Effect of the growth rate of pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms on the susceptibility to antimicrobial agents: β-Lactams and fluoroquinolones

Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 28-36

  Tanaka, G ^a   Shigeta, M ^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; Growth rate; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFSULODIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEUCINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPARFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GLYCOCALYX; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMS; BIOFILMS; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GLYCOCALYX; KINETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0032904320     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007162     Document Type: Article

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