Comparative analysis of single-species and polybacterial wound biofilms using a quantitative, in vivo, rabbit ear model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Seth, Akhil K ^a   Geringer, Matthew R ^a   Hong, Seok J ^a   Leung, Kai P ^b   Galiano, Robert D ^a   Mustoe, Thomas A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; EAR; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; EAR; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RABBITS; RNA, MESSENGER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84864687225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042897     Document Type: Article

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