N-acetylcysteine and vancomycin alone and in combination against staphylococci biofilm

Introduction: The ability of staphylococci to produce biofilm is an important virulence mechanism that allows bacteria both to adhere and to live on artificial surfaces and to resist to the host immune factors and antibiotics. Staphylococcal infections have become increasingly difficult to treat due...

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Autor principal: Leite, Bruna (author)
Outros Autores: Gomes, Fernando (author), Melo, P. (author), Souza, Clovis (author), Teixeira, P. (author), Oliveira, Rosário (author), Pizzolitto, Elisabeth (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2013
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25469
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25469