Bacterial biofilm dependent catheter associated urinary tract infections: Characterization, antibiotic resistance pattern and risk factors
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Dalia Moemen; Reham Ramadan; Nesrene S. Omar; Mohamed Dawaba
- Source
- Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. 8:64-74
- Subject
- 010304 chemical physics
010405 organic chemistry
business.industry
Urinary system
Biomedical Engineering
Biofilm
biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition
01 natural sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
0104 chemical sciences
Microbiology
Catheter
Antibiotic resistance
Structural Biology
0103 physical sciences
Medicine
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 2314-808X
Biofilms cause recurrent and resistant device-related infections. We aimed to detect the prevalence of biofilm-dependent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) among catheterized pati...