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Probiotic lactic acid bacteria as a means of preventing in vitro urinary catheter colonization and biofilm formation.

Mohamed Anwar MahgoubAleya Abdel Gawad AbbassAmani Farouk AbazaMohamed Shafik Shoukry
Published in: The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association (2023)
The prevalence of CAUTIs was high, and the predominant bacterial isolates were gram-negative bacilli. Many of the studied uropathogens were biofilm formers. The bacterial isolates had a higher prevalence of resistance to commonly prescribed antimicrobial agents. Probiotics have the potential to prevent in vitro urinary catheter colonization and inhibit BF. Pre-coating urinary catheters with probiotics is recommended after ensuring the safety of probiotics' use in vivo by carrying out further large-scale studies.
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