Transcriptomic profiling of polymicrobial biofilm dynamics on catheters in Vitro

• Main Author: Lai, Valerie Jia Hui
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/53826
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) have serious medical and economic implications. Although antibiotics can treat acute UTI, the recurrent nature of UTIs escalates the rate of antibiotic resistance and impedes the development of anti-microbial treatments. Catheter-associated UTIs (CAUTIs) are hospital-...