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

Kathju, Sandeep; Nistico, Laura; Tower, Irene; Lasko, Leslie-Ann; Stoodley, Paul

Kathju, Sandeep; Nistico, Laura; Tower, Irene; Lasko, Leslie-Ann; Stoodley, Paul.

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Kathju S; 1 Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Surg Infect (Larchmt) ; 15(5): 592-600, 2014 Oct.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24833403

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Biofilms; Surgical Wound Infection/microbiology; Sutures/microbiology; Adult; Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use; Bacteria/isolation & purification; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Surgical Wound Infection/drug therapy; Surgical Wound Infection/pathology; Surgical Wound Infection/surgery

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Surgical Wound Infection / Sutures / Biofilms Type of study: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Surg Infect (Larchmt) Journal subject: BACTERIOLOGIA Year: 2014 Document type: Article

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