Fungal biofilms in the clinical lab setting

Current Fungal Infection Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Chandra, Jyotsna ^a   Mukherjee, Pranab K ^a   Ghannoum, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; C. albicans; Catheter associated infections; Confocal microscopy; Drug resistance; Electron microscopy; Fungal; Indwelling medical devices; Macrodilution; Microdilution; XTT assay

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIDULAFUNGIN; CELLULOSE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKINE; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; GLASS; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; NYSTATIN; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLY(ETHYLENETEREPHTHALATE); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYCARBONATEURETHANE; POLYETHERURETHAN; POLYMER; SILICONE; TETRAZOLIUM; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN DERIVATIVE; VORICONAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; BIOFILM; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COLORIMETRY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA OPACITY; DENTURE; DEVICE INFECTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL METABOLISM; FUNGUS BIOFILM; FUSARIOSIS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; KERATOMYCOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SALIVA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SHEAR STRESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 79952104398     PISSN: 19363761     EISSN: 1936377X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12281-010-0020-z     Document Type: Review

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