Lethal activity of miconazole in Neisseria gonorrhoeae grown in pure and mixed cultures
Lethal activity of miconazole in Neisseria gonorrhoeae grown in pure and mixed cultures
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咪康唑对纯培养和混合培养的淋病奈瑟菌的致死活性
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1988
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M. Jacques
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L. Mathieu;M. Jacques
Low concentrations (e.g. 2 × 10−6 M) of an imidazole derivative anti-fungal agent, miconazole, were lethal for the Gram-negative, facultative aerobic pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae grown either alone or in mixed culture with the yeast Candida albicans. Electron microscopic observation of Neisseria cells exposed to miconazole showed the presence of blebs in the outer wall and areas of separation between the wall and the cytoplasmic membrane. Sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) of cell lysates did not reveal differences in major outer membrane proteins between the treated and the untreated cells of any one strain. Imidazole derivatives are frequently used in the treatment of candidiasis. Our in vitro results show that low concentrations of one of them, miconazole, can be bactericidal for N. gonorrhoeae, a bacterium that can colonise sites of the human body where Candida is often found.