Graft infectivity of rifampin and silver-bonded polyester grafts to MRSA contamination

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 411-420

  Schmacht, Dale ^a,b   Armstrong, Paul ^a,b   Johnson, Brad ^a,b   Pierre, Ketsia ^a,b   Back, Martin ^a,b   Honeyman, Alan ^a,b   Cuthbertson, David ^a,b   Bandyk, Dennis ^a  

^a University of South Florida College of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEFAZOLIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; POLYESTER; RIFAMPICIN; SILVER; UREA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DOG; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART RATE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLYESTERS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RENAL ARTERY; RIFAMPIN; SILVER COMPOUNDS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 26844571054     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440503900505     Document Type: Article

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