Improving antibiotic treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms using N-acetylcysteine-functionalized microcontainers

Stine Egebro Hansen; Laura Serioli; Valentina Cavallo; Janus Anders Juul Haagensen; Søren Molin; Kinga Zor; Line Hagner Nielsen; Anja Boisen

Improving antibiotic treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms using N-acetylcysteine-functionalized microcontainers

Stine Egebro Hansen, Laura Serioli, Valentina Cavallo, Janus Anders Juul Haagensen, Søren Molin, Kinga Zor, Line Hagner Nielsen, Anja Boisen

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Treatment of biofilm-related infections often fails as antibiotics cannot be dosed in concentrations that
are sufficient to eradicate a bacterial biofilm. We have recently found that by using microcontainers
functionalized with chitosan, we can eradicate P. aeruginosa biofilms with substantially lower
antibiotic concentration [1]. N-acetylcysteine (NAC) is a mucolytic agent that promotes disruption of
mature biofilms [2]. This study aims to characterize NAC/chitosan-functionalized microcontainers and
investigate whether this combination could provide disruption of the mucin-containing biofilm matrix,
thereby improving bacterial susceptibility towards antibiotics and ultimately biofilm eradication.

Original language	English
Publication date	2020
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	2020 CRS Annual Meeting & Exposition - Virtual Duration: 29 Jun 2020 → 2 Jul 2020

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Conference	2020 CRS Annual Meeting & Exposition
Location	Virtual
Period	29/06/2020 → 02/07/2020

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Improving antibiotic treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms using N-acetylcysteine-functionalized microcontainers
Stine Egebro Birk (Speaker), Laura Serioli Øland (Other), Valentina Cavallo (Other), Janus Anders Juul Haagensen (Other), Søren Molin (Other), Kinga Zor (Other), Line Hagner Nielsen (Other) & Anja Boisen (Other)
29 Jun 2020 → 2 Jul 2020
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