Comparative assessment of antibiotic susceptibility of coagulase-negative staphylococci in biofilm versus planktonic culture as assessed by bacterial enumeration or rapid XTT colorimetry | Zendy

Nuno Cerca | Zendy; Sílvia Martins | Zendy; Filipe Cerca | Zendy; Kimberly K. Jefferson | Zendy; Gerald B. Pier | Zendy; Rosário Oliveira | Zendy; Joana Azeredo | Zendy

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Comparative assessment of antibiotic susceptibility of coagulase-negative staphylococci in biofilm versus planktonic culture as assessed by bacterial enumeration or rapid XTT colorimetry

Author(s) -

Nuno Cerca,

Sílvia Martins,

Filipe Cerca,

Kimberly K. Jefferson,

Gerald B. Pier,

Rosário Oliveira,

Joana Azeredo

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dki217

Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , biofilm , antibiotics , biology , staphylococcus , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , genetics

To quantitatively compare the antibiotic susceptibility of biofilms formed by the coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus haemolyticus with the susceptibility of planktonic cultures.

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