Microbial diversity in biofilm infections of the urinary tract with the use of sonication techniques

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 525-528

  Holá, Veronika ^a   Ruzicka, Filip ^a   Horka, Marie ^b  

^a ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

biofilm; catheter; mixed species; polymicrobial; sonication; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CANDIDA; CATHETER INFECTION; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDWELLING CATHETER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; SONICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77954643671     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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