Farnesol in combination with N-acetylcysteine against staphylococcus epidermidis planktonic and biofilm cells

Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most frequent cause of nosocomial sepsis and catheter-related infections, in which biofilm formation is considered to be the main virulence mechanism. In biofilm environment, microbes exhibit enhanced resistance to antimicrobial agents. This fact boosted the search...

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Autor principal: Gomes, F. I. (author)
Outros Autores: Leite, Bruna (author), Teixeira, P. (author), Azeredo, Joana (author), Oliveira, Rosário (author)
Formato: article
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2012
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/22503
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/22503