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Investigation of multidrug efflux pumps in relation to fluconazole resistance in Candida albicans biofilms.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Jun 2002
Ramage Gordon, Bachmann Stefano, Patterson Thomas F, Wickes Brian L, López-Ribot José L
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A main characteristic associated with microbial biofilms is their increased resistance to antimicrobial chemotherapies. However, at present very little is known about the phenotypic changes that occur during the transition from the planktonic to the biofilm mode of growth. Candida albicans biofilms displayed an organized three-dimensional structure, and consisted of a dense network of yeasts and filamentous cells...
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