Tetrasodium EDTA Is Effective at Eradicating Biofilms Formed by Clinically Relevant Microorganisms from Patients’ Central Venous Catheters

Tetrasodium EDTA Is Effective at Eradicating Biofilms Formed by Clinically Relevant Microorganisms from Patients’ Central Venous Catheters

The colonization of catheters by microorganisms often precludes their long-term use, which can be a problem for human patients that have few body sites available for new catheters. The colonizing organisms often form biofilms, and increasingly these organisms are resistant to multiple antibiotics, m...

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Main Authors: Fangning Liu, Satyender Hansra, Gordon Crockford, Wolfgang Köster, Brenda J. Allan, Joseph M. Blondeau, Chantal Lainesse, Aaron P. White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2018-11-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
EDTA
fungi
Gram-negative
Gram-positive
antibiotic resistance
antimicrobial
biofilms
catheters
central venous access devices
minimum inhibitory concentration
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00525-18

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00525-18

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