Detection of Biofilm Production and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern among Clinically Isolated .

AIM

The increasing antibiotic resistance and the ability to form biofilms in medical devices have become the leading cause of severe infections associated with (). Since the bacteria living in biofilms can exhibit 10- to 1,000-fold increase in antibiotic resistance and implicate chronic infectious diseases, the detection of ability to form biofilms is of great importance for managing, minimizing, and effectively treating infections caused by it. This study aimed to compare the tube and tissue culture methods to detect biofilm production and antibiotic susceptibility in MRSA and MSSA.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The isolates were identified by the examination of the colony morphology, Gram staining, and various biochemical tests. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of all isolates was performed by the modified Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion method as recommended by CLSI guidelines. MRSA screening was performed phenotypically using a cefoxitin disc (30 g). Isolates were tested for inducible resistance using the D-test, and two phenotypic methods detected biofilm formation.

RESULTS

Among 982 nonrepeated clinical specimens, was isolated from 103 (10.48%). Among 103 clinical isolates of , 54 (52.42%) isolates were MRSA, and 49 (47.57%) were MSSA. Among 54 MRSA isolates, the inducible MLSB phenotype was observed in 23/54 (42.59%) with a positive D-test. By TCP method, 26 (48.1%) MRSA isolates were strong biofilm producers, whereas, among all MSSA isolates, only 6 (12.2%) were strong biofilm producers.

CONCLUSION

MRSA showed strong biofilm production in comparison with MSSA. The TCP method is a recommended reliable method to detect the biofilm among isolates, and the TM method could be useful for the screening of biofilm production in in the routine clinical laboratory.