title: Distinctin improves the efficacies of glycopeptides and betalactams against staphylococcal biofilm in an experimental model of central venous catheter infection.
abstract: The ability of microorganisms to adhere to medical implants is a problem of high visibility and has been focused in numerous investigations. To assess the efficacy of distinctin and conventional antibiotics in the treatment of central venous catheter in vitro and in vivo studies were performed. The in vitro susceptibility assay was performed against S. aureus biofilms developed on 96-well polystyrene tissue culture plates. Efficacy studies were performed in a rat model of CVC infection. Twenty-four hours after implantation, the catheters were filled with distinctin. Thirty minutes later, rats were challenged via the CVC with S. aureus. Administration of antibiotics into the CVC at a concentration equal to the MBC for adherent cells, or at 1024 microg/mL began 24 h later. The killing activities of all antibiotics against adherent bacteria were at least four- to eightfold lower than against freely growing cells. When antibiotics were used in distinctin pretreated wells, they showed a significant increase of activity. The in vivo studies showed that when CVCs were pretreated with distinctin biofilm bacterial load was further decreased to 10(1) CFU/mL and bacteremia was not detected. Distinctin displays potential as an adjunctive agent to antibiotics in the treatment of CVC-related infections.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Università Politecnica delle Marche, c/o Ospedale Regionale, Via Conca 71, 60200 Ancona, Italy. anconacmi@interfree.it
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giacometti
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cirioni
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghiselli
authors.forename: Fiorenza
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Orlando
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silvestri
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Renzone
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Testa
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mocchegiani
authors.forename: Agnese
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Della Vittoria
authors.forename: Vittorio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Saba
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scaloni
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Scalise
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D002404:Catheterization; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000254:growth & development*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D010455:Peptides