New ways to stop biofilm infections

Lancet

Volumn 361, Issue 9352, 2003, Pages 97-

  Stewart, Philip S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; POLYSACCHARIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACETYLATION; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DEVICE INFECTION; ELECTRICITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMPLANT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0037431766     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12245-3     Document Type: Note

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