The role of microbial biofilms in osteonecrosis of the jaw associated with bisphosphonate therapy

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-48

  Kumar, Satish K S ^a   Gorur, Amita ^a   Schaudinn, Christoph ^a   Shuler, Charles F ^b   Costerton, J William ^c   Sedghizadeh, Parish P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphosphonate; Bone; BONJ; Infection; Microcrack; Osteonecrosis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DENOSUMAB; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; BONE METASTASIS; BONE REMODELING; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING;

BIOFILMS; BONE REMODELING; DIPHOSPHONATES; HUMANS; JAW DISEASES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; OSTEONECROSIS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77953610435     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-010-0008-1     Document Type: Review

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