Ultrastructure of a Novel Bacterial Form Located in Staphylococcus aureus In Vitro and In Vivo Catheter-Associated Biofilms

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 770-776

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm; catheter; neutral lipid; Staphylococcus aureus; ultrastructure; vegetation

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTEREMIA; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84869776247     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/0022155412457573     Document Type: Article

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