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Investigation of factors related to biofilm formation in Providencia stuartii
- Source :
- Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Vol 94, Iss 3 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022.
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Abstract
- Abstract Providencia stuartii is one of the Enterobacteriaceae species of medical importance commonly associated with urinary infections, which can also cause other ones, including uncommon ones, such as liver abscess and septic vasculitis. This bacterium stands out in the expression of intrinsic and acquired resistance to antimicrobials. Besides, it uses mechanisms such as biofilm for its persistence in biotic and abiotic environments. This study investigated the cellular hydrophobicity profile of clinical isolates of P. stuartii. It also analyzed genes related to the fimbrial adhesin in this species comparing with other reports described for other bacteria from Enterobacteriaceae family. The investigated isolates to form biofilm and had a practically hydrophilic cell surface profile. However, fimH and mrkD genes were not found in P. stuartii, unlike observed in other species of Enterobacteriaceae. These results show that P. stuartii has specificities regarding its potential for biofilm formation, which makes it difficult to destabilize the infectious process and increases the permanence of this pathogen in hospital units.
- Subjects :
- Enterobacteriaceae
fimH
mrkD
virulence
Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16782690 and 00013765
- Volume :
- 94
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.3c98b8e2d22347ef8baa03570982bf9f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202220210765