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A Study on Device-Related Infections with Special Reference to Biofilm Production and Antibiotic Resistance

BACKGROUND: Indwelling medical devices (IMDs) in critical patients are vulnerable to colonization by biofilm producing bacteria. Complex characteristics of bacterial biofilms promote antibiotic resistance, leading to the emergence of resistant device-related infections (DRI), which pose new challeng...

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Autores principales: Singhai, Monil, Malik, Abida, Shahid, Mohd., Malik, Mohd. Ashraf, Goyal, Rajeev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543538/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23326076
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.103896