Bacterial biofilm formation, pathogenicity, diagnostics and control: An overview

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 313-321

  Sawhney, Rajesh ^a,c   Berry, Vandana ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c H No 149 ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Biofilm; Control; Diagnostics; E. coli; Pathogenicity; Pili; Pseudomonas; Streptococcus; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

CETRIMIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FISH PROTEIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIBRIO;

EID: 70349157947     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.55113     Document Type: Review

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