The concomitant development of poly(vinyl chloride)-related biofilm and antimicrobial resistance in relation to ventilator-associated pneumonia

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 2741-2747

  Gorman, Sean P ^a   McGovern, James G ^a   David Woolfson, A ^a   Adair, Colin G ^a   Jones, David S ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AFM; Antibiotic; Biofilm; Biomaterial; Medical device; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DISEASES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE;

BIOMATERIALS;

CEFTAZIDIME; HEXETIDINE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; GLYCOCALYX; KINETICS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME; TOPOGRAPHY; VENTILATOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034904693     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(01)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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