influence of doxorubicin on adhesive properties of e.coli

Influence ofantineoplastic drug doxorubicin and amikacin, the aminoglycoside family on adhesive activity of Escherichia coli was studied. Antimicrobialactivity(minimum inhibitory concentration-MIC) ofboth drugs against experimental strains using serial two-fold dilution method was determined. Susceptibility of E.coli to amikacin in the presence of Sand j MIC doxorubicin was studied. After 10 passages in beef-extract broth with constant and increasing doxorubicin concentrations in the presence of Sand j MIC doxorubicin, the adhesive activity of initial and passage variants according to theirability to absorb human erythrocytes 1(0) Rh+ was determined. Itwas observed that experimental strains were susceptible to amikacin (MIC 1,5-6,2 mkg/ml) butwere resistantto doxorubicin (MIC 1000 mkg/ml). Subinhibitory concentrations of this cytostatic (S and j MIC) raised the sensitivity of experimental strains to amikacin and differently effected on adhesive activity of passage variants of E.coli.