The effects of clofazimine on mycobacterium smegmatis biofilm formation

The effects of clofazimine on mycobacterium smegmatis biofilm formation

Chemotherapy of tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis), is successful against actively-growing bacilli but ineffective against dormant/persistent organisms, found mainly in a protective lipid-laden granuloma, possibly necessitating the use of lipophilic a...

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Main Author: Mothiba, Maborwa Tebogo
Other Authors: Cholo, Moloko C.
Language:en
Published: University of Pretoria 2013
Subjects:
Free mycolic acid
Biofilm
Planktonic
Antimycobacterial activity
Nanoparticle
Clofazimine
Chemotherapy
Granuloma
Mycobacterium smegmatis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31569
Mothiba, MT 2013, The effects of clofazimine on mycobacterium smegmatis biofilm formation, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd<http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31569 >

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31569
Mothiba, MT 2013, The effects of clofazimine on mycobacterium smegmatis biofilm formation, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd<http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31569 >

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