Biofilm formation among stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates has clinical relevance: The ANSELM Prospective Multicenter Study / Arianna Pompilio, Marco Ranalli, Alessandra Piccirilli, Mariagrazia Perilli, Dragana Vukovic, Branislava Savic, Marcela Krutova, Pavel Drevinek, Daniel Jonas, Ersilia V. Fiscarelli, Vanessa Tuccio Guarna Assanti, María M. Tavío, Fernando Artiles, Giovanni Di Bonaventura

Abstract: 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 “definite” 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.

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

Basel: MDPI AG ; 2021

Freiburg: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg ; 2021

Enthalten in:

Microorganisms - 9, 1 (2021), 49

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pompilio, Arianna [VerfasserIn]
Ranalli, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Piccirilli, Alessandra [VerfasserIn]
Perilli, Mariagrazia [VerfasserIn]
Vukovic, Dragana [VerfasserIn]
Savic, Branislava [VerfasserIn]
Krutova, Marcela [VerfasserIn]
Drevinek, Pavel [VerfasserIn]
Jonas, Daniel, 1959- [VerfasserIn]
Fiscarelli, Ersilia V. [VerfasserIn]
Tuccio Guarna Assanti, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Tavío, María M. [VerfasserIn]
Artiles, Fernando [VerfasserIn]
Di Bonaventura, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]

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Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource (25 Seiten) ; Illustrationen, Diagramme ; Supplementary material (1 PDF-Datei, 18 Seiten)

doi:

10.3390/microorganisms9010049

Weitere IDs:

urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-1752658

FRUB-opus-175265

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1757160639