Assessment of Microbial Diversity in Biofilms Recovered from Endotracheal Tubes Using Culture Dependent and Independent Approaches

• Ilse Vandecandelaere ,

  * E-mail: Ilse.Vandecandelaere@UGent.be

  Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Nele Matthijs,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Filip Van Nieuwerburgh,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Dieter Deforce,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Peter Vosters,

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• Liesbet De Bus,

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• Hans J. Nelis,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Pieter Depuydt,

  Affiliation Department of Intensive Care, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• Tom Coenye

  Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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