Farnesol in combination with N-acetylcysteine against Staphylococcus epidermidis planktonic and biofilm cells
Staphylococcus epidermidis is the most frequent cause of nosocomial sepsis and catheter-related infections, in which biofilm formation is considered to be the main virulence mechanism. In biofilm environment, microbes exhibit enhanced resistance to antimicrobial agents. This fact boosted the search...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
2012-03-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822012000100026 |