THE USE OF CHITOSAN TO DAMAGE CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS BIOFILMS

The use of indwelling medical devices (e.g. pacemakers, prosthetic joints, catheters, etc) continues to increase, yet these devices are all too often complicated by infections with biofilm-forming microbes with increased resistance to antimicrobial agents and host defense mechanisms. We investigated...

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Main Authors: Martinez, Luis R., Mihu, Mircea Radu, Han, George, Frases, Susana, Cordero, Radames J. B., Casadevall, Arturo, Friedman, Adam J., Friedman, Joel M., Nosanchuk, Joshua D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2783412/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19819009
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.09.087
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