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A new BiofilmChip device as a personalized solution for testing biofilm antibiotic resistance
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Currently, three major circumstances threaten the management of bacterial infections: increasing antimicrobial resistance, expansion of chronic biofilm-associated infections, and lack of an appropriate approach to treat them. To date, the development of accelerated drug susceptibility testing of biofilms and of new antibiofouling systems has not been achieved despite the availability of different methodologies. There is a need for easy-to-use methods of testing the antibiotic susceptibility of bacteria that form biofilms and for screening new possible antibiofilm strategies. Herein, we present a microfluidic platform with an integrated interdigitated sensor (BiofilmChip). This new device allows an irreversible and homogeneous attachment of bacterial cells of clinical origin, even directly from clinical specimens, and the biofilms grown can be monitored by confocal microscopy or electrical impedance spectroscopy. The device proved to be suitable to study polymicrobial communities, as well as to measure the effect of antimicrobials on biofilms without introducing disturbances due to manipulation, thus better mimicking real-life clinical situations. Our results demonstrate that BiofilmChip is a straightforward tool for antimicrobial biofilm susceptibility testing that could be easily implemented in routine clinical laboratories.
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BLANCO-CABRA, Núria, LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ, Maria josé, ARÉVALO JAIMES, Betsy verónica, MARTIN-GÓMEZ, María teresa, SAMITIER I MARTÍ, Josep, TORRENTS SERRA, Eduard. A new BiofilmChip device as a personalized solution for testing biofilm antibiotic resistance. _npj Biofilms and Microbiomes_. 2021. Vol. 7, núm. 62, pàgs. 1-9. [consulta: 21 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 2055-5008. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/198404]