Table 2.
Antibacterial effect of 5 biofilm inhibitors in combination with anti-A. baumannii antibiotics on extensively drug-resistant A. baumannii.
| Biofilm inhibitor | Antibiotic | Fractional Inhibitory Concentration Index (FICI) | Interplay | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB1 | AB2 | AB3 | AB4 | AB5 | AB6 | AB7 | AB8 | AB9 | Synergy (%) | Additivity (%) | Indifference (%) | Antagonism (%) | ||
| Zinc lactate + | Imipenem | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.38 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Meropenem | 0.75 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.56 | 0.75 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tigecycline | 0.31 | 1.06 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 1.06 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 22 | 56 | 22 | 0 | |
| Polymyxin B | 2.06 | 4.12 | 4.12 | 3.00 | 4.12 | 2.06 | 2.06 | 2.06 | 2.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |
| Fluoride + | Imipenem | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.56 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 33 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
| Meropenem | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.5 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 44 | 56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tigecycline | 0.19 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 0.56 | 0.31 | 56 | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Polymyxin B | 1.06 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.25 | 1.12 | 1.25 | 1.12 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | |
| Furanone + | Imipenem | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.75 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| Meropenem | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tigecycline | 0.31 | 1.06 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 1.12 | 1.06 | 0.56 | 1.06 | 0.56 | 11 | 44 | 44 | 0 | |
| Polymyxin B | 1.25 | 1.25 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1.12 | 4.00 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 22 | |
| Rifampicin + | Imipenem | 1.00 | 1.06 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.53 | 1.06 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0 | 78 | 22 | 0 |
| Meropenem | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0 | 56 | 44 | 0 | |
| Tigecycline | 0.5 | 1.00 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 1.12 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 22 | 67 | 11 | 0 | |
| Polymyxin B | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 1.03 | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.56 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azithromycin + | Imipenem | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| Meropenem | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | |
| Tigecycline | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | |
| Polymyxin B | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |