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In view of the mounting evidence that nontypeable H. influenzae grows as a biofilm in otitis media with effusion and in the respiratory tract of adults with COPD, it will be important to characterize the bacterial surface antigens of the organism during growth as a biofilm.
These differences are highly reproducible in that individual isolates show similar levels of biofilm formation on repeated experiments
The method which we used to culture the catheter tip (semiquantative method) has a limitation in that it can take samples only from the external surfaces of catheters and may not retrieve organisms from the internal surfaces of the catheters [ 10 ] . Quantitative culture techniques, including the sonication and vortexing methods [ 27 28 29 ] , have the advantage of isolating organisms from the external and internal surfaces of the catheters and possibly releasing organisms embedded within the biofilm layer.
An important potential limitation of the microtiter plate method is that one might question whether the method is capable of distinguishing true biofilm formation from bacteria simply adhering to plastic wells.
To quantitate biofilm formation, 20 μl of Difco crystal violet (Becton Dickinson, Sparks, Maryland) was added to each well and incubated at room temperature for 15 minutes.