Antibiofilm activity of electrical current in a catheter model

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1476-1480

  Voegele, Paul ^a   Badiola, Jon ^a   Schmidt Malan, Suzannah M ^a   Karau, Melissa J ^a   Greenwood Quaintance, Kerryl E ^a   Mandrekar, Jayawant N ^a   Patel, Robin ^a,b  

^a Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology ^*  (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CATHETER; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRODE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FUNGAL BIOFILM; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; CANDIDA; ELECTROTHERAPY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CATHETERS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 84960154672     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01628-15     Document Type: Article

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