Biofilm formation and susceptibility to gentamicin and colistin of extremely drug-resistant KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae | Zendy

Livnat Naparstek | Zendy; Yehuda Carmeli | Zendy; Shiri NavonVenezia | Zendy; Ehud Banin | Zendy

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Biofilm formation and susceptibility to gentamicin and colistin of extremely drug-resistant KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Author(s) -

Livnat Naparstek,

Yehuda Carmeli,

Shiri NavonVenezia,

Ehud Banin

Publication year - 2014

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/dkt487

Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , biofilm , colistin , gentamicin , pathogen , klebsiella , biology , human pathogen , drug resistance , antibiotics , bacteria , escherichia coli , gene , biochemistry , genetics

KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (KPC-Kpn) is a worldwide challenging pathogen, yet its biofilm-forming potential is not defined. We characterized biofilm formation of this pathogen and determined biofilm susceptibility to gentamicin and colistin.

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