Biofilm formation of the pathogens of fatal bacterial granuloma after trauma: Potential mechanism underlying the failure of traditional antibiotic treatments

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-228

  Qi, Xianlong ^a   Gao, Jian ^a   Sun, Dongjie ^a   Liang, Wenbin ^b   Wan, Yi ^a   Li, Chunying ^a   Xu, Xiuli ^c   Gao, Tianwen ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; LINCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FATAL BACTERIAL GRANULOMA AFTER TRAUMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DOXYCYCLINE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LINCOMYCIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 39349104321     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540701632998     Document Type: Article

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