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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gomes, F. I. (author)
Other Authors: Leite, Bruna (author), Teixeira, P. (author), Azeredo, Joana (author), Oliveira, Rosário (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Nosocomial infection
Biofilm
Staphylococci
Fanesol
N- acetylcysteine
farnesol
Science & Technology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/22503
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/22503

Internet

http://hdl.handle.net/1822/22503

Similar Items