Liposomal amphotericin B eradicates Candida albicans biofilm in a continuous catheter flow model

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 492-495

  Seidler, Marc ^a   Salvenmoser, Stefanie ^a   Müller, Frank Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catheter remediation; Confocal scanning laser microscopy; Extracellular matrix; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ECHINOCANDIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER CONTINUOUS FLOW MODEL; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FUNGUS HYPHAE; FUNGUS SPORE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; THICKNESS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDWELLING CATHETER; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; ECHINOCANDINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUCONAZOLE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77952176585     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2010.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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