| Literature DB >> 27799219 |
Federica Runci1, Carlo Bonchi1, Emanuela Frangipani1, Daniela Visaggio1, Paolo Visca2.
Abstract
Biofilm-associated infections caused by Acinetobacter baumannii are extremely recalcitrant to antibiotic treatment. We report that A. baumannii develops a mature biofilm when grown in complement-free human serum (HS). We demonstrate that 16 μM gallium nitrate (GaN) drastically reduces A. baumannii growth and biofilm formation in HS, whereas 64 μM GaN causes massive disruption of preformed A. baumannii biofilm. These findings pave the way to the repurposing of GaN as an antibiofilm agent for A. baumannii.Entities:
Keywords: Acinetobacter baumannii; biofilm; gallium; iron; iron metabolism; serum
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27799219 PMCID: PMC5192145 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01563-16
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191