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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Main Author: Leite, Bruna (author)
Other Authors: Gomes, Fernando (author), Melo, P. (author), Souza, Clovis (author), Teixeira, P. (author), Oliveira, Rosário (author), Pizzolitto, Elisabeth (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/25469
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/25469