Biofilm: The microbial "bunker" for intravascular catheter-related infection

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 701-707

  Morales, Manuel ^a   Méndez Alvarez, Sebastián ^a,b   Martín López, Juana Victoria ^a   Marrero, Carmen ^a   Freytes, César O ^c,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Catheter related infection; ica gene cluster; Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin (PIA)

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; ADHESIN; ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE ADHESIN; COMPLEMENT; ELECTROLYTE; FIBRONECTIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HEPTAPEPTIDE; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL GROUP; LIPID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OXYGEN; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN; POLYURETHAN; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; PROTON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA III INHIBITING PEPTIDE; SILASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BIOSENSOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; DEVICE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MATERIAL COATING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TECHNIQUE; VASCULAR ACCESS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 5444235269     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-004-0630-5     Document Type: Review

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