Skip to main content
. 2020 Oct 22;10:18097. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-75218-y

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