The in vitro effect of a silver-containing dressing on biofilm development

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-281

  Dworniczek, Ewa ^a   Nawrot, Urszula ^a   Seniuk, Alicja ^a   Włodarczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Białynicki Birula, Rafał ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Candida albicans; Dressing; Enterococcus; Lack of inhibitory action; Silver; Wounds

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA; ENTEROCOCCUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WOUND DRESSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FUNGI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 68249159887     PISSN: 1230025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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