Open AccessExpression of adhesin genes and biofilm formation among Klebsiella oxytoca clinical isolates from patients with antibiotic-associated haemorrhagic colitis
Author(s) -
Abdolmajid Ghasemian,
Ashraf Mohabati Mobarez,
Shahin Najar Peerayeh,
Amin Talebi Bezmin Abadi,
Sepideh Khodaparast,
Suhad Saad Mahmood
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000965
Subject(s) - biofilm , microbiology and biotechnology , bacterial adhesin , antibiotics , klebsiella oxytoca , biology , drug resistance , antibiotic resistance , gene , bacteria , enterobacteriaceae , virulence , escherichia coli , genetics
Biofilm formation and resistance to last-line antibiotics have restricted chemotherapy options toward infection eradication.