José Leiva

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that biofilm formation capacity is widespread among clinical E. faecalis isolates, the biofilmformation capacity is restricted to the E.Faecalis strains harboringesp, and Esp promotes primary attachment and biofilm Formation of E. Faecalis on abiotic surfaces.

TL;DR: Transmission electron microscopy revealed that cells at the inner biofilm layers tend to remain intact after antibiotic treatment and that TSB-grown biofilms favoured a uniformity of cell distribution and increased cell density in comparison with milk-grownBiofilm aged revealed a reduced matrix distribution and enhanced cell density were observed as the biofilm aged.

TL;DR: Results show that the LMG 3301 cluster and related clinical isolates should be given a new species status for which the name Ochrobactrum intermedium sp.

TL;DR: Results indicate that the biofilm test applied allows the detection of synergy between antibiotics and suggests that this assay could be useful in clinical and extensive synergy studies on S. epidermidis biofilms.

TL;DR: The in vitro killing effect of widely used antibiotics was comparatively analyzed on 24-h biofilms of 64 Staphylococcus epidermidis clinical isolates to underline the relevance of biofilm susceptibility testing and the potential danger of the indiscriminate use of vancomycin monotherapy as the ultimate resource against infections involving aged bioFilms.