In vivo and in vitro antibacterial efficacy of PDS plus (polidioxanone with triclosan) suture

Surgical Infections

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 451-457

  Ming, Xintian ^a   Rothenburger, Stephen ^a   Nichols, Michele M ^a,b  

^a ETHICON INC   (United States)

^b AlcheraBio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYDIOXANONE; TRICLOSAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CATHETER; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYDIOXANONE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 50849102955     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2007.061     Document Type: Article

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