Evaluation of different detection methods of biofilm formation in the clinical isolates

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 305-311

  Hassan, Afreenish ^a   Usman, Javaid ^b   Kaleem, Fatima ^a   Omair, Maria ^b   Khalid, Ali ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b ARMY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Bacteria; Biofilms

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SULPERAZON; VANCOMYCIN;

ACCURACY; AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONGO RED AGAR MEDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIRBY BAUER DISK DIFFUSION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PAKISTAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TISSUE CULTURE; TRYPTICASE SOY MEDIUM; TUBE METHOD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS;

EID: 80052404788     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: 16784391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702011000400002     Document Type: Article

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