The influence of subinhibitory concentrations (1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32 MIC) of amikacin and ciprofloxacin on the morphology and adherence of uropathogenic strains was studied. Intensity of morphological changes was proportional to the concentrations of these antibiotics. Morphological changes were the most prominent after bacterial exposure to sub-MICs of ciprofloxacin. These concentrations, especially 1/2 MIC of ciprofloxacin, induced the formation of filaments of E. coli, K. pneumoniae, K. oxytoca, E. cloacae and A. calcoaceticus biotype anitratus. No morphological changes were observed in P. aeruginosa, S. epidermidis and S. aureus cells after exposure to subinhibitory concentrations of both antibiotics. Sub-MICs of amikacin affected the changes in cell shape only slightly. The exposure of bacterial strains to 1/2 MIC of ciprofloxacin induced increased vacuolation of the cells. We observed shrinkage of the protoplasm and the pleated cell walls in comparison with control cells. The greatest loss of adherence ability occurred at 1/2 MIC of ciprofloxacin after a 1-d incubation.

• MeSH
• amikacin farmakologie   MeSH
• antiinfekční látky farmakologie   MeSH
• bakteriální adheze účinky léků   MeSH
• ciprofloxacin farmakologie   MeSH
• Enterobacteriaceae účinky léků   růst a vývoj   ultrastruktura   MeSH
• enterobakteriální infekce mikrobiologie   moč   MeSH
• epitelové buňky MeSH
• infekce močového ústrojí mikrobiologie   moč   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mikrobiální testy citlivosti MeSH
• mikroskopie elektronová rastrovací MeSH
• mikroskopie fázově kontrastní MeSH
• transmisní elektronová mikroskopie MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• amikacin MeSH
• antiinfekční látky MeSH
• ciprofloxacin MeSH

Serotyping and some potential virulence-associated markers were investigated in Plesiomonas shigelloides strains isolated from humans, animals and aquatic environments. Surface properties of these strains were evaluated using Congo red binding, salt-aggregation test, bacterial adherence to xylene and motility. Production of pancreatic elastase, proteinase (consistent with subtilisin Carlsberg), triacylglycerol lipase, histidine decarboxylase and beta-hemolysin was also determined. In addition, detection of signal molecules such as C4-C8 unsubstituted N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) was performed. The serological typing of the P. shigelloides strains showed that the isolates belonged to 13 different serovars. The majority of the strains were hydrophobic and motile. The strains produced low levels of elastase, proteinase and histidine decarboxylase whereas triacylglycerol lipase activity was relatively high. Only 23.3 % of the strains produced hemolysin. The AHLs signal molecules were not detected. P. shigelloides strains were able to produce a variety of potential virulence markers which may be involved in the pathogenesis of Plesiomonas-associated infections.

• MeSH
• bakteriální adheze MeSH
• druhová specificita MeSH
• gama-butyrolakton analogy a deriváty   metabolismus   MeSH
• gramnegativní bakteriální infekce mikrobiologie   MeSH
• hemolyziny biosyntéza   MeSH
• histidindekarboxylasa biosyntéza   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• lipasa biosyntéza   MeSH
• mikrobiologie vody MeSH
• pankreatická elastasa biosyntéza   MeSH
• Plesiomonas klasifikace   izolace a purifikace   metabolismus   patogenita   MeSH
• sérotypizace MeSH
• virulence MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• gama-butyrolakton MeSH
• hemolyziny MeSH
• histidindekarboxylasa MeSH
• homoserine lactone MeSH Prohlížeč
• lipasa MeSH
• pankreatická elastasa MeSH