A COMPARATIVE QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF BIOFILM FORMATION BY DIFFERENT BACTERIAL CLINICAL STRAINS ON POLYSTIROLE AND GLASS SURFACE
The potential of biofilm formation on glass and polystirole surfaces studied in 20 clinical strains isolated from urine of the patients with the spine-spinal cord injury, the late period (E. coli, n=9); from periarticular tissues, as well as from the implant parts of patients with the hip instability developed (S. epidermidis, n=6 and MRSE, n=5). All the strains had different-intensity potential of biofilm formation. The most marked potential of biofilm formation both on the polystirole surface having hydrophobic properties, and on the glass surface having hydrophilic properties, is characteristic of S. epidermidis strains. E. coli strains formed biofilm on glass surface less intensively, MRSE strains had a weak potential of biofilm formation on polystirole surface.