Cell free preparations of probiotics exerted antibacterial and antibiofilm activities against multidrug resistant E. coli

The sharp increase in antibiotic resistance imposes a global threat to human health and the discovery of effective antimicrobial alternatives is needed. The use of probiotics to combat bacterial pathogens has gained a rising interest. Pathogenic Escherichia coli is causative of multiple clinical syn...

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Main Authors: Ahmed G. Abdelhamid, Aliaa Esaam, Mahmoud M. Hazaa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016418300677