Crystalline bacterial biofilm formation on urinary catheters by urease producing urinary tract pathogens

The aim of this study was to compare the abilities of various urease-positive species to encrust and block catheters with crystalline biofllm. Experiments were performed in laboratory models of the catheterised bladder infected with a range of urease- producing species. The results of these experime...

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Main Author: Broomfield, Robert James
Published: Cardiff University 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.584062