Relation between antibiotic susceptibility and ultrastructure of staphylococcus aureus biofilms on surgical suture

Surgical Infections

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 297-305

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INCUBATION TIME; METABOLIC CAPACITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUTURES;

EID: 80051996155     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.104     Document Type: Article

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