Assessment of four in vitro phenotypic biofilm detection methods in relation to antimicrobial resistance in aerobic clinical bacterial isolates

• Ajaya Basnet,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Shi-Gan International College of Science and Technology, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal, Department of Microbiology, Nepal Armed Police Force Hospital, Balambu, Kathmandu, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4991-6389

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• Basanta Tamang ,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tamangbasanta222@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Nepal Armed Police Force Hospital, Balambu, Kathmandu, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5605-5779

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• Mahendra Raj Shrestha,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nepal Armed Police Force Hospital, Balambu, Kathmandu, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8292-5757

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• Lok Bahadur Shrestha,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Medical Sciences and The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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• Junu Richhinbung Rai,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Institute of Medicine, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4737-2130

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• Rajendra Maharjan,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Nepal Armed Police Force Hospital, Balambu, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Sushila Dahal,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Software

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, KIST Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Balambu, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Pradip Shrestha,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, KIST Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Balambu, Kathmandu, Nepal

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• Shiba Kumar Rai

  Roles Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Research and Microbiology, Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Attarkhel, Kathmandu, Nepal

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