A dose-response study of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 640-646

  Brooun, Alexei ^a   Liu, Songhua ^a   Lewis, Kim ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; CELL FRACTIONATION; DOSE RESPONSE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OFLOXACIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0034002551     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.3.640-646.2000     Document Type: Article

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