Effects of antibiotics on adherence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens to A549 pneumocyte cells.

P Di Martino, J Rebière-Huët, C Hulen

Index: Chemotherapy 46(2) , 129-34, (2000)

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of antibiotics at subminimal inhibitory concentrations (sub-MIC) on fluorescent pseudomonas adherence to A549 pneumocyte cells. Pseudomonas fluorescens MF0 isolated from contaminated raw milk and Pseudomonas aeruginosa NK125502 isolated from a cystic fibrosis patient's lung adhered to A549 cells. As previously shown for P. aeruginosa, P. fluorescens bound to A549 cells in a dose-dependent manner over a wide range of bacterial concentrations. Bacterial growth in the presence of polymyxin B or gentamicin at MIC/2 had no effect on the adherence of NK125502 and MF0 to A549 cells. Instead, MIC/2 and MIC/8 of cefsulodin or chloramphenicol decreased the adherence of the two strains. A decrease in MF0 adherence was also observed with cefsulodin at MIC/32. We conclude that, in addition to their antibacterial activity, cefsulodin and chloramphenicol could be effective in preventing Pseudomonas adherence to respiratory epithelium.Copyright 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel.