Chronic surgical site infection due to suture-associated polymicrobial biofilm

Surgical Infections

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 457-461

  Kathju, Sandeep ^a,b   Nistico, Laura ^a   Hall Stoodley, Luanne ^a,b   Post, J Christopher ^a,b   Ehrlich, Garth D ^a,b   Stoodley, Paul ^a,b  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFACLOR; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURE; SUTURE REMOVAL;

ADULT; BIOFILMS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURES;

EID: 72449122343     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2008.062     Document Type: Article

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