Permeation of antimicrobial agents through pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms: A simple method

Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 340-345

  Shigeta, M ^a   Tanaka, G ^a   Komatsuzawa, H ^b   Sugai, M ^b   Suginaka, H ^b   Usui, T ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Permeation; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030741702     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: 14219794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000239587     Document Type: Article

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