The Destruction of Escherichia Coli Biofilms Using High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1026-1031

  Bigelow, Timothy A ^a,b   Northagen, Trevor ^a   Hill, Thomas M ^c   Sailer, Frances C ^c  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Ultrasound therapy

Indexed keywords

COLONY FORMING UNITS; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FOCAL LENGTHS; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL DEVICES; MICROSCOPE SLIDE; PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCIES; RELEASED BACTERIA; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILTERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ULTRASONICS;

BIOFILMS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INDWELLING CATHETER; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 66149088116     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.12.001     Document Type: Article

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