The Antibiofilm Efficacy of Gold Nanoparticles Against Acinetobacter baumannii: none

Mahmood Jasim Mohammed  Al-Shaabani; Ahmed Mohammed  Turki; Harith J. Fahad  Al-Mathkhury

doi:10.24996/ijs.2020.61.4.6

Authors

Mahmood Jasim Mohammed Al-Shaabani Department of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Anbar, Anbar, Iraq
Ahmed Mohammed Turki Department of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Anbar, Anbar, Iraq
Harith J. Fahad Al-Mathkhury Department of Biology, College of Sciences, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2020.61.4.6

Keywords:

Antibiofilm, Gold nanoparticles, Acinetobacter baumannii

Abstract

Acinetobacter baumannii is highly adapted to hospital environments, causing persistent chronic infections due to its ability to form biofilms. In this work, the antibiofilm activity of AuNPs with a subMIC concentration of 9.34 Î¼g/ml was investigated by the microtiter plate method against 80 clinical isolates of A. baumannii. The results revealed that the biofilm was significantly (P< 0.05) reduced by 48.2 â€“ 82.1%.