Meha Fethi

Meha Fethi

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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17 December 2020 in Antibiotics
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ATAZZA TROUDI
AZZA TROUDI
MFMeha Fethi
Meha Fethi
MAMohamed Selim El Asli
Mohamed Selim El Asli
jean Michel Bruneljean Michel Brunel
jean Michel Brunel
NKNaouel Klibi
Naouel Klibi
jean Michel Bruneljean Michel Brunel
jean Michel Brunel
The growing number of multidrug resistant strains in Tunisia has become a serious health concern contributing to high rate of mortality and morbidity. Since current antibiotics are rapidly becoming ineffective, novel strategies to combat resistance are needed. Recently, we demonstrated that combination of a tetracycline antibiotic with various polyaminoisoprenyl adjuvants can sustain the life span and enhance the activity of these drugs against Pseudomonas aeruginosa reference strain (PA01). In the context of our continuing studies, the effective approach of antibiotic-adjuvant was investigated against a large panel of P. aeruginosa Tunisian clinical strains collected from the Military Hospital of Tunis. In this paper, we demonstrated that the combination of a farnesyl spermine compound 3 used at concentrations ranging from 2.5 to 10 µM, in the presence of doxycycline or minocycline leads to a significant decrease of P. aeruginosa antibiotic resistance.