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Accordingly, the aim of the current study was to evaluate antimicrobial effects of the CM11 peptide alone and combined with common antibiotics against drug-resistant isolates of\n                    <jats:italic>Brucella melitensis.<\/jats:italic>\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Methodology.<\/jats:bold>\n                    A total of 50 pathogenic samples of\n                    <jats:italic>B. melitensis<\/jats:italic>\n                    were isolated from patients and their antibiotic susceptibility pattern was evaluated by E-test. Then, the synergistic reaction of the peptide with selected antibiotics was evaluated using a chequerboard procedure.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results.<\/jats:bold>\n                    Based on the susceptibility pattern of isolates, ciprofloxacin, rifampin, streptomycin and co-trimoxazole were used for synergistic study. According to the results, synergic effect was observed for streptomycin and co-trimoxazole in combination with the peptide while ciprofloxacin and rifampin showed partial synergy and additive effect, respectively. Consistent with these results, in the time-killing assay, a decrease in colony counts for streptomycin-peptide and co-trimoxazole-peptide was &gt;2 Log\n                    <jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>\n                    while for ciprofloxacin-peptide and rifampin-peptide it was about 1.5 Log\n                    <jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>\n                    and &lt;2 Log\n                    <jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>\n                    , which represents synergy, partial synergy and additive interaction, respectively.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusion.<\/jats:bold>\n                    These results showed that by antibiotic-CM11 combination, their effective dose can be reduced particularly for drug-resistant isolates. 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