Publications by authors named "Floristher Elaine Carrara-Marrone"
Preliminary evaluation of adherence on abiotic and cellular surfaces of Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from catheter tips.
Gislaine Franco de Moura Costa Maria Cristina Bronharo Tognim Celso Luíz Cardoso Floristher Elaine Carrara-Marrone Lourdes Botelho Garcia
Braz J Infect Dis
October 2006
The cell surface hydrophobicity and adhesion to abiotic and cellular surfaces was tested in five clinical strains of Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from catheter tips. Biochemical and molecular characteristics of these strains were also studied. Hydrophobicity was characterized by a test for affinity to xylene.
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