Antimicrobial resistance modulation of MDR E. coli by antibiotic coated ZnO nanoparticles.

Abstract We evaluated three types of total six preparations against multidrug resistant E. coli i) three antibiotic coated ZnO nanoparticles (gentamicin coated nanoparticle-GNp; chloramphenicol coated nanoparticles-CNp; and both gentamicin & chloramphenicol coated nanoparticle-GCNp), ii) ZnO nanoparticle alone-Np, and iii) two antibiotics used in single (Gentamicin-G; and Chloramphenicol-C). A total of n = 200 sub-clinically positive mastitic milk samples of bovine origin were processed for isolation of MDR E. coli using microbiological and clinical laboratory & standard institute's protocols. ZnO Nps were prepared from zinc acetate dihydrate (Zn (CH3COO)2. 2H2O), polyethylene glycol (C2nH4n+2On+1), and urea (CH₄N₂O) by standard chemical protocol. Nps were characterized by XRD and STEM analyses while coating of antibiotics on Nps was confirmed by UV–Visible spectrophotometric analysis. Analysis of variance and student t-test were applied at 5% probability using SPSS version 22 statistical software for inferences on obtained data. There was significantly (p