Combating implant infections. Remarks by a women's team

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 858-864

  Arciola, Carla Renata ^a   Balaban, Naomi ^b   Baldassarri, Lucilla ^c   Fromm, Katharina ^d   Hänsch, Gertrud Maria ^e   Obst, Ursula ^f   Presterl, Elisabeth ^g   Stefani, Stefania ^h   Verran, Joanna ⁱ   Visai, Livia ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f Institute for Technical Chemistry   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

ⁱ MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Biofilm; Host immune response; Implant infections; Infection resistant biomaterials; Molecular epidemiology; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES;

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; HOST IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMPLANT INFECTIONS; INFECTION-RESISTANT BIOMATERIAL; INTERNATIONAL GROUP; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; QUORUM-SENSING; RESEARCH TOPICS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WOMEN SCIENTISTS;

BACTERIA;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR PROTEIN; ADHESIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BIOMATERIAL; COPPER; POLYCARBONATE; RNA III INHIBITING PEPTIDE; SILVER; STAINLESS STEEL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS VACCINE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URETHAN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOFILM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INFILTRATION; COOPERATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEAMWORK; VACCINATION;

EID: 56349103146     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880803100915     Document Type: Article

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