The impact of a cation channel blocker (furosemide) on Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm architecture

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-26

  Cross, Jenny L ^a   Ramadan, Hassan H ^a   Thomas, John G ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DRUG EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANKTON; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FUROSEMIDE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SODIUM POTASSIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250709083     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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