TY - JOUR AU - Lutz, Larissa AU - Pereira, Dariane Castro AU - Paiva, Rodrigo Minuto AU - Zavascki, Alexandre Prehn AU - Barth, Afonso Luis PY - 2012 DA - 2012/09/08 TI - Macrolides decrease the minimal inhibitory concentration of anti-pseudomonal agents against Pseudomonas aeruginosa from cystic fibrosis patients in biofilm JO - BMC Microbiology SP - 196 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Biofilm production is an important mechanism for bacterial survival and its association with antimicrobial resistance represents a challenge for the patient treatment. In this study we evaluated the in vitro action of macrolides in combination with anti-pseudomonal agents on biofilm-grown Pseudomonas aeruginosa recovered from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. SN - 1471-2180 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-12-196 DO - 10.1186/1471-2180-12-196 ID - Lutz2012 ER -