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Biofilm. 2019 Jul 31;1:100004. doi: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2019.100004. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Laser-induced vapor nanobubbles improve diffusion in biofilms of antimicrobial agents for wound care.

Biofilm

E Teirlinck, J C Fraire, H Van Acker, J Wille, R Swimberghe, T Brans, R Xiong, M Meire, R J G De Moor, S C De Smedt, T Coenye, K Braeckmans

Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, University of Ghent, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
  2. Centre for Nano- and Biophotonics, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
  3. Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, University of Ghent, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
  4. Department of Oral Health Sciences, Section of Endodontology, University of Ghent, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
  5. IEMN UMR 8520, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, 59652, France.
  6. Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Atomes et Molécules UMR 8523, Villeneuve d'Ascq, 59655, France.

PMID: 33447791 PMCID: PMC7798460 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioflm.2019.100004

Abstract

Being responsible for delayed wound healing, the presence of biofilms in infected wounds leads to chronic, and difficult to treat infections. One of the reasons why antimicrobial treatment often fails to cure biofilm infections is the reduced penetration rate of antibiotics through dense biofilms. Strategies that have the ability to somehow interfere with the integrity of biofilms and allowing a better penetration of drugs are highly sought after. A promising new approach is the use of laser-induced vapor nanobubbles (VNB), of which it was recently demonstrated that it can substantially enhance the penetration of antibiotics into biofilms, resulting in a marked improvement of the killing efficiency. In this study, we examined if treatment of biofilms with laser-induced vapor nanobubbles (VNB) can enhance the potency of antimicrobials which are commonly used to treat wound infections, including povidone-iodine, chlorhexidine, benzalkonium chloride, cetrimonium bromide and mupirocin. Our investigations were performed on

© 2019 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Keywords: Biofilms; Diffusion barrier; Disinfectants; Laser treatment; Vapor nanobubbles; Wound infections

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