaid

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department Faculty of medicine Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 1181, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt

Email

eman.m.elsaid@med.asu.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0009-0005-6395-1107

First Name

Ola

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

Ibrahim

Affiliation

Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department Faculty of medicine Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 1181, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt

Email

olaibrahim@med.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-8570-4554

First Name

Abdullah

Last Name

Abdo

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

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

Email

abdullah.abdo@azhar.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0003-0087-0674

First Name

Shimaa

Last Name

Abdel Salam

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department Faculty of medicine Ain Shams University, P.O. Box 1181, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt

Email

shimaa_ahmed@med.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-9825-5233

Volume

4

Article Issue

2

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40831

Issue Date

2023-05-01

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2023-03-19

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2023-05-01

Page Start

542

Page End

554

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2682-4132

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2682-4140

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Original Article

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1,157

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Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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https://mid.journals.ekb.eg/

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Antimicrobial and antibiofilm effect of silver nanoparticles on clinical isolates of multidrug resistant <i>Klebsiella Pneumoniae</i>

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25 Dec 2024