Efficacy of levofloxacin against biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients with respiratory tract infections in vitro

Abstract Microbial biofilms are formed in a variety of clinical situations and increase antibiotic resistance of the pathogen by almost ~1,000 times. The effect of levofloxacin (OFLX) on the biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO1 and the clinical isolates was investigated by crystal violet s...

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Main Authors: Pengfei She, Zhen Luo, Lihua Chen, Yong Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-05-01
Series:MicrobiologyOpen
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.720