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Ciprofloxacin-Eluting Nanofibers Inhibits Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus are commonly associated with hospital-acquired infections and are known to form biofilms. Ciprofloxacin (CIP), which is normally used to treat these infections, is seldom effective in killing cells in a biofilm. This is mostly due to slow or weak pene...

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Autores principales: Ahire, Jayesh J., Neveling, Deon P., Hattingh, Melanie, Dicks, Leon M. T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4390291/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25853255
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123648