Biofilm-related infections of cerebrospinal fluid shunts

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-337

  Fux, C A ^a,b   Quigley, M ^c   Worel, A M ^d   Post, C ^e   Zimmerli, S ^b   Ehrlich, G ^e   Veeh, Rick H ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Spitalzentrum Biel ^*  (Switzerland)

^e ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cerebrospinal fluid shunts; Colonisation; Electron microscopy; Pathogenesis; Shunt infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA 16S; FORMALDEHYDE; SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DISEASE COURSE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHUNT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33644755610     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01361.x     Document Type: Article

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