Biofilm formation on intraocular lenses by a clinical strain encoding the ica locus: A scanning electron microscopy study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4382-4387

  Kodjikian, Laurent ^a,b,c   Burillon, Carole ^b   Lina, Gérard ^b   Roques, Christine ^d   Pellon, Gérard ^f   Freney, Jean ^c,e   Renaud, François N R ^c,e  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^e Institute of Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences   (France)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE ICA; GENE LOCUS; LENS IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CHILD; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0141844670     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0185     Document Type: Article

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