Evolving concepts in biofilm infections

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1034-1043

  Hall Stoodley, Luanne ^a,b   Stoodley, Paul ^a,b  

^a ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIUM; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOSINUSITIS; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TONSILLITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 66849142315     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01323.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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