Should standardized susceptibility testing for microbial biofilms be introduced in clinical practice?

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 Jun;24(6):570-572. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2018.01.003. Epub 2018 Jan 11.

¹ Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms, Switzerland. Electronic address: Tom.Coenye@UGent.be.
² Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.
³ Pharmacologie cellulaire et moléculaire, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium; ESCMID PK/PD of Anti-Infectives Study Group, Switzerland.
⁴ ESCMID Study Group for Biofilms, Switzerland; Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Costerton Biofilm Center, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Keywords: Biofilm; Resistance; Standardized methods; Susceptibility testing; Tolerance.

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