Towards diagnostic guidelines for biofilm-associated infections

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-145

  Hall Stoodley, Luanne ^a,b   Stoodley, Paul ^c,d   Kathju, Sandeep ^e   Høiby, Niels ^f,g   Moser, Claus ^f,g   William Costerton, J ^h   Moter, Annette ⁱ   Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Diagnosis; Implant infection; Infection; Molecular diagnostics; Native tissue infection

Indexed keywords

ACHROMOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM ASSOCIATED INFECTION; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BORRELIA; BURKHOLDERIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CELL AGGREGATION; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CHRONIC RHINOSINUSITIS; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CHRONIC WOUND; CONTACT LENS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DENTAL CARIES; DEVICE INFECTION; ENDOCARDITIS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURE; TOOTH IMPLANTATION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BIOFILMS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84862665657     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00968.x     Document Type: Article

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