Candida tropicalis biofilms: Artificial urine, urinary catheters and flow model

Medical Mycology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 739-747

  Negri, Melyssa ^a   Silva, Sónia ^a   Henriques, Mariana ^a   Azeredo, Joana ^a   Svidzinski, Terezinha ^b   Oliveira, Rosário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biofilm; Candida tropicalis; cell detachment; flow conditions; urinary catheter

Indexed keywords

LATEX; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; FUNGAL STRAIN; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROBIAL ADHESION; NONHUMAN; URINARY CATHETER; URINE;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CARBOHYDRATES; CATHETERS; CELL ADHESION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STAINING AND LABELING; URINE;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA TROPICALIS;

EID: 80052590913     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.560619     Document Type: Article

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