The potential of radiation sterilized and banked tissue allografts for management of nuclear casualties

Human skin banks around the world face a serious problem with the high number of allogeneic skins that are discarded and cannot be used for grafting due to persistent bacterial contamination even after antibiotic treatment. The biofilm formation capacity of these microorganisms may contribute to the antibiotic tolerance; however, this is not yet widely discussed in the literature. Thisstudy analyzed bacterial strains isolated from allogeneic human skin samples,which were obtained from a hospital skin bank that had already been discardeddue to microbial contamination. Biofilm formation and susceptibility topenicillin, tetracycline, and gentamicin were evaluated by crystal violetbiomass quantification and determination of the minimum inhibitoryconcentration (MIC), minimum biofilm inhibitory concentration (MBIC), andminimum biofilm eradication concentration (MBEC) by the broth microdilutionmethod with resazurin dye. A total of 216 bacterial strains were evaluated, and204 (94.45%) of them were classified as biofilm formers with varying degrees ofadhesion. MBICs were at least 512 times higher than MICs, and MBECs were atleast 512 times higher than MBICs. Thus, the presence of biofilm in allogeneicskin likely contributes to the inefficiency of the applied treatments as antibiotictolerance is known to be much higher when bacteria are in the biofilmconformation. Thus, antibiotic treatment protocols in skin banks shouldconsider biofilm formation and should include compounds with antibiofilmaction.

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Biofilm formation and antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus and Bacillus species isolated from human allogeneic skin

Canabarro

Meneghetti

Geimba

et al. 2021

Braz J Microbiol

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The potential of radiation sterilized and banked tissue allografts for management of nuclear casualties

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Biofilm formation and antibiotic susceptibility of Staphylococcus and Bacillus species isolated from human allogeneic skin

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