Coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery: Attachment to and accumulation on sternal fixation stainless steel wires

APMIS

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 142-151

  Olsson, Emma ^a,b   Friberg, Örjan ^b   Venizelos, Nikolaos ^a   Koskela, Anita ^b   Källman, Jan ^b   Söderquist, Bo ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Biofilm; In vitro test; Stainless steel; Staphylococcal infections

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; STAINLESS STEEL;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; HEART SURGERY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STERNUM; WIRE FIXATION; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COAGULASE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33846819038     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2007.apm_559.x     Document Type: Article

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