Departamento de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Av Italia 3318, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay.
Departamento de Pediatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Av Gral Flores 2125, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay.
Pathog Dis. 2019 Apr 1;77(3). doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftz022.
Fosfomycin tromethamine (FT), an old antibiotic revived as a new strategy to overcome antibiotic resistance, is an excellent option for the treatment of lower urinary tract infection (UTI). During UTI, Escherichia coli produces biofilms and could invade the bladder epithelial cells, developing intracellular bacterial communities (IBC). The present work aimed to evaluate the activity of FT on biofilms and IBC from clinical isolates of E. coli. A total of 38 E. coli clinical UTI isolates previously characterized as biofilm and IBC producers were studied. FT susceptibility was evaluated and its activity on 48 h biofilm was determined by microtiter plate-based biofilm assay comparing three different antibiotic concentrations. Two UPEC strains were selected to evaluate FT activity on IBC in vitro using T24 bladder cells. The survival percentage of intracellular bacteria after 24 h exposure to FT was calculated and compared to the percentage of intracellular bacteria without antibiotic. All the strains were susceptible to FT. FT produced a significant reduction of biofilms at the three concentrations tested, compared to the control. However, no statistically effect on IBC was observed after 24 h of fosfomycin exposure in cell culture. FT is a good option for bacterial biofilm reduction within UTI. However, it does not affect IBC.
磷霉素氨丁三醇(FT)是一种被重新用作克服抗生素耐药性的新策略的老抗生素,是治疗下尿路感染(UTI)的绝佳选择。在 UTI 期间,大肠杆菌会产生生物膜并可能侵入膀胱上皮细胞,形成细胞内细菌群落(IBC)。本研究旨在评估 FT 对临床分离的大肠杆菌生物膜和 IBC 的活性。共研究了 38 株先前被鉴定为生物膜和 IBC 产生菌的大肠杆菌临床 UTI 分离株。通过微孔板生物膜测定法评估 FT 敏感性,并比较三种不同抗生素浓度,测定其对 48 小时生物膜的活性。选择两种 UPEC 株,使用 T24 膀胱细胞在体外评估 FT 对 IBC 的活性。计算暴露于 FT 24 小时后细胞内细菌的存活率,并与无抗生素时的细胞内细菌存活率进行比较。所有菌株均对 FT 敏感。与对照组相比,FT 在测试的三种浓度下均显著减少了生物膜。然而,在细胞培养中,暴露于 FT 24 小时后,对 IBC 没有观察到统计学上的影响。FT 是减少 UTI 中细菌生物膜的良好选择。然而,它不会影响 IBC。