Novel in vitro model for assessing susceptibility of synthetic hernia repair meshes to Staphylococcus aureus infection using green fluorescent protein-labeled bacteria and modern imaging techniques

Surgical Infections

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 449-454

  Halaweish, Ihab ^a   Harth, Karem ^b   Broome, Ann Marie ^c   Voskerician, Gabriela ^d,e   Jacobs, Michael R ^a,b   Rosen, Michael J ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^e Proxy Biomedical Limited   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MACROGOL; POLITEF; POLYESTER; POLYPROPYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HERNIOPLASTY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILMS; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HERNIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SONICATION; STAINING AND LABELING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL MESH;

EID: 77957557441     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2009.048     Document Type: Article

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