New concepts and new weapons in implant infections

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 533-536

  Arciola, Carla Renata ^a,b  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti biofilm agents; Dispersin B; DNase I; Extracellular DNA (eDNA); Implant infections; Poly N acetylglucosamine surface polysaccharide (PNAG); Quorum sensing inhibitors; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE THERAPY; LIGHT;

ANTI-BIOFILM AGENT; ANTIBIOFILMS; DISPERSIN B; DNASE I; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR DNA; IMPLANT INFECTIONS; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; POLY-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE SURFACE POLYSACCHARIDE; QUORUM-SENSING INHIBITORS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA;

BIOMATERIAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DISPERSIN B; GELATINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; EDITORIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTODYNAMICS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 70549086645     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880903200901     Document Type: Editorial

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