A rat model of polypropylene graft infection caused by Staphylococcus epidermidis

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 387-391

  Agalar, Canan ^a   Ozdogan, Mehmet ^b   Agalar, Fatih ^a   Saygun, Oral ^a   Aydinuraz, Kuzey ^a   Akkuş, Abdullah ^a   Çeken, Sabahat ^a   Akturk, Selcuk ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Foreign body infection; Graft; Hernia; Polypropylene; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE; RIFAMPICIN; RIFAMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; GRAFT INFECTION; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION RATE; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; POLYPROPYLENES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL MESH; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33744771982     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03728.x     Document Type: Article

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