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Evaluation of Azithromycin and Fenugreek Oil as Anti-virulence Agents against <i>Stenotrophomonas maltophilia </i>MultiDrug Resistant Clinical Isolates

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a gram-negative opportunistic pathogenic bacterium that is associated with hospital- and community-acquired infections. Ithas a set of virulence factors, such as biofilm formation and extracellular enzymes, that are mostly regulated via quorum sensing (QS) systems. Azithromycin (AZM) is a macrolide that is well known for its anti-virulence effects, including anti-QS and antibiofilm effects. Additionally, some spice essential oils have been reported to inhibit bacterial virulence. This study evaluated the effect of AZM and Fenugreek Oil (FO), a spice essential oil from Fenugreek seeds, against some virulence factors of multidrug-resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates. Both AZM and FO showed significant inhibitory effects against protease activity, where all tested isolates showed 100% loss of the halo zone formed in skimmed milk agar test with AZM and a 25 to 35% reduction in the zone with FO. A mean reduction in the interstitial surface area of 34.4% and 35.5% was detected with AZM and FO, respectively, in the twitching motility assay. While AZM showed a significant effect in reducing biofilm formation by S. maltophilia isolates (mean inhibition of 49.7%), the reducing effect of FO (18.5%) was not significant. Genotypically, exposure of S. maltophilia clinical isolates to AZM and FO significantly reduced the expression of protease-encoding genes (stmPr1, stmPr2 and StmPr3) and a quorum sensing gene (rpfC).

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10.21608/ejbo.2023.235085.2479

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Anti-virulence agents, Azithromycin, Biofilm, Fenugreek oil, Quorum sensing, <i>Stenotrophomonas maltophilia</i>

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Ingy

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El-Soudany

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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharos University in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

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ingy.elsoudany@pua.edu.eg

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Alexandria

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0000-0001-9602-0185

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Azza

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Elsheikh

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Department of Microbiology, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

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dr.azzaelsheikh@alexu.edu.eg

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Alexandria

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Ibrahim A.

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Abdelwahab

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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharos University in Alexandria, Alexandria, Egypt

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ibrahim.abdelwahab@pua.edu.eg

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Alexandria

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0000-0002-8279-4363

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64

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1

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45170

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2024-01-01

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2023-09-08

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2024-01-01

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329

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340

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0375-9237

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2357-0350

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Egyptian Journal of Botany

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https://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/

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Evaluation of Azithromycin and Fenugreek Oil as Anti-virulence Agents against <i>Stenotrophomonas maltophilia </i>MultiDrug Resistant Clinical Isolates

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