Bacterial Adherence to Surgical Sutures: Can Antibacterial-Coated Sutures Reduce the Risk of Microbial Contamination?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 481-489

  Edmiston, Charles E ^a   Seabrook, Gary R ^a   Goheen, Michael P ^b   Krepel, Candace J ^a   Johnson, Christopher P ^a   Lewis, Brian D ^a   Brown, Kellie R ^a   Towne, Jonathan B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; TRICLOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUTURE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYGLACTIN 910; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUTURES; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 33748801970     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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