Abstract:
:Staphylococcal biofilms on surgical implants are the underlying cause of a lack of response to antimicrobial treatment. We investigated the effects of vancomycin (VAN), daptomycin (DAP), fosfomycin (FOS), tigecycline (TGC), and ceftriaxone (CRX), alone and in combination with azithromycin (AZI), on established biofilms of Staphylococcus epidermidis. Biofilms were studied using the static microtiter plate model with established S. epidermidis biofilms, with an initial inoculum of 10(6)/ml in 96-well polystyrene flat-bottom microtiter plates. Biofilms were inoculated with VAN, DAP, FOS, TGC, or CRX at two concentrations, alone or in combination with AZI (2, 512, or 1,024 mg/liter). To assess the reduction in biomass, the optical density ratio (ODr), calculated as (optical density [OD] of the treated biofilm)/(OD of the untreated biofilm, taken as 1), was used. For antibacterial efficacy, the viable bacterial count was used. Reductions in the biofilm ODr were observed for VAN (15 and 40 mg/liter) and FOS (200 mg/liter) only (ODr [mean +/- standard deviation] for VAN at 15 and 40 mg/liter, 0.77 +/- 0.32 and 0.8 +/- 0.35, respectively; ODr for FOS at 200 mg/liter, 0.78 +/- 0.26; P < 0.05), but not for DAP (2 and 5 mg/liter), TGC (0.2 and 2 mg/liter), or CRX (600 and 2,400 mg/liter). The addition of AZI had no further effect on the ODr, but a significant reduction of bacterial growth was achieved with high doses of AZI plus TGC or AZI plus CRX (a 3-log count reduction for AZI at 1,024 mg/liter plus CRX at 600 mg/liter and for AZI at 512 or 1,024 mg/liter plus CRX at 2,400 mg/liter; a 2-log count reduction for AZI at 512 or 1,024 mg/liter plus TGC at 2 mg/liter [P < 0.05]). No significant reduction in bacterial growth was observed for FOS (50 and 200 mg/liter), DAP (2 and 5 mg/liter), or TGC (0.2 mg/liter) in combination with AZI. None of the antibiotics at either concentration reduced the bacterial count of the biofilms when used alone. Thus, the use of a combination of AZI plus TGC, FOS, or CRX at high concentrations has little effect on biofilm density but significantly reduces bacterial growth.
journal_name
Antimicrob Agents Chemotherjournal_title
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapyauthors
Presterl E,Hajdu S,Lassnigg AM,Hirschl AM,Holinka J,Graninger Wdoi
10.1128/AAC.01628-08subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2009-08-01 00:00:00pages
3205-10issue
8eissn
0066-4804issn
1098-6596pii
AAC.01628-08journal_volume
53pub_type
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