Field emission scanning electron microscopy of biofilm-growing bacteria involved in nosocomial infections

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1147, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-84

  Vuotto, Claudia ^a   Donelli, Gianfranco ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biofilm ultrastructure; FESEM; Medical devices; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

TIGECYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BILIARY STENT; BIOFILM; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; URINARY CATHETER; VEILLONELLA; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DEVICES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOFILMS; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 84910157081     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0467-9_6     Document Type: Article

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