Bacterial contamination of surgical suture resembles a biofilm

Surgical Infections

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 433-439

  Henry Stanley, Michelle J ^a   Hess, Donavon J ^a   Barnes, Aaron M T ^b   Dunny, Gary M ^b   Wells, Carol L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; TISSUE CULTURE MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; BRAIDED SUTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONOFILAMENT SUTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUTURE;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUTURES;

EID: 77957606600     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.006     Document Type: Article

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