The activity of eight fluoroquinolones versus biolayers of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in siliconized latex urinary catheters;Actividad de ocho fluoroquinolonas frente a biocapas de Escherichia coli y Pseudomonas aeruginosa sobre sondas urinarias de latex siliconizado

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-26

  Joyanes, Providencia ^a   Mazza, Bruno ^b   Martínez, Luis ^a   López López, Guillermo ^b   Pascual, Álvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Fluoroquinolones; Urinary catheters

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINAFLOXACIN; LATEX; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SILICONE; SPARFLOXACIN; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; URINE CATHETER;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CATHETERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUOROQUINOLONES; LATEX; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SILICON; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 0034057143     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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