Susceptibility of different phases of biofilm of Klebsiella pneumoniae to three different antibiotics

Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 61-66

  Singla, Saloni ^a   Harjai, Kusum ^a   Chhibber, Sanjay ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

amikacin; antibiotic resistance; biofilm; Klebsiella pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BENOMYL; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PIPERACILLIN;

ADHERENT CELL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CULTURE MEDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PIPERACILLIN; PLANKTON;

EID: 84874591353     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ja.2012.101     Document Type: Article

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