Visualization of bacterial glycocalyx with a scanning electron microscope

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 347, Issue , 1998, Pages 243-249

  Evans, Richard P ^a   Nelson, Carl L ^a   Bowen, William R ^b   Kleve, Maurice G ^b   Hickmon, Sandra G ^c  

^a Cherry Creek Dermatology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GLYCOCALYX; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031911120     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199802000-00030     Document Type: Article

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