Confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis of S. epidermidis biofilms exposed to farnesol, vancomycin and rifampicin

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cerca, Nuno ^a   Gomes, Fernanda ^a   Pereira, Sofia ^a   Teixeira, Pilar ^a   Oliveira, Rosário ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FARNESOL; FLUORESCENT DYE; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FARNESOL; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; RIFAMPIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84860990437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-244     Document Type: Article

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