Evaluation of different detection methods of biofilm formation in the clinical isolates

Background: Microorganisms growing in a biofilm are associated with chronic and recurrent human infections and are highly resistant to antimicrobial agents. There are various methods to detect biofilm production like Tissue Culture Plate (TCP), Tube method (TM), Congo Red Agar method (CRA), biolumin...

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Main Authors: Afreenish Hassan, Javaid Usman, Fatima Kaleem, Maria Omair, Ali Khalid, Muhammad Iqbal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-07-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413867011701970