The isolation and the biofilm formation of uropathogens in the patients with catheter associated urinary tract infections (UTIs)

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1478-1482

  Niveditha, S ^a   Pramodhini, S ^a   Umadevi, S ^a   Kumar, Shailesh ^a   Stephen, Selvaraj ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; The Congo Red agar method; The tube adherence method; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

CONGO RED;

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR MEDIUM; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM PRODUCTION; CATHETER INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TUBE ADHERENCE METHOD; URINALYSIS; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84870012117     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2012/4367.2537     Document Type: Article

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