Antibiotic resistance of bacteria in biofilms

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9276, 2001, Pages 135-138

  Stewart, Philip S ^a   Costerton, J William ^a  

^a Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; M PROTEIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYSACCHARIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; CHRONICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MUTATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE INJURY; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0035859467     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05321-1     Document Type: Review

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