Role of plasma and extracellular matrix proteins in the physiopathology of foreign body infections

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-40

  Francois P ^a,b   Vaudaux, P ^a   Lew, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ENDOPROSTHESIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION RISK; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031974441     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100169900112     Document Type: Article

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