Synergy of farnesol and antibiotics against planktonic versus biofilm cells of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most frequent cause of nosocomial sepsis and catheter-related infections, in which biofilm formation is considered to be one of the main virulence mechanisms. Moreover, their increased resistance to conventional antibiotic therapy enhances the need to develop new th...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gomes, F. I. (author)
Outros Autores: Teixeira, P. (author), Oliveira, Rosário (author)
Formato: conferenceObject
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2008
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/8352
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/8352