The electricidal effect: Reduction of Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas biofilms by prolonged exposure to low-intensity electrical current

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-45

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

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AZA COMPOUNDS; BIOFILMS; ELECTRICITY; PSEUDOMONAS; QUINOLINES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 59749095227     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00680-08     Document Type: Article

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