Prevention of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm on dialysis catheters and adherence to human cells

Kidney International

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 340-345

  Balaban, Naomi ^a,b,c   Gov, Yael ^a,b,c   Bitler, Arkady ^a,b,c   Boelaert, Johan R ^a,b,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anterior nares; Atomic force microscopy; Bacteria; Dialysis access; Hemodialysis; Infection; Peritoneal dialysis; Quorum sensing; RIP; Vascular access

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; POLYURETHAN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RIP; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CATHETER; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SPECTROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037213770     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2003.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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