Biofilms: Survival mechanisms of clinically relevant microorganisms

Clinical Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-193

  Donlan, Rodney M ^a   Costerton, J William ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONTACT LENS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PERIODONTITIS; REVIEW; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; CATHETERIZATION; CONTACT LENSES; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036228505     PISSN: 08938512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CMR.15.2.167-193.2002     Document Type: Review

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