Animal models to investigate fungal biofilm formation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1147, Issue , 2014, Pages 141-157

  Chandra, Jyotsna ^a   Pearlman, Eric ^a   Ghannoum, Mahmoud A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Animal model; Biofilms; Catheters; Fungus; Intravascular devices

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; DRY WEIGHT; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOMYCOSIS; METABOLIC ACTIVITY ASSAY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND WHITE (RABBIT); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGAPORE; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CATHETER; DISEASE MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KERATITIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CATHETERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGI; KERATITIS; MICE; MYCOLOGY; MYCOSES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RABBITS;

EID: 84910111498     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0467-9_10     Document Type: Article

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