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APMIS ; 115(11): 1241-51, 2007 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18092956

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Despite the increasing recognition of the role played by mixed species biofilms in health and disease, the behavior and factors modulating these biofilms remain elusive. We therefore compared the effect of serum, two dietary sugars (sucrose and galactose) and a biocide, chlorhexidine digluconate, on a dual species biofilm (DSB) of Candida albicans and Escherichia coli and, their single species biofilm (SSB) counterparts. Both modes of biofilm growth on polystyrene plastic surfaces were quantified using a viable cell count method and visualized using confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM). Present data indicate that co-culture of C. albicans with varying initial concentrations of E. coli leads to a significant inhibition of yeast growth (r=-0.964; p<0.001). Parallel ultrastructural studies using CSLM and a Live/Dead stain confirmed that E. coli growth rendered blastospores and hyphal yeasts non-viable in DSB. SSB of C. albicans showed pronounced growth when its growth surface was pretreated with serum and by sugar supplements in the incubating medium (p<0.05). Intriguingly, C. albicans in DSB was more resistant to the antiseptic effect of chlorhexidine digluconate. Taken together, the current data elucidate some features of the colonization resistance offered by bacteria in mixed bacterial/fungal habitats and how such phenomena may contribute to the development of fungal superinfection during antimicrobial therapy.


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Biofilmes/efeitos dos fármacos , Candida albicans/fisiologia , Clorexidina/análogos & derivados , Carboidratos da Dieta/farmacologia , Escherichia coli/fisiologia , Galactose/farmacologia , Sacarose/farmacologia , Candida albicans/citologia , Candida albicans/efeitos dos fármacos , Clorexidina/farmacologia , Desinfetantes/farmacologia , Escherichia coli/citologia , Escherichia coli/efeitos dos fármacos , Microscopia Confocal
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