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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2016

Inactivation of Acinetobacter baumannii Biofilms on Polystyrene, Stainless Steel, and Urinary Catheters by Octenidine Dihydrochloride.

Amoolya Narayanan, Meera S Nair, Deepti P Karumathil, Sangeetha A Baskaran, Kumar Venkitanarayanan, Mary Anne Roshni Amalaradjou

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amoolya NarayananDepartment of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, USA.
Meera S NairDepartment of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, USA.
Deepti P KarumathilDepartment of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, USA.
Sangeetha A BaskaranDepartment of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, Veterinary College and Research Institute Thanjavur, India.
Kumar VenkitanarayananDepartment of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, USA.
Mary Anne Roshni AmalaradjouDepartment of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs CT, USA.
University of Connecticut · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii is a major nosocomial pathogen causing human infections with significant mortality rates. In most cases, infections are acquired through exposure to A. baumannii biofilms that persist on contaminated hospital equipment and surfaces. Thus, it is imperative to develop effective measures for controlling A. baumannii biofilms in nosocomial settings. This study investigated the efficacy of octenidine dihydrochloride (OH), a new generation disinfectant for reducing A. baumannii biofilms on polystyrene, stainless steel and catheters. OH at 0.3% (5 mM), 0.6% (10 mM), and 0.9% (15 mM) was effective in significantly inactivating A. baumannii biofilms on all tested surfaces (P < 0.05). Furthermore, OH was equally effective in inactivating biofilms of multidrug resistant and drug susceptible A. baumannii isolates. In addition, confocal imaging revealed the predominance of dead cells in the OH-treated samples in comparison to the control. Further, scanning electron microscopy of biofilms formed on catheters revealed that OH treatment significantly reduced A. baumannii biofilm populations in corroboration with our antibiofilm assay. These data underscore the efficacy of OH in inactivating A. baumannii biofilms, thereby suggesting its potential use as a disinfectant or a catheter lock solution to control A. baumannii infections.

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Acinetobacter baumanniibiofilmnosocomial infectionsoctenidine dihydrochloridestainless steelurinary catheter

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PMID27375572
PMCPMC4899441
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