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ArticleNPJ biofilms and microbiomes2025

Harnessing machine learning to predict antibiotic susceptibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms.

Fauve Vergauwe, Gaetan De Waele, Andrea Sass, Callum Highmore, Niall Hanrahan, Yoshiki Cook, Mads Lichtenberg, Margo Cnockaert, Peter Vandamme, Sumeet Mahajan and 5 more

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Article in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Fauve VergauweLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Gaetan De WaeleDepartment of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Andrea SassLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Callum HighmoreSchool of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Niall HanrahanInstitute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Yoshiki CookInstitute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Mads LichtenbergCosterton Biofilm Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Margo CnockaertLaboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Peter VandammeLaboratory of Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Sumeet MahajanInstitute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Jeremy S WebbSchool of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Filip Van NieuwerburghLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Thomas BjarnsholtCosterton Biofilm Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Willem WaegemanDepartment of Data Analysis and Mathematical Modelling, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Tom CoenyeLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Tom.Coenye@UGent.be.

Funding

Flemish Government "Flanders AI research program"Ghent University Special Research Fund BOF20/GOA/002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibiotic susceptibility tests (ASTs) often fail to predict treatment outcomes because they do not account for biofilm-specific tolerance mechanisms. In the present study, we explored alternative approaches to predict tobramycin susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms that were experimentally evolved in physiologically relevant conditions. To this end, we used four analytical methods - whole-genome sequencing (WGS), matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), isothermal microcalorimetry (IMC) and multi-excitation Raman spectroscopy (MX-Raman). Machine learning models were trained on data outputs from these methods to predict tobramycin susceptibility of our evolved strains and validated with a collection of clinical isolates. For minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) predictions of the evolved strains, the highest accuracy was achieved with MALDI-TOF MS (97.83%), while for biofilm prevention concentration (BPC) predictions, Raman spectroscopy performed best with an accuracy of 80.43%. Overall, all analytical methods demonstrated comparable predictive performance, showing their potential for improving biofilm AST.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBiofilmsMachine LearningPseudomonas aeruginosaHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPseudomonas InfectionsSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationSpectrum Analysis, RamanTobramycinWhole Genome SequencingAnti-Bacterial AgentsTobramycin

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PMID41213976
PMCPMC12603021

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