Biofilm and orthopaedic practice: the world of microbes in a world of implants

Orthopaedics and Trauma

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 175-179

  Galanakos, Spyridon P ^a,b,c   Papadakis, Stamatios A ^a,b,c   Kateros, Konstantinos ^a,b,c   Papakostas, Ioannis ^a,b,c   Macheras, George ^a,b,c  

^a KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c General Hospital of Thiva   (Greece)

Author keywords

antimicrobial resistance; biofilm; colonization; community; formation

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; POLYGLACTIN; POLYMER; TITANIUM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOFILM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DEVICE INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMPLANT; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 68949174104     PISSN: 18771327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mporth.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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