Could liposomal amphotericin B (L-AMB) lock solutions be useful to inhibit Candida spp. biofilms on silicone biomaterials?

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 430-432

  Toulet, Delphine ^a   Debarre, Cécile ^a   Imbert, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Candida glabrata; Candida parapsilosis; Catheter

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; SILICONE;

ANTIBIOFILM ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN;

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SILICONES; STAINING AND LABELING; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 84855833501     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr473     Document Type: Article

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