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Farnesol in combination with N-acetylcysteine against Staphylococcus epidermidis planktonic and biofilm cells

Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most frequent cause of nosocomial sepsis and catheter-related infections, in which biofilm formation is considered to be the main virulence mechanism. In biofilm environment, microbes exhibit enhanced resistance to antimicrobial agents. This fact boosted the search...

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Autores principales: Gomes, Fernanda, Leite, Bruna, Teixeira, Pilar, Azeredo, Joana, Oliveira, Rosário
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768956/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24031823
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838220120001000026