The evolution of biofilms in venous access devices implanted in children with Wilms' tumour

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 13, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 400-405

  Gregory, M A ^a   Hadley, G P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Bacteria; Biofilms; Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM COLONY; CATHETER ABLATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THROMBOCYTE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BLOOD CELLS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0031800575     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050349     Document Type: Article

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