Demonstration of bacterial biofilms in culture-negative silicone stent and jones tube

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 426-430

  Parsa, Kami ^a   Schaudinn, Christoph ^b   Gorur, Amita ^b   Sedghizadeh, Parish P ^b   Johnson, Thomas ^c   Tse, David T ^c   Costerton, John W ^d  

^a Oculoplastic and Orbital Reconstructive Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; MOXIFLOXACIN; SILICON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; LACRIMAL DUCT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; STENTS;

EID: 78650510831     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e3181cff61f     Document Type: Article

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