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The aim of this study was to compare the activity of ethanol, EDTA and levofloxacin (Levo), alone or in combination, on biofilms of recovered from patients with catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) at a university hospital in Argentina. First, 24 and 48 h biofilms were formed in microtitre plates and challenged with 25 or 40 % ethanol for 1 h. Biofilms, of the 14 local isolates and from the reference strain K279a, were eradicated after both treatments as shown by plate counts and the regrowth technique. Second, 24 h biofilms of all isolates were established in silicone catheter segments and challenged with 25 or 40 % ethanol, Levo (2.5 mg ml), EDTA (30 mg ml), 25 % ethanol–EDTA or Levo–EDTA for 1, 3 and 24 h. Viable counts of biofilms treated for 1 h with 25 or 40 % ethanol or 25 % ethanol–EDTA were under the limit of detection. Killing of biofilms by Levo or Levo–EDTA was gradual and it was only after 24 h of treatment that no differences could be seen between the effects of these catheter lock solutions (CLSs) and those of ethanol (>0.05). Levo–EDTA, in combination, did not act synergistically against biofilms. After 24 h of exposure, EDTA did not eradicate biofilms but reduced biofilm survival rates to 1–5 %. The effect of the different CLSs on biomass reduction, estimated by crystal violet staining, was highly dependent on the isolate, and the most effective agents were 25 and 40 % ethanol. Our results suggest that when used as a CLS for short periods, ethanol at low concentrations, alone or in combination with a chelator, can decontaminate the line from in cases of CRBSI and help, in conjunction with systemic antibiotics, in the retention of precious vascular catheters.

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