Considering hidradenitis suppurativa as a bacterial biofilm disease

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 385-389

  Kathju, Sandeep ^a   Lasko, Leslie Ann ^b   Stoodley, Paul ^c  

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

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acne inversa; Biofilm; Confocal microscopy; Hidradenitis suppurativa

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ETANERCEPT; INFLIXIMAB;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BUTTOCK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INCISION; SKIN SURGERY; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

BIOFILMS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84862676582     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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