Enzymatic detachment of Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2633-2636

  Kaplan, Jeffrey B ^a,b   Ragunath, Chandran ^a   Velliyagounder, Kabilan ^a   Fine, Daniel H ^a   Ramasubbu, Narayanan ^a  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Medical Science Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DISPERSIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INDWELLING CATHETER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CATHETERIZATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; KINETICS; POLYSTYRENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 3042536184     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.7.2633-2636.2004     Document Type: Article

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