An in vitro model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms on viable airway epithelial cell monolayers

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-238

  Woodworth, Bradford A ^a,b,c   Tamashiro, Edwin ^a,b,d   Bhargave, Geeta ^a,b   Cohen, Noam A ^a,b   Palmer, James N ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air liquid interface; Airway epithelium; Bacteria; Biofilm; PAO 1; Pseudomonas; Rhinosinusitis; Sinus surgery; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FAS ANTIGEN;

AIR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; INTERFACE PRESSURE; LIQUID; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RHINOSINUSITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE;

BIOFILMS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PARANASAL SINUSES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS;

EID: 45349097328     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2008.22.3178     Document Type: Article

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