Effect of electrical current on the activities of antimicrobial agents against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-40

  Del Pozo, Jose L ^a   Rouse, Mark S ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Sampedro, Marta Fernandez ^a   Steckelberg, James M ^a   Patel, Robin ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2,4 OXAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANSAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; LIPOPEPTIDE; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ELECTRICITY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 59749084095     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00237-08     Document Type: Article

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