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Cranberry proanthocyanidins have anti-biofilm properties against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

BACKGROUND: Bacteria within a biofilm are phenotypically more resistant to antibiotics, desiccation, and the host immune system, making it an important virulence factor for many microbes. Cranberry juice has long been used to prevent infections of the urinary tract, which are often related to biofil...

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Published in:BMC Complement Altern Med
Main Authors: Ulrey, Robert K, Barksdale, Stephanie M, Zhou, Weidong, van Hoek, Monique L
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4320558/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25511463
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-14-499
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