Susceptibility of catheter-related Klebsiella pneumoniae strains to quaternary ammonium compounds under biofilm and planktonic conditions

Fatemeh Monirzadeh;1 Mohammad Reza Shakibaie;1,2,3 Melika Gholamrezazadeh;1 Shalaleh Masoumi1 1 Department of Microbiology and Virology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran 2 Research Center for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran 3 Environmental Health Engineering Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran