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Development
And Characterization Of An In Vivo Central Venous Catheter Candida Albicans Biofilm Model |
D.
Andes, J. Nett, P. Oschel, R. Albrecht, K. Marchillo, and A. Pitula |
Candida
albicans, rat central venous catheter
model, biofilm matrix |
Stained catheter segments were
transferred to a glass-bottom petri dish (coverslip
1.5, 35-mm disk P325G 1.5-14C; MatTek, Ashland, Mass.) in an on-end
orientation. Biofilms were observed with a Nipkow disk-based confocal microscope
(Axiovert 200; Zeiss
|
Confocal
microscopy |
YEAST |
|
CATHETER
SEGMENTS |
