Orthopedics and biofilm - what do we know? a review

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Zoubos, Aristides B ^a   Galanakos, Spyridon P ^a   Soucacos, Panayotis N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Biofilm; Colonization; Community

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; BIOMATERIAL; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; RUTHENIUM RED; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; VANCOMYCIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLONY FORMATION; DEVICE INFECTION; GENE CONTROL; GLYCOCALYX; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84863541934     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.882893     Document Type: Review

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