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Confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis of S. epidermidis biofilms exposed to farnesol, vancomycin and rifampicin

BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus epidermidis is the major bacterial species found in biofilm-related infections on indwelling medical devices. Microbial biofilms are communities of bacteria adhered to a surface and surrounded by an extracellular polymeric matrix. Biofilms have been associated with increas...

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Autores principales: Cerca, Nuno, Gomes, Fernanda, Pereira, Sofia, Teixeira, Pilar, Oliveira, Rosário
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22591918
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-5-244