Use of a stainless steel washer platform to study Acinetobacter baumannii adhesion and biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue PART 12, 2013, Pages 2594-2604

  Orsinger Jacobsen, Samantha J ^a   Patel, Shenan S ^a   Vellozzi, Ernestine M ^a   Gialanella, Phillip ^b   Nimrichter, Leonardo ^c   Miranda, Kildare ^c   Martinez, Luis R ^a,d  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMIKACIN; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LYSOL; NITROFURANTOIN; STAINLESS STEEL; SULBACTAM; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DESICCATION; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINLESS STEEL WASHER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AFGHANISTAN; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COLORIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; IRAQ; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; STAINING AND LABELING; STAINLESS STEEL; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; UNITED STATES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84888881908     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.068825-0     Document Type: Article

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