A radio frequency electric current enhances antibiotic efficacy against bacterial biofilms

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 4662-4664

  Caubet, R ^a   Pedarros Caubet, F ^a   Chu, M ^a   Freye, E ^a   De Belem Rodrigues M ^a   Moreau, J M ^b   Ellison, W J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie et de Physique de Bordeaux   (France)

^c Institut Universitaire de Technologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; GENTAMICIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOENERGY; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIRECT CURRENT; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ION TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTRICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENTAMICINS; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RADIO WAVES; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 9644275440     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.12.4662-4664.2004     Document Type: Article

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