Consumption of non-antibacterial drugs may have negative impact on Helicobacter pylori colonization in the stomach

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Background: Nineteen non-antibacterials were examined to show that their consumption for treatment of other diseases may inhibit Helicobacter pylori. Four antibiotics were used for comparison.

Materials and methods: Agar dilution method was used to examine the susceptibility of 20 H. pylori isolates to 4 antibiotics; metronidazole (MTZ), clarithromycin (CLR), amoxicillin (AMX), tetracycline (TET) and 19 non-antibacterials; proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), H2-blockers, bismuth subsalicylate (BSS), antifungals, statins, acetaminophen (ACE), aspirin (ASA), B-vitamins (B-Vits; Vit B1, Vit B6 and Vit Bcomplex) and vitamin C (Vit C). Blood agar plates were prepared with different concentrations of drugs and spot-inoculated with bacterial suspensions. Plates were incubated at 37 °C under microaerobic conditions and examined after 3-5 days. The isolate #20 that was mucoid and resistant to 19 drugs, including MTZ and SMV was tested against combined MTZ (8 μg/mL) and SMV (100 μg/mL). Results were analyzed statistically.

Results: Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs, μg/mL) of drugs and the frequency of susceptible H. pylori were determined as MTZ (8, 80%), CLR (2, 90%), AMX (1, 100%), TET (0.5, 70%), PPIs (8-128, 80%), H2-blockers (2000-8000, 75-80%), BSS (15, 85%), antifungals (64-256, 30-80%), statins (100-250, 35-90%), ACE (40, 75%), ASA (800, 75%), B-Vits (5000-20000, 80-100%) and Vit C (2048, 85%). Susceptibility of H. pylori isolates to 16 out of 19 non-antimicrobials (75-100%) was almost similar to those of antibiotics (70-100%) (P-value >0.05). The highest susceptibility rate (100%) belonged to Vit B1, Vit B6 and AMX. Out of 20 H. pylori isolates, 17 (85%) were susceptible to ≥13 non-antimicrobials and 3 (15%) were susceptible to < 13 (P-value <0.05). Mucoid H. pylori showed susceptibility to combination of MTZ and SMV.

Conclusions: Most of non-antibacterials inhibited H. pylori isolates, similar to antibiotics but their MICs exceeded those of antibiotics and their plasma concentrations. At low plasma concentration, non-antimicrobials may act as weak antibacterials, antibiotic adjuvants and immunostimulators.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

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Heliyon - 10(2024), 5 vom: 15. März, Seite e27327

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Atif, Allah Nazar [VerfasserIn]
Hatefi, Atousa [VerfasserIn]
Arven, Asadullah [VerfasserIn]
Foroumadi, Alireza [VerfasserIn]
Kadkhodaei, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Sadjadi, Alireza [VerfasserIn]
Siavoshi, Farideh [VerfasserIn]

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Helicobacter pylori
Journal Article
Minimum inhibitory concentration
Non-antibacterial drugs
Plasma concentration
Susceptibility

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Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27327

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NLM369848756