Staphylococcus epidermidis device-related infections: Pathogenesis and clinical management

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1551-1571

  McCann, Maureen T ^a   Gilmore, Brendan F ^a   Gorman, Sean P ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADHESIN; AETHIOPINONE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AUTOLYSIN; BIOFILM ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; BIOMATERIAL; BIOSURFACTANT; CEFAMANDOLE NAFATE; DERMASEPTIN; DISPERSIN B; DITERPENOID; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GEHD LIPASE; LYSOSTAPHIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHEROMONE; POLYSACCHARIDE INTERCELLULAR ADHESIN; RNA III INHIBITING PEPTIDE; SALVIPISONE; SERRATIOPEPTIDASE; SURLACTIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIGECYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR QUORUM SENSING SYSTEM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOSTASIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEVICE INFECTION; DEVICE REMOVAL; GENE CLUSTER; HUMAN; ICAADBC OPERON; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LUXS QUORUM SENSING SYSTEM; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 56849099925     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp/60.12.0001     Document Type: Review

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