Synergistic interactions in mixed-species biofilms of pathogenic bacteria from the respiratory tract

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 649-652

  Varposhti, Maryam ^a   Entezari, Fatemeh ^a   Feizabadi, Mohammad Mehdi ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chronic infection; Mixed species biofilm; Synergy

Indexed keywords

METHYL THIAZOLYL TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL GROWTH ASSAY; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TETRAZOLIUM REDUCTION ASSAY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 84912072103     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0262-2013     Document Type: Article

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