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Abstract Title:

Hyperbaric oxygen sensitizes anoxic Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm to ciprofloxacin.

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Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2017 Sep 5. Epub 2017 Sep 5. PMID: 28874373

Abstract Author(s):

Mette Kolpen, Christian J Lerche, Kasper N Kragh, Thomas Sams, Klaus Koren, Anna S Jensen, Laura Line, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Oana Ciofu, Claus Moser, Michael Kühl, Niels Høiby, PeterØ Jensen

Article Affiliation:

Mette Kolpen

Abstract:

Chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection is characterized by the presence of endobronchial antibiotic-tolerant biofilm subject to strong oxygen (O2) depletion due to the activity of surrounding polymorphonuclear leukocytes. The exact mechanisms affecting the antibiotic susceptibility of biofilms remain unclear, but accumulating evidence suggests that the efficacy of several bactericidal antibiotics is enhanced by stimulation of aerobic respiration of pathogens, while lack of O2 increases their tolerance. In fact, the bactericidal effect of several antibiotics depends on active aerobic metabolism activity and the endogenous formation of reactive O2 radicals (ROS). In this study we aimed to apply hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) in order to sensitize anoxic P. aeruginosa agarose-biofilms established to mimic situations with intense O2 consumption by the host response in the cystic fibrosis (CF) lung. Application of HBOT resulted in enhanced bactericidal activity of ciprofloxacin at clinically relevant durations and was accompanied by indications of restored aerobic respiration, involvement of endogenous lethal oxidative stress and increased bacterial growth. The findings highlight that oxygenation by HBOT improves the bactericidal activity of ciprofloxacin on P. aeruginosa biofilm and suggest that bacterial biofilms is sensitized to antibiotics by supplying hyperbaric O2.

Study Type : In Vitro Study
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Additional Keywords : Biofilm : CK(99) : AC(71)

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