MRT letter: Spatial distribution of vancomycin-induced damage in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm: An electron microscopic study

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 662-664

  Singh, Rachna ^a   Ray, Pallab ^a   Das, Anindita ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic(s); Biofilm(s); Resistance; Scanning electron microscopy; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC(S); BIOFILM(S); EPIDERMIDIS; INDUCED DAMAGE; RESISTANCE; S. AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS BIOFILMS; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 77954877496     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20871     Document Type: Article

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