Biofilm formation by Scottish clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1018-1023

  Smith, Karen ^a   Perez, Ana ^a   Ramage, Gordon ^b   Lappin, David ^b   Gemmell, Curtis G ^c   Lang, Sue ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; MACROGOL; POLYSTYRENE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BODY REGIONS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; BLOOD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; SCOTLAND; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 50249100427     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/000968-0     Document Type: Article

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