Objectives: Staphylococcus aureus is a well-known biofilm-producing pathogen that is capable of causing chronic infections owing to its ability to resist antibiotic treatment and obstruct the immune response. However, the possible association between high biofilm production and infective endocarditis (IE) has not been assessed. Our objective was to compare production of biofilm by S. aureus strains isolated from patients with bacteremia and IE, catheter-related bloodstream infection (C-RBSI), or non-device associated bacteremia.
Methods: We isolated 260 S. aureus strains from the blood of patients with bacteremia who were diagnosed during hospital admission between 2012 and 2015. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to whether they had IE, C-RBSI, or non-device associated bacteremia. Biofilm production was measured in terms of biomass and metabolic activity using the crystal violet and XTT assays, respectively. High biomass and metabolic activity rates (based on tertile ranks classification) were compared between the 3 groups.
Results: The high biomass and metabolic activity rates of each group were 41.9% and 37.2% for IE, 32.5% and 35.0%, for C-RBSI, and 29.0% and 33.3% for non-device associated bacteremia (p=0.325 and p=0.885, respectively).
Conclusions: High biomass and metabolic activity levels for S. aureus isolates from IE were similar to those of S. aureus isolates from C-RBSI or non-device associated bacteremia.
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