Bacteria and biofilm in respiratory tract infections;Batteri e biofilm nelle infezioni respiratorie

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 3-9

  Drago, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Fluoroquinolones; Respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOBACILLUS DELBRUECKII; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SYMPTOM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 70350449479     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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