Effect of imipenem and sulbactam on sessile cells of Acinetobacter baumannii growing in biofilm

Microbios

Volumn 91, Issue 367, 1997, Pages 79-87

  Vidal, Roberto ^a   Dominguez, Mariana ^a   Urrutia, Homero ^a   Bello, Helia ^a   Garcia, Apolinaria ^a   Gonzalez, Gerardo ^a   Zemelman, Raul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

lactams; Acinetobacter baumannii; Sessile cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; IMIPENEM; SULBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SULBACTAM;

EID: 0031297895     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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