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Tetracycline and rifampicin induced a viable but nonculturable state in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms
| Resumo: | AIM: The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of antibiotics on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms with different proportions of dormant bacteria, using clinical and commensal isolates. MATERIALS & METHODS: The ability of S. epidermidis isolates to develop a dormant state was determined. The susceptibility of biofilms with prevented or induced dormancy to antibiotics was evaluated by enumeration of viable and cultivable cells, and confocal microscopy. RESULTS: Dormancy was observed in the majority of tested strains. Tetracycline and rifampicin enhanced the development of a viable but noncultivable biofilm state. CONCLUSION: Biofilms with induced dormancy were more likely to survive rifampicin. Furthermore, we found that the reduction of cultivable cells was not sufficient to reach definite conclusions on antimicrobial effectiveness. |
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| Autores principais: | Carvalhais, Virgínia Maria Dinis |
| Outros Autores: | Perez-Cabezas, B.; Oliveira, Cátia; Vitorino, R.; Vilanova, Manuel; Cerca, Nuno |
| Assunto: | antibiotics culturability dormancy Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms viability viable but noncultivable cells |
| Ano: | 2018 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | AIM: The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of antibiotics on Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms with different proportions of dormant bacteria, using clinical and commensal isolates. MATERIALS & METHODS: The ability of S. epidermidis isolates to develop a dormant state was determined. The susceptibility of biofilms with prevented or induced dormancy to antibiotics was evaluated by enumeration of viable and cultivable cells, and confocal microscopy. RESULTS: Dormancy was observed in the majority of tested strains. Tetracycline and rifampicin enhanced the development of a viable but noncultivable biofilm state. CONCLUSION: Biofilms with induced dormancy were more likely to survive rifampicin. Furthermore, we found that the reduction of cultivable cells was not sufficient to reach definite conclusions on antimicrobial effectiveness. |
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