A model of catheter-associated urinary tract infection initiated by bacterial contamination of the catheter tip

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-74

  Barford, Jessica M T ^a   Anson, Ken ^b   Hu, Yanmin ^a   Coates, Anthony R M ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological; Colony count; Inpatients; Microbial; Models; Urinary catheterization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BLADDER; CATHETER INFECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDWELLING CATHETER; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 44849114934     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07465.x     Document Type: Article

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