Transmission electron microscopic study of antibiotic action on Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilm

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2679-2683

  Zahller, Jeff ^a   Stewart, Philip S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIFFUSION; DRUG PENETRATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, FLUOROQUINOLONE; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOFILMS; CIPROFLOXACIN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PENICILLINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0035991989     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.46.8.2679-2683.2002     Document Type: Article

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