The genetics of staphylococcal biofilm formation - Will a greater understanding of pathogenesis lead to better management of device-related infection?

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 967-973

  Fitzpatrick, F ^a   Humphreys, H ^a,b   O'Gara, Jim P ^a,c  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Genetics; Ica operon; Resistance; Review; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADHESIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIOMATERIAL; DISPERSIN B; FIBRONECTIN; LYSOSTAPHIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROBIAL SURFACE COMPONENT RECOGNISING ADHESIVE MATRIX MOLECULES; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; STREPTODORNASE PLUS STREPTOKINASE; TEICHOIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 28644448159     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2005.01274.x     Document Type: Review

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