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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Staphylococcus aureus
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PROVIDER: E-BUGS-81 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 20091026 1
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are complicated by the ability of the organism to grow in surface-adhered biofilms on a multitude of abiotic and biological surfaces. These multicellular communities are notoriously difficult to eradicate with antimicrobial therapy. Cells within the biofilm may be exposed to a sublethal concentration of the antimicrobial due to the metabolic and phenotypic diversity of the biofilm-associated cells or the protection offered by the biof ...[more]