Culture-Independent Microbiological Analysis of Foley Urinary Catheter Biofilms

BACKGROUND: Prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), a leading cause of nosocomial disease, is complicated by the propensity of bacteria to form biofilms on indwelling medical devices [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To better understand the microbia...

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Autores principales: Frank, Daniel N., Wilson, Shandra S., St. Amand, Allison L., Pace, Norman R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19907661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007811

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2771765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19907661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007811

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