There is a persistent need to look for alternative therapeutic modalities to help control the pandemic of antimicrobial resistance. Assessment of antibacterial and anti-biofilm effects of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) was the aim of the current study. The micro-dilution method determined the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of ascorbic acid or antibiotics alone and in combinations against () clinical isolates. The micro-titer plate method monitored the effect of ascorbic acid on the biofilm-producing isolates of . The effect of ascorbic acid on the differential expression of different antibiotic-resistant genes and biofilm encoding genes of isolates were also tested using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). For assessment of the antibacterial effects of ascorbic acid alone or combined with an antibiotic, rats were infected with clinical isolate followed by different treatment regimens. MICs of ascorbic acid among isolates were in the range of 156.2-1,250 μg/ml, while MIC50 and MIC90 were 312.5 and 625 μg/ml, respectively. At sub-inhibitory concentrations (19.5-312.5 μg/ml), ascorbic acid had 100% biofilm inhibitory effect. Furthermore, ascorbic acid-treated bacteria showed downregulation of genes underpinning biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance. assessment of vitamin C and ceftazidime in rats showed that administration of both at a lower dose for treatment of pseudomonas infection in rats had a synergistic and more powerful effect. Vitamin C shows excellent results as an antibacterial and anti-biofilm agent. Vitamin C should be routinely prescribed with antibiotics to treat bacterial infections in the clinical setting.
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