Adhesion of Staphylococcus epidermidis and transposon mutant strains to hydrophobic polyethylene

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 341-350

  Higashi, Julie M ^a   Wang, I Wen ^b   Shlaes, David M ^c   Anderson, James M ^b   Marchant, Roger E ^a,b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Biomaterials adverse effects; Polysaccharide adhesin (PS A); Slime; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Surface hydrophobicity

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYSACCHARIDES; SHEAR STRESS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; HYDROPHOBIC POLYETHYLENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSPOSON MUTANT STRAINS;

BIOMATERIALS;

ADHESIN; BIOMATERIAL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL ADHESION; DEVICE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INDWELLING CATHETER; NONHUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HYDROCARBONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUTATION; POLYETHYLENES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032485430     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19980305)39:3<341::AID-JBM1>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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