Journal of the Medical Sciences (Berkala Ilmu Kedokteran)
Vol 46, No 03 (2014)

Current in vitro assay to determine bacterial biofilm formation of clinical isolates

Nuryastuti, Titik (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Sep 2015

Abstract

Biofilm mode of growth is bacterial lifestyle widespread in microbial world and represents a concernin health care. Recently, serious problem concerning biofilm-related infection is increasing significantly.However complexity of biofilm makes it difficult to conduct proper analysis. Although biofilm representsa major challenge for microbiologist, methods aimed to determine biofilm formation and developmentare not standardized yet. The aim of the present review was to provide an overview of the advantagesand disadvantages of the difference in vitro methods for determining biofilm forming ability ofclinical isolates.

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Abbrev

bik

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Subject

Immunology & microbiology Neuroscience

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Journal of the Medical Sciences (JMedSci) or Berkala Ilmu Kedokteran (BIK) is an international, open-access, and double-blind peer-reviewed journal, published by Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta Indonesia. JMedSci aiming to communicate high-quality ...