Effects of growth in the presence of subinhibitory concentrations of dicloxacillin on Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8677-8682

  Cerca, Nuno ^a,b   Martins, Silvia ^a   Sillankorva, Sanna ^a   Jefferson, Kimberly K ^b   Pier, Gerald B ^b   Oliveira, Rosario ^a   Azeredo, Joana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; COMPOSITION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LASER PULSES; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING;

BIOFILM MATRIX; LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROBIAL ADHERENCE; SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

ANTIBIOTICS;

BIOMATERIAL; DICLOXACILLIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GROWTH;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CELL DENSITY; DEVICE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

BIOFILMS; DICLOXACILLIN; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 29144467041     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8677-8682.2005     Document Type: Article

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