Observations on the development of the crystalline bacterial biofilms that encrust and block Foley catheters

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 350-360

  Stickler, D J ^a   Morgan, S D ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial biofilms; Catheter encrustation; Proteus mirabilis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; LATEX; NITROFURAL; SILICONE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BALLOON CATHETER; BIOFILM; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH INHIBITION; HYDROGEL; MATERIAL COATING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; URINE CULTURE; URINE PH; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

BIOFILMS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINE;

EID: 47749140701     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.04.031     Document Type: Article

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