Pierre-Eric Danin1, Emmanuelle Girou2, Patrick Legrand3, Bruno Louis4, Redouane Fodil4, Christo Christov5, Jérôme Devaquet6, Daniel Isabey4, Laurent Brochard7. 1. Service de réanimation médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Henri Mondor, Créteil, France Unité Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U955, Fonctions Cellulaires et Moléculaires de l'Appareil Respiratoire et des Vaisseaux, Equipe Biomécanique Cellulaire et Respiratoire, Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, Paris 12, Créteil danin.pe@chu-nice.fr. 2. Unité de Contrôle, Epidémiologie et Prévention de l'Infection, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil. 3. Laboratoire de bactériologie-virologie, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil. 4. Unité Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U955, Fonctions Cellulaires et Moléculaires de l'Appareil Respiratoire et des Vaisseaux, Equipe Biomécanique Cellulaire et Respiratoire, Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, Paris 12, Créteil. 5. Département Anatomie pathologique, Unité INSERM U955, CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France. 6. Service de réanimation médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Henri Mondor, Créteil, France. 7. Service de réanimation médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Henri Mondor, Créteil, France Unité Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U955, Fonctions Cellulaires et Moléculaires de l'Appareil Respiratoire et des Vaisseaux, Equipe Biomécanique Cellulaire et Respiratoire, Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, Paris 12, Créteil Keenan Research Centre, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, and the Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A biofilm is found on the inner side of endotracheal tubes (ETT) in mechanically ventilated patients, but its features and role in pneumonia remain unclear. METHODS: This prospective, observational, monocentric study included critically ill ventilated subjects. Measurement of the ETT inner volume was first performed before extubation using the acoustic reflection method. After extubation, the biofilm was studied by means of optical and atomic force microscopy. Bacteriological analysis was then performed and compared with clinical documentation. RESULTS: Twenty-four subjects were included. Duration of intubation lasted from 2 to 79 d (mean ± SD: 11 ± 15 d). The mean percentage of ETT volume loss evaluated in situ (n = 21) was 7.1% and was not linked with the duration of intubation. Analyses with atomic force microscopy (n = 6) showed a full coverage of the inner part of the tube with biofilm, even after saline rinse. Its thickness ranged from 0.8 to 5 μm. Bacteriological cultures of the biofilm (n = 22) often showed the same bacteria as in tracheal secretions, especially for pathogenic organisms. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans were among the most frequent microorganisms. In subjects who had experienced a successfully treated episode of ventilator-associated pneumonia (n = 5), the responsible bacteria were still present in the biofilm. CONCLUSIONS: ETT biofilm is always present in intubated patients whatever the duration of intubation and appears quickly after intubation. Even after soft rinse, a small but measurable part of biofilm remains always present, and seems strongly adherent to the ETT lumen. It contains potentially pathogenic bacteria for the lung.
BACKGROUND: A biofilm is found on the inner side of endotracheal tubes (ETT) in mechanically ventilated patients, but its features and role in pneumonia remain unclear. METHODS: This prospective, observational, monocentric study included critically ill ventilated subjects. Measurement of the ETT inner volume was first performed before extubation using the acoustic reflection method. After extubation, the biofilm was studied by means of optical and atomic force microscopy. Bacteriological analysis was then performed and compared with clinical documentation. RESULTS: Twenty-four subjects were included. Duration of intubation lasted from 2 to 79 d (mean ± SD: 11 ± 15 d). The mean percentage of ETT volume loss evaluated in situ (n = 21) was 7.1% and was not linked with the duration of intubation. Analyses with atomic force microscopy (n = 6) showed a full coverage of the inner part of the tube with biofilm, even after saline rinse. Its thickness ranged from 0.8 to 5 μm. Bacteriological cultures of the biofilm (n = 22) often showed the same bacteria as in tracheal secretions, especially for pathogenic organisms. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans were among the most frequent microorganisms. In subjects who had experienced a successfully treated episode of ventilator-associated pneumonia (n = 5), the responsible bacteria were still present in the biofilm. CONCLUSIONS:ETT biofilm is always present in intubated patients whatever the duration of intubation and appears quickly after intubation. Even after soft rinse, a small but measurable part of biofilm remains always present, and seems strongly adherent to the ETT lumen. It contains potentially pathogenic bacteria for the lung.
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