Influence of gentamicin and tobramycin on binary biofilm formation by co-cultures of Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 392-396

  Al Bakri, Amal G ^a   Gilbert, Peter ^a   Allison, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TOBRAMYCIN;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 26944434317     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.200510011     Document Type: Article

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