Effect of triclosan on the development of bacterial biofilms by urinary tract pathogens on urinary catheters

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-272

  Jones, G Ll ^a   Muller, C T ^a   O'Reilly, M ^a   Stickler, D J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterials; Proteus mirabilis; Urinary tract infections; Uropathogenic strains

Indexed keywords

SILICONE; TRICLOSAN; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BALLOON CATHETER; BIOFILM; CATHETERIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BIOFILMS; CATHETERIZATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; TRICLOSAN; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 31544439418     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki447     Document Type: Article

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