A new dry-surface biofilm model: An essential tool for efficacy testing of hospital surface decontamination procedures

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作者
Almatroudi, Ahmad [1 ,2 ]
Hu, Honghua [1 ]
Deva, Anand [1 ]
Gosbell, Iain B. [3 ,4 ,5 ]
Jacombs, Anita [1 ]
Jensen, Slade O. [3 ,5 ]
Whiteley, Greg [6 ]
Glasbey, Trevor [6 ]
Vickery, Karen [1 ]
机构
[1] Macquarie Univ, Surg Infect Res Grp, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, N Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia
[2] Qassim Univ, Dept Med Labs, Coll Appl Med Sci, Qasim, Saudi Arabia
[3] Univ Western Sydney, Sch Med, Microbiol & Infect Dis Unit, Mol Med Res Grp, Penrith, NSW 2715, Australia
[4] Sydney South West Pathol Serv, Dept Microbiol & Infect Dis, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
[5] Ingham Inst Appl Med Res, Antimicrobial Resistance & Mobile Elements Grp AR, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia
[6] Whiteley Corp, Tomago, Newcastle, NSW 2322, Australia
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
Biofilm composition; Clinical biofilms; Decontamination testing; Dry surface biofilm; Model development; Staphylococcus aureus; MICROSCOPY;
D O I
10.1016/j.mimet.2015.08.003
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The environment has been shown to be a source of pathogens causing infections in hospitalised patients. Incorporation of pathogens into biofilms, contaminating dry hospital surfaces, prolongs their survival and renders them tolerant to normal hospital cleaning and disinfection procedures. Currently there is no standard method for testing efficacy of detergents and disinfectants against biofilm formed on dry surfaces. Aim: The aim of this study was to develop a reproducible method of producing Staphylococcus aureus biofilm with properties similar to those of biofilm obtained from dry hospital clinical surfaces, for use in efficacy testing of decontamination products. The properties (composition, architecture) of model biofilm and biofilm obtained from clinical dry surfaces within an intensive care unit were compared. Methods: The CDC Biofilm Reactor was adapted to create a dry surface biofilm model. S. aureus ATCC 25923 was grown on polycarbonate coupons. Alternating cycles of dehydration and hydration in tryptone soy broth (TSB) were performed over 12 days. Number of biofilm bacteria attached to individual coupons was determined by plate culture and the coefficient of variation (CV%) calculated. The DNA, glycoconjugates and protein content of the biofilm were determined by analysing biofilm stained with SYTO 60, Alexa-488-labelled Aleuria aurantia lectin and SyproOrange respectively using Image J and Imaris software. Biofilm architecture was analysed using live/dead staining and confocal microscopy (CM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Model biofilm was compared to naturally formed biofilm containing S. aureus on dry clinical surfaces. Results: The CDC Biofilm reactor reproducibly formed a multi-layered, biofilm containing about 107 CPU/coupon embedded in thick extracellular polymeric substances. Within run CV was 9.5% and the between run CV was 10.1%. Protein was the principal component of both the in vitro model biofilm and the biofilms found on clinical surfaces. Continued dehydration and ageing of the model biofilm for 30 days increased the % of protein, marginally decreased gylcoconjugate % but reduced extracellular DNA by 2/3. The surface of both model and clinical biofilms was rough reflecting the heterogeneous nature of biofilm formation. The average maximum thickness was 30.74 +/- 2.1 mu m for the in vitro biofilm model and between 24 and 47 pm for the clinical biofilms examined. Conclusion: The laboratory developed biofilm was similar to clinical biofilms in architecture and composition. We propose that this method is suitable for evaluating the efficacy of surface cleaners and disinfectants in removing biofilm formed on dry clinical surfaces as both within run and between run variation was low, and the required equipment is easy to use, cheap and readily available. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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