Bacterial biofilm on monofilament suture and porcine xenograft after inguinal herniorrhaphy

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-409

  Kathju, Sandeep ^a,b   Nistico, Laura ^a   Lasko, Leslie Ann ^a   Stoodley, Paul ^c  

^a ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biofilm; confocal microscopy; inguinal hernia; suture; xenograft

Indexed keywords

ABSORBABLE SUTURE; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; NONABSORBABLE SUTURE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEBRIDEMENT; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; WOUND DRAINAGE; XENOGRAFT; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERNIA, INGUINAL; INGUINAL REGION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; GROIN; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 77954646624     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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