Presence and expression of collagen adhesin gene (cna) and slime production in Staphylococcus aureus strains from orthopaedic prosthesis infections

Biomaterials

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1945-1949

  Montanaro, Lucio ^a,b   Renata Arciola, Carla ^a   Baldassarri, Lucilla ^c   Borsetti, Elena ^a  

^a Lab Biocompatibilita M   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Laboratorio di Ultrastrutture   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Biomaterial associated infection; Collagen adhesin gene (cna); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Slime; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; COLLAGEN; ENZYMES; GENES; PROSTHETICS;

COLLAGEN ADHESIN GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR);

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BONE PROSTHESIS; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAFT INFECTION; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; KNEE PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLLAGEN; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0344246940     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(99)00099-X     Document Type: Article

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