Open AccessDifferences in biofilm development and antibiotic susceptibility among clinical Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum isolates
Author(s) -
María García-Castillo,
MaríaIsabel Morosini,
Marco Gálvez-Niño,
F. Baquero,
Rosa del Campo,
M. A. Meseguer
Publication year - 2008
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/dkn337
Subject(s) - ureaplasma urealyticum , microbiology and biotechnology , biofilm , antibiotics , ureaplasma , biology , mycoplasmataceae , bacteria , mollicutes , mycoplasma , genetics
The aim of this work was to study the ability of clinical isolates of Ureaplasma spp. to form biofilms in vitro and to compare the antibiotic susceptibility of sessile cells and their planktonic counterparts.
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