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CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 60, Issue 6, Pages 446-453Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-009-9563-z
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Long term catheterization of the urinary tract leads to bacterial colonization of the urine, whereby adherence to the catheter surface is a major determinative factor for colonization. Collection of bacterial isolates from urine and urinary catheters of 45 patients showed multi-species catheter-colonization, while Escherichia coli isolates were frequently found in the urine in high numbers. Biofilm formation of catheter and urine-derived E. coli isolates was associated with the presence of the fluA gene, loss of O-antigen, and expression of type 1 fimbriae. The second messenger cyclic di-GMP (cdiGMP), a major regulator of biofilm formation, regulated adherence to the catheter surface in a selected clinical isolate suggesting that the cdiGMP second messenger pathway may be a target for anti-biofilm therapeutic approaches.
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