Evaluation of Biofilm Formation Among Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates and Molecular Characterization by ERIC-PCR.

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Published in Jundishapur J Microbiol on January 02, 2016

Authors

Kimia Seifi1, Hossein Kazemian2, Hamid Heidari3, Fereshteh Rezagholizadeh2, Yasaman Saee4, Fariba Shirvani1, Hamidreza Houri5

Author Affiliations

1: Pediatric Infections Research Center, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
2: Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
3: Department of Bacteriology and Virology, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IR Iran.
4: Department of Microbiology, Islamic Azad University, Pharmaceutical Branch, Tehran, IR Iran.
5: Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.

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