Aspergillus fumigatus forms biofilms with reduced antifungal drug susceptibility on bronchial epithelial cells

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4130-4136

  Seidler, Marc J ^a   Salvenmoser, Stefanie ^a   Müller, Frank Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; ITRACONAZOLE; MICAFUNGIN; POSACONAZOLE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASTHMA; BIOFILM; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; COCULTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRY WEIGHT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BIOFILMS; BRONCHI; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 55849115646     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00234-08     Document Type: Article

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