Biofilm - an important factor of virulence in microbes isolated from immunocompromised patients and from the environment of life boxes for transplanted patients
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| Year of publication | 2005 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | New Frontiers in the Research of PhD Students. Conference of Medical Schools in the Czech and Slovak Republics. |
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| Field | Microbiology, virology |
| Keywords | Life boxes - allogenic transplantation - microbial contamination - production of biofilm |
| Description | Strains isolated from the life boxes for patients after allogenic transplantations were mainly Gram-negatives. The most frequently isolated species were Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. The ability to form biofilm was demonstrated in 71.2 % of strains isolated from life boxes and in 34.5 % of strains isolated from standard hospital unit. The difference may be caused by different sanitation mode. |
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