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EUROPEAN CELLS & MATERIALS
卷 25, 期 -, 页码 159-166出版社
AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE DAVOS-ARI
DOI: 10.22203/eCM.v025a11
关键词
Biofilms; Staphylococcus aureus; bone grafts; bacterial colonies
资金
- RMS Foundation, Bettlach, Switzerland [E09_0001]
- Swiss Society for Orthopaedic Surgery (SGO/SSO)
- Swiss National foundation [3200B0-112547]
- Gebert Ruf Stiftung
Biofilm formation is a multi-step process influenced by surface properties. We investigated early and mature biofilm of Staphylococcus aureus on 4 different biological calcium phosphate (CaP) bone grafts used for filling bone defects. We investigated standardised cylinders of fresh and fresh-frozen human bone grafts were harvested from femoral heads; processed human and bovine bone grafts were obtained preformed. Biofilm formation was done in tryptic soy broth (TSB) using S. aureus (ATCC 29213) with static conditions. Biofilm density after 3 h (early biofilm) and 24 h (mature biofilm) was investigated by sonication and microcalorimetry. After 3 h, bacterial density was highest on fresh-frozen and fresh bone grafts. After 24 h, biofilm density was lowest on fresh bone grafts (p < 0.001) compared to the other 3 materials, which did not differ quantitatively (p > 0.05). The lowest increase in bacterial density was detected on fresh bone grafts (p < 0.001). Despite normal shaped colonies, we found additional small colonies on the surface of the fresh and fresh-frozen samples by sonication. This was also apparent in microcalorimetric heat-flow curves. The four investigated CaP bone grafts showed minor structural differences in architecture but marked differences concerning serum coverage and the content of bone marrow, fibrous tissue and bone cells. These variations resulted in a decreased biofilm density on fresh and fresh-frozen bone grafts after 24 h, despite an increased early biofilm formation and might also be responsible for the variations in colony morphology (small colonies). Detection of small colony variants by microcalorimetry might be a new approach to improve the understanding of biofilm formation.
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