Biofilm formation by Acinetobacter baumanniistrains isolated from urinary tract infection and urinary catheters

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 328-338

  Pour, Nadia Kazemi ^a   Dusane, Devendra H ^a   Dhakephalkar, Prashant K ^b   Zamin, Farokh Rokhbakhsh ^a   Zinjarde, Smita S ^a   Chopade, Balu A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cell surface hydrophobicity; Chromosomal DNA transformation assay; Lectins; Plasmid curing; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; GATIFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COLISTIN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; LECTINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASMIDS; TEMPERATURE; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 79960344272     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00818.x     Document Type: Article

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