Biofilm Formation among Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Isolates Has Clinical Relevance: The ANSELM Prospective Multicenter Study
| Autor: | Marcela Krutova, Arianna Pompilio, Marco Ranalli, Branislava Savic, Dragana Vuković, Mariagrazia Perilli, María M. Tavío, Ersilia Fiscarelli, Daniel Jonas, Giovanni Di Bonaventura, Pavel Drevinek, Fernando Artiles, Alessandra Piccirilli, Vanessa Tuccio Guarna Assanti |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) Stenotrophomonas maltophilia antibiotic resistance medicine.drug_class 030106 microbiology Antibiotics Biology Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences Antibiotic resistance Levofloxacin Virology medicine Clinical significance lcsh:QH301-705.5 Biofilm formation Clinical relevance Multicenter study Biofilm biochemical phenomena metabolism and nutrition clinical relevance biology.organism_classification 3. Good health 030104 developmental biology multicenter study lcsh:Biology (General) biofilm formation medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Microorganisms, Vol 9, Iss 49, p 49 (2021) Microorganisms Volume 9 Issue 1 |
| ISSN: | 2076-2607 |
| Popis: | The ability to form biofilms is a recognized trait of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, but the extent of its clinical relevance is still unclear. The present multicenter prospective study (ANSELM) aims at investigating the association between biofilm formation and clinical outcomes of S. maltophilia infections. One hundred and nine isolates were collected from various geographical origins and stratified according to their clinical relevance. Biofilm formation was evaluated by the microtiter plate assay and correlated with microbiological and clinical data from the associated strains. Antibiotic susceptibility of the planktonic cells was tested by the disk diffusion technique, while antibiotic activity against mature biofilms was spectrophotometrically assessed. Most strains (91.7%) were able to form biofilm, although bloodborne strains produced biofilm amounts significantly higher than strains causing hospital- rather than community-acquired infections, and those recognized as &ldquo definite&rdquo pathogens. Biofilm formation efficiency was positively correlated with mechanical ventilation (p = 0.032), whereas a negative relationship was found with antibiotic resistance (r2 = 0.107 p < 0.001), specifically in the case of the pathogenic strains. Mature S. maltophilia biofilms were markedly more resistant (up to 128 times) to cotrimoxazole and levofloxacin compared with their planktonic counterparts, especially in the case of bloodborne strains. Our findings indicate that biofilm formation by S. maltophilia is obviously a contributing factor in the pathogenesis of infections, especially in deep ones, thus warranting additional studies with larger cohort of patients and isolates. |
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