In vitro interaction of bacteria with polypropylene/ePTFE prostheses

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 2021-2024

  Bellón, Juan M ^a   G Honduvilla, Natalio ^a   Jurado, Francisca ^a   G Carranza, Alberto ^a   Buján, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofilm; ePTFE; Infection; Polypropylene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROSTHETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TISSUE;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

BIOMATERIAL; POLITEF; POLYPROPYLENE; PROTEIN A; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM; IMPLANT; INFECTION; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOFILMS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYPROPYLENES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0034984068     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00390-2     Document Type: Article

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