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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 98-B, Issue SUPP_23 | Pages 85 - 85
1 Dec 2016
ADAPTATION OF VANCOMYCIN-INTERMEDIATE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS TO INTRACELLULAR COMPARTMENT LEADING TO BACTERIAL RESERVOIR RESPONSIBLE FOR CHRONIC INFECTION
Sophie T Tafani V Cameron D Peleg A Laurent F
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Aim

Vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) was associated with persistent infection and treatment failure. To date, two staphylococcal virulence mechanisms have been associated with persistence secondary to host immune evasion and vancomycin therapeutic failure: i) bacterial internalization in non-phagocytic cells and ii) biofilm formation. The present study aimed to compare clinical pairs of isolates composed by VISA and their Vancomycin-Susceptible (VSSA) progenitors toward these bacterial adaptive mechanisms.

Method

Methods: Three pairs of VSSA/VISA clinical isolates have been isolated from persistent bloodstream infections during prolonged antibiotic therapy. Clinical pairs were compared for different features: i) biofilm formation ability using the crystal violet staining method (mature biofilm) and the Biofilm test based on measurement of superparamagnetic microbeads mobility trapped by biofilm (early biofilm), ii) cytotoxicity and immune response by quantifying lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and Interleukin(IL)-6 release and iii) intracellular bacterial persistence using in vitro “lysostaphin protection” infection model of human osteoblasts.