Bacterial biofilms on implanted suture material are a cause of surgical site infection

Surgical Infections

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 592-600

  Kathju, Sandeep ^a   Nistico, Laura ^b   Tower, Irene ^c   Lasko, Leslie Ann ^c   Stoodley, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOREIGN BODY; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; ROUX Y ANASTOMOSIS; STOMACH BYPASS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURE; BACTERIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURES;

EID: 84912045031     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2013.016     Document Type: Article

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