Is it possible to prevent bacterial adhesion onto ureteric stents?

Urological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-216

  Cormio, L ^a,c,d   La Forgia, P ^b   La Forgia, D ^b   Siitonen, A ^b   Ruutu, M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacterial adhesion; Biomaterials; Ureteric stents; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER STENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORINS; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; STENTS; TOBRAMYCIN; URETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030905320     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00941985     Document Type: Article

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