Sonochemical Deposition of Gentamicin Nanoparticles at the PCV Tracheostomy Tube Surface Limiting Bacterial Biofilm Formation

• Published in: Materials Vol. 16; no. 10; p. 3765
• Main Authors: Ścibik, Łukasz, Ochońska, Dorota, Gołda-Cępa, Monika, Kwiecień, Konrad, Pamuła, Elżbieta, Kotarba, Andrzej, Brzychczy-Włoch, Monika
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 16-05-2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Adhesion; Airway management; Aminoglycosides; Antibiotics; bacterial adhesion; Bacterial infections; Biocompatibility; Biofilms; Biological products; Biomedical materials; Contact angle; Deposition; Drug dosages; E coli; Gentamicin; gentamicin nanoparticles; Medical equipment; Nanoparticles; Nosocomial infections; Ostomy; Oxygen plasma; Patients; Plasma; Polyvinyl chloride; surface functionalization; Toxicity; Tracheostomy; tracheostomy tube; Tracheotomy; Transplants & implants; Tubes; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic methods; Ventilators; Poland; Germany; tracheostomy tube; gentamicin nanoparticles; surface functionalization; bacterial adhesion
• ISSN: 1996-1944; 1996-1944
• DOI: 10.3390/ma16103765

The use of nanotechnology in the production of medical equipment has opened new possibilities to fight bacterial biofilm developing on their surfaces, which can cause infectious complications. In this study, we decided to use gentamicin nanoparticles. An ultrasonic technique was used for their synthesis and immediate deposition onto the surface of tracheostomy tubes, and their effect on bacterial biofilm formation was evaluated.
Polyvinyl chloride was functionalized using oxygen plasma followed by sonochemical formation and the embedment of gentamicin nanoparticles. The resulting surfaces were characterized with the use of AFM, WCA, NTA, FTIR and evaluated for cytotoxicity with the use of A549 cell line and for bacterial adhesion using reference strains of
(ATCC
25923™) and
(ATCC
25922™).
The use of gentamicin nanoparticles significantly reduced the adhesion of bacterial colonies on the surface of the tracheostomy tube for
from 6 × 10
CFU/mL to 5 × 10
CFU/mL and for
from 1.655 × 10
CFU/mL to 2 × 10
CFU/mL, and the functionalized surfaces did not show a cytotoxic effect on A549 cells (ATTC CCL 185).
The use of gentamicin nanoparticles on the polyvinyl chloride surface may be an additional supporting method for patients after tracheostomy in order to prevent the colonization of the biomaterial by potentially pathogenic microorganisms.