Infection associated with medical devices

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 195-205

  Tunney, M M ^a   Gorman, S P ^a   Patrick, S ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Antibiotic resistance; Biofilm; Infection; Medical devices; Prostheses

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; CIPROFLOXACIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMPLANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

EID: 0029824461     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013542-199610000-00002     Document Type: Review

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