caa a22 4500 475832736 CHVBK 20180406123844.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s100960050443 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s100960050443 In Vitro Adherence of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium to Urinary Catheters [Elektronische Daten] [P. Joyanes, A. Pascual, L. Martínez-Martínez, A. Hevia, E. J. Perea]  The in vitro adherence of ten strains of Enterococcus faecalis and ten strains of Enterococcus faecium to siliconized latex urinary catheters and to silicone elastomer was evaluated. Bacterial suspensions (2.5×105 cfu/ml) in tryptic soy broth containing 0.5 cm segments from each type of catheter were incubated at 37 °C. At specified intervals, the segments were washed to remove nonadherent bacteria and sonicated for 1 min, and colony-forming units were quantified. Bacterial adherence occurred rapidly, reaching maximal peaks after 24 h of incubation. Enterococcus faecium adherence to both biomaterials was significantly lower than that of Enterococcus faecalis. No differences were observed between the two elastomers. Bacterial adherence was not related to bacterial surface hydrophobicity, hemolysin or gelatinase production. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Joyanes P. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Apartado 914, 41080 Seville, Spain e-mail: atomas@cica.es, ES aut Pascual A. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Apartado 914, 41080 Seville, Spain e-mail: atomas@cica.es, ES aut Martínez-Martínez L. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Apartado 914, 41080 Seville, Spain e-mail: atomas@cica.es, ES aut Hevia A. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Seville, Spain, ES aut Perea E. J. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Apartado 914, 41080 Seville, Spain e-mail: atomas@cica.es, ES aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960050443 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960050443 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Joyanes P. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Apartado 914, 41080 Seville, Spain e-mail: atomas@cica.es, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pascual A. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Apartado 914, 41080 Seville, Spain e-mail: atomas@cica.es, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Martínez-Martínez L. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Apartado 914, 41080 Seville, Spain e-mail: atomas@cica.es, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hevia A. Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Seville, Spain, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Perea E. J. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Apartado 914, 41080 Seville, Spain e-mail: atomas@cica.es, ES aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer