A wound-isolated Pseudomonas aeruginosa grows a biofilm in vitro within 10 hours and is visualized by light microscopy

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 631-635

  Harrison Balestra, Catherine ^a   Cazzaniga, Alejandro L ^b   Davis, Stephen C ^b   Mertz, Patricia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BURN; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAINING; WOUND;

BIOFILMS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0038792640     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29146.x     Document Type: Article

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