Impact of bacterial biofilm formation on in vitro and in vivo activities of antibiotics

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 895-898

  Schwank, Silvia ^a   Rajacic, Zarko ^b   Zimmerli, Werner ^b   Blaser, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031955905     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.4.895     Document Type: Article

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