Survival and resistance to imipenem of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on latex gloves [3]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1010-1012

  Ballesta, S ^a   Conejo, M C ^a   Garcia I ^a   Rodriguez Marinez J M ^a   Velasco, C ^a   Pascual, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Biofilms; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; CARBAPENEM; HEAVY METAL; IMIPENEM; LATEX; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ZINC;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURGICAL GLOVE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GLOVES, SURGICAL; IMIPENEM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUBBER; ZINC;

EID: 33645817917     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkl072     Document Type: Letter

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