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Polymicrobial Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Fighting In Vitro Candida albicans-Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms with Antifungal-Antibacterial Combination Therapy

The polymicrobial nature of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is now evident, with mixed bacterial-fungal biofilms colonizing the VAP endotracheal tube (ETT) surface. The microbial interplay within this infection may contribute for enhanced pathogenesis and exert impact towards antimicrobial the...

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Autores principales: Rodrigues, Maria E., Lopes, Susana P., Pereira, Cláudia R., Azevedo, Nuno F., Lourenço, Anália, Henriques, Mariana, Pereira, Maria O.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28114348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170433